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BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK

BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK. BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK Kari Hyppönen Chairman of Steering Committee. Bilateral Co-operation Agreements St. Petersburg State University 1966 University of Gdansk 1979 University of Rostock 1981 University of Tartu 1987

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BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK

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  1. BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK Kari Hyppönen Chairman of Steering Committee

  2. Bilateral Co-operation Agreements St. Petersburg State University 1966 University of Gdansk 1979 University of Rostock 1981 University of Tartu 1987 Gdansk University of Technology 1991 Vilnius University 1992

  3. Baltic Sea Region University Network BSRUN

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

  7. Baltic Sea Region University Network • 28 Feb 2000 Turku and 15 universities from Estonia, Latvia, • Lithuania, Poland and Russia • Saaremaa University Centre • University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (2002) • Braniewo Centre • Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy, Herzen State Pedagogical University of • Russia, ISM University of Management and Economics, Kaliningrad State • Technical University and Pultusk Academy of Humanities (2003) • Grodno State Agrarian University (2004)

  8. Baltic Sea Region University Network • Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Grodno State Medical University, • Kaunas University of Medicine, Latvia University of Agriculture, Lithuanian • University of Agriculture, Šiauliai University, University of Warsaw, Vilnius • Academy of Arts, Vilnius Pedagogical University and Yanka Kupala • State University of Grodno (2005) • Petrozavodsk State University, St.Petersburg University of Information • Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Turku School of Economics, Vytautas • Magnus University and Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University (2006) • Mykolas Romeris University (2007) • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (2008)

  9. Baltic Sea Region University Network BELARUS • Belarusian State Agricultural Academy • Grodno State Agrarian University • Grodno State Medical University • Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno ESTONIA • Estonian University of Life Sciences • Tallinn University of Technology • Tallinn University • University of Tartu FINLAND • Turku School of Economics • University of Turku

  10. Baltic Sea Region University Network LATVIA • Latvia University of Agriculture • Riga Technical University • University of Latvia • LITHUANIA • ISM University of Management and Economics • Kaunas University of Medicine • Kaunas University of Technology • Klaipeda University • Lithuanian University of Agriculture • Mykolas Romeris University • Šiauliai University • Vilnius Academy of Arts • Vilnius Gediminas Technical University • Vilnius Pedagogical University • Vilnius University • Vytautas Magnus University

  11. Baltic Sea Region University Network POLAND • Gdansk University of Technology • Medical University of Gdansk • Pultusk Academy of Humanities • University of Gdansk • University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM) • University of Warsaw • Warsaw School of Economics

  12. Baltic Sea Region University Network RUSSIA • Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy • Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia • Immanuel Kant State University of Russia • Kaliningrad State Technical University • Petrozavodsk State University • St. Petersburg State University • St. Petersburg University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics • Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University

  13. Focus of Co-operation • Baltic Studies and Baltic Sea Region studies • Distance Education and Open and Distance Learning • European Integration and European Studies • Institutional Management and Administration • Internationalisation • Management Information Systems and Information • Technology • Regional Development

  14. The Baltic Sea Region University Network • www.bsrun.org • Front page • News • Looking for a partner • Saaremaa University Centre • Vacancies • General information • Agreement • Members • Organisation • Contacts • Steering Committee • Activities • Seminars and Meetings • Joint Research projects • Fields of study • Courses in English

  15. Steering Committee 2008-2010 • Members (Substitutes) • Estonian University of Life Sciences (University of Tartu) • I. Kant State University of Russia (Kaliningrad State Technical University) • Klaipeda University (Vilnius Pedagogical University) • St. Petersburg State University (Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia) • Šiauliai University (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University) • University of Gdansk (Gdansk University of Technology) • University of Latvia (Riga Technical University) • University of Turku (Turku School of Economics) • University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Warsaw School of Economics) • Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Grodno State Agrarian University)

  16. Steering Committee Chairman Kari Hyppönen Director of Administration University of Turku Estonian University of Life Sciences Külli Kõrgesaar International Relations Officer Immanuel Kant State University of Russia Igor Joukovski Head of International Office Klaipeda University Director (act) Nora Venslovaitė International Relations' Office St. Petersburg State University Dr. Stanislav Tkachenko Professor Šiauliai University Director Regina Karvelienė Department of International Programmes and Relations Vice-Chairman Janis Stonis Director of Administration University of Latvia University of Gdansk Professor Bernard Lammek Rector University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Professor Janusz Golaszewski Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno Director Alexander Ivanov Center for International Development and Collaboration Secretary Aila Grönholm University of Turku

  17. Activities Baltic Seminar of University Administrators BSUA • Riga, Latvia, 14-16 September 2000 • Kaunas, Lithuania, 7-8 May 2001 • Tartu, Estonia, 6-7 May 2002 • Kaliningrad, Russia, 16-17 May 2003 • Warsaw, Poland, 14-15 May 2004 • Vilnius, Lithuania, 13-14 May 2005 • St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-13 May 2006 • Turku, Finland, 11-12 May 2007 • Gdansk, Poland, 16-17 May 2008 • Riga, Latvia, 14-15 May 2009

  18. Activities • 2000 • The Role of the University in the Development of Regional PolicyJuodkrante, Lithuania, 13-14 June 2000 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA)Riga, Latvia, 14-16 September 2000 • 2001 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) Kaunas, Lithuania, 7-8 May 2001 • Senior Management SeminarSeminar was intended for the representatives of the University of Latvia, • Riga Technical University, University of Tartu and the University of Turku • Kuressaare, Estonia, 11-13 October 2001

  19. Activities • 2002 • Plenary Meeting • Gdansk, Poland, 4-5 March 2002 • Baltic Seminar of UniversityAdministrators (BSUA) • Tartu, Estonia, 6-7 May 2002 • Workshop on Current Topics in European Research Management • Turku, Finland, 27-28 May 2002 • Senior Management Seminar Seminar was intended for the representatives of the University of Latvia, • Riga Technical University and the University of Turku • Riga, Latvia, 11-12 October 2002 • Student Administration and ComputingOlsztyn, Poland, 25-26 October 2002

  20. Activities • 2003 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • Academic Leadership and University Management • Kaliningrad, Russia, 16-17 May 2003 • Senior Management Seminar • Seminar was intended for the representatives of the University of Latvia and • the University of Turku, • Kuressaare, Estonia, 19-20 September 2003 • University PR and the Media • Riga, Latvia, 3-4 October 2003 • Research Support Services Promoting Exploitation of University • Expertise • Riga, Latvia, 3-4 October 2003

  21. Activities • 2004 • Plenary Meeting • Riga, Latvia, 5-6 March 2004 • Faculty Management Seminar • Kuressaare, 6-7 May 2004 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA)Financial Management of Universities Warsaw, Poland, 14-15 May 2004 • Good Scientific Practice – BSRUN Workshop on Research Ethics • Turku, Finland, 12-13 November 2004 • Doctoral Studies as Part of the Bologna Process • Klaipeda, Lithuania, 10-11 December 2004

  22. Activities • 2005 • Enlarged European Union in House of Europe: New Internal and • External Problems • Kaunas, Lithuania, 6 May 2005 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • Implementing Institutional Strategy: Problems and Solutions • Vilnius, Lithuania, 13-14 May 2005 • PhD Programmes in Cultural Interaction and Integration and • the Baltic Sea Region • Tartu, Estonia, 7-9 September 2005 • PhD Programmes in Medicine and Health Sciences • Kaunas, Lithuania, 16-17 September 2005 • The Use of Information Technology in Research Management • Tartu, Estonia, 21-22 October 2005

  23. Activities • 2006 • Faculty Management and Administration • Kuressaare, Estonia, 13-14 January 2006 • Cultural Impact on Sensory Properties and Values in Baltic Sea • Region • Kaunas, Lithuania, 23 January 2006 • Plenary Meeting Tallinn, Estonia, 24-25 March 2006 • Universities as Active Agents in the Social and Economic • Development of the Regions • Grodno, Belarus, 21-22 April 2006 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • Implementation of the Bologna Process, Quality Assurance and • Accreditation • St. Petersburg, Russia, 12-13 May 2006

  24. Activities • 2006 • Cross-cultural Differences in Food Consumption • Kaunas, Lithuania, 30-31 May 2006 • Problems ofInternationalisation of University Education: View • from Russia and the European Union • Svetlogorsk, Russia, 5-6 June 2006 • Health Profiling, Healthy Ageing and Health Impact Assessment • (Baltic Region Healthy Cities and BSRUN) • Kaunas, Lithuania, 16-17 June 2006 • Quality and Qualifications in Translation and Interpreting • Vilnius, Lithuania, 7-8 December 2006 • Marketing BSRUN Universities in the Baltic Sea Region and • Beyond • Riga, Latvia, 11 December 2006

  25. Activities • 2007 • Healthy Ageing - Active Ageing (Baltic Region Healthy Cities and BSRUN) • Pärnu, Estonia, 26 April 2007 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • University – City Co-operation • Turku, Finland, 11-12 May 2007 • Towards Dynamic Interaction of Municipalities, Enterprises and • Universities • Kuressaare, Estonia, 20 June 2007 • The Recent Development of the EU: Challenges and Experience • Klaipeda, Lithuania, 11-12 October 2007 • Quality and Qualifications in Translation and Interpreting II Tallinn, Estonia, 29-30 November 2007

  26. Activities • 2008 • Plenary Meeting • Kaliningrad, Russia, 13-14 March 2008 • Healthy Ageing – Active Ageing II • (Baltic Region Healthy Cities and BSRUN) • Jurmala, Latvia, 17-18 April 2008 • Seminar on Tolerance • 25 April 2008 • BSRUN session at Seminar on Tolerance and Intolerance • in the Modern World: The East – the West • St. Petersburg, Russia, 24-25 April 2008 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • Branding Universities and Place Promotion • (EAIR and BSRUN) • Gdansk, Poland, 16-17 May 2008 • University, City, Region: Perspectives of Interaction • Grodno, Belarus, 12-14 September 2008

  27. Activities • 2008 • Modelling the European Future: Integrating the Old and the New Klaipeda, Lithuania, 2-3 October 2008 • Quality and Qualifications in Translation and Interpreting IIIKaliningrad, Russia, 8-9 October 2008 • BSRUN Round-Table on Baltic Sea Strategy (Centrum Balticum and BSRUN) Turku, Finland, 28 November 2008

  28. Activities • 2009 • Baltic Seminar of University Administrators (BSUA) • Role of Governing Bodies in Higher Education. Recent • Developments in Higher Education • Riga, Latvia, 14-15 May 2009

  29. Future Activities • Topical Issues in the Internationalisation of Higher Education • - Creating New Identities for Institutions through Internationalisation • - Regional Universities: Issues of Visibility and International Recognition • - Technology Education Today: Crisis or Development? • Novgorod, Russia, 18-19 May 2009 • Quality and Qualifications in Translation and Interpreting IV • Grodno, Belarus, 8-9 October 2009 • Social Sciences in Global World: Possibilities, Challenges and • Perspectives Klaipeda, Lithuania, 8-9 October 2009 • External Relations • - Business Relations / - Media Relations • Warsaw, Poland, 10-11 December 2009 • Financial Management in the Current Economic SituationAutumn 2009 • Plenary Meeting Turku, Finland, February 2010

  30. Evaluation of BSRUN • Alternative development scenarios • Network for university administrators • Broad platform for university co-operation • Network for development in particular field/s

  31. Evaluation of BSRUN • Geographical development of the network • Concentrate on eastern side of the Baltic Sea • Develop network around all countries by the Baltic Sea

  32. Evaluation of BSRUN • Type of institution development of the network • Keep the diversified profile of the network • Develop network as a network of big, multi-field universities • Develop network as a network of public higher education • institutions

  33. Evaluation of BSRUN • Steering the network • Network is steered by Steering Committee, having • rotating chairmanship of the Steering Committee • 2. Network is steered by rotating Presidency of the network • Network has Steering Committee with rotating • chairmanship as well as Presidency with designated President of • the network

  34. Evaluation of BSRUN • Financing of the network • Direct costs • Direct costs covered by the participants but additional sources of • funding should be explored • Indirect costs • could be covered by one of the networking institutions • 2. could be covered by fixed fee from member institutions • could be covered by the institutions having rotating chairmanship • of Steering Committee or Presidency

  35. Joint Research Projects • A.S.A.P. – Efficient Administrative Structures as a Prerequisite • for Successful Economic and Social Development of Rural Areas • in Demographic Transition • Due to their generally lower economic potential, rural areas are especially dependent on effective public sector strategies in order to safeguard economic and social development. Demographic transition often creates further challenges for the regional development of rural areas. • Basic prerequisites for rural development are efficient administrative structures at the regional and local level which are capable of creating and implementing adjusted policies. It has also been acknowledged by both researchers and policy makers that knowledge is one of the key factors for regional prosperity in the 21st century. • Local availability of knowledge and skills is as important as physical infrastructure. This is why the demand for the universities’ “third task”, meaning active interaction with regional stakeholders, has emerged.

  36. The project lays foundations for more effective and sustainable administrative support for rural development by a) strengthening the utilisation of advanced forms of ICT b) developing strategies for meeting the challenges of the demographic change and c) linking universities to regional development processes. The aim is to create a transnational platform for exchange of experiences on administrative reform and universities’ contribution to regional development with special focus on the demands of rural areas. All together 37 partners from the seven Baltic Sea countries (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Germany, Denmark and Sweden) participate in the project including the BSRUN members: University of Turku, Saaremaa University Centre and Riga Technical University. The project is part-financed by the BSR Interreg III B Neighbourhood Programme. The implementation period is 1.1.2006 – 31.12.2007.

  37. LIGHTHOUSE TOURISM IN THE ARCHIPELAGOES OF SOUTH-WEST FINLAND ANDESTONIA www.lighthousetourism.net • In Finland there are 60 lighthouses, of which Bengtskär, Isokari, Söderskär and Utö participate in the project. • In Estonia there are 61 lighthouses, of which only the Hiiumaa lighthouses Kõpu, Ristna and Tahkuna, are open to the public. The project will • increase know-how on administration and exploitation of lighthouses and their surroundings. • ease the reaching of the lighthouses by creating usage plans for the surrounding areas and by setting up road signs and information boards. • organise training to cooperation partners of lighthouses, especially entrepreneurs. • develop lighthouse tourism products and open marketing channels for them.

  38. Partners and timetable University of Turku in Finland and Eurohouse in Estonia are the lead partners of the project. Other partners in Finland and Estonia are many municipalities, state organizations and local entrepreneurs and Saaremaa University Centre. The project takes place 1.4.-31.12.2007. Financing The joint budget of the project is 79 226 €. The project is funded mainly by the EU program Interreg IIIA of South-Finland and Estonia. National funding comes from the ministries of internal affairs in Finland and Estonia. In addition the partners of the project provide funding.

  39. THE UNIVERSITY-REGION COOPERATION NETWORK OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND AND SAAREMAA Background Universities are important regional resources due to their international networks, project management experience and versatile expertise and research. Viable business, on the other hand, is an essential part in building the well-being of municipalities and regions. However, experience has shown that the cooperation between universities, entrepreneurs, municipalities and development centres is often difficult. Universities have to learn to develop their role in society. The cooperation between Finnish and Estonian universities is a potential resource in developing the Baltic Sea region and its learning network. The Saaremaa University Centre was established in September 1997 by the University of Turku, University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tallinn University and Saaremaa County Government. It is a regional resource worth its five member universities. The full regional development potential of the Centre has not yet actualized either in Saaremaa region or in the Baltic Sea region.

  40. Aims and operations The general aim of the project is to reinforce the cross-border cooperation between the member universities of the Saaremaa University Centre and regional development authorities of Southwest Finland and Saaremaa. In addition, the goal is to develop and compare the operations models between universities and regional actors in order to reinforce efficiency in development work. The official project partners are University of Turku as the Coordinator and Saaremaa University Centre and the project is carried out during 1.4. - 31.12.2007. The main goal is to elaborate the preconditions for establishing a region–university cooperation network between the universities and regional development authorities in Southwest Finland and Saaremaa. The cross-border cooperation network would create new links between universities, regional development authorities and local business. In addition the network would strengthen the learning environment in the central Baltic Sea region. To pilot international university–region cooperation, the project formulates a model for the cooperation between the member universities of the Saaremaa University Centre and Saaremaa regional development authorities. In addition, a development plan for the Saaremaa University Centre is formulated.

  41. Financing The overall budget for the project is c.a. 57 000 €. Majority of the funds is received from the INTERREG IIIA Southern Finland – Estonia Programme and the project is co-financed by the Finnish Ministry of the Education and Estonian Ministry of the Interior.

  42. Memorandum based on the discussions at the Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN) seminar on Doctoral Studies as Part of the Bologna Process organized at Klaipeda University on 10-11 December 2004 At the seminar, the present and the future of postgraduate studies in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia were examined. What is now needed are a more detailed analysis and comparison of the existing regulations of PhD/Dr. studies at various levels in these countries (legislation, ministry and university regulations). In some academic fields in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania there is a lack of qualified experts in one particular country. Herewith, the presence of highly qualified scientists in several research areas naturally calls to explore opportunities for enhanced international co-operation in the organization of PhD/Dr. studies including joint degrees and development of such a research area within BSRUN and EU.

  43. The degree to which PhD/Dr. studies are regulated by legislation or by central authorities should also be evaluated from the point of view of university autonomy and good scientific practice. In many countries, the more detailed regulations concerning PhD/Dr. studies are left to the academic community to decide. Joint efforts are needed to secure international and national funding for jointly organized courses, doctoral schools and PhD/Dr. boards. International co-operation in the organization of joint PhD/Dr. studies would also enhance the quality and quantity of PhD degrees, when proper quality assurance mechanisms are put in place. Klaipeda, 05-01-2005

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