NORTHERN (ARCTIC) FEDERAL UNIVERSITY – NARFU ARKHANGELSK, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Andrey PODOPLEKIN Lead of the International Cooperation Office, NArFU

NArFU’ RUSSIAN-FINNISH PROJECTS and PROGRAMS of COOPERATION

8th Seminar on Cooperation between Russian and Finnish HEIs

Saint-Petersburg, 20–22.03.2012

Institutes / vocational schools 16 / 2 (main campus)

cluster in Severodvinsk cluster in Kotlas – Koryazhma Research institutes / R&E centers 2 / 8 Centers of core research equipment 3 Teaching and research staff / Students / PhD students 1520 / > 23300 / > 300 BA / Specialist / MA programs 62 / 49 / 27 Post-graduate / Doctorate programs 59 / 6 Research turnover / applied research 170 / 68 mill. RUR Development program (2010–2014) 1000 mill. RUR / year Projects and grants/ International projects ≈ 150 / ≈ 30% / year «NArFU mission and objective – to provide innovative, research and HR support to RF activities in the Arctic» University as a driver of regional society, economy and international cooperation

NArFU in figures

•Civil Construction and Architecture •Economics •Energy and Transport •Forestry Engineering •Information and Space Technologies •Law •Management and Regional Studies •Mathematics and Computer Science •Natural Science and Bio-medicine •Oil and Gaz •Pedagogy, Psychology and Social Work •Philology and Intercultural Communication •Physical Training, Sports and Health •Social-Humanitarian and Political Science •Supplementary Professional Education •Theoretical and Applied Chemistry

NArFU institutes (campus in Arkhangelsk)

Models of NArFU International Cooperation Lapin yliopisto Oulun yliopisto Itä-Suomen yliopisto Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulu Rovamiemen ammattikorkeakoulu

Arctic and Circumpolar Cooperation

BEAR and Nordic-Russian

Cooperation

Bilateral Partnerships

NArFU – Finnish HEIs Bilateral Cooperation

LAPIN YLIOPISTO (agreements since 1994) - joint research projects - student and teachers exchange programs (FIRST-Barents by CIMO) ROVAMIEMEN AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU (agreements sicne 2008) - joint research projects - student and teachers exchange programs (FIRST-Barents by CIMO) KEMI-TORNION AMMATTIKORKEAKOULU (agreements since 2004) - joint research projects - student and teachers exchange programs (FIRST-Barents by CIMO) OULUN YLIOPISTO (agreements since 1996) - joint research projects - student exchange programs (FIRST by CIMO) ITÄ-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO - student exchange programs (FIRST by CIMO)

BCBU Programs in NArFU

SOFTWARE, SYSTEMS and SERVICES DEVELOPMENT in the GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (GS3D) full partner

COMPARATIVE SOCIAL WORK (CSW) full partner

BARENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (BEE) full partner

CIRCUMPOLAR HEALTH and WELLBEING (CHWb) associate partner

LAW under development BCBU Forum (22–23.11.2012, NArFU): “to engage more actively networking and cooperation with the University of the Arctic, proper internal collaboration between the Finnish partners and, respectively, between the Russian partners, exchange of information and best practices, additional fundraising resources”

NArFU in Finnish-Russian EU’ Kolarctic ENPI CBC Projects

NArFU is partnering in 5 Kolarctic ENPI CBC projects – the biggest project portfolio among the BEAR institutions.

FINNISH-LED PROJECTS with NArFU:

КО 162 «BCBU Plus: Barents Cross-Border University Development Project» Leading partner – Lapin yliopisto

КО 177 «BART: Private-Public Partnership in Barents-Tourism» Leading partner – Rovamiemen ammattikorkeakoulu

KO 375 «ArctiChildrenInNet: Empowering School e-Health Model in the Barents region» Leading partner – Rovamiemen ammattikorkeakoulu

BCBU Plus: Barents Cross-Border University Development Project

Overall objective – to contribute to the development of the Barents region by promoting cross-border academic cooperation for the knowledge-based economics in the Barents region. Goals: to harmonize, expand and integrate the BCBU Master’s degree programmes to regular activities of universities. to develop models of good practices for implementation and cooperation for cross border master’s programmes to strenghten and institutionalise a cross border campus for implementing the master’s degree and later for the PhD degree education Activities 1. Virtual Campus: establishment of common e-learning

and web conferencing platform, increasing of availability of academic and research material, publication of the Cross Border Cooperation handbook

2. Best Practices: developing administrative practice, developing academic practices

Overall objective – to contribute to the regional and economic development of the Barents region Specific objective – to create and initiate development mechanisms in long term public-private partnership for the tourism industry on all stakeholders levels. Main activities: 1. Establishing research and development peer-review group (review group) 2. Creating Action Plan for Barents region tourism research and development 3. Activating research and development cooperation in public-private partnership

BART: Private-Public Partnership in Barents-Tourism

ArctiChildrenInNet: Empowering School e-Health Model in the Barents region Started in March 2012 Overall objective – to improve the common challenges of the schoolchildren’s health and well-being, security and cultural identity through ICT applications in the Barents region. Specific objective – to develop an Empowering School e-Health Model by implementing approaches in every participating country. Results expected Cross-border frame of reference for achieving an empowering school e-Health / e-Learning model Action research to assess the actual ICT use for development of school e-Health and e-Learning applications Build up an ICT environment with new interventions and practices New interventions / practices created for starting empowering school e-Health / e-Learning dialogue Empowering School e-Health Model developed

EU’ Kolarctic ENPI CBC 3rd CALL BART–2: Private-Public Partnership in Barents-Tourism Leading partner – Rovamiemen ammattikorkeakoulu NorthLAMP– Northern Landscape Management Platform Leading partner – Rovamiemen ammattikorkeakoulu EU’ TEMPUS Programme 5th call – 2012 Life-long Learning Training System for Social Welfare Improvement Leading partner – Diakonia ammattikorkeakoulu EU’ Northern Dimension Partnership in Culture Nordic-Russian Partnership in Creative Industries (under development) Facilitated by Nordic Council of Ministers

Russian-Finnish Projects Submitted with NArFU to EU Programs

NArFU – Finnish Projects within EU Programs: outcomes and challenges

OUTCOMES Education: joint programs and curricula, academic mobility Infrastructure: virtual campus and classrooms, “collaboration studios” Diffusion of innovations: project management and HR technologies Professional: new competences and skills Social impacts: development of local communities and business CHALLENGES Different motivation for cooperation

Bilateral Russian-Finnish instrument is required

More Finnish “physical” presence in the region is required

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