22-MOB-0044_Mobility Project
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration ·Romania
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">One important pillar of the SNSPA’s mission is to provide trained specialists in governance. Moreover, a strategic priority for SNSPA is the internationalization of its study programs, research and teaching activities. In this sense, partnership with renowned organizations for multi-cultural inter-university dialogue, such as our first partner University of South-Eastern Norway, and our partners from Iceland (University of Iceland and Reykjavík University).<br> It has always been our challenge to identify the best solutions to the complex social problems facing the modern society, so SNSPA has fought, since the beginning, for a model of inter-institutional cooperation based on strengthening the global academic dialogue, research and social responsibility. So to answer this challenge and to increase the efficiency, excellence and competitiveness of its programs, internationalization is the red thread of SNSPA’s modernization process. Within the priorities of the Internationalization Strategy, the EEA Grants Program alongside Erasmus+ Program have represented and continue to represent a source of new opportunities, a true starting block for further cooperation.<br> The current academic environment is developing around a universal internationalisation movement backed up by a strong wish coming from our students to study abroad at different universities. Thus we have to embrace their needs and do everything within our power to support them in their development. Moreover, our student experience even at home will benefit from this partnership as it offers a possibility for the SNSPA academics as well to interact with fellow academics from different universities and share best practices, collaborate on different projects, namely research papers, shared curriculum or summer schools, and enhance the student experience.<br> This exchange contributes to the academic process on both sides and creates international learning experience for everyone involved in this fruitful approach. </span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
Studying abroad is an opportunity that both SNSPA students and professors and administrative personnel constantly seek to take advantage of, with SNSPA continuously demonstrating its commitment to academic internationalization. The results of these mobilities and the feedback from participants have clearly shown that exposure to different educational systems and teaching and learning approaches allows them to return to their home university with new proposals, initiatives, and innovative ideas. This enhances academic collaboration in research, joint project writing, programs, and even summer schools. In this regard, it should be emphasized that the creation of an international framework at SNSPA, facilitated by the EEA grants, has been the ideal tool to achieve the objectives of the 32 participants—students, professors, and administrative personnel—both outgoing and incoming. We must commend the efforts of our partners, University of South-Eastern Norway and Reykjavik University, who have provided necessary guidance and hosted the mobility of SNSPA students during the period from 01.02.2023 to 30.04.2024. SNSPA, with its solid tradition in the field of administrative sciences, has managed to provide significant expertise in innovative and efficient approaches to public administration at the European level, expertise that has been leveraged by our international partners. Moreover, our partnership has fostered collaboration in various events for participants from our universities, creating opportunities for cooperation, and a conducive environment for research and the exchange of best practices. These events include the Smart Cities Conference, an annual event organized by SNSPA - Faculty of Public Administration, workshops, and other events such as the Winter School on Internet Governance, Digital Policies, and Innovation.
Project partners
- Reykjavik University Donor project partner· Iceland
- University of Iceland Donor project partner· Iceland
- University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) Donor project partner· Norway