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Picture: H. E. Mr. Tang Guoqiang, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China,at the “China Meeting Place with State Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education and Research Kyrre Lekve to the left and , Political Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Tarjei Skirbekk. Photo Kristin Iglum
On November the 24th , "China meeting place, for higher Education and Research", was launched in Oslo by The Norwegian Association for Higher Education Institutions (UHR) with representatives from The Chinese Embassy, Norwegian Foreign affairs and ministry higher education and research:
The aim for establishing this meeting place is to coordinate and secure quality in international cooperation between Norway and China by sharing experience and information.
The Norwegian Foreign affairs by Political Adviser Tarjei Skirbekk underlined that “among the Norwegian institutions that are involved in cooperation with China, we also see increased recognition of the importance of having personnel with broad China competence …I can assure you that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs very much looks forward to cooperating with China Meeting Place in the future. I would like to congratulate the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions on the initiative and to thank the Ministry of Education and Research for making this initiative possible. “
The Chinese Ambassador Tang, emphasized in his speech that he would like to propose the following for Norwegian consideration: In higher education cooperation We should seek for mutual recognition of academic degrees and credentials. I regard this as one of the top priorities. If we can accomplish this, the door will be opened wider for the future cooperation, especially for the programs of joint degrees or double degrees.
We should encourage Norwegian scholars and Chinese scholars to work together to cultivate Ph. D. students, mainly for the 985-Project universities.
-We should join efforts to establish English-taught programs in Chinese universities in certain fields Norwegian universities have their advantages and expertise, such as marine science, off-shore oil and gas technology, fishery, shipping, new energy, information technology, biological technology, and so on. In research cooperation We should make efforts to establish joint research centers in areas such as renewable energy, biomedicine, traditional medicine, environmental protection and polar research. Those centers should also serve to foster more enduring exchanges of ideas, experts and resources.
-We should encourage experts from both countries to participate in China’s national S&T programs, and Research Council of Norway’s large-scale programs such as climate change, new energy, and genomics.
-We should encourage the research institutions and industries of both countries to set up R&D centers in both countries, for producing mutually beneficial results for the advancement of the society. In conclusion, I want to express my appreciation to the Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions for its efforts to promote the China-Norway cooperation in Higher Education and research. The China Meeting Place serves as an excellent platform for exchanges of ideas and sharing of experience. I hope that this seminar could produce some fresh ideas for our future cooperation. I wish the seminar a great success
There were approx 150 Norwegian participants, the discussion with Key institutions, resulted in that this initiative was welcomed and one wished that in the future the meetings would be divided into different fields of cooperation.
We thank UHR, for the effort they put in to start up this initativ. We look forward to the next meetings.
Program:
Establishing of
China Meeting Place
Time: 24. November 2009
Place: Oslo University College, Pilestredet 52 (Anna Sethnes hus), Auditorium 3
09:00–10:00 Registration: Welcome to China Meeting Place.
09:50–10:00 Per Arne Olsen, Prorector Oslo University College
A Chinese flute tune
10:00 Sissel Østberg, Rector of Oslo University College and Vice Chair of The
Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR)
Opening of the seminar: Welcome to Oslo University College.
Reasons for UHR’s engagement in facilitating cooperation with China
Chair: Special Adviser Ingvild Broch
10:20 Tarjei Skirbekk, Political Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Norway’s strategies and priorities in cooperation with China
10:40 Tang Guo Qiang, PR of China’s Ambassador to Norway
China’s focus on higher education and research cooperation
11:00 Kyrre Lekve, State Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education and Research,
Norway
Norway’s goals and action plan concerning cooperation within higher
education and research with China
11:20-11:30 Break
"Tea tempers the spirit, harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens
the thought and prevents drowsiness." Lu Yu (733-804) from The Classic of Tea (Cha Jing)
11:30-11:50 Hailiang Gu, Professor, President of Wuhan University
Some important challenges for Chinese universities with international
cooperation – sharing of experience from Wuhan University
11:50-12:10 Helge Skugstad, Head of Section for Policy and Analysis, The Norwegian
Centre for International Cooperation in Higher Education (SIU)
SIU’s role in promoting Norwegian higher education and research
cooperation with China.
12:10-12:30 Questions and discussion
Moderator: Professor Rune Svarverud
12:30-13:30 Lunch, Festsalen, Pilestedet 52
13:30-13.40 A poem by Olav H. Hauge in Chinese translation
Read by Yang Xia
13:40-14:00 Fengqiao Yan, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Peking University,
Beijing
The International Role of Chinese Higher Education and Role of International
Higher Education for Chinese Higher Education
14:00-14:20 Mette Halskov Hansen, Professor, Department of Culture Studies and
Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
Building Norwegian competence in the field of Chinese modern society and
politics. New initiatives at the University of Oslo
14:20-14:30 Yuan Zhang, Chinese student of Norwegian language at Beijing Foreign
Studies University
Reflections on Norwegian studies and meeting the real Norway
14:30-14:50 Inger Hedvig Matveyev, Project Director StudyLink China, University of
Agder, Telemark and Gjøvik University Colleges
Challenges related to higher education and research. Suggestions for
improvement – experience from StudyLink China
14:50-15:05 Arne M. Bredesen, Professor, NTNU
Renewable energy – teaching and innovation collaboration
15:05-15:45 Questions and discussion
Moderator: Professor Rune Svarverud
15:45 Ingvild Broch , Special Adviser, UHR
Summing up: Where do we go from here?
16:15-18:15 Meeting of UHR’s Reference Group for China Meeting Place
Discussion about the future of the network.
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