BALTIC SEA REGION UNIVERSITY NETWORK

BSRUN and its Environment

Kari Hyppönen25 November 2011

Vilnius

• Institutional organisations • Professional organisations• New professional groups/organisations • Vast variety of international events, not all

based on membership

- who decides who goes where?

• Membership

- institutional/individual/mixed

- who decides?/who pays?

- administration/institutional contact

IMHE EUA IAU EURASHE

UNICA UTRECHT SANTANDER

COMPOSTELA COIMBRA LERU

IRUN BSRUN BSUN UNIMED

UArctic EEUN CEEUN

ECIU GUNI Universitas 21

WUN MNU BUP CBU NDI

[CBUR] EUA?

[Stephan Bathory Collegium] EUA? New try?

[IROBALT] Money only is no longer enough?

ESMU ACA IMUA

SRHE HUMANE AHUA AUA

NUAS EUPRIO CHER EARMA

EIRMA ARMA EAIR EAIE

BSRUN 2000-

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

BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE

• to enhance interest in the region • to market the region elsewhere• to enhance co-operation between networks• facilitator of joint action• exchange of experiences, best practices and new ideas (lack of international cooperation for administrators)• to establish new institutional links• IMHE CEEC project on Management of Change in 1994-98 and TEMPUS management projects

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

Year Seminars Participants Belarus Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania Poland Russia Other

2000 3 208 16 82 69 23 7 7 42001 2 141 6 22 45 64 42002 5 245 20 59 66 37 44 7 122003 3 189 22 19 65 41 8 34 02004 5 183 15 22 35 59 38 12 22005 5 260 10 25 39 22 116 26 12 102006 10 347 42 26 44 53 85 29 53 152007 5 243 13 59 52 26 30 19 27 172008 8 386 90 16 42 55 45 31 83 242009 7 302 17 12 25 79 58 33 41 372010 5 301 31 7 19 28 47 16 98 54

58 2805 203 224 425 543 605 251 374 179

Participation in BSRUN events

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 for new ideas, contacts and projects

BSRUN 2010-

• 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.

MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA

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 the Arctic will be explored.

GEOGRAPHICAL REGION

Challenges

why belong? why attend?

• reaching new target groups -new university managements -financial, HR and middle managers• current topics of interest• location of events• SC role in the planning of activities• the role of local contacts (events info)• annual contacts' meeting • BSUA and rectors' meeting• branding (joint projects, degrees etc.)

The University of Turku

• Coordinator

LOT 5/6 Russia

LOT 7/8 Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine• Partner

LOT 10/11 Western Balkans

LOT 11/12 Asia Regional

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)

Thank you!