25 Years of Linking the Camino De Santiago and Higher Education
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25 YEARS OF LINKING THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO AND HIGHER EDUCATION COMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES • 25 YEARS LINKING THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO AND HIGHER EDUCATION compostelaGROUP OF UNIVERSITIES GRUPO DE UNIVERSIDADES A GRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CGU TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES OF THE COMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES . 5 PRESIDENTS OF THE CGU . 6 EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES OF THE CGU . 8 STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE CGU . 12 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CGU . 14 MILESTONES IN THE 25-YEAR HISTORY OF THE COMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES . 23 1994 . 24 1996 . 26 2000 . 42 2001 . 46 2003 . 48 2004 . .52 . 2007 . 62 2010 . 66 2011 . 72 2014 . 76 2017 . 80 2018 . 88 2019 . 92 2 3 Executive OF THE COMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES Committees 4 5 PRESIDENTS 1994 - 1999 OF THE CGU Marc Richelle UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE 1999 - 2007 Michael Cooper KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY 2007 - 2015 Maurits van Rooijen UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER (1993-2009) NYENRODE UNIVERSITY (2009-2012) GLOBAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS (2012 TO PRESENT) 2015 - PRESENT Marek Kręglewski ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY, POZNAN 6 7 EXECUTIVE 1995 - 1998 SECRETARIES OF THE CGU Álvaro de Mingo Díaz 1998 Manuel Freire-Garabal UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 1999 - 2003 Marta González Vázquez 2004 - 2006 Enrique López Veloso UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 2006 - 2010 Beatriz Iglesias Seoane 8 9 2012 - 2017 Isabel Lirola Delgado UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 2017 - PRESENT María Teresa Carballeira Rivera UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 10 11 STEERING 1993 - 1994 COMMITTEE Félix García Lausín María da Conceição Matos OF THE CGU UNIVERSITY JAUME I UNIVERSITY OF MINHO José Vicente Oliver Villanueva María José Crespo Allue UNIVERSITY GEORGIA-AUGUSTA GÖTTINGEN UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID Manuel Freire-Garabal Pierre Yvard UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY OF NANTES Marc Richelle Ramón Villares Paz UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 12 13 EXECUTIVE 1994 - 1999 COMMITTEE Darío Villanueva Prieto Manuel Freire-Garabal OF THE CGU PERMANENT MEMBER . UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Ellen Fischer-Kallmann María José Crespo Allue UNIVERSITY GEORGIA-AUGUSTA GÖTTINGEN UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID Félix García Lausín Maurits van Rooijen JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER Jiri Sramek Michael Cooper MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY Juan Luís Gómez Colomer Minoo Farhangmehr JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF MINHO Loïc Fravalo Paolo Guiseppe Caucci UNIVERSITY OF NANTES UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA 14 15 1999 - 2003 2003 - 2007 Maurits van Rooijen Marek Kręglewski Maurits van Rooijen Marek Kręglewski VICE-PRESIDENT . UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY, POZNAN VICE-PRESIDENT . UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY, POZNAN Ana María Fuertes Eugenio María Elena Váquez Cendón Ana María Fuertes Eugenio Mercedes Jaime Sisó JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA Darío Villanueva Prieto Michel Moreau Don Sparling Michel Moreau PERMANENT MEMBER . UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY PIERRE AND MARIE CURIE MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO UNIVERSITY PIERRE AND MARIE CURIE (1999-2002) Natividad Fernández Sola Joseph Mifsud Paolo Guiseppe Caucci Don Sparling UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA UNIVERSITY OF MALTA UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO Paolo Guiseppe Caucci Laura Howard Senén Barro Ameneiro Joseph Mifsud UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY OF MALTA Senén Barro Ameneiro Manuel Mota Laura Howard UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2002-2003) UNIVERSITY OF MINHO UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ Manuel Mota UNIVERSITY OF MINHO 16 17 2007 - 2011 2011 - 2015 Laura Howard Lourenzo Fernández Prieto Inmaculada Fortanet Juan Viaño Rey VICE-PRESIDENT . UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA VICE-PRESIDENT . JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2014-2015) Marek Kręglewski Manuel Mota Laura Howard László Imre Kómlosi TREASURER . ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY, POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MINHO VICE-PRESIDENT . UNIVERSITY OF CADIZ UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS Don Sparling Marielle de Dardel Marek Kręglewski Manuel Freire-Garabal MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG TREASURER . ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Eva Alcón Soler Natividad Fernández Sola Adriana Lago de Carvalho Marielle de Dardel JAUME I UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA UNIVERSITY OF MINHO UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG Francisco Marmolejo Omar Grech Catherine Dhaussy Michael Cooper UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OF MALTA UNIVERSITY OF NANTES NOMINAL MEMBER . KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY Jean Pierre Roose Riitta Kataja Jean Pierre Roose Michael Proctor ERASMUS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BRUSSELS UNIVERSITY OF OULU CGU’S DELEGATE IN BRUSSELS UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Juan J. Casares Long Senén Barro Ameneiro Juan J. Casares Long Thomas Martin Buntru UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2010-2011) UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2007-2010) UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (2011-2014) UNIVERSITY OF MONTERREY 18 19 2015 - 2018 2018 - PRESENT Inmaculada Fortanet Jean Pierre Roose Inmaculada Fortanet Jean Pierre Roose VICE-PRESIDENT . JAUME I UNIVERSITY CGU’S DELEGATE IN BRUSSELS VICE-PRESIDENT . JAUME I UNIVERSITY HONORARY MEMBER Slavomir Rudenko Juan Francisco García Marín Slavomir Rudenko Joan Antoni Martín Montaner TREASURER . PAN-EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF LEON TREASURER . PAN-EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY JAUME I UNIVERSITY Ann Langenakens Juan Viaño Rey Ann Langenakens Juan Francisco García Marín ERASMUS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BRUSSELS PERMANENT MEMBER . UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA ERASMUS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BRUSSELS UNIVERSITY OF LEON (2015-2018) Carina Eriksson Antonio López Díaz Manuel Freire Garabal KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY Manuel Freire Garabal PERMANENT MEMBER . UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Carla Martins Carina Eriksson Maurits van Rooijen UNIVERSITY OF MINHO Maurits van Rooijen KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY NOMINAL MEMBER . GLOBAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS NOMINAL MEMBER . GLOBAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS Gyula Zeller Carla Martins Thomas Martin Buntru UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS Thomas Martin Buntru UNIVERSITY OF MINHO UNIVERSITY OF MONTERREY UNIVERSITY OF MONTERREY Jan Pavlík István Tarrósy MASARYK UNIVERSITY, BRNO UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS 20 21 OF THE COMPOSTELA GROUP OF UNIVERSITIES Milestones in the 25-year history 22 23 1994 FOUNDATION OF THE CGU AND OBJECTIVES The CGU came into being in the early representatives of the host university 1990’s in northwestern Spain, in the and the universities of Valladolid, heartland of the Camino de Santiago, Liège, Nantes, Jaume I, Georgia- with an almost fraternal bond being Augusta Göttingen, and Minho. They established between the pilgrimage state that the founding objective route and the university network. of the network is to facilitate and promote cooperation in the higher The CGU began to take shape in the education sector, the aim being to autumn of 1993, with the founding promote the cultural heritage of the universities taking a year to define the Camino de Santiago and to understand network project and its objectives. the pilgrimage route as a social It was not until September 1994 that phenomenon that has made a decisive the CGU constituent assembly was contribution in defining the concept held at the University of Santiago de and nature of Europe. Compostela. The general assembly of There were 71 member universities at the Compostela Group of The statutes were drawn up by Universities in 2000 that time. a steering committee formed by 24 25 1996 Jury meeting of the International Prize Grupo Compostela-Xunta de Galicia in 1999 CREATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE GRUPO COMPOSTELA-XUNTA DE GALICIA In seeking to develop the activities institution that has excelled through related to its founding objective, the their work in favor of European unity CGU began to build alliances with and the preservation of the cultural other public and private entities that heritage of the Camino de Santiago shared its values. The first of them and its values, which are a symbol of was with the Consellería de Cultura, the creation of Europe and lie at the Comunicación Social y Turismo de heart of its origins. la Xunta Galicia and concerned the Throughout these 23 years, the creation of an international award. award has recognized outstanding Representatives of the Helsinki Group of Women and Science The International Prize Grupo personalities and entities from the receive the X International Prize Compostela-Xunta de Galicia was fields of culture, politics, education, Grupo Compostela-Xunta de launched in 1996. This accolade is communication and research. Galicia awarded annually to an individual or 26 27 The diplomat Mohamed ElBaradei receives the International Prize Grupo Compostela-Xunta de Galicia in 2010 28 29 Neelie Kroes, a former vice- president of the European Commission and a winner of the XV International Prize Grupo Compostela-Xunta de Galicia, meets with CGU representatives in Brussels 30 31 The representative of the College TV channel Euronews receives the of Europe collects the award at the award in 2013. XVIII CGU General Assembly 32 33 The Erasmus program receives the Swedish academic Lennart Levi 2015 award at a ceremony held wins the XVIII International Prize at the University of Santiago de Grupo Compostela-Xunta de Compostela Galicia 34 35 Marcelino Oreja Aguirre, former executive secretary