Ekaterinburg on the basis of the Ural State University for Economics, to

which the part of functions and responsibility on language preparation of

the most numerous quota of the students of economic specialties among Ural

institutions will be delegated.

The success of the project in many respects depends on information

support, which should be regular, reliable, relevant and rapid. Information

exchange between universities of the consortium, search of it in computer

networks, conduction of teleconferences for the experience exchange and for

project management realization are assigned on created during the previous

joint universities activity Information Network Centers, which are

responsible for this kind of activity.

Management structure

Project management experience of the Coordinator; his/her participation in

other programs of international cooperation

Mrs. Lieve Bracke is the manager of the International Relations Office

since 1987. The department has qualified workers, who are incorporated

in two groups: conceptual and administrative. The department has

experience of coordination of the European educational projects

(Erasmus, Lingua, COMMET, Tempus), and also programs of European Union

outside Europe (EC - USA, MEDCAMPUS, Alpha, UNITWIN (UNESCO)). The

equipment, know-how and qualification of the Office employees allow to

operate and to realize these programs successfully.

Mrs. Lieve Bracke has been acting as the coordinator of student exchange

programs between the Santander group universities ICP-94-NL-2020/17,

joint European projects on student exchanges with Hungary (in several

specialities) and pre-project Pre-JEP 00304-93 with Kiev University

(Ukraine), in which university of Leeds (Great Britain) participated as

coordinating institution. She was a member of the Santander group

Executive committee (since 1993). Now she represents Ghent university,

which is the contractor-coordinator of JEP URAL (T.JEP-10094-95 RF),

which includes universities of Ghent (Belgium), Rotterdam (the

Netherlands), Valladolid (Spain) and the USVPU (Russia). Besides she

coordinates a series of the URAL subprojects of Ghent University with 4

Ural universities and project OCTOPUSI, which envelops universities of

Europe, countries of a CIS, Southeast Asia and Southern Africa.

The Prof.-Dr. G. Romantsev, rector of the USVPU has wide experience in

international and interuniversity cooperation. The Association for

Scientific Research and Educational Methods in Vocational Education

(ASREM/VE) exists more than for 10 years, and is headed by the USVPU and

integrates more than 130 institutions and colleges. The institutions of

Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other countries

entered the Association, which activity is coordinated by the USVPU. In

1987-1990 the USVPU was one of the participants of a joint comprehensive

program of Central and East European countries "Improving the

Educational System on the Base of Using Computers ". The continuous

contacts link the USVPU with Rohr University (Bochum, Germany); Max

Plank Institute (Berlin, Germany), IBM Corporation and World ORT Union.

In 1995 the university to participant of the Tacis - Distance Learning

Pilot Project in the Economic Zone of the Urals - Russian Federation -

WW. 91.05/01.01/BO41 between the Commission of the European Communities

in Brussels and Institute of National Economy in Rome, Italy.

In 1994-1998 the USVPU actively cooperates with Flemish community,

heading a consortium of 4 Ural universities, which work with the Ghent

University within the framework of the bilateral and multilateral

agreements, and USVPU, besides in the framework of Tempus (Tacis) JEP

URAL (T.JEP - 10094-95 RF). In a course of the JEP URAL fulfillment the

Regional Office for International Cooperation was created in the USVPU

and equipped with the modern equipment. The employees of the Regional

Office have gained necessary qualification upon training periods at the

European universities and are capable to execute administrative

solutions of the coordinator of the project.

Now under G. Romantsev's power the agreements have been made and the

connection with universities and colleges of Munich, Kempten, Wiadrin

(Frankfurt – on Maine) (Germany), Tyantsyn (China), Ulan-Bator

(Mongolia) has been adjusted.

The decision making process envisaged

In accordance with the management structure of the project the solutions

are subdivided on strategic and operating ones. The strategic solutions

can be connected to a measurement of the long-term plans of work, role

and responsibility of the partners, resource allocation of the project

with the purpose of increase of quality of works, optimization of the

resource expenditures. Such solutions are made by the coordinator of the

project as agreed with the Rectors Council and with bearing in mind of

judgements of other interested persons supporting the project

financially, and organizationally.

The operating solutions are made within the framework of the annual

Revised Budget and Activity Plan (RBAP) and are directed to the

realization of the scheduled activities. They are made at the project

managers’ level, level of the involved faculties and departments

managers, managers of international cooperation services. If the

solutions affect interests of other partner universities, their

coordination with Coordinating Council is carried out. If these

solutions cause a modification of the works scheduled terms and/or of

resources, it is required to coordinate these solutions with the

coordinator of the project. The conditions of the coordination of the

solutions with Tempus Department are determined by the Contract.

MANAGEMENT TABLE

Reference N°: 6 Description of the outcome: Management of the

project

|Description of the activities: | |Year |

|6.1. Annual planning of the activities and of | |1 |2 |3 |

|budget (RBAP). | | | | |

|6.2. Annual report on done activities to the | |1 |2 |3 |

|Tempus Department of the ETF. | | | | |

|6.3. Weekly holding of operating workshops with| |1 |2 |3 |

|liaison-officers of Ural consortium and | | | | |

|teleconferences with the contact persons of the| | | | |

|European universities. | | | | |

|6.4. Coordinating Council meetings of managers | |1 |2 |3 |

|of works on the project in Ural universities | | | | |

|(monthly) | | | | |

|6.5. The Ural Rectors Council meetings: The | |1 |2 |3 |

|intermediate results and perspectives of the | | | | |

|project activities (every half- | | | | |

|year)year) | | | | |

|6.6. Holding of coordinating workshops of | |1 |2 |3 |

|representatives of all universities | | | | |

|participating in the consortium which will be | | | | |

|carried out in the framework of annual | | | | |

|conferences on the problems in Economics | | | | |

|education (see 2.8 activity). | | | | |

|6.7. Participation of representatives of 8 | |1 |2 |3 |

|universities-participants of the project in the| | | | |

|annual coordinating conference of ETF Tempus- | | | | |

|Department (Turin, Italy). | | | | |

|6.8. Purchasing and installation of modern | |1 | | |

|telecommunication equipment for all | | | | |

|universities of the Ural Consortium: 5 Faxes | | | | |

|and 5 Fax\modems. | | | | |

|Inputs (allocated from the Tempus budget): | |Year |

|1. Financing of travel and stay in Ekaterinburg| |1 |2 |3 |

|of European participants of the conference (see| | | | |

|Outcome 2, Tempus resources 2). | | | | |

|2. Financing of purchasing of 5 Faxes and 5 | |1 | | |

|Fax\modems. | | | | |

|3. Financing of travel and 2-days stay in Turin| |1 |2 |3 |

|of 1 participant from each university going to | | | | |

|the conference. | | | | |

|4. Financing of photocopying of the documents | |1 |2 |3 |

|and costs for materials immediately connected | | | | |

|with measures on the project. | | | | |

|5. Financing of waybills. | |1 |2 |3 |

|6. Financing of administrative activity. | |1 |2 |3 |

Inputs (allocated from outside the Tempus budget:

1. Provision of staff for management of the project, including the managers

and technical executors.

2. Granting by universities of means of the communications.

3. Granting by universities of premises and office equipment.

Total Tempus funding required (including related mobility flows) over

project duration:

ECU 35620

3.3. Quality Control

Internal monitoring

The operating control includes obligatory planning of all kinds of

activity at both the level of administrative structures and executors and,

accordingly, reports on the scheduled activity fulfillment. Both short-term

and long- term planning will be carried out. For realization of internal

monitoring of the project with the purpose of an evaluation of timeliness

and qualities of fulfillment of works all participants should declare the

regular reports on fulfillment of activity to university-coordinator of the

project. It will allow inspecting an expenditure of financial resources and

fulfillment of the plans of works.

External evaluation

The general reports will annually be declared in Tempus Department for a

qualitative and quantitative evaluation of efficiency of activity under the

project with the external experts.

The activity under the project will be discussed on annual conferences

and seminars with a participation of the European experts. It will allow to

make the necessary adjustments to the project activity in time for

maintenance of due quality.

It is possible to assume that the Tacis Coordinating Unit situated in

Ekaterinburg also can act in a role of the observers and experts of the

project activity.

Except kinds of monitoring of quality, timeliness and expediency of the

project activities, and also rational use of financial resources from the

part of the project coordinators and of the Tempus Department, it is

necessary to take into account monitoring from the part of other persons

interested in development and effective outcomes of the project. First of

all, organizations managers who sign the letters of endorsement of the

project and guarantee additional financial and organizational support: the

rectors of universities - participants of the project, chiefs of the

Central Bank of Russia, chiefs of the Parliament committee on Economy of

Sverdlovsk Area, and Nuffic as well. The regular publication of the plans

of activity under the project and outcomes of their fulfillment in

Newsletters will allow all interested persons to inspect process of the

project development and its efficiency.

IV.4. WORKPLAN:

WORKPLAN Year 1998 - 1999 (November 1 - October 31)

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