1. State of the UNICA President’s Report 2008-2009 UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

2. UNICA outreach UNICA and its members UNICA: platform for sharing good practices Communication and Website Conclusions Introduction UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

3. Relations with the European Commission UNICA EC projects (Arthur Mettinger) – Increase visibility and reliability – Driving force in the development of the Bologna Process EC requested UNICA advice -2nd European University- Business Forum, February 5-6 -The relation “science-society-university” -Stakeholder Forum on Knowledge Transfer, May 13, Brussels -Free booth at “Study in Europe” Sao Paulo Fair, March 27-29 (Univ. de Lisboa) UNICA President met with EC Commissioner Leonard Orban (Multilingualism), Cyprus, Oct. 2009 UNICA Outreach UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

4. UNICA and the European University Association Collective associate member of the EUA Member of the Council for Doctoral Education of the EUA UNICA President invited to the EUA Conference 2009, Giessen. EUA President Jean-Marc Rapp, key note speaker at the UNICA Rectors’ Seminar 2009, University of Zagreb President EUA-CDE Jean Chambaz, key note speaker at the 1 st UNICA Master Class “Supervision for Doctoral Education”, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik, September. UNICA Outreach UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

5. UNICA and the capital cities (UCEU) UNICA President participated in the UCEU annual GA, Dublin, 2008 UNICA President participated in the UCEU annual GA, Nicosia, 2009 Involvement of UCEU in future UNICA Student Conferences Meeting UNICA SC with Regional Representatives of the Capital Cities/Regions, Brussels (Work Programme 2010) UNICA Outreach UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

6. Visits of the President - Visit to 13 UNICA member Universities UNICA and the members UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris New working groups and initiatives - UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers -Working Group on “Language Preparation of Erasmus Students” -UNICA Master in European History -The Relation between Universities and Academic Hospitals: the Academic Function of Medical Schools -Working Group on Research Evaluation in Higher Education -UNICA Observatory in Administrative Excellence IRO Meeting, University of Cyprus, April 27-29

8. Internationalization of the Alumni work of universities, Freie Universität Berlin, January 22-23 9th Bologna Lab coordinators Meeting, University of Vienna, November 25, 2008 3rd EU Research Officers Seminar, University of Cyprus, November 20-21, 2008 UNICA Master Class: “Supervision in doctoral education”, 20-23 September, University of Zagreb, Dubrovnik UNICA: platform for sharing good practices UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

9. Rectors’ Seminar “The Role of Evaluation & Ranking of Universities in the Quality Culture”, July, Dubrovnik Scholarly Communication Group: - Reply to the Green Paper of the EC “Copyright in the Knowledge Economy” - Paul Ayris, UCL, chair of the Group, represented UNICA at the EU-wide conference on science- and education- friendly copyright regulation in Europe, ENCES Conference, November 14-15, 2008, Berlin. UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris UNICA: platform for sharing good practices

10. Participation Chart 2009

11. New UNICA Website: tool for internal & external communicationUNICA Website UNICA newsletter: 4 newsletters Communication and Website UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

12. Most of the UNICA scheduled activities of the Work Programme 2009 were achieved Moreover, new initiatives were undertaken EC funded projects highly increased the visibility and reliability of the Network UNICA a platform for exchange of best practices - academic and administrative Conclusion UNICA General Assembly 2009-UPMC, Paris

13. All UNICA members for their contribution to the Work Programme The Rectors/Presidents The UNICA IROs and Contact Persons The UNICA Secretariat Thanks to