Utrecht Network A European network with a global outlook

Utrecht Network members at the Annual General Meeting Leipzig, April 2009

History 1987: EC Erasmus programme - 5 members 1990: Utrecht Network - Erasmus Prize 1998: Formal association 1998: MAUI multilateral agreement 1999: AEN multilateral agreement 2005: EC project EXAMPLE 2006: New organisation structure 2007: EMECW projects started 2008: Collective associate membership EUA 2008: EC project JOIMAN 2010: 31 members (29 countries) 2011: UN staff training for UN library staff 2012: UN 25 years anniversary in Utrecht

Utrecht Network objectives Enabling and encouraging mobility of students and staff within and outside Utrecht Network Waiving course fees, in frame of agreements Acknowledging approved study periods at member universities Providing procedural and logistic assistance Promoting joint exchange of information (database) Promoting joint projects (e.g. summer schools, EC projects, staff training) Promoting joint degree programmes Developing joint activities for international cooperation

Members Aarhus, Denmark Antwerpen, Belgium Basel, Switzerland Belfast, UK Bergen, Norway Bochum, Germany Bologna, Italy Bratislava, Slovakia Brno, Czech Republic Budapest, Hungary Coimbra, Portugal Cork, Ireland Graz, Austria Helsinki, Finland Hull, England Iaşi, Romania Istanbul, Turkey Kraków, Poland Leipzig, Germany Lille, France Ljubljana, Slovenia Lund, Sweden Madrid, Spain Msida, Malta Reykjavik, Iceland Riga, Latvia Strasbourg,France Tartu, Estonia Thessaloniki, Greece Utrecht, the Netherlands Vilnius, Lithuania

Organisational structure General Meeting: All members Joint Programmes Promotion and Profiling Internships Researchers Mobility Staff Training Student Mobility Summer Schools Special Interest Groups Task ForcesNew Initiatives Steering Committee: Managerial Board Executive Secretariat Rectors’ and Presidents’ Meeting: Advisory Board (since Annual General Meeting 2009)

Task Forces Internships - programme development Joint Programmes - guidelines and practice (EC project JOIMAN) Researchers Mobility - good practices on international researchers support Profiling and Promotion - internal and external Staff Training - development of joint staff training weeks Student Mobility - facilitating and improving student mobility Summer Schools - joint thematic summer schools

UN Task force - staff training University of Iceland Karitas Kvaran chair University of Bergen, Norway, Helge Björlo University Iashi, Rumenia, Livia Dimitry University of Helsinki, Finland Sirkku Ikonen Tartu University, Estonia, Ülle Tensing Thessaloniki Univ,Greece Ioanne Georgiad Vilnlius Univ.Lithuania Milda Girdzijauskaite

Objectives of UN staff trainin Provide training for various staff groups at Utrecht Network universities Sharing expertise and experiences amongst staff at Utrecht Network universities Building a network of various staff members and staff sectors at Utrecht Network universities Strengthening ties between colleagues at all levels and in all fields at Utrecht Network universities

Student exchange (1997 – 2008)

Cooperation with AEN (Australian - European Network) Deakin University Edith Cowan University Griffith University Macquarie University University of Tasmania University of Western Sydney University of Wollongong

Cooperation with MAUI (Mid-America Universities International) Baylor University University of Colorado Iowa State University Kansas State University University of Kansas University of Missouri (St Louis, Rolla, Colombia, Kansas City) University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Kaerney, Omaha) University of Oklahoma Oklahoma State University Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Texas Tech University University of Texas Texas A&M University

Utrecht Network A European network with a global outlook