On 26.6.2014, the TRAWOS Institute, together with its cooperation partners, the Institute for Regional Geography (IfL) in Leipzig, the Alliance for the Future of Upper Lusatia (BZOL), the LAURIN project team for regional development, labor market development and democratic participation and the VSBI e.V.'s Re-Turn project in Upper Lusatia, hosted the 13th Round Table Forum on the Görlitz university campus.
50 participants accepted the invitation to take part in four different table discussions to shed light on various aspects of changing working environments and their potential for the sustainable development of the Upper Lusatia region, which are often neglected in the general public debate on the recruitment of skilled workers and labor market developments.
The keynote speeches, summaries of the discussion rounds and the resulting recommendations for action for a regional action plan in the district of Görlitz can be found below:
Dr. Maik Hosang, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
"Potentials for new working environments in Upper Lusatia"
Institut für Länderkunde Leipzig
"Tell me where the women are ...?" Results of the SEMIGRA and WOMEN projects
Zittau Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Summary of the discussion and recommendations for action
VSBI e.V.
"Motivlagen und Erfahrungen ostdeutscher Aus- und Rückwanderer" from the IfL's Re-Turn Study
Bündnis Zukunft Oberlausitz (BZOL)
Summary of the recommendations for action
La ida coordination office, Forst/Lausitz
"La Ida - transnational paths to labor market integration and regional development "
LAURIN project, Forst/Lausitz
Results and recommendations for action
Institute for Regional Geography, Leipzig
"Multilocality of creative knowledge workers"
Katja Großer, spokesperson for the Saxon creative associations, Leipzig
"Potential of the creative industries in Saxony's rural regions"
Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, Prague
"Creative ecosystems in small towns - comparative study of creative milieus between Duchcov (CZ) and Miltenberg (DE)"
Ideenfluß e.V.
Summary of the recommendations for action
From June 19 to July 3, 2014, the traveling exhibition of the regional alliance for equal opportunities in Bautzen showed exemplary portraits of women in management positions between successful careers in Lusatian companies and their compatibility with family and leisure time in the foyer of the Hermann-Heitkamphaus on the Görlitz campus .
If you are interested in showing the exhibition on your premises, you will find all the important information and contact details here .