1. EU policy development and implementation : The contribution by ESMU www.esmu.be

2. ESMU European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities 1986
Aims – Promoting good management practices in European universities through
Networks (HUMANE, DEAN)
Projects & Benchmarking exercices
Conferences, seminars
Training programmes (Winter School for senior administrators)
Target groups - University leadership (heads of administration, deans, other decision-makers)
19 June 2007

3. Support to the European Commission
Since 1987 – Involvement in shaping and implementing education & training programmes (EU level)
Technical Assistance
COMETT programme – university-enterprise cooperation
SOCRATES, LEONARDO and YOUTH programmes
As Advisory on policy issues (individual ESMU experts/members) – close links (DGEAC)
TEMPUS programme
19 June 2007

4. Improving university management
Has always been “the” ESMU agenda
Learning through exchanges of experience and expertise (from « clubs » to networks and training programmes)
Identifying good practices through peer work in small groups (benchmarking exercises, projects on university management)
Disseminating good practices (conferences, seminars)
Reinforcing this agenda – some concrete examples
19 June 2007

5. European Benchmarking Programme on university management (1)
Seventh year (started initially with ACU)
Groups of ten universities
Identifying good management processes
Benchmarking management processes (four topics benchmarked each year)
Human Resource Management, Commercialisation of Research results, Students’services, Internal Quality
12-month process
Questionnaires, Experts’work, Workshop, Final report
19 June 2007

6. European Benchmarking Initiative (EBI) (2)
Two-year EU-funded project
Aim : broaden portfolio of benchmarking activities (needs of universities – “reputation race”, learning, data, etc,…)
Four partners : ESMU, CHE, UNESCO-CEPES, Aveiro
Handbook on benchmarking approaches, cases studies and standards
Testing models on sample groups of universities
Dissemination (conferences, workshops)
19 June 2007

7. Survey – governance & curriculum reforms (3)
Six-month EU-project (2006)
Partners :
CHEPS, ESMU, CHE, NIFU-STEP
Producing a major report on reforms in 32 European countries – in preparation of conference of EU ministers of education (2007)
Identifying good practices
19 June 2007

8. European networks DEAN – Deans’European and academics’ Network
HUMANE – Heads of University Management and Administrators’Network in Europe
1997
200 members (heads of administration)
Seminars, study tours, projects (Research Mgt, HRM, Financial Mgt)
DEAN – Deans’European and academics’ Network
1999
140 members (deans, heads of schools)
Conferences, seminars (Lisbon Strategy, e-learning, staff retention)
19 June 2007

9. ESMU-HUMANE Winter School for Senior administrators
Fifth edition in 2007
One-week training programme (Barcelona, March)
30 to 35 participants from all over Europe
A “mini-MBA” with the following components
Five main themes (“The European challenge”, change & strategic management, HRM, financial management, ICT management)
Networking and interaction between participants (group work and work on a major project for presentation to a Jury)
Strong skill component (ex : communication in multicultural environments)
19 June 2007