Center of Relations with the socio-Economic and Cultural Environment

Head of Center Prof. Eng. Daniela Rosca, PhD

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.

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 Centre 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.

Objective

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.