Buletin ºtiiniþfic - Universitatea George Bacovia

Letter to the readers
An academic scientific publication is aiming at becoming well-known through the
scientific value of the disseminated ideas. Otherwise there may always exist the risk of its
becoming a mere collection of articles and studies if it does not have a vivid and authentic
dialogue with its readers, be they, sometimes, authors.
The editorial policy of an academic journal does not refer only to establishing the
number of pages for each article and for each volume, to deciding the themes, the
structure and the nature of articles, the frequency of the publication and its relationship
with other publications. It aims at communicating some accomplishments of the publisher
(in our case George Bacovia University) and even at promoting an exchange of ideas with
the readers - potential authors.
What has happened in the life of our teachers and of the George Bacovia University
students since the publication of the previous number of the Scientific Bulletin?
What event, out of the many that a public institution under the private law confronts
itself with, would be more relevant for their present and the future readers? In our opinion
the institutional development and the improvement of the educational act quality are the
main concerns of our university management. There is always a permanent preoccupation
for the educational act mission: graduates needed by the labour markets and not only
graduates in search for a job.
The year 2005 was a fruitful one for George Bacovia University: the Ministry of
Education and Research has approved two new specializations (Social Work and Finance-
Banking) and a new master course (The Management for Health Care Resources). The
final accreditation of two other specializations, as well as the approval for starting off online
courses – all these represent important steps for the recognition of the qualitative level
of our university necessary within the present context. Our intention is to maintain an
intense, restless rhythm of work for the fulfillment of our goals within the highly competitive
institutional structures.
A series of other accomplishments are directly related to the involvement of our
colleagues in international projects and associations, in starting off new co-operations with
universities from Europe and even from outside Europe. George Bacovia University has
been a SPACE member since 2004. SPACE is an association founded in 1989, by the
Belgian law having the head office in Ghent. The activity within SPACE, a pan European
organization of universities from about 30 countries, is an integrating and of an interacademic
cooperation one. To the suggestion of the George Bacovia University
representative, it has been agreed with the creation of a Special Working Committee that
should promote the global scientific research. This committee, named ERA – European
Research Area – has suggested that the future SPACE meeting should be doubled by the
organization of a conference within the Annual General Meeting, in March 2007.
SPACE is a very fertile context for debates aiming the European university
management. The members of George Bacovia academic community have unlimited
access to the SPACE resources, available at the address: http://space.hogent.be,
username: liviu.drugus and password: space. Even more, the students can attend free online
courses on different themes, such as European Studies, Business Economics,
Intercultural Communication etc., being granted diplomas that will help them to be
employed within the European space. We also want to mention that the international