9 YEARS OF CEI UNIVERSITY NETWORK (CEI UniNet): Academic Cooperation - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

9 YEARS OF CEI UNIVERSITY NETWORK (CEI UniNet): Academic Cooperation through Mobility Presentation by Tania Pibernik, CEI Executive Officer 12 October 2012

CEI UniNet: Concept  The Founding Charter of the “CEI University Network” was submitted to the CEI Summit of the Heads of Government in Warsaw in November 2003. The Network officially started its operations in 2004.  The CEI University Network - funded entirely by Italy - is a contribution to higher education in order to enhance cooperation among universities and institutions of higher learning in its Member States.  Carried out through mobility of students and teaching staff who are offered scholarships and grants for specific post graduate level Joint Programmes: - Master’s - PhD - Summer Schools, Seminars, Workshops 2

CEI UniNet: Structure  The CEI UniNet functions through: - Executive Board composed of 1 selected university in each CEI MS. meets every year - chaired by the Rector of the University of Trieste - General Assembly made up of Executive Board + selected universities which have participated in JPs. Meets every three years - chaired by the Rector of the University of Trieste 3

JOINT PROGRAMMES: Mandatory Requirements Mandatory requirements endorsed by the CEI UniNet Executive Board A. JPs are to involve at least 2 universities from different CEI Member States; B. JPs are to fall within one of the 6 Areas of Cooperation: - Economics - Advanced Biotechnology - Regional Development and Public Administration - Infrastructure and Logistics - ICT - Environment and Sustainable Development C. The teaching language of a JP is English 4

JOINT PROGRAMMES: Priority Requirements  participation of Non-EU CEI countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine  mobility of students and teaching staff through Split Joint Programmes (i.e. courses held in more than one University in different countries).  perspective for EU – Project Development 5

Achievments since 2004 √ CEI UniNet has approved 87 JPs which have involved more than 100 universities (1 cancelled, 7 under implementation) √ more than 1000 Scholarship awards and Teaching Grants offered √ CEI contribution amounting to a total value of around 1 Million EUR (overall value of JPs amounting to around 7 Million EUR) 6

Example of Split Joint Programme Master's for Ukrainian ICT students implemented by Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland (2006-2007) Silesian University of Lviv Polytechnic 5 students Technology National University in Ukraine Faculty of Automatic Institute of Computer 3 lecturers Control, Electronics Sciences and and Computer Science Information Technologies 7

Geographical Distribution 2004-2012: Applicants of JPs per County Approved Projects 36 10 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0

Geographical Distribution 2004-2006: Applicants of JPs per County 9

Geographical Distribution 2007-2009: Applicants of JPs per country Ukraine Austria 4% Slovenia 5% Hungary 4% Serbia 4% 9% Poland 18% Italy Montenegro 48% 4% Macedonia 4% 10

Geographical Distribution 2010-2012: Applicants of JPs per Country 11

Geographical Distribution 2004-2006: Beneficiaries of JPs per Country 12

Geographical Distribution 2007-2009: Beneficiaries of JPs per Country Slovakia Slovenia Albania Ukraine Belarus Slovenia Albania Ukraine Belarus Bulgaria B&H Bulgaria B&H Serbia Serbia Croatia Croatia Romania Romania Hungary Hungary P oland Poland Italy Italy Montenegro Moldova Montenegro Macedonia Moldova Macedonia 13

Geographical Distribution 2010-2012: Beneficiaries of JPs per Country Austria 1% Albania 8% Bosnia and Ukraine Herzegovina 19% Belarus 1% 7% Bulgaria 1% Slovenia 2% Croatia 11% Slovakia 7% Czech R. Serbia 1% 5% Hungary Italy 1% 8% Romania 2% Poland 16% Macedonia 6% Moldova Montenegro 1% 2% 14

Number of Joint Programmes per Area (2004-2012) 19 other topics 11 environment and sustainable development 22 ICT 11 Infrastructure and logistics 22 regional development and public administration 1 advanced biotechnology 26 economics 15

JPs Approved in 2012  Fourth International School of Media Discourse Analysis /The Bridges of Media Education 2012 – University of Novi Sad (Serbia) - TEMPUS 2nd POL-LOC Summer School: East/West Experience in Comparative Perspective –  Technical University of Košice (Slovakia)  Summer School on Cross- Border Cooperation in Regional Development of Albania, Montenegro and Serbia by Rural Tourism - University “ Luidj Djurakuqi ”, Shkoder (Albania) - TEMPUS  CEI Balkan Summer School - Leaderships Skills of Young Researchers as Drivers for Innovation in Higher Education - The Babeş -Bolyai University (Romania)  Summer School on Development of European Multimodal Transportation and Environment Protection System for CEI Countries of Low Danube - Odessa National Maritime University (Ukraine)  SSAS - SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE SEA. Joint Seminar on Sustainable Development in European Maritime Regions – University of Zadar (Croatia)  International Scientific- methodological Seminar “Pharmaceutical and Food Technologies and the System of Education” - Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Belarus) 16

Conclusions and Future Outlook: Participation in EU Programmes  UniNet succeeded in supporting all CEI MS  MS which have not implemented JPs: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic and Moldova  Developement of more Master’s and PhD programmes tailored for EU funding 17

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION Tania Pibernik pibernik@cei.int www.cei.int