MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COLOURS ALLIANCE AT JDU

In response to the invitation of the Rector of Jan Dlugosz University, prof. Janusz Kapuśniak, from 13 to 16 October 2024, dr Annette Klinkert (Universität Paderborn), Managing Director of the COLOURS European University Alliance, was a guest of Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa. On October 14, dr Klinkert took part in the "Together in the EU" Forum, as part of the Festival of European Knowledge and Culture, as an expert on the panel on the European Universities initiative. People directly involved in building and running European Universities were invited to participate in the discussion:
- EUNICE, Poznan University of Technology (leader), represented by the Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, prof. Mariusz Głąbowski;
- EU4Dual, Koszalin University of Technology, represented by the Vice-Rector for Education and Student Affairs, prof. Krzysztof Wasilewski;
- Challenge. EU, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, represented by the Rector's Plenipotentiary for the European University, prof. Paweł Wielgosz;
- COLOURS, represented by dr Annette Klinkert (Universität Paderborn);
- KreativEU, Opole University of Technology, represented by the Vice-Rector for Cooperation, dr inż. Aneta Kucińska-Landwójtowicz.T
The panel was chaired by prof. prof. Marcin Sosnowski, the Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Internationalisation of JDU.

On October 15, dr Klinkert met with the authorities of Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa and the JDU COLOURS project team, which includes the coordinators of individual Work Packages, representatives of the COLOURS office of the European University at JDU, and students and doctoral students representing JDU in the COLOURS Student Forum.