Brochure (pdf) - KU Leuven

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LUMOS
“Leuven University Hospitals, the Biomedical Sciences
Group of KU Leuven and the Department of Health
and Technology of Leuven University College have
joined forces for the coordination of their medical
development cooperation activities, grouped under
the name LUMOS. Staff members of the LUMOS
partners volunteer their academic, clinical and
management expertise to the LUMOS projects.
These projects support the sustainable development
of health care in developing countries through
knowledge transfer and capacity building in an
interactive cooperation.”
Jan Verhaegen, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine,
KU Leuven and President of the LUMOS Board of
Governors
TRAINING FOR MANAGING KNOWLEDGE
INSTITUTIONS
“The society and economy of the 21st century will be
based on knowledge. This scarce and complex – but
(re)producible – resource is developed and maintained
by knowledge institutions. As with any human institution,
these must be led and managed. Building on the
experience of the members of the KU Leuven Association
and other institutions of higher learning, we develop
a management programme that addresses issues
relevant for leading and managing universities and
university colleges. It is geared toward those in
charge of new institutions, or those tasked with
reorienting and transforming existing schools into
knowledge institutions. To facilitate access, the training
programme utilises up-to-date communication and
teaching technology. The focus is particularly on cases
where conditions have not – or have hardly – permitted
knowledge institutions to develop, that is, institutions
whose ‘future has to be invented’. There are many such
institutions in developing societies.”
Piet Vanden Abeele, Professor emeritus at the Faculty of
Business and Economics, former dean and vice rector,
KU Leuven