Abstract
Cross-border cooperation within the framework of the Carpathian Euroregion provides the possibility of building the processes of education at universities that would facilitate knowledge transfer from the universities to the business sphere, which is particularly significant in terms of forming innovations. The aim of the research conducted was the analysis of the key competences that have an impact on the level of innovativeness of the graduates of the universities of a business profile in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Romania. In the methodology used, a systematic literary review of the acquired references from the databases of ProQuest, Emerald, SCOPUS, and the Jagiellonian Library was applied from the outset. Subsequently, a small number of foreign and Polish research works conducted in the sphere of the stipulated subject matter of the competences of graduates, as well as their innovativeness were identified and ascertained. This facilitated the specification of the cognitive gaps as follows: There was no prior research relating to the Carpathian Euroregion and the transnational cooperation, with particular consideration given to the role of graduates of universities in terms of shaping change in this area. In empirical research, a survey method was chosen as it enabled, among other things, the quantitative description of specific aspects declared as the competences of graduates in the chosen research group. The research conducted reveals that there are no stipulated ways of ranking the essential competences directed at innovativeness, thus the decision-makers at the universities in the Carpathian Euroregion must consider what way and what activities they may use to connect the development of competences. The results acquired and the conclusions drawn may serve the transfer and adoption of good practices from individual countries and regions to other European and non-European ones.
Highlights
For a long time, the state borders and adjacent regions have been aimed at separating lands, people, nations, notions, or activities
It is necessary to emphasize that the problematic issues indicated were analyzed exclusively in a political or regional notion and there is no hitherto research on the subject matter of the Carpathian Euroregion and within the framework of its cross-border cooperation with particular consideration given to the role of university graduates in terms of shaping change in this sphere
Analysis of the programs of education in the opinions of the working students, graduates, and employers may have a beneficial impact on the profile and quality of their education, as well as the fate of the graduates in the countries forming the Carpathian Euroregion that are encompassed within this research, while other countries that are interested in its findings
Summary
The state borders and adjacent regions have been aimed at separating lands, people, nations, notions, or activities. Regional and Euroregional cooperation signifies cooperation between the member states and the partnering countries that undertake common challenges that are in turn, aimed at the common good that takes place in the territories of the member states and the partnering countries [2]. Euroregions should ensure a clear strategic vision of their territories that encompasses a legislative nature, which would be best in the type structure of European Groupings of Territorial Cooperation, sharing social infrastructure, strong participation of the local communities in issues of cross-border cooperation, while strengthening public organizations, education and higher-level education, as well as enterprises [3,4]. The level of competences as a result of the education profile and its convergence with the expectations of employers who are geared towards innovativeness that is built as a result of the knowledge transfer from the new employees has a significant impact
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