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2.3 Organization of access to the resources of the host university
(libraries, computer facilities ets.).
2.4 Supervising of the outgoing students.
2.5 Accommodation of other-town students in the hostels of the higher
educational institutions, participants of the project.
2.6 Organizational and informational students’ support.
2.7 Application of ECTS for the studying results’ recognition.
Target group(s):
Administrative staff, academic staff, students, postgraduate students.
Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the students’ exchanges:
75 students' East-East mobility, 5 months.
2. Financing of the ECTS coordinators work.
3. Financing of the overtime work of the teachers.
4. Provision of an access to the library, computer classes and other
educational equipment.
Duration (in weeks): 156
Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU. 0
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)
OUTCOME TABLE
(Continued)
Outcome reference N°: 3 Description of the outcome:
Internationalization of professional educational economic programs at
higher educational institutions, participants of the project.
Deadline: August, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 1-8
Description of the activities:
3.1 Comparative analysis of professional educational programs of the home
and host universities.
3.2 Selection of foreign study courses, which are of interest for the
sending university.
3.3 Foreseeing the ways to overcome the differences in professional
educational programs.
3.4 ECTS system introduction.
3.5 Short-term mutual visits of administrative and academic staff to co-
ordinate the work and discuss the problems of students’ mobility, such as
diploma recognition and methods of credit transfer.
3.6 Administrative and academic staff training periods (administrative for
intensive courses for studying methods of credit transfer; academics to
perfect the teaching methods).
3.7 Expending of the library resources of partner universities at the
expense of purchasing of books and periodical issues on the Economics
problems.
3.8 Provision of project participants with an access to the computer
databases containing some information concerning the contents of courses
offered at the economic faculties of the European universities.
3.9 Creation of a computer database of educational programs, curricula and
teaching aids in Economics.
3.10 Dissemination of the experience – organization of Ural annual inter-
universities’ seminars on internationalization of higher economic
education.
3.11 Dissemination of the experience – publishing of Newsletters on
internationalization of higher economic education (3 times a year).
Target group(s):
Administrative staff, academic staff.
Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of short-term visits.
15 Administrative and academic staff members' mobility East-West
2. Financing of training periods and intensive courses.
15 Administrative and academic staff members' mobility East-West.
3. Financing of the Newsletters publishing.
4. Financing of books and periodical publications purchasing.
5. Financing of an access to the computer databases.
Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the experts work in educational programs’ analysis.
2. Financing of the work on ECTS introduction.
3. Financing of the work on elaboration of the didactic materials and
teaching aids.
4. Financing of 3 seminars.
5. Financing of language courses for trainees.
Duration (in weeks): 101
Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .93'900
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)
OUTCOME TABLE
(Continued)
Outcome reference N°: 4 Description of the outcome: A network of
branches of the Regional Centre for Students’ Exchanges (RCSE) at the Ural
universities – participants of the consortium, as well as constant contacts
of the Centre and its branches with the corresponding structures of the
European universities participating in the project.
Deadline: August, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 2-6
Description of the activities:
4.1 Creation of RCSE branches at the universities of the Ural consortium
and their technical provision.
4.2. Establishing of cooperation links between the heads of the RCSE
branches at the Ural universities.
4.3 Appointment of ECTS-coordinators in Economics at each participating
university.
4.4 Training of the ECTS-coordinators and staff of the RCSE and its
branches at the European universities.
4.5 Organization of meetings, conferences, seminars on the exchange of
experience with participation of the heads and the staff of the RCSE, ECTS-
coordinators and students participating in the project.
4.6 Establishing of direct links between the ECTS-coordinators in economics
of the Ural consortium universities and the European universities,
participation in the work of the ECTS ALUMNI Association.
4.7 Dissemination of the experience – publishing activities (Newsletters,
see Outcome 3 Activity 3.11).
Target group(s):
Staff of the RCSE and its branches, ECTS-coordinators.
Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of intensive courses for the RCSE staff and ECTS-coordinators
at European universities.
2. Financing of the publishing activities (it is the same activity
mentioned above, see Outcome 3).
3. Provision of the RCSE branches with equipment:
4 PCs; 4 Laser Jets; 4 Copying machines; 4 Binding machines.
4. Financing of software.
5. Financing of services for the equipment.
Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Premises, furniture, municipal costs.
2. Staff costs (RCSE and its branches staff, ECTS-coordinators).
3. Computer network, communications.
4. Financing of conferences and seminars.
Duration (in weeks): 156
Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .38'000
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)
OUTCOME TABLE
(Continued)
Outcome reference N°: 5 Description of the outcome: 20 academic
staff will deliver lectures at the universities-participants in the
project.
Deadline: June, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 1-8
Description of the activities:
5.1 Elaboration of new study courses (reviews lectures on subjects that are
read at the professors’ home institutions) and their methodological
provision.
5.2 Organizational and informational support of the outgoing lecturers.
5.3 Dissemination of the experience: publishing activity (Newsletters, see
Outcome 3, Activity 3.11).
Target group(s):
Academic staff, postgraduate students, students, administrative staff.
Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the 15 academic staff members' East-West mobility (it is
the same mobility mentioned above, see Outcome 3).
2. Financing of the 5 academic staff members' West-East mobility.
3. Publishing of didactical materials (teaching aids) for the lectures
to be read abroad (20 sets).
Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the work on elaboration of new copyrightable courses.
Duration (in weeks): 77
Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .22'800
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)
2.3. Impact and sustainability
The successful implementation of the project will influence various aspects
of the system of higher education in Russia, connected with preparation of
students to be highly qualified specialists:
29. On the national level it is the process of adaptation of the Russian
system of higher education to the European dimensions; the possibility of
mutual recognition of diplomas of future specialists in economics;
creation of a model of a rapid and reliable information exchange system
between the universities of Russia and European Union;
30. At a regional level - perfecting of the network of the Ural
universities ensuring high-quality preparation of students in the sphere
of economics; uniting of scientific - pedagogical potential of the Ural
universities for solution of problems in the sphere of student
exchanges; development of structures coordinating student exchanges at
the regional level; creation of reliable channels of information
exchange on problems of preparation of high-qualified economists;
31. At a university level - further development of university structures
connected with student exchanges (Regional Center for Student Exchanges,
Regional Office for International Cooperation); replenishment of the
library funds with the economic literature, purchased by the students
during their study courses abroad; creation of the atmosphere of interest
in student exchanges at all structural subdivisions (faculties,
departments) of the university;
32. At a level of faculties - development of the structure of the Economic
Faculty by student exchanges, including those with foreign universities;
improvement of professional skills of the faculty teaching staff,
including reading of some lectures in a foreign language; increase of
students' interest in qualitative studying and learning of foreign
languages;
33. At a level of departments - perfecting of curricula for preparation of
experts in the sphere of economics; teachers' mastering of foreign
languages; rise of prestige of an economic specialty in the eyes of would-
be students.
Upon termination of Tempus/Tacis financing the outcomes of the project can
be maintained and developed by the structures established in the course of
the project implementation (RCSE branches, ECTS-coordinators). The
involvement in new projects, bilateral and multilateral agreements between
the Russian and foreign universities is possible. It is obviously possible,
that the mentioned structures, using the accumulated links, can offer the
whole range of services to organizations and population. This will ensure
additional sources of financing.
The Ural universities consortium has an intention to save and to develop
the academic network established in the framework of the CHAIN-E project.
For this purpose it is planned to offer and to realize the joint projects,
financed from the respectable sources. All the Ural universities have an
experience of grants getting from the national and non-governmental funds:
“The Fund of Higher Education Development”, “National Fund for Staff
Preparation” (The Government of the Russian Federation and the
International Reconstruction and Development Bank), “G. Soros Fund (Opened
Society Institute)” etc. During the academic network creation the
universities will try to provide the financing from these sources of the
respectable joint project in the field of Economics and Education. At the
present time the USVPU and the USU have already got the positive decision
of the “National Fund for Staff Preparation” about the loan rendering for
the realization of the Innovation Education Fund project in the field of
economical education of these universities.
IV.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT
3.1. Management structure
Role and responsibilities of each consortium member
The structure of management of the project is indicated in the scheme
below.
The University - Contractor is Ghent University (RUG). During the first
year of MJEP fulfillment it acts as the University - Coordinator of the
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