BSRUN SC

Kari Hyppönen

7 September 2010

Riga

• Institutional organisations • Professional organisations

• New professional groups/organisations

• Vast variety of international events, not all

based on membership

- who decides who goes where?

- budgeting: central administration/faculty/department• Membership

- institutional/individual/mixed

- who decides?/who pays?

- administration/institutional contact

IMHE EUA IAU EURASHE

UNICA UTRECHT SANTANDER COMPOSTELA

COIMBRA LERU IRUN BSRUN

UNIMED UArctic EEUN CEEUN

ECIU

[CBUR] [Stephan Bathory Collegium] [IROBALT]

ESMU ACA IMUA

SRHE HUMANE AHUA AUA

NUAS EUPRIO CHER EARMA

EIRMA ARMA EAIR EAIE

BUP NDI

Background and Rationale

• university, city and region interest in the Baltic Sea region • enlargement of the EU• not just another TEMPUS project• learning from your neighbours• cross-border co-operation

Background and Rationale

• to enhance interest in the region • to market the region elsewhere• to enhance co-operation between networks• facilitator• exchange of experiences, best practices and new ideas• to establish new institutional links

Background and Rationale

• loose umbrella organisation• to pick and choose according to one's wishes and needs• variety of institutional profiles• only a small secretariat • host university covers coordination expenses • participants cover their own expenses

Participation in BSRUN events by year and by country

Year Seminars Participants Belarus Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Other

2000 3 208 16 82 69 23 7 7 42001 2 141 6 22 45 64 42002 5 245 20 59 66 37 44 7 122003 3 189 22 19 65 41 8 34 02004 5 183 15 22 35 59 38 12 22005 5 260 10 25 39 22 116 26 12 102006 10 347 42 26 44 53 85 29 53 152007 5 243 13 59 52 26 30 19 27 172008 8 386 90 16 42 55 45 31 83 242009 7 302 17 12 25 79 58 33 41 37

53 2504 172 217 406 515 558 235 276 125

STATUS

• A multilateral agreement between member institutions

• The coordinating institution acts as the legal entity when so required

OBJECTIVES

• A network for University Governance, Management and Administration

• In addition, a platform to new ideas, contacts and projects

MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA

• The right to award Doctorates

• Membership of the national rector’s conference and/or European University Association (EUA)

• When BSRUN was established, the founding group consisted of universities which had bilateral and other links between them. Established networks and bilateral links will be taken into consideration also in the future.

Geographical region

Members should geographically come primarily from the Baltic Sea drainage area. Co-operation is enhanced with NUAS (Nordic countries) and EAIR and ESMU (Europe and globally). Co-operation with the Baltic University Programme, the Northern Dimension Institute and the University of Arctic will be explored.

So what?

• why belong?• why attend?• why contribute?• current topics of interest• location of events• SC role in the planning of activities• the role of local contacts; BSUA• branding

Erasmus MundusExternal Cooperation Window/Action2http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

EU-Russia Triple Ihttp://www.utu.fi/en/iii

Integration, Interaction and Institutions

The objective is to create an active network of Russian and European universities that cooperate multidisciplinarily and multilaterally, and promote innovation through joint research, education, and exchange of experience and good practices.

Budget approx. 12 Meuro, approx. 675 mobilities

European universities

University of Algarve (Portugal)University of Bologna (Italy)University of Deusto (Spain)University of Göttingen (Germany)Humboldt University Berlin (Germany)University of Leuven (Belgium)[Middle East Technical University Turkey]Pultusk Academy of Humanities (Poland)University of Turku (Finland)University of Latvia (Latvia)

Russian universities

Higher School of EconomicsImmanuel Kant State University of RussiaIrkutsk State UniversityKazan (Volga Region) Federal UniversityPetrozavodsk State UniversityRussian State University for the HumanitiesSt. Petersburg State UniversityUdmurt State UniversityUral State UniversityYaroslav-The-Wise Novgorod State University +Target Groups 2 and 3

The University of Turku

• Coordinator

LOT 5 Russia Deadline 31 August 2010• Partner

LOT 7 Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus

LOT 9 Central Asian Republics

LOT 10 Western Balkans

LOT 11 and 12 Asia Regional

Erasmus Mundus ECW/Action2

• concentration of partnerships• university strategies for internationalisation• experiences• expertise• existing partnerships• management competence and resources• academic preferences• careful preparation (theme/consortium)

Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)www.cbss.org

EuroFaculty programme

1993-2005 Tartu University, the University of Latvia and Vilnius University

2000-2007 Immanuel Kant State University of Russia- Economics and Law

2009-2011 Pskov State Polytechnic Institute and Pskov Volny Institute

- Business Economics/Business Administration

The future of EuroFaculties?

Transfer of experiences and expertise?

Thank you!