Improving University governance MODERN HE platform & Benchmarking Jose-Gines Mora ESMU Board member

Riga, 15 May 2009 The MODERN Project European Platform for Higher Education Modernisation Three-year EU-funded Project Consortium:  ESMU – Project Leader  9 Partners  26 Associates

Riga, 15 May 2009 ESMU – Project Leader ESMU is an international non-profit organisation promoting good practices in European Universities through:  Networks  Projects  Benchmarking Exercises  Seminar and training Programmes ESMU provided technical assistance to the European Commission for the management of major higher education programmes (COMET – SOCRATES, LEONARDO, YOUTH for Europe III)

Riga, 15 May 2009 Project Partners 1.European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) 2.Centre for High Education Development (CHE) 3.Danube University Krems – University for Continuing Education 4.Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, University of Twente (CHEPS) 5.European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) 6.European Association for International Education (EAIE) 7.International Centre for Higher Education Management, University of Bath (ICHEM) 8.Politecnico di Milano – Consortium for the Innovation of Firms and Public Administration Management (MIP) 9.Higher Education Development Association (HEDDA)

Riga, 15 May 2009 Associated Partners 1.Association of Heads of University Administration (AHUA) 2.Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN) 3.Central European University (CEU) 4.Compostela Group of Universities 5.Danube Rectors’ Conference (DRC) 6.Deans’ European and Academic Network (DEAN) 7.European Association of Distance Education Universities (EADTU) 8.European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)

Riga, 15 May 2009 Associated Partners II 9.European Higher Education Society (EAIR) 10.European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) 11.European University Institute (EUI) 12.Fachhochschule Osnabrück 13.HBO raad (as manager of the European Network for Universities of Applied Sciences/UAS) 14.University of London, Institute of Education (IoE) 15.Institutional Management in Higher Education (OECD-IMHE) 16.Network of Universities from Capitals of Europe (UNICA) 17.The Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institutions (UHR)

Riga, 15 May 2009 Associated Partners III 17.ProTon Europe 18.Santander Group of European Universities 19.Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Center for the Study of Higher Education Management (CEGES) 20.University of Kassel, International Centre for Higher Education Research (INCHER) 21.University of Oldenburg 22.University of Southern Denmark 23.Heads of University Management and Administration Network in Europe (HUMANE) 24.ESMU-HUMANE Winter School Alumni Network for Senior University Administrators 25.Winter School Alumni network (WSAN) 26.University of Southampton, CHEMPaS

Riga, 15 May 2009 Why? To provide a structured answer to the current fragmentation in the supply of management development training for HEIs To respond to current priorities in the EHEA and ensure HEIs’ competitiveness to respond to external challenges :  Invest in people  Support potential leaders  Encourage management training at all levels (junior/senior, academic/ admin)

Riga, 15 May 2009 Modern activities  Platform – web-based/conferences  Review - supply of mgt programmes & demand  Database of information  New joint actions - Peer learning  Dissemination  State-of-the art reports  Work closely with EU and all stakeholders

Riga, 15 May 2009 Modern - Governance MODERN conference, Brussels, 9 June 2009 MODERN state-of-the-art report  Governance reforms in European higher education  Produced by CHEPS, project partner

Riga, 15 May 2009 EBI-II Benchmarking project EU-funded project ( ) Four partners : ESMU, Institute of Education (London), CHE, ICHEM Four groups of HEIs set up  Governance  University-enterprise cooperation  Lifelong Learning  Curriculum reforms One kick-off workshop (April) and four workshops (data gathering, analysis and action plans)

Riga, 15 May 2009 EBI-II Benchmarking project Possible indicators to benchmark governance Contextual data  National Level – legislation, degree of institutional autonomy  Institutional Level – vision/mission statement Governance  Internal Stakeholders – balance, mechanisms  External Stakeholders – mechanisms, selection  Decision-making – key actors & bodies, roles  Governance Quality – communication, experience, professionalism

Riga, 15 May 2009 For further Information… ESMUwww.esmu.bewww.esmu.be MODERN platform EBI Nadine Burquel, Secretary-General,