Workshop 4 Intercultural Dialog

Facilitators: Brigitte Ernst (Belgium), Ellen Pearce (Vitae, UK), Claire McNulty (UK), Svetlana Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Lowry McComb (UK)

EURAXESS Conference , Dubrovnik, Croatia, 22nd – 24th April, 2013

Special thanks to our Facilitators!Claire McNultyHEAD OF SCIENCE, British Council,United Kingdom, Workshop Facilitator

Lea Peer,Israel, Table leader, Israeli Table – Session 2Israel, Table leader, Israeli Table – Session 2

Dana DvashHead, Visiting Scientists and Housing Directorat Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael, Contributor, Israeli Table – Session 2

Thanks to ImpactE Partners!

Brigitte ErnstUniversite e Liege, Belgium, Coordinator

Svetlana Dimitrova Institute of Technology andDevelopment, Bulgaria, Partner

Jean-Marie Pincemin Universite e Poitiers,

Lowry McComb University of Durham,United Kingdom, Partner

Ellen PearceVitaeUnited KingdomSubcontractor

Vivian Tos Lindgaard Universite e Poitiers,France, Partner

Isser Israel PeerBar Ilan University,Israel, Partner

Corina Georgeta ABRAHAM-BARNAUniversitatea e Stiinte i Medicina eterinara a Banatului din Timisoara,Romania, Partner

Vivian Tos Lindgaard University of CopenhagenInternational StaffMobility Unit, Denmark, Assoc. Partner

Hans Borchgrevink The ResearchCouncil of Norway, Assoc. Partner

David Babington-SmithEpigeum Ltd,United Kingdom, Assoc. Partner

ImpactE – the starting point in better researchers’ integration

What is our goal?What did we achieved until now?

What are the next steps? ◦ WS 4 – Intercultural Dialogue was focused on how

to improve Euraxess services to improve Euraxess services ◦ We analyzed the results of a survey on researchers’

needs◦ We put the researchers’ shoes and visited the 6

ImpactE countries ◦ We built 6 prototypes of cultural integration activities

WE BUILD A CULTURAL MAP OF EUROPE

Our targets are – EURAXESS staff and mobile researchers

◦ EURAXESS contact points can build concrete activities – socialising programs and events, contacts with other institutions (municipalities, museums, etc.) which organize social events, museums, etc.) which organize social events, welcome packages with intercultural sections, …

◦ Researchers participate in building the activities(by filling in the matrix – providing their impressions), they receive personal help, training and socialising events

This is work in progress

Workshop 4 Intercultural Dialog

GLOBAL RESEARCHERS?

UK drives on the left, BG nods reversely– What is specific to your country ? – What is specific to your country ?

The participants shared opinions, ideas, questions about

CULTURAL DIFFERENCES in the ERA

Workshop 4 Intercultural Dialog

ObjectivesThrough the workshop, participants had to:◦ Experience and become more aware of the existence of

cultural misunderstandings and conflicts ◦ Be introduced the first stages of an evolving ◦ Be introduced the first stages of an evolving

methodology to diagnose the issues faced by foreign researchers in their own country/institution

◦ Develop an understanding of how they can help researchers (all researchers, foreign or not, can benefit from intercultural competency) to overcome intercultural difficulties , by exchanging views with the other participants about their practices

Workshop 4 Intercultural Dialog

Expected Outcomes

◦ Identification of the most frequent difficulties faced by foreign researchers in specific countries

◦ Identification of best practice to improve the intercultural competency of researchers

◦ Identification of sample programs for training researchers about intercultural dialogue

Sessions

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Session 2 : Difficulties faced by foreign researchers

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

◦ Leader: Claire McNulty, British Council ◦ Other speakers: Brigitte Ernst (ImpactE coordinator ) and Ellen

Pearce (Vitae) ◦ Facilitators: Brigitte Ernst (ULg), Svetlana Dimitr ova (ITD),

Lowry McComb (Durham University), Corina Abraham-Ba rna (BUASVM), Jean -Marie Pincemin (Université de Poitiers)(BUASVM), Jean -Marie Pincemin (Université de Poitiers)– 45 min: Team building activity– 15 min: debriefing – 5 min : presentation of the ImpactE project – 15 min: presentation of the ImpactE Survey results – 10 min: questions – distribution of the ImpactE leaflet

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Rule: The participants were had to right to speak only in their mother tongue

4 tasks:

Team building activity

4 tasks: ◦ Preparing a work art ◦ A synthetic portrait of

a researcher◦ A secret task◦ Sing a song

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Team building activity

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Team building activity

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Team building activity

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Presentation of the ImpactE project

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Presentation of the ImpactE Survey results

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Team ImpactE leaflet

Session 1 : Different ways to communicate and understand each other in a multicultural context

Team ImpactE leaflet

Session 2 : Difficulties faced by foreign researchers

◦ Leader: Svetlana Dimitrova, ITD ◦ Table leaders: Brigitte Ernst (Belgium), Antoaneta Mateeva

(Bulgaria), Dana Dvash (Israel) & Svetlana Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Jean-Marie Pincemin (France), Corina Abraham-Barna (Romania), Claire McNulty (UK) & Lowry McComb (UK)– 5 min: presentation of the matrix and explanation of the rules of – 5 min: presentation of the matrix and explanation of the rules of

the role play – 55 min: Role play - participants visit ImpactE partners’ countries

(tables) and experience the problems and possible solutions – 10 min: Filling in the matrix with national specificities and table

PPP preparation – 2 slides per table– 20 min: Presentation of each table PPPs and summary of the

results

Session 2 : Difficulties faced by foreign researchers

Role play - participants visited ImpactE partners’ countries (tables) and experienced the problems and possible solutions

Session 2 : Difficulties faced by foreign researchers

Matrix with national specificities and table PPP pr eparation

Session 2 : Difficulties faced by foreign researchers

Presentation of each table PPPs and summary of the results

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

◦ Leader: Lowry McComb (Durham University)◦ Other Speakers: Ellen Pearce (Vitae), Claire McNult y (British

Council)◦ Facilitators: Brigitte Ernst (Belgium), Corina Abra ham-Barna

(Romania), Jean-Marie Pincemin (France), Claire McN ulty (UK), Ellen Pearce (UK) , Svetlana Dimitrova (Bulgaria)Ellen Pearce (UK) , Svetlana Dimitrova (Bulgaria)– 10 min: explanation of the activity – 40 min: activity– 10 min: debriefing– 20 min: key considerations in designing training programmes for

intercultural competence, by representatives of Vitae and British Council

– 10 min: questions

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Activity

Game:

Communication with NO speaking and by using SIGNS.by using SIGNS.

Secret part isinvolved which brings additional difficulties.

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Activity

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Activity

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Designing training programmes for intercultural comp etence, by representatives of Vitae and British Council

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Designing training programmes for intercultural comp etence, by representatives of Vitae and British Council

Session 3 : Cultural codes - how they can affect communication

Designing training programmes for intercultural comp etence, by representatives of Vitae and British Council

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

◦ Leader: Brigitte Ernst, coordinator of ImpactE◦ Facilitators: Ellen Pearce (Vitae), Claire McNulty (British

Council)◦ Table leaders: Brigitte Ernst (Belgium), Corina Abr aham-Barna

(Romania), Jean-Marie Pincemin (France), Claire McN ulty (UK), Ellen Pearce (UK) , Lowry McComb (UK), Svetlana D imitrova Ellen Pearce (UK) , Lowry McComb (UK), Svetlana D imitrova (Bulgaria)– 30 min: brainstorming about a researchers’ training program on

intercultural dialogue – 30 min: building a training program – 15 min: presentation of the results from each table – 20 min: what will be the next steps ? Drawing the learning

together and planning some actions for the Network – 10 min : filling in the feedback assessment forms

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Brainstorming about a researchers’ training program on intercultural dialogue

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Brainstorming about a researchers’ training program on intercultural dialogue

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Presentation of the results from each table

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Planning some actions for the Network

Session 4 : Design of a training program for mobile researchers on intercultural dialogue

Feedback assessment forms

Conclusions

Results and activities of WS4 & ImpactE project :

INTERCULTURAL & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Why is this combination important?Why is this combination important?

NEED BOTH SET OF SKILLS

See Vitae's Researcher Development Framework

Conclusions

Indeed...

- Can international researchers be efficient if not culturallyintegrated, confortable in their environment ?

- Can you be an efficient researcher without properprofessional training adapted to your social & culturalcontext?

Towards

Combination of intercultural & professional training for researchers

Conclusions

for researchers=

Efficient mobility =

Better researchers in Europe

References :2011 International Comparative Performance of the UK Research Base

(BIS Department) (link)2011 Knowledge, Networks and Nations (link)

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