RECOAUD - Environmental management in Russian companies
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Environmental management in Russian companies - retraining courses for the sensibilisation for and integration of Eco-Audit programmes in corporate decision-making (RECOAUD)
The project RECOAUD was selected in the TEMPUS IV 6th call for projects by the European Commission which promotes the modernisation of higher education in EU partner countries and Russian universities (http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/tempus./).
In times of constant climate changes, it is crucial for companies to integrate environmental management and audits into corporate decision-making programmes. Environmental issues are currently integrated within the education and studies for ecologists and specialists at Russian universities. However, this education is rather general (or is restricted too much to a specific branch). So far, there are no specific lifelong learning programmes in the Russian partner universities that address managers responsible for the corporate Environmental Management in order to train them for the implementation of Eco-Audits and climate change adaptation in their enterprises. In fact, the education and training still needs to be aligned to international standards and the state of the art of science.
Thus, the long-term objective of RECOAUD consists of the development and launch of a lifelong learning (retraining) and further education programme with the focus on Eco-Audit and Environmental Management which will be taught at Russian partner universities.
Within the project, several questions/ sub-objectives will be achieved:
- to develop a curriculum (textbook for the courses) for the further education programme on "Eco-Audit and Environmental Management";
- to train university teachers to lead the courses;
- to introduce new techniques in the educational process of lifelong learning education;
- to foster cooperation between the participating regions in Russia;
- to foster knowledge exchange and cooperation between participating organisations and companies.
Leadership
Researcher
Daria Meyr
Cooperation
- University of Maribor, Slovenia (http://www.um.si/en/Pages/default.aspx)
- Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland (http://www.pcz.pl/english/)
- University of Zilina, Slovakia (https://www.uniza.sk/menu/inc.php?ver=en)
- Samara State Transport University, Russia (http://www.samgups.ru )
- Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia (http://www.tsogu.ru/)
- Ural State University of Railway Transport, Russia (http://www.usurt.ru/en/)
- Omsk State Transport University, Russia (http://www.omgups.ru/infoteque/english.html)
Term
12/2013 bis 11/2016
Financing
European Commission/The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index_en.php)
Publications, Presentations and Press Review
For information about publications, presentations and press review please visit our parallel German website.