TOFI - Closing Conference for Strategic Partnerships

09:00   -   Registration and Coffee

09:30   -   Welcome Note
(Prof. Dr. Marion Halfmann, President H-BRS)

10:00   -   Keynote: Cooperating Beyond Intercultural Differences
(Rebeca Schröder Crespillo, intercultural trainer and project coordinator at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences)

10:30   -   Presentation: TOFI – a success story of Internationalisation
(Paulina Hinz & Janina-Domenica Wörmann, International Office H-BRS)

11:00   -   Poster Exhibition

12:00   -   Lunch

13:30   -   Input: Counselling and funding opportunities for cooperation with Ghana and Jordan
(Suad Shumareye, DAAD - KIWi & Ruth Schimanowski, DAAD - Head of Section Cooperation Projects Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America;
Dr. Kathrin Knodel, DFG - International Affairs)

14:30   -   Group Picture, Networking Coffee Chats

15:30   -   Panel Discussion: Potentials and Challenges for Strategic Partnerships
(Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sonja Christ-Brendemühl, H-BRS; Speaker: Dr. Wang Yi, Head of Department International Affairs TU Hamburg; Prof. Dr. Tatiana Zimenkova, VP Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences;
Panel: Prof. Dr. Rosemond Boohene, Pro Vice-Chancellor, UCC; Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, Vice-President for International Affairs, GJU; Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bode, Vice-President for International Affairs and Diversity, H-BRS)

17:30   -   Closing Remarks
(Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bode, Vice-President for International Affairs and Diversity, H-BRS)

18:45   -   Bonn Sightseeing Tour: "When Ludwig van Beethoven was still eating humble pie…"
(Daniel Seibert, Language Centre H-BRS)

20:00   -   Dinner Bonn: Em Höttche

09:30   -   Welcome Note
(Prof. Dr. Rosemond Boohene, Pro Vice-Chancellor, UCC)

10:00   -   Meet & Greet with students
( GJU, UCC and H-BRS students)

10:30   -   Networking Coffee Chats

11:00   -   Strategic Partnership Presentation, Signing Ceremony and Musical Performance by Saico Baldé & Moustafa Osh
(Paulina Hinz, International Office H-BRS, Prof. Dr. Marion Halfmann, Präsidentin H-BRS; Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey, Vice President for International Affairs, GJU; Prof. Dr. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, Vice-Chancellor, UCC)

12:00   -   Lunch

13:30   -   Input: Digital Teaching – Experiences and Future Perspectives for Strategic Partnerships
(Regina Brautlacht, Presidential Commissioner | Advisor for Global Digital Learning, H-BRS & Prof. Dr. Gloria Agyapong, Head of Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, UCC)

14.30   -   Discussions on cooperation ideas: Work Packages

16:00   -   Wrap Up and Closing
(Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bode, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity, H-BRS)

16:30   -   Networking Coffee Chats

Thursday, 14.11.24 (KSI, Sieburg):

• 11:00-12:00 Poster Exhibition
• 14:30-15:30 Networking Coffee Chats 

Friday, 15.11.24 (H-BRS Campus Sankt Augustin):

• 10:00-10:30 Meet & Greet with Students
• 10:30-11:00 Networking Coffee Chats
• 16:30-17:00 Networking Coffee Chats

General information

The GJU is a Jordanian state university with campuses in Amman and Madaba. It is based on the model of German universities of applied sciences, whereby the study programs are based on German curricula. A unique feature of the GJU is the obligatory year in Germany for all students. There are currently around 4,500 students from over 30 nations enrolled on almost 30 degree programs at GJU. The students have access to a network of around 100 German universities of applied sciences where they can spend their year in Germany.

GJU and H-BRS

Chairmanship of H-BRS in the GJU IT network

• Coordination of universities in IT degree programs
• Advice on IT degree courses at the GJU

Student exchange

• Since 2008 Department of Computer Science (FB02) - School of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
• Expansion of cooperation to the Department of Economics (FB01) - students of the School of Management and Logistic Sciences

Summerschools

• Arabic language course at GJU
• Intercultural and Social Entrepreneurship Exchange (ISEE)

Lecturer mobility

• Instrument of the GJU “Flying Faculty” for the mutual exchange of teaching staff
• TOFI mobility funding for reciprocal stays

Joint projects to promote the transfer between university and society

• Adaptation of the IT curricula at GJU to better reflect the needs of the local economy
• Projects to strengthen the open source concept in the region >> Promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship as well as innovation in teaching

General information

UCC is a public university that was recognized as the best university in Ghana and West Africa by Times Higher Education in 2021. UCC has been an important cooperation partner for H-BRS in various research and teaching projects since 2010.

UCC and H-BRS

Joint projects

• Applied Reasearch and Teaching for Sustainable Development in Africa (ART4Dev) - im DAAD SDG-Program
• Become an International Negotiator (BAIN)
• Building Bridges Across Continents (BBAC)
• Development of joint courses in the areas of finance, entrepreneurship, cost accounting, marketing and digitalization

Summerschools

• Codeshare Teaching and Learning
• Become an International Negotiator (BAIN)
• Building Bridges Across Continents (BBAC)

Further cooperations

• Business plan competitions (since 2013)>> Founding of numerous start-ups, some of which have been able to establish themselves on the Ghanaian market to date
• Joint conference "Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa - UEED"