Erasmus Intensive Programmes Sustain Active general Daniel Halaj Department of Forest Economics and Management Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Contents Foreword Basic information about the IP Course Development of the IP Course preparation Preparing students for the IP Course Process of the IP Course realization Evaluation of the IP Course Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Foreword New Entrepreneurial Thinking:  „Don’t waste your time with how to be successful but spend your time on how to be useful“ Green economy as a starting point „Never say never“ as an impulse for your idea:  Bill gates could not imagine an 32 bites OS  Oxford professor Wilson stated that X Ray will fall into the oblivion (1878)  IBM chef Watson estimated the world PC market for 5 pieces (1943) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Basic Information about the IP Course 11. May May 2014, CZU, Prague Topic: Innovative solutions on the utilization of the natural resources in context of green economy Preparation of „green“ projects (forestry, wood processing industry, agriculture a fishery) Project Management Team: DFEM, FF TU Zvolen; Savonia UAS (Finland), CZU (Prague) and BOKU (Vienna) Project coordinator: Daniel Halaj, Ph.D Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general4

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Basic Information about the IP Course 19 foreign and 3 domestic students 8 foreign a 2 domestic lecturers 8 foreign online lecturers Participated student countries: CZ, FI, BU, RO, SL, SK, AT, Vietnam and Ghana Participated lecturer countries : AT, FI, CZ, SK, RO, BU Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general5

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Development of the IP Course Preparation Sep - Dec 2013 » IP Course promotion and students recruitment Feb 2014 » Ending of student selection March 2014 » Finalization of teacher and tutor selection April – May 2014 » Start with pre-tutoring of the IP students Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general6

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Development of the IP Course Preparation Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general7

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Preparing Students for the IP Course April – May 2014 » Preparing web-meetings among tutors and their students Group and individual web-consultations Using software Adobe Connect, Skype, IP Course website, IP Course Facebook, e-learning Output: preparing data for elaborating an entrepreneurial project on chosen topic (Case study example, recommended references ) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general8

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Preparing Students for the IP Course Emphasis on preparing students before starting the IP Course Four student groups: (1) Waste Management, (2)Management of Agricultural Bioproducts, (3)Renewable Energy Management, (4)Sustainability and Environmental Resource Management 4 tutors: 2 FI, SK, BU Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general9

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Process of the IP Course Realization Introductory student presentations and their topics Tutorial & Work with task Excursions as practical examples,PBL Archiving lectures, excursion materials for download, e-learning, Facebook, ICT tools Individual or group consultations Final student presentations and ceremonial awarding (Gala reception) Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general10

Erasmus Intensive Programmes IP Course Evaluation Fill-in the questionnaire and its evaluation Feedback by form of short video shots New contacts and goodwill creating Publicity Professional and language growth Student and lecturer co-operation also after the IP course Daniel Halaj, PhD. - Sustain Active general11

Erasmus Intensive Programmes Thank you for your attention! Daniel Halaj, Ph.D. Department of Forest Economics and Management Faculty of Forestry Technical University in Zvolen T. G. Masaryka 24 SK Zvolen Slovak Republic tel.: fax.: skype account: danielhalaj