« Eurofaculty as a human development model for cross-border cooperation »

1. EUROFACULTY - TOWARDS A MODERN UNIVERSITY «Eurofaculty as a human development model for cross-border cooperation» PSKOV, 2015

2. State of the Region Report. (2014) The Top of Europe – Emerging from the Crisis, Adapting to a New Normal. “ The Region remains the ‘Top of Europe’ and registers both prosperity growth and internal catch-up rates that outperform the rest of the EU. • It is difficult to see where powerful new growth drivers should come from: labor mobilization will be hard to increase significantly, and labor productivity rates, too, are unlikely to pick up quickly. • Despite the Region’s impressive overall competitiveness, there are issues to address at the national and regional levels to further enhance competitiveness • The continued shift towards a knowledge driven economy will remain another key trend. The returns to skills will increase further. And the changes in the innovation processes itself will require that firms, academic institutions, and innovation policies adjust. • The Region continues to benefit from an exceptionally strong network of projects and institutions that are the envy of macro-regional efforts elsewhere in Europe”.

3. Total BSR figures • 57,6million people • 43% of them live in the Nordics, 12% in the Baltics, remaining45% in the parts of Germany, Poland, and Russia bordering the Baltic Sea. Fish + Energy equipment + Forestry – Biofarmacy -

4. Economic Growth in the Baltic Sea Region GDP share by selected regional areas: Nordic countries – 62% Northern Germany – 14% Northwestern Russia – 12% The Baltics – 7% Northern Poland – 5%

5. Unemployment rates «Total employment in the Region is at 27.7 million employees, a slight decrease compared to last year and about 2%, or 600,000 below the peak reached in 2008.However, the situation is more difficult for young people under 25 years.»

6. A bit of philosophy, not about results.. Effective international project in Higher education Regional cooperation; additional focuses • Global citizens • National and International elite – managers and innovators • National and international workforce • “Together for… or together against..” • Concrete areas and tasks • More transparency in partnerships (who is who) • “Club” limitations: membership and regulations

7. Skills development + cross-cultural diversity = human capital development Investments into sharing values – creation of comfortable common space – effective economy and business – support and improvement of living standards human capital development Scale of partnership? Project participants possibilities? Financial resources? “Regional roots” Long-term project Hundreds young , well educated people

8. Eurofaculty – just educational cooperation or practical tool…for what? through Politics and foreign affairs authorities behind Academic exchanges Bachelor and master programs Economics. Regional studies, Law, business administration Labor market monitoring tasks evaluation Regional economic development Social stability and human capital development Soft power Negotiation area Institutional development Regional (national/local) economic development Human capital development

9. Efficiency and Effectiveness of educational projects for… • transnational business • cross-border cooperation • resourses’ concentration and distribution, • networking and collaboration • Professional qualifications and competences • Soft skills • R&D, innovations • Youth and academic cooperation

10. Current trends in RF Higher Education 2007 – p.t. International competitiveness 2015 – 2020 National \ Regional competitiveness: University Merging National Universities - 2 National Research Universities - 29 Federal Universities – 10 _____________________________ TOP 5|100 – 14 + Regional University (“Flagship” university) Up to 15 in 2016, up to 100 till 2020 Different aims, responsibilities and duties, financial support, indicators of effectiveness Total full-time students 10 000 Total annual revenue 2bln rub Ratio of master’s and PhD students 20% Papers per 100 faculty members 15 (WoS) 20 (Scopus) New generation of Educational Standards Development of Master and PhD programs; Master Programs’ Networks Internal mobility Open education

11. Conclusion • «Economically, there are signs that the Regionis entering a ‘new normal’ of permanentlylower growth rates…while the Region’s long-term prospects continue to benefit from very solid underlying competitiveness fundamentals» Eurofaculty as a model of cross-border cooperation for regional stability, development and competitiveness: Labor market monitoring: gaps, needs, requirements Short-time professional programs: cross sector, cross border competences and qualifications R&D, Innovations for targeted tasks: networking in infrastructure, researchers and postdocs’ exchanges, joint research groups Real practice: involvement of young scientists and managers into existing national and regional projects Next stage or next project (s)?

12. Thank you for long-term and effective cooperation!! Dr. Irina Arzhanova NTF Executive Director arzhanova@ntf.ru