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EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Directorate-General XXII - Education, Training and Youth
Tempus Tacis
application form for a
Mobility Joint European Project
for the Russian Federation
beginning in November 1998
SECTION I: DECLARATION
We enclose documentation confirming that the other consortium members in
the project have endorsed the content of the application.
Name of the coordinating institution: University of Ghent
(Belgium)
Name of the Coordinator: Name of the legal representative:
Mrs. Lieve Bracke Prof. Jacques Willems
Function: Director International Relations Office Function: Rector
Done at: the University of Ghent Done at: the University of Ghent
Date: Date:
Signature: Signature
Official stamp or seal of the coordinating institution
SECTION II: BASIC DATA ON THE PROJECT
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Specific objective:
Creation of a mobility network for students in economics based on
internationalised curricula in the field of financial and industrial
management, banking and insurance.
In which language do you wish to receive future correspondence?:
English French German
Subject Area Code: 240 (Economics)
Project Coordinator (contact person at the coordinating and contracting
institution):
Title: Mrs. First name: Lieve Last name: Bracke
Sex: M F
Name of the institution: University of Ghent
Name of the department or faculty: International Relations Office
Address: Het Pand, Onderbergen 1
Country: Belgium Post code: 9000 Town: Ghent
Phone: 32/9/264.82.38 Fax: 32/9/264.83.99 E-mail:
[email protected]
Higher education institutions involved in the MJEP
Reference number: 1 - Coordinator Contact person: Lieve Bracke
Name of the institution: University of Ghent
Reference number: 2 - Second higher education institution Contact
person: Igor Kolobkov
Name of the institution: Ural State Vocational Pedagogic University (USVPU)
Name of the department or faculty: Institute of Economics and Law (USVPU),
Institute of Municipal Economy and Enterpreneurship.
Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF
Phone: 7/3432/31.23.52 Fax: 7/3432/31.94.63 E-mail:
[email protected]
Reference number: 3 - Third higher education institution Contact person:
Andrey Maltsev
Name of the institution: Ural State University of Economics
Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Finance; Faculty of Trade and
Economics; Faculty of Economics; Faculty of Management and International
Economic Relations.
Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF
Phone: 7/3432/22.96.15 Fax: 7/3432/22.71.47 E-mail:
[email protected]
Reference number: 4 - Fourth higher education institution Contact
person: Darya Nesterova
Name of the institution: Ural State University
Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics.
Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF
Phone: 7/3432/55.21.65 Fax: 7/3432/55.59.64 E-mail:
[email protected]
Reference number: 5 - Fifth higher education institution Contact person:
Oleg Nikonov
Name of the institution: Ural State Technical University
Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management.
Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF
Phone: 7/3432/74.84.26 Fax: 7/3432/74.38.84 E-mail:
[email protected]
Reference number: 6 - Sixth higher education institution Contact person:
Boris Igoshev
Name of the institution: Ural State Pedagogical University
Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics.
Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF
Phone: 7/3432/34.13.01 Fax: 7/3432/34.97.71 E-mail:
[email protected]
Reference number: 7 - Seventh higher education institution Contact
person:
Name of the institution: “X” university of the Santander Group
Name of the department or faculty:
Town: Country code:
Phone: Fax: E-mail:
Reference number: 8 - eighth higher education institution Contact
person:
Name of the institution: “Y” university of the Santender Group
Name of the department or faculty:
Town: Country code:
Phone: Fax: E-mail:
SECTION III: THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROJECT
SECTION IV: PROJECT DESCRIPTION
IV.1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT
* Tempus priorities
The project will be implemented in the Urals - one of the major economic
regions of Russia, which has a huge industrial, academic and scientific
potential.
Today one of the most important tasks is the provision of skilled
personnel for realization of this potential. Of special importance here
is the preparation of qualified experts who are capable of solving most
complicated problems on the development of market relations in
conditions of continued reforming of market economy. The present project
should facilitate the solution of this task.
The public authorities of the Ural Region see great importance in the
development of financial and industrial management, banking and
insurance. The solution of the given task is complicated by the shortage
of qualified experts with higher education. The field of business is new
to the Russian Federation. Therefore, the system of economic education
in the country and, in particular, in the Urals needs to be enriched
with the foreign experience of education in these subject domains.
Thus, the problem of economic education at the universities of the Urals
completely falls within the framework of the priorities set by the
Tempus program in Russia.
Deriving from this, economics (code 240) was chosen as the priority
subject sphere.
This subject area also was chosen because the possibility and advantage
of the universities-participants satisfy its requirements. Each
participating university has its faculties and/or institutes preparing
students to economic and management specialities.
The given project, devoted mainly to the creation of a network for
student mobility, includes also:
elements of teaching staff retraining;
introduction of new information technological methods into educational
process;
intensive language preparation;
development of distance learning.
* Previous cooperation
During 1994-98 a consortium of 4 Ural universities was established in
the Urals. And it still continues functioning:
5. the Ural State Vocational Pedagogical University (USVPU);
6. the Ural State University (USU);
7. the Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU);
8. the Ural State Technical University (USTU).
The consortium was created for solving joint tasks in the field of
improvement of the university management, educational activity in
subject spheres and scientific research. The consortium has been
functioning as a structure within the framework of bilateral and
multilateral agreements with the University of Ghent (Belgium) in
carrying out the following projects:
9. URAL-MANAG (university management)
A foundation was laid for international activity of the Ural
universities. A coordinating center for managing international
activities in the region was created.
10. URAL-NET (development of interuniversity computer communications)
As a result of interaction of the given project with other similar
projects the universities of the consortium had an opportunity to
access the global computer network Internet.
11. URAL-INFO (information technologies in learning)
A base of relevant materials and facilities was created, information
technologies are mastered, the teaching staff and programmers are
trained to be able to introduce new information technologies in the
educational process.
12. URAL-LAN (language preparation)
The modern Language Center has been established. The Center was
supplied with the newest equipment. The technology of intensive
foreign language teaching is mastered. Regular teaching of the staff
and students of the consortium universities take place.
13. URAL-ECON (teaching and research in the field of economics)
The existing curricula were modified and new courses were developed.
14. URAL-DISTANCE (development of distant methods of learning on the
example of economic education)
A special course was given by Prof. Pasmiller. Workshops were held with
a participation of the Ural State University representatives and the
Ghent University ones.
15. URAL-ELECTRO (teaching and research in the field of electric power
industry)
The technology of internationalized curricula development, procedure of
their coordination and introduction in the educational process was
elaborated.
16. URAL-METAL (teaching and research in the field of metallurgy)
17. URAL-LIT (teaching and research in the field of literature)
18. URAL-LEX (teaching and research in the field of comparative
lexicography)
The positive experience of international cooperation in the domain of
higher education was obtained.
The indicated outcomes visually testify, that they are directly
connected to the objectives and tasks of the stated project and
completely correspond to the Tempus priorities. It is possible to
consider the given project to be a continuation of joint activities of
the Ural consortium.
Besides, in 1994-98 Tempus/Tacis activities were jointly carried out by
the universities of Ghent (Belgium), Rotterdam (the Netherlands),
Valladolid (Spain) and the USVPU. In the course of implementation of the
URAL project: Upgrading of Regional Academic Level T-JEP-10094-95-RF
four structural subdivisions were created in the USVPU for the
realization and management of international activities:
19. Regional Office for International Cooperation (RO);
20. Information Network Centre (INC);
21. Language Centre (LC);
22. Regional Centre for Student Exchanges (Vagant Centre) (VC).
The activities of these subdivisions are of a regional character and are
extended to the other universities of the Ural consortium. The Regional
Office for International Cooperation assists in the teaching staff and
student mobility organization. The Language Centre provides language
preparation of the trainees from different universities. The Regional
Centre for Student Exchanges has developed mechanisms and procedures of
student exchanges, ways of realization of credit transfer, a method of
definition of student workloads and credit allocation, has instructed
the ECTS-coordinators appointed at the consortium universities, has
mastered and disseminated the technology of producing information
packages. The VC provides informational and organizational support for
student mobility. The Information Network Centre provides the
subdivisions with communication means, with access to local and global
electronic networks.
The administrative and academic staff of all the consortium universities
have been trained in activity domains of the above-mentioned
subdivisions at the universities of Ghent (Belgium), Rotterdam (the
Netherlands), Valladolid (Spain) and other European universities.
The Ural State University for Economics (USUE) joining the consortium
(as a 5th member) in 1994/98 has established a number of partner
connections with some European universities and institutes. The
University has already acquired a certain experience before joining in
the new project. Among them: Student and teachers exchanges procedures,
language training, coordination of educational programs, creation of
joint teaching materials, academic recognition of study results,
agreements for rendering educational services, management of
international cooperation. Student exchanges were conducted with Marburg
University, Cologne University, Munich University (Germany), Higher
educational commercial schools of Po and Lyons Cities (France). Teachers
exchanges were conducted between USUE and Technical University of
Roitlingen (Germany), Utrecht University (the Netherlands), London
Economics School and NorthWestern College of London (GB).
At the present time all 5 Ural universities have their own offices for
the international cooperation. It is seemed that their presence will be
helpfull for the new project fulfilment.
* Links with other programs
The described Tempus JEP “URAL” is obviously directly connected with the
objectives and tasks of the proposed project, which can be considered as
its natural sequel. The achieved outcomes can be significantly
multiplied in the course of implementation of a new possible project to
influence not only the Ural Region but also the educational system of
Russia, which will allow to use the Tempus funds with a maximum
efficiency.
Some positive experience was accumulated also during the international
project "Distance Learning in the Economic Zone of the Urals"
ww.91.05/01.01/BO41, which was carried out by the USVPU in cooperation
with the Italian Institute of Foreign Trade. In the course of the
project more than 300 workers for small business were prepared with the
distance learning method. This experience also will be used in the
execution of the stated project.
It is very important that, the USVPU heads the Association for
Scientific Research and Educational Methods in Vocational Education
(ASREM/VE), which unites more than 130 educational institutions in
Russia. The ASREM/VE meets the problems of development of State
education standards of higher and secondary vocational education and
preparation of normative documents for a multilevel educational system
(bachelor and masters' courses). The ASREM/VE can really affect the
system of education in Russia, besides it has a possibility to provide
official recognition of the mechanisms and procedures of educational
degrees award. The education internationalization process in the USVPU
and other universities of the Ural consortium has a real chance to be
expanded within the institutions of the ASREM/VE because the USVPU leads
the educational policy in the Association.
In USU together with Moscow state university the preparation of masters
is carried on in the field of an economic theory. Together with St.-
Petersburg state university scientific and research work is carried on
in the field of the international economic relations. With the foreign
partners, for example, with Technical university of Munich (Germany) the
research projects on a theme " International economy of the firm", and
with University of state Illinois (USA) a common theme of researches "
Market of labor " are executed.
In USTU on faculties of the Analysis of systems and decision making and
banking researches are conducted within the framework of the regional
programme financed by the regional budget of Sverdlovsk region of the
theme of the state budget N 2980 "Mathematical and computer modeling of
economic-organizing systems "; grants of Ministry of Education of
Russian Federation N 2992 "Theory and methodology of an evaluation of
efficiency of the investments on the basis of mathematical methods of
the theory of management (section economy) and N 97-0-1.9.68 "Theory of
the guaranteed management and evaluation in the tasks of financial
mathematics ", and also are supported by the grant of Russian fund of
fundamental researches (PFBR) N 97-01-01003.
USPU during many years participates in economic programmes of Sverdlovsk
region on creation of economic culture in market conditions. Joint work
by the grant with North-East Illinois university (USA) on the programme
"Economic, social and cultural initiative. Russian-American partnership
" USA N IA-AFJL-J4190526 was executed.
Within two last years USUE has received positive experience of exchange
of the students with university of Visbaden (Germany), and also with
other mentioned before universities on a specialty « World economy ».
These programs of students' exchanges of USUE are directly connected
with the stated project, as have the common objectives of creation of
stable channels of students' mobility on the base of agreed educational
programs in the field of economy.
IV.2. OBJECTIVE AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES
2.1. Objective
In general the objective of the project is to make the student mobility
possible and to update the content of higher economic education, its
methods and forms of teaching with the help of international cooperation
in this area what will promote the development of market relations in
Russia and its integration in the world economic community.
The improvement of higher economic education should be realized by its
adaptation to the European education dimensions. Russian economic
education has not sufficient experience of operating in market
conditions therefore the students trained do not always correspond to
the requirements of the new market conditions. The solution of this
problem can be reached as one of the outcomes of international
cooperation in the field of economic education. Such cooperation is
inevitably connected with students and teachers exchanges, with problems
of development of joint professional education programs, with problems
of academic recognition of educational degrees and diplomas.
The outlined problems in the field of economic education allow to
formulate the specific objective of the project: " Creation of a
mobility network for students in economics based on internationalised
curricula in the field of financial and industrial managament, banking
and insurance for making the student mobility possible and for upgrading
of education quality". Such a constantly functioning network will allow
not only to accumulate and generalize the experience of teaching the
students, but also to prepare the background for scientific exchange.
Doubtlessly, in the course of student exchanges the growth of the staff
participating in the development of internationalized educational
programs will also be ensured. To achieve this objective it is necessary
to set the following tasks:
23. Strengthening of the existing and creation of new organizational
structures dealing with student exchanges;
24. Development of internationalized curricula and joint short-term
internationalized educational programs;
25. Development of new and improvement of the existing procedures of
recognition of the results of abroad study courses;
26. Realization of student exchanges;
27. Analysis, generalization and dissemination of the experience obtained;
28. Taking special measures to provide the stability and sustainability of
the network created.
2.2. Outcomes, activities and inputs
OUTCOME TABLE
Outcome reference N°: 1 Description of the outcome: 73 students
and postgraduates, having taken part in the students exchange programs
between Russian and European universities.
Deadline: June, 30, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 1-8
Description of the activities:
1.1 Working out a common selection procedure of students-economists at
all Russian higher educational institutions, participants of the
consortium. Making use of the foreign universities experience. The VC
branches together with the home institution professors carry out the
selection. Language fluency will be one of the most imortant criteria.
1.2 Creation and annual updating as well as setting up in the Internet of
the participating institutions information packages (in English
language).
1.3 Organization of access to the resources of the host university
(libraries, computer facilities, etc.).
1.4 Accommodation of foreign students in the hostels of the higher
educational institutions, participants of the project. Organization of
the foreign students’ leisure. Guarantee of their security during their
staying abroad.
1.5 Language training for the outgoing students (before their departure).
1.6 Organizational and informational students’ support.
1.7 Supervising of the outgoing students (application of the ECTS system;
in order to achive the best results of studying abroad the guidance from
the home institution is presupposed).
1.8 Application of ECTS for the study results’ recognition (the
regulations of the ECTS are mentioned in the “ECTS User’s Guide” well
known in European universities).
1.9 Experience dissemination – organization of an international
conference on the results of student exchanges (in Ekaterinburg).
1.10 Experience dissemination – organization in Ekaterinburg of 3 annual
regional conferences on the problems of economic education, with the
European partners taking part.
Target group(s):
Students, postgraduate students.
Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Covering the expenses, connected with students’ exchange (travel and
stay):
50 students' East-West mobility – 5 months; 10 postgraduate students'
East-West mobility – 10 months
10 students' West-East mobility – 5 months; 3 postgraduate students' West-
East mobility – 10 months
2. Financing of Russian universities information packages’ publishing.
3. Financing of work of the Language Centre teaching staff.
4. Financing of the international conference organization expenses and
covering of travel and stay costs of Russian participants.
5. Covering of travel and stay at the conference costs of EU participants.
6. Financing of the conference printed materials issue.
7. Technical equipping of the Language Centre.
8. Financing of the administrative staff, academic staff
9. 3 conferences’ organization expenses financing. Covering of travel and
stay costs at the conference of RF participants.
10. Financing of travel and stay of EU participants of the conference.
11. Financing of the conference printed materials issue.
Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the ECTS coordinators’ work.
2. Financing the professors’ work in teaching foreign students.
3. Financing of the information packages’ elaboration.
4. Financing of the EU universities information packages’ issuing.
5. 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 .560'670
(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°: 2 Description of the outcome: 75 students
and postgraduate students, having taken part in the students exchange
program between the Ural higher educational institutions, participants of
the consortium.
Deadline: June, 30, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 2-6
Description of the activities:
2.1 Working out a common selection procedure of students-economists at
all higher educational institutions, participants of the consortium.
Making use of foreign universities experience. The selection has to be
made by the students’ exchange centres and professors of universities.
2.2 Creation and annual updating as well as setting up in the Internet of
information packages of Ural universities, taking part in the project (in
the Russian language).
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
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