CENTER OF RELATIONS WITH THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

MISSION

Center of Relations with the socio-Economic and Cultural Environment (DR-MESC) has as main mission the monitoring of collaboration activities with the socio-economic and cultural environment at the University level, in collaboration with the faculties.

DR-MESC promotes research programs that meet the market requirements for retooling, restructuring and modernization; identifies the demands of economic agents for staff training, technical assistance, legal advice, etc.; identifies foreign economic agents interested in collaborating with the university; monitors the correlation of graduates’ skills with the demands of the labor market; promotes job offers; identifies collaborations at local, regional and national levels; establishes cooperation links with similar departments in the country and abroad. At the base of DR-MESC is an interdisciplinary activity supported by teachers from different faculties within the University of Craiova.

OBJECTIVES

Ensuring the interface between the University of Craiova and the socio-economic environment by promoting research programs that meet the market requirements for retooling, restructuring and modernization.

Creating the appropriate framework for the implementation of training activities, technical assistance, consultancy, etc. by launching the university’s offer in the socio-economic and cultural environment, on the one hand and identifying the needs / expectations specific to the socio-economic environment and their correlation with the university’s offer, on the other hand

Identification of the requests of economic agents for staff training.

Promoting personalized internships in order to carry out projects / bachelor works and dissertations, based on topics formulated in collaboration with representatives of the socio-economic and cultural environment.

Creating the conditions and achieving a partnership between the University of Craiova and the socio-economic environment to support the development of students’ practice in the country or abroad, in order to apply also in this aspect the European system of transferable credits.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

Promoting research programs that meet market requirements for retrofitting, restructuring and modernization

Identification of the requests of economic agents for staff training, technical assistance, legal advice, etc.

Identifying collaborations with economic agents abroad

Correlation of graduates’ skills with demands on the labor market

Promoting job offers

Identifying collaborations at regional and national level

Establishing cooperation links with similar departments in the country and abroad

ORGANISATION

The activities of the Center of Relations with the socio-Economic and Cultural Environment are coordinated by THE DR.-MESC Board, chaired by a Director and subordinated to the Rector who is responsible for scientific research and relations with the economic environment.

THE DR-MESC Board consists of:

• Director DR-MESC;

• A representative of each faculty within the UCV.