The universities of the Three Seas region have enormous intellectual potential. Intensification of student exchange and closer cooperation between universities will allow better convergence of countries and communities – emphasized Przemyslav Ksarnik, Head of the Ministry of Education and Science, during the Three Seas Conference of Local Government in Lublin.

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The Minister of Education and Science, Przemyslav Czarnik, in the registration addressed to participants of the Three Seas Conference for Local Government in Lublin, emphasized that the Three Seas Initiative is a future-oriented generation project. I strongly believe that the investments we are making today will benefit future generations of our citizens. I am convinced that science – as a field that searches for solutions to the most important social and economic challenges – has expressed the hope of the MEiN President.

Among others, he stated, they include environmental protection, climate change, epidemic threats or an aging society. – Therefore, the intensification of student exchange, closer cooperation between universities, joint research and exchange of ideas will allow for a better rapprochement between states and societies – the minister emphasized.

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He assessed that “the universities of the Three Seas region have great intellectual potential.” “We can benefit from it because of the cultural and historical community, but also because of access to support tools, shared research infrastructure, new investments in research, innovation or partnership with the United States,” Kazarnik said.

Plenipotentiary Prime Minister for Government Technology, Commissioner for Education and Science Minister for Digital Transformation Justina Orshovska, who participated in the session titled “The Three Seas Universities Collaboration” during the Three Seas Conference for Local Government, drew attention to the challenges facing the Three Seas countries, especially now, when the Russian invasion Ukraine in progress.

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It is very important to remember, when our competencies and skills – which undoubtedly include science, technology and cybersecurity – unite us where our strength lies. Our strength is also the fine skills. The second largest number of technical school graduates in the European Union is one example of this in the European Union – Orłowska has been added.

She indicated that the field of cooperation between the universities of the Three Seas Initiative may include cyber security, technological exchange of knowledge and information between academics, as well as information technology, and data exchange in the field of artificial intelligence development.

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She confirmed that a new subject “Business Administration” will be introduced in secondary schools, which will replace the current “Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship”. – Because there is a need to teach entrepreneurial competencies in a more practical dimension – Orłowska explained.

Dean of Lublin Medical University, Prof. Wojciech Załuska noted that the university has extensive experience in the field of international education. We have a thousand graduates from the United States and Canada. This is a unique number for this part of Europe – this was stated by the rector of the university.

As an area of ​​cooperation within the framework of the Three Seas Universities, he mentioned, inter alia, scientific research using telemedicine. We examined 1,100 school-age children. It turned out that they had major vision problems. If we transfer this study to this part of Europe, it will also be very interesting in the context of the fact that it is a region with a very high diversity of some diseases – including diseases of civilization – and the possibility of identifying many factors that determine this health phenomenon and not others – the Professor pointed out . Zazuska.

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Referring to the idea of ​​creating a network of Three Seas universities, Vice-Chancellor for Students and Doctoral Students and Development of the Catholic University of Lublin, A. Beata Biskorska drew attention to the need to create an institution responsible for this process. Funds are needed for effective exchange of experiences for work. I think such a major project is to create such a support fund program in which these 12 countries can collaborate and relate to specific areas, ranging from sciences, economic issues, medicine, social disciplines or humanities – emphasized the professor. Peskorska.

During the two-day Three Seas Local Government Conference, cooperation between regions of 12 countries in the Three Seas Initiative, also in the face of the armed conflict in Ukraine, will be discussed. The discussions will cover, inter alia, the following: transport infrastructure, energy security, digital science, European funds and agricultural development. This event is accompanied by the Economic Forum, during which seminars, B2B meetings and study visits are planned to establish business contacts.

During the two-day Three Seas Conference of Local Government, the regional cooperation of the Three Seas Initiative was discussed, as well as in the face of the armed conflict in Ukraine. The discussions relate, inter alia, to: transport infrastructure, energy security, digital science, European funds and agricultural development. This event is accompanied by the Economic Forum, during which seminars, B2B meetings and study visits are planned to establish business contacts.

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The Three Seas Initiative includes 12 countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary. The idea of ​​this project aims to stimulate the economic development of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and to create a stable and cohesive partnership for the countries of the region located between the Baltic, Adriatic and Black Seas.

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