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Anzac Hotel Canakkale - World Universities Congress 2010 Canakkale
In October 2010, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University will be organising a World Universities Congress on the theme: "What should be the new aims and responsibilities of universities within the framework of global issues?"
The main responsibilities of universities around the world have traditionally been to offer education and training leading to a profession, to conduct scientific research, and to provide other services to the community. However, in a world where global issues are increasingly impacting on daily life, universities today have a duty to assume more responsibility in a wider field.
The trend towards globalisation, resulting from factors such as efforts to integrate national economies, an increase in international and intercultural relations, and the disappearance of national borders in the sphere of communications, has brought with it a number of problems. It is therefore necessary for topics such as those listed below to be discussed at university level. Universities need to redefine their aims and responsibilities and to make and share suggestions for lasting solutions on international platforms. In addition to the three traditional tasks mentioned above, universities need to define their duties and objectives with regard to the following topics:
- Understanding and preventing global climate change
- Preventing global terrorism
- Eradicating global poverty
- Solving the problems of global migration
- Eradicating inequalities in income distribution
- Eradicating injustice in health services
- Eradicating inequality in educational opportunities.
- Proposing solutions to environmental pollution
- Preventing regional conflicts
- Securing world peace
- Protecting cultural heritage
- Developing lasting solutions to rapid population growth
- Expanding the role of non-governmental organisations in local and international developments
These issues, which threaten the whole of mankind, cannot be solved only by international or transnational organisations, such as the United Nations, European Union, UNESCO, OECD and G8, or by governments alone. Universities can make a significant contribution by participating in the debate. In order to assist in resolving these issues, universities need first of all to include relevant goals in their strategic planning, to create research and training centres, and to rethink their teaching programmes. Universities will have the opportunity to determine what can be done during sessions at the Congress.
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