International Staff Training Week 2018 ****************************************************************************************** * International Staff Training Week 2018 ****************************************************************************************** In the week of 9th to the 13th of April 2018, Charles University hosted the second Interna Training Week, focusing on issues of internationalization of universities, management of t programme and other international exchanges, as well as presentations of selected Charles faculties to guests from abroad. A total of 35 representatives of partner institutions fro took part in this year's Staff Training Week. The new element was the participation of par countries of International Credit Mobility, namely Albania, Kosovo and Israel. The Interna Mobility has been part of Erasmus+ since the academic year 2014/2015. The Erasmus programme is usually perceived by people from a non-university environment str a student exchange. Even a number of university staff are poorly informed about the possib exchanges of university employees in the frame of the Erasmus programme – which is possibl for academics but also for administrative forces. Charles University annually sends about and pedagogical staff to the countries within the EU, EFTA and candidate countries to the teaching-staff exchanges; other academics are heading to non-EU countries through the Inte Mobility (ICM) programme. A less-frequently used mobility option for university staff is t ‘training’, whereby employees sent abroad attend a workshop or a training course, or other a foreign colleague. The participation in the International Staff Training Weeks is also v Erasmus staff training activities usually attract 20-50 employees per year at Charles Univ to interest and budget allocation. In addition to sending employees of Charles University abroad, the staff of foreign depart Rectorate and faculties of CU also receive requests for a visit from colleagues working in + countries – typically for training lasting several days. As it is not in our control – a the power of the other universities – to ensure a longer admission of a higher number of c abroad throughout the year, universities usually solve these requests by offering a mass a admission is typically organized in the form of a series of workshops, lectures, tours and institution. These activities are collectively referred to as ‘Staff Training Week’. Charles University organized its first Staff Training Week for the staff of International in March 2016. It was followed by a week-long training for librarians organized by the Cen of Charles University, in cooperation with the faculty libraries. Moreover, the spring of training week for the employees of research departments from CU partner institutions abroa Similar to its predecessor two years ago, this year's second International Staff Training a general presentation of the University, its history, and elements of the internationaliz The European Office, the main Erasmus workplace of CU, presented its actives (e.g. ‘Intern cooperation with the National Library of the Czech Republic, the voluntary educational pro Meets School’ and the activities of the choir and the orchestra of CU) which are devised t degree of integration of foreign students. The group also collectively visited selected fa Charles University, including the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, the Fac and the Faculty of Education. In addition, other CU faculties organized visits for smaller representatives from their direct partners. In addition to this, the National Agency for E the Czech Republic (The Centre for International Cooperation in Education), the Centre for Counselling and Social Services of CU, the Institute of the History of Charles University of Charles University, also participated in the programme, by presenting their respective New features of the programme, which were integrated this year, included a visit to the De Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic – exclusivel students – and a workshop combined with a discussion on the topic of the International Cre programme and its implementation. ICM also belongs under the Erasmus+ scheme, but its focu outside the European Union, differentiates it from the classical Erasmus programme between and other eligible countries. Interestingly, some participants from countries of the International Credit Mobility, who year’s International Staff Training Week, and who even had a support grant of this mobilit did not know its official name. In fact, within their countries and home institutions, thi is only known as Erasmus+, which, for International Relations Office staff coming from EU represents the umbrella of all the various mobility programmes supported by the European C The week-long programme was further enriched with a visit to the National Theatre together Erasmus coordinators and selected international students of Charles University, a guided t historical centre of Prague, and a visit to the exhibition “Man-Made Man: Technology and M project developed between the National Technical Museum, Charles University’s medical facu National Medical Library of the Czech Republic.