ERENET
Entrepreneurship Research and
Education Network of Central European Universities
FOUNDATION DECLARATION
OF
RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP
Preamble
“On 1st May 2004, a historical
period terminates, the
beginning of which was signed by the wave of political transformations having
taken place in all Central and Eastern European countries in 1990 while the end
of which is marked by the majority of these countries joining the European
Union” we wrote in April of 2004, starting the organization of the network of
the cooperation among SME Research- and Educational Units of Central European
Universities
After that
ma7ny research institution and university signed the intent-declaration, and
notified the intention of cooperation. The signatories of the declaration
accepted that education plays a
significant role in brand new Central and Eastern European entrepreneurs
closing up and becoming equal competitors
of their more fortunate and well established Western European partners.
The system of cooperation – Establishment of
ERENET Research and Development Partnership (ERENET RDP)
The role of
institutions in the higher education has been twofold in this region: on the
one hand, it is their responsibility to teach
the most up-to-date business and entrepreneurial knowledge to the future
intellectuals, while they also have to open up towards economic actors and take
part in offering existing enterprises
extracurricular, postgraduate trainings and education.
Signers of
ERENET realised the mutual advantages of cooperation and coordination benefits
of entrepreneurial researches based on network collaboration and the
successfulness of high-standard curriculum and courses created by coordinated
efforts.
Taking advantage of international comparisons
is of great importance in research issues such as the investigation of enterprises’
operation circumstances with special regard to good governance,
enterprise-friendly economic and social environment, means of intensifying
competitiveness, administrative burdens of operating enterprises and
enterprises’ financial environment.
Comparing and distributing results of Best
Practice researches
are undoubtedly useful just like the exploration of entrepreneurs’ social
responsibility and ethic business attitude in different cultures.
Common researches might help political
decision-makers in
creating appropriate entrepreneurial environment, finding the best solutions,
while they also contribute to modernizing and selecting curriculum of higher
education.
Functioning of ERENET Research and Development
Partnership (RDP)
The ERENET is
an organization that has no legal personality (entity) and it coordinates the
member’s practical activities.
All the members
of the ERENET reserve their autonomy and independency, subordinate their activities
to the coordinated functioning exclusively in the commonly decided, cooperative
projects.
The membership
of the ERENET is voluntary, so financial member-fee will not be established.
The yearly contribution of a scientific research result (or original, new
publication) to common “intellectual capital” is an indispensable condition of
valid membership.
ERENET is an
open network, therefore all researching and higher education institutions
possessing the recommendation of two network member (institutions) are allowed
to join it. Applicants fulfilling requirements obtain “temporary membership
status” which can be reinforced by a majority voting on the following network
program. Any member can take the opportunity of its right of veto against the
application. Members’ right of veto enable them to hand in and account for a
veto, the consequence of which is the reconsideration of the case on the
following network program. Becoming a member requires 75% unanimous vote of
participating members. The registration of membership (and temporary
membership) is conducted by BCU -SBDC in cooperation with SME- and Enterprise
Development Regional Counsellor of UN-Economic Council for
The management of the ERENET
The main
decision making, coordinating and managing organization of the ERENET is
Steering Committee. Each institutional member can delegate one representative
to the Steering Committee. The representatives have one vote equally. Private
persons (entities) can be accepted as the members of the Steering Committee for
two years in conformity with the twothird vote of the members of the Steering
Committee.
The Steering
Committee has meeting minimum once a year, where the fulfilment of the tasks of
last year plan will be discussed and the targets of the following year will be
set. The members make decisions of the requests with “for”, “against”,
“abstention“ or “veto” vote.
The Steering
Committee makes decisions in the made requests with majority vote system (50% +
1 vote). To a positive decision of a made request is necessary that the “for”
votes should be more than the “against” and the “abstention”, in a form of that
nobody takes the opportunity of its right of “veto”.
The vote of
“veto” means that the decision can cause damage of interest for the member who
took the opportunity of its right of veto. In this case the member who took the
opportunity of its right of veto has to give the details and verify the damage.
Decision can not be made which can cause damage or disadvantage for any member
by the Partnership. In case of veto new request has to be made and can not be
harmful for none of the members.
The operative
coordination of the ERENET is undertaken (organized) by Corvinus University of
Budapest Small Business Development Centre. Particularly the following tasks of
operative coordination:
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Sending
Regular reference (reports) to the members in connection with the ERENET
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Technical
preparation and convocation of the annual meeting of The Steering Committee.
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Sending
prior the questions that will be discussed and required information of the
discussion the members in the frame of technical preparation of the Steering
Committee. This obligation of the coordinator does not limiting the right of
any members in making questions or decision requests to the Steering Committee,
if it was made in the appropriate time (minimum 8 days before the meeting).
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Preparation
and presentation of common applications, researching and other projects.
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Representation
ERENET in concrete questions to third partners in accordance with the decisions
of the Steering Committee.
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Responsibility
of the project’s administrative and financial coordination and management in
case of winning
The projects of the ERENET[1]
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In
order to create the organisational framework of their cooperation, they establish an international network of
higher education on teaching and investigating entrepreneurship.
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In
course of regular and continuous exchange of information, they make each other acquainted with their curriculum and researches.
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They
elaborate and realise common research projects by taking advantage of
international cooperation.
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In
order to provide financial sources of outlined researches, they collectively apply for support in
multilateral, pan-European projects.
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They promote the exchange of their
professors, researchers
and possibly students showing considerable interest in enterprise development,
furthermore they also support students participating in integrated courses and
education.
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In
the beginning only on a national level, however, later on also internationally
they create a forum for publications
in order to exchange, document and distribute their research results. The forum
for publication is fundamentally an internet-based periodical nevertheless not
excluding the publishing of special issues and unique publications.
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By
keeping requirements of education development in mind, they collectively elaborate new syllabus and curriculum.
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Results
of common research projects are regularly exchanged on workshops and conferences by taking advantage of researchers’
personal mobility.
People signed below acknowledge that they have
read the declaration, understand it, and agree to all its terms and conditions.
The participants signed the Declaration. (See
below)
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Dr. Dimitru Matis |
University of Cluj-Napoca |
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Dr. Eric Dejan |
University of Belgrade/Belgrade banking Academy |
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Dr. Miroslav Glas |
University of Ljubjana |
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Dr. Sanja Pfeifer |
University of Osiek |
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Dr. Szabo Zsuzsanna |
University of Tirgu Mures |
|
Dr. Vincent Soltes |
University of Kosice |
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Dr. Renata Vokorokosova |
University of Kosice |
|
Mr. Lehel Györfy |
University of Cluj-Napoca |
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Dr. Gábor Nahlik |
University of Veszprém |
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Dr. Gyula Fülöp |
University of Miskolc |
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Dr. László Szerb |
University of Pécs |
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Dr. Márton Vilmányi |
University of Szeged |
|
Martinez José Luis |
Heller Farkas Főiskola |
|
Gergely Németh |
Poziteam |
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István Mikus |
Europrofessional Hungary |
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Dr. Peter Szirmai |
Corvinus University of Budapest |
[1] The present declaration for the concrete projects will be modified on the statutory meeting of ERENET, and the Steering Comitee regularly maintain these projects