MENTRA - TPM3

THE THIRD TRANSNATIONAL PROJECT MEETING (TPM3)
TRAINING MATERIALS DESIGN MEETING
Prague, SEPTEMBER 14-16, 2021

Organizer of the meeting: University of Economics and Business in Prague, Czech Republic
Date: September 14-16, 2021

The project meeting was attended by all project partners: for UKF in Nitra (SK) the project coordinator (Prof. Zdenka Gadušová) and 2 other co-researchers, for UJS in Komárno (SK) local project coordinator, doc. Kinga Horváth and 3 other co-researchers, for the OU in Ostrava (CZ) local project coordinator, prof. Eva Malá, and 2 other co-researchers, for the University of Economics and Business in Prague (CZ) local project coordinator, prof. Libor Pavera, and 5 other co-researchers and co-organizers of the meeting and for K. Esterhazy Catholic University in Eger (Hungary; the name of the university has been changed from K. Esterhazy University to K. Esterhazy Catholic University this year), local project coordinator, doc. Zsolt Mögyörósi (there has also been a change of local coordinator since the summer of 2021, as Prof. Emese Nagy terminated her employment with the university), and 1 other co-researcher. All mentioned partners were present in person. Only the partner from Serbia (University of Novi Sad) - the local coordinator, Dr. Branka Radulovič and 2 other co-researchers due Covid 19 measures, were present on-line and joined the meeting via the link https://www.vse.cz

The wide attendance of the project participants from the partner institutions was much welcome as it was the first meeting where almost all the partners met face to face and the agenda was very important.

The aim of the project partners' meeting was to discuss and edit 6 educational modules (submitted in English at this stage of the project) developed for the further education and training of mentor-teachers (O2 project output).

The two-day meeting of the project participants was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Finance and Accounting, Doc. Ing. Ladislav Mejzlik, PhD., and Vice-Rector of UKF in Nitra, PhDr. Martina Pavlíková, Ph.D. The head of the Department of Economic Teaching Methodology at the Faculty of Finance and Accounting of the University, Ing. Alena Kralova, PhD., introduced the participants to the University.

PROGRAMME

14. 9. 2021 Tuesday (the Kampa hotel, Prague)

- arrival of the meeting participants to Prague, accommodation in the Kampa hotel
15.00 - Individual working meetings of the meeting participants with the project coordinator to discuss urgent issues regarding the management of project tasks and activities
19.00 - Business dinner
19.00 - pracovní večeře

15. 9. 2021 Wednesday (VŠE, Nám. W. Churchilla 1938/4, Praha 3)

9.00 - Welcome by meeting organizer (the University of Economics and Business in Prague management representative)
9.15 - Short introduction/tour of the University (VŠE)
9.45 - Coffee break
10.00 - Presentation of the developed Mentor Training Materials - main issues (content and form) which need to be discussed and agreed together - a representative of the O2 lead partner
10.30 - Discussion
11.00 - Module one - presentation (a representative of the Prague team) and discussion
12.30 - Lunch
13.30 - Module two - presentation (a representative of the Ostrava team) and discussion
14.45 - Coffee break
15.00 - Module three - presentation (a representative of the Nitra team) and discussion
16.15 - Module four - presentation (a representative of the Novi Sad team) and discussion
19.00 - Dinner (on the ship, Vltava river)

16. 9. 2021 Thursday (VŠE, Nám. W. Churchilla 1938/4, Praha 3)

9.00 - Module five - presentation (a representative of the Eger team) and discussion
10.15 - Coffee break
10.30 - Module six - presentation (a representative of the Komárno team) and discussion
11.45 - Budget spending issues and interim reports of project partners - project coordinator (Zdenka Gadusova)
12.30 - Monitoring of project activities - monitoring team
13.00 - End of meeting, lunch
- departure of the meeting participants from Prague

Presentations and discussion

• Responsible for individual modules were: 1 Prague, 2 Ostrava, 3 Nitra, 4 Novi Sad, 5 Eger, 6 Komárno. During the meeting, however, the partners agreed on a different arrangement of modules in the prepared textbook.
• Modul 1 - VSE Prague (.ppsx)
• Modul 2 - OSU Ostrava (.ppsx)
• Modul 3 - UKF Nitra (.ppsx)
• Modul 4 - NSU Novi Sad (.ppsx)
• Modul 5 - EKU Eger (.ppsx)
• Modul 6 - UJS Komarno (.ppsx)
• Deadlines were demanding, but they had to be adhered to so as not to disrupt the overall sequence of project activities.
• The instructions for writing the modules were written clearly and comprehensibly, but not all the authors of the modules followed them strictly.
• Each partner (module author) should consider the comments received from other project partners, but the final decision depends on him (what he accepts and what he does not).
• The final text of the module in English should be viewed / corrected by a native speaker; each partner is responsible for the quality of their text and its correct formatting.
• After the final proofreading of the materials in English, these materials can be used to disseminate the project outputs.
• Subsequently, the materials will be translated into national languages, published in printed form and displayed on the project website
• Translations of materials from English into national languages will be done by the individual partners as follows:
• into Czech: Prague (as the responsible partner for their publication) in cooperation with Ostrava
• into Slovak: Nitra (as the responsible partner for their publication) in cooperation with Komárno
• to Serbian: Novi Sad (responsible for both, translation and publishing)
• in Hungarian: Eger (as the responsible partner for their publication) in cooperation with Komárno

Budget and interim reports

The project coordinator thanked all project partners for delivering the interim reports. In their reports, all partners briefly described the administrative and professional work related to the preparation of O2's output in English, which was carried out during the challenging period after the second project meeting (April-September 2021). With regard to financial reports, not all project partners provided this report and performed this task as needed, but the project coordinator instructed them on how to improve the reports submitted and how much money they could spend on each budget line.

Lessons learned from monitoring activities

The monitoring team conducted two questionnaire surveys of project activities, the analysis of which was submitted by the chairwoman of the Monitoring Team, prof. Eva Malá.

Deadlines and other activities

Deadlines

• The final version of all modules in English must be delivered by project partners to the address: ivana.simonova@osu.cz by September 30, 2021, in MS Word and pdf.
• After submission of the final version of the materials in English, the partners will start translations into their national languages so that the translations are completed by 30 November 2021 and subsequently, after the New Year, they can be formatted, edited and published between January and February 2022.

Other activities:

• Dissemination events
• E1 - dissemination multiplier event for mentor-teachers in Prague (CZ) had to be postponed from September 2021 to the beginning of November 2021 for organizational reasons
• E2 - dissemination multiplier event for mentor-teachers in Novi Sad (RS) will take place as planned, i.e. in November 2021
• E3 - dissemination event for mentor-teachers in Komárno (SK) will take place during the fourth project meeting in March 2022.
• The next transnational project meeting (TPM4) to prepare the training of methodologists will take place on 22-24. March 2022.
• In February 2022, the project coordinator submits an interim report to the Erasmus + National Office.