1. General Assembly – October 2008 - Prague State of the UNICA President’s Report 2007-2008

2. Internationalisation & Mobility Education Research & Development Policy & Strategy Mission & Link with Society Other UNICA Activities Conclusions Introduction

3. Internationalisation & Mobility IRO Meeting, Paris, April Student Conference 2008, Warsaw, September 4th UNICA Chair on Multilingualism, Lausanne UNICA Secretariat traineeship

5. Education 7th & 8th Bologna Lab Coordinators Meeting, Zagreb (December) and Dubrovnik (July) Erasmus Mundus Project “European Campus: Enhancing Overseas Student Mobility” Submission of “Be-twin ECTS/ECVET project” Running EC Projects

7. Research & Development EU Research Officers Seminar, Cyprus, Nov. 2008 PhD Seminar: “Enterprise-University Partnership in Doctoral Education”, Paris, June Meeting to prepare a Workshop for Advisors and Directors of Doctoral Programmes, Paris, July UNICA Entrepreneurship Competition for Students and Young Researchers, 2009

9. Policy & Strategy UNICA Policy Statement Rector’s Seminar, Moscow (November) and Dubrovnik (July) Meeting with EC on Equal Opportunities, June “Minimum Standards” Recommendations Participation Chart 2008

11. Policy & Strategy 4th Scholarly Communication Seminar: “Partnership in Academic Excellence”, Prague, May Visit to Imperial College London and University College London

13. Mission & Link with Society Enchancing the partnership with the UCEU Network: –Meeting with UCEU –Participation in the UCEU Annual General Assembly Curriculum Development: –Euromaster in Urban Studies –Cognitive Sciences Master

14. Other UNICA Activities Collective Associate Membership at the EUA Meetings for further Cooperation: –European Association of Conservatories –Welsh Higher Education Brussels representatives, … Articles on UNICA EC Projects Publications: –4 UNICA e-newsletter –UNICA New office leaflet –Website: creation of PRIUM, HE Reform II and Tempus IV web pages, creation of the Virtual Community of Bologna Experts –Wikipedia

16. Conclusions Most of the UNICA scheduled activities of the Work Programme 2008 were achieved Moreover, new initiatives were taken Thanks to the EC funded projects the visibility and credibility of the Network in the EHEA have highly increased UNICA has really been a platform for exchange of best practices (academic and administrative) for member universities

17. Thanks to all UNICA members for their contribution to the Work Programme Thanks to the UNICA contact persons Thanks to the UNICA secretariat