BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK BSRUN and its Environment Kari Hyppönen 25 November 2011 Vilnius

Institutional organisations Professional organisations New professional groups/organisations Vast variety of international events, not all based on membership - who decides who goes where? Membership - institutional/individual/mixed - who decides?/who pays? - administration/institutional contact

IMHE EUA IAU EURASHE UNICA UTRECHT SANTANDER COMPOSTELA COIMBRA LERU IRUN BSRUN BSUN UNIMED UArctic EEUN CEEUN ECIU GUNI Universitas 21 WUN MNU BUP CBU NDI

[CBUR] EUA? [Stephan Bathory Collegium] EUA? New try? [IROBALT] Money only is no longer enough?

ESMU ACA IMUA SRHE HUMANE AHUA AUA NUAS EUPRIO CHER EARMA EIRMA ARMA EAIR EAIE

BSRUN 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 of joint action exchange of experiences, best practices and new ideas (lack of international cooperation for administrators) to establish new institutional links IMHE CEEC project on Management of Change in and TEMPUS management projects

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

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 for new ideas, contacts and projects BSRUN 2010-

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. MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA

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 the Arctic will be explored. GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

Challenges why belong? why attend? reaching new target groups -new university managements -financial, HR and middle managers current topics of interest location of events SC role in the planning of activities the role of local contacts (events info) annual contacts' meeting BSUA and rectors' meeting branding (joint projects, degrees etc.)

The University of Turku Coordinator LOT 5/6 Russia LOT 7/8 Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine Partner LOT 10/11 Western Balkans LOT 11/12 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)

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