1. BSRUN SC Kari Hyppönen 7 September 2010 Riga

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

3. IMHE EUA IAU EURASHE UNICA UTRECHT SANTANDERCOMPOSTELA COIMBRA LERU IRUN BSRUN UNIMED UArctic EEUN CEEUN ECIU [CBUR] [Stephan Bathory Collegium] [IROBALT] ESMU ACA IMUA SRHE HUMANE AHUA AUA NUAS EUPRIO CHER EARMA EIRMA ARMA EAIR EAIE BUP NDI

4. 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

5. Background and Rationale to enhance interest in the region to market the region elsewhere to enhance co-operation between networks facilitator exchange of experiences, best practices and new ideas to establish new institutional links

6. 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

8. 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 to new ideas, contacts and projects

9. MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA 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.

10. Geographical region 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 Arctic will be explored.

11. So what? why belong? why attend? why contribute? current topics of interest location of events SC role in the planning of activities the role of local contacts; BSUA branding

12. Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window/Action2 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency EU-Russia Triple I http://www.utu.fi/en/iii Integration, Interaction and Institutions The objective is to create an active network of Russian and European universities that cooperate multidisciplinarily and multilaterally, and promote innovation through joint research, education, and exchange of experience and good practices. Budget approx. 12 Meuro, approx. 675 mobilities

13. European universities University of Algarve (Portugal) University of Bologna (Italy) University of Deusto (Spain) University of Göttingen (Germany) Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) University of Leuven (Belgium) [Middle East Technical University Turkey] Pultusk Academy of Humanities (Poland) University of Turku (Finland) University of Latvia (Latvia) Russian universities Higher School of Economics Immanuel Kant State University of Russia Irkutsk State University Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University Petrozavodsk State University Russian State University for the Humanities St. Petersburg State University Udmurt State University Ural State University Yaroslav-The-Wise Novgorod State University +Target Groups 2 and 3

14. The University of Turku Coordinator LOT 5 Russia Deadline 31 August 2010 Partner LOT 7 Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus LOT 9 Central Asian Republics LOT 10 Western Balkans LOT 11 and 12 Asia Regional

15. 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)

16. Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) www.cbss.org EuroFaculty programme 1993-2005 Tartu University, the University of Latvia and Vilnius University 2000-2007 Immanuel Kant State University of Russia - Economics and Law 2009-2011 Pskov State Polytechnic Institute and Pskov Volny Institute - Business Economics/Business Administration The future of EuroFaculties? Transfer of experiences and expertise?

17. Thank you!