Belarusian State Technological University

Belarusian State Technological University is one of the

leading educational and scientific centers of the Republic of

Belarus. It was founded in 1930. Now the University is a large

multi-profile educational and scientific center in the Republic of

Belarus. The activities of the University cover a wide scope ranging

from training highly competitive specialists to research and

development and innovative activities.

The University contains 10 faculties, 51 departments, 4

affiliates of departments, Negoreloye forestry experimental station,

29 educational-scientific centers which train about 13,000 students and 130 doctorates and post-

graduates. Over 400 specialists of various branches of industry are annually provided with

retraining and qualification up-grade courses.

The University trains engineers for 28 specialties and 58 specializations; at the same time

the University trains highly-qualified researchers doing Master’s, PhD and Doctor Degree

courses.

Since its foundation the University has trained over 63,300 specialists including 600 for

38 foreign states. Among them are outstanding scientists, laureates of national awards, ministers,

managers of large companies and enterprises.

We invite young people who want to acquire fundamental knowledge and applied skills

in the specialties delivered by the University.

International cooperation is of paramount importance for teaching and research at the

University. The University develops such forms of cooperation as: academic exchange of post-

graduate students and students, of lecturers and scholars; joint scientific research; editing

monographs, textbooks, tutorials and articles; supervision of post-graduates work; delivering

lectures; exchange of experience in organization, carrying out and improvement of teaching

process as well as in training masters, post-graduates and doctorates; joint development of

educational standards; qualification up-grade; internship. In cooperation with foreign partners a

number of scientific and technical projects are annually implemented for various enterprises and

organizations of different industries.

Partners of the BSTU are chemical and technological, polytechnic, agrarian and forestry

higher educational institutions of Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, the UK, France, Germany,

Finland, Sweden, Poland, Czech Republic, China, Libya, Lebanon, Greece, Mongolia,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan. More than 40 departments of the University participate in international

cooperation, interdepartmental and individual relations being its new form.

The number of contacts with famous foreign scholars, scientific centers and organizations

has increased recently and the number of joint research in accordance with agreements on

creative cooperation grows from year to year. At present under these agreements the University

carries out joint research with Russian Chemical-Technological University (Moscow), Ural

Forestry Engineering University, Ivanovo State

University of Chemistry and Technology, Yaroslavl

State Technical University, Moscow State University of

Forest, Moscow University of Printing Arts,

Dnepropetrovsk University of Chemistry and

Technology, Ukrainian Academy of Printing (Lvov),

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Belostok

Technical University (Poland), Aristotle University of

Thessaloniki (Greece), Max Planck Biophysical

Chemistry Institute (Germany), Beijing Forest

University (China), Al-Mustansiriya University (Iraq),

Hoh-Hoto Professional Institute (China), Swedish

Forest Agency, Tyumen State Oil and Gas University,

Mari State Technical University and others.

A UNESCO-associated Centre for Chemical

Sciences and Education was founded under BSTU. The University cooperates with such

international organizations as European Institute of Forest, UNO Food and Agriculture

Organization (FAO), Forest Institute of Central and South European countries, Northern

Dimensions Institute (NDI), International Centre for Forestry and Forest Industry, International

Association of Research Organizations for the Information Media and Graphic Arts Industries

(IARIGAI), Real Estate Laboratory (RE. Lab), European Real Estate Society (ERES), Baltic

University Program (BUP).

The results of the

University activities are known all

over the world. Over 100

University scholars and post-

graduate students take part in

international conferences

annually. A number of textbooks

and monographs, published in

BSTU and translated into English,

Romanian, Hungarian, Chinese

and other languages, are highly

appreciated by foreign specialists.

Annually foreign publishing

companies edit over 50 scientific

papers, their authors being University

scholars.

Every year the University

organizes and issues the materials of

more than 15 international

conferences and workshops, foreign

scholars participating in them.

BSTU is a regular participant

of international exhibitions in the

field of developing new materials,

energy and resource-saving

technologies, ecology and nature

management, instrument-making,

machine-building and others.

RESEARCH

BSTU is a major scientific and research center actively developing various scientific

trends. Research activities here are fulfilled within the framework of developing priority

research fields of the Republic of Belarus. The University actively participates in carrying out

scientific and technical programs at different levels. As a leading executive organization the

University develops state scientific and technical programs “Forest Management and Rational

Forest Utilization”. Nowadays the University fulfills two scientific and technical programs of the

allied state – “Cosmos NT” and “Nanotechnology SD”. Within economic contracts aimed at

solving urgent applied problems, the University cooperates with more than 100 enterprises and

organizations of the country.

There is a Physical and Chemical R&D Centre comprising 8 laboratories: Laboratory of

Analysis of Particle Size and Specific Surface, Laboratory of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy,

Laboratory of Infrared Spectroscopy, Laboratory of Transmission Electron Microscopy,

Laboratory of X-ray Structural Analysis, Laboratory of Scanning Electron Microscopy,

Laboratory of Thermal Analysis, Laboratory of Chromatography and Chromatic Mass

Spectroscopy; as well as Consulting Centre on Management Systems; Centre of Technology

Transfer in Woodworking and Forest Complex; dual-subordination research and development

laboratory for stabilization of plastics, rubber and fibers, dual-subordination research and

development laboratory for forest chemistry, research and development laboratory for chemical

processing of plant raw materials; dual-subordination research and development laboratory for

petrochemistry; applied research and development laboratory for technology, engineering and

economy of printing and publishing complex; research and development laboratory for glass and

silicates. Moreover Testing Centre for Ecological Monitoring, Testing Centre for Woodworking

Equipment and Tools, research and development laboratory for building structures and materials

were accredited in the Accreditation System of the Republic of Belarus.

The spectrum of our scientists’ research

is quite extensive. These are perspective

materials, progressive technologies, machines

and tools, modern fundamental research

methods in chemical, forestry engineering and

printing industries. Over the years of work our

University scientists have laid the basis for 16

scientific and teaching schools, acknowledged

not only in our republic and CIS states but also

abroad. Five Specialized D. Sc. / Cand. Sc.

Certification Councils in 12 scientific

specialties function at our University. The

University scientists publish about 2,000

scientific papers and abstracts annually.

Scientific journal “Proceedings of BSTU” being published under BSTU has been

included in the Catalogue of scientific periodicals recommended by the Higher Certification

Commission for publishing dissertation materials. Only for the last 10 years the University has

been granted more than 450 patents for inventions and useful models. 15 doctoral theses and 225

Candidate’s dissertations have been defended, 77 monographs, 1,138 textbooks and tutorials,

14,000 articles have been published at the University. Over 150 international and republican

conferences have been hosted by BSTU.

Much attention is paid to the improvement and development of material and technical

research facilities of the University. To carry out research, the University scientists are applying

modern unique equipment produced by leading world companies. Creative and motivated efforts

of highly-qualified University scholars and the prominence of their research results obtained, as

well as up-to-date material and technical facilities contribute to the success achieved by the

University in solving socioeconomic problems set by the republic.

Main trends in research:

Forest Regeneration;

Forest Growing;

Forestation;

Forest Protection;

Protection of Forests;

Information System for Forestry Management;

Aerospace Forest Monitoring and Geoinformation Systems in Forestry;

Hunting Science;

Ecological Tourism and Nature Management;

Certification of Forests and Forest Products;

Landscape Design and Architecture;

Logging Technologies;

Forestry Engineering Industry;

Forest Transport;

Woodworking;

Technology for Obtaining Materials and Coatings with Specified Structure and

Properties;

Mechanics and Technology of Disperse and Composite Materials;

Research in the Field of Mechanics of Consistent Media, Statistical Mechanics

and Thermodynamics of Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Processes;

Technology and Design of Furniture;

Woodworking Machines and Tools;

Cellulose and Paper;

Wooden Boards and Plastics;

Chemical Processing of Plant Raw Materials, Hydrolytic Production;

Forest Chemistry;

Fire-Protection of Materials and Structures;

Resource-Saving, Energy-Saving and Waste-Free Technologies;

Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals;

Genetic Engineering and Genetically Modified Organisms;

Synthesis of Organic and Inorganic Substances;

Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies;

Research of Physical Properties of Substances at Micro- and Macrolevels;

Elastomers and Tyre Production;

Polymers;

Chemical Fibres;

Petrochemical Synthesis;

Paintwork Materials;

Directed Synthesis of New Functional Organic Compounds;

Industrial Products and Foodstuffs Quality Control;

Technologies for Electrochemical Production;

Chemical Current Sources;

Electro- and Electrochemical Plating;

Electroengineering Materials;

Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Materials;

High-Temperature Superconductors;

Mineral Fertilizers, Inorganic Pigments and Fillers;

Binders and Binder-Based Construction Materials;

Glass and Ceramics;

Dental Products;

Analysis of Structure, Chemic Composition, Physical and Chemical Properties of

Organic;

and Inorganic Materials;

Industrial Ecology and Monitoring;

Sewage Treatment and Industrial Waste Disposal;

Machines and Apparatus for Chemical-Engineering Processes;

Technology and Equipment for Printing and Publishing;

Information Systems and Programming;

Software for Computer-Aided Trainers;

Modelling and Optimization of Chemical-Engineering Processes;

Means of Automation of Production Processes;

Economics of Forestry, Chemical and Woodworking Industry, Building Materials

Production, Economics of Printing;

Economics of Nature Management;

Economics of Real Estate.

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS

Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013

The European Union's Baltic Sea Region Programme promotes regional

development through transnational cooperation. Partners from eleven countries

around the Baltic Sea work together to find joint solutions to common

problems.

The overarching strategic objective of the Baltic Sea Region Programme

is to strengthen the development towards a sustainable, competitive and territorially integrated

Baltic Sea Region (BSR) by connecting potentials across borders. The BSR is expected to

become a better place for investing, working and living in.

The Programme looks to facilitate investments and actions aimed at improving the

territorial potential of the region, to close the existing wide gaps in the level of socio-economic

development between different areas in the region, and to resolve issues of common concern for

all countries around the Baltic Sea.

The Programme is based on five priority axes:

1. Fostering innovations across the Baltic Sea Region [approximately 27.4% of total

funding]. This priority is focused on core innovations in the field of natural and technical science

and on non-technical innovations;

2. Improving internal and external accessibility [approximately 18.5% of total funding].

The focus here is on promoting and providing joint transnational solutions in the field of

transport and information & communication technology;

3. Management of the Baltic Sea as a common resource [approximately 27.0% of total

funding]. This priority addresses environmental pollution in the Baltic Sea. It supports operations

aimed at limiting pollution inputs and impacts in the marine environment area;

4. Promoting attractive and competitive cities and regions [approximately 20.0% of total

funding]. This priority promotes co-operation among metropolitan regions, cities and rural areas

in an effort to enhance their attractiveness for citizens and investors;

5. Technical assistance [approximately 7.1% of total funding]. There is provision for

technical assistance for implementation of the Programme. Financial support is also available

and covers administration, monitoring and control, as well as information and communication

activities.

TEMPUS

TEMPUS is the European Union’s programme which supports the

modernisation of higher education in the EU's surrounding area. Tempus

promotes institutional cooperation that involves the European Union and

Partner Countries and focuses on the reform and modernisation of higher

education systems in the Partner Countries of Eastern Europe, Central Asia,

the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region.

It also aims to promote voluntary convergence of the higher education

systems in the Partner Countries with EU developments in the field of higher education.

In addition to promoting cooperation between institutions, Tempus also promotes a

people-to-people approach. Tempus provides support to consortia of institutions composed

mainly of universities or university associations. Non-academic partners can also be part of a

consortium.

The Tempus programme is implemented in close coordination with the Erasmus Mundus

programme which provides scholarships to third country students allowing them to participate in

top-level Master courses and Doctorate programmes outside the EU.

The overall objective of Tempus is to contribute to the creation of an area of cooperation

in the field of higher education between the European Union and the Tempus Partner Countries.

Erasmus+

Erasmus+ is the new EU programme for Education,

Training, Youth and Sport for 2014-2020, starting in January

2014.

Erasmus+ aims at boosting skills and employability,

and modernising Education, Training and Youth work. The

seven year programme will have a budget of €14.7 billion. This represents a 40% increase

compared to current spending levels and shows the EU's commitment to investing in these areas.

Erasmus+ will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain

work experience and volunteer abroad. In addition to providing grants for individuals, Erasmus+

will support transnational partnerships among Education, Training and Youth institutions and

organisations to foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of Education and work in order to

tackle the skills gaps we are facing in Europe. It will also support national efforts to modernise

Education, Training and Youth systems. In the field of Sport, there will be support for grassroots

projects and cross-border challenges such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence and

racism.

Erasmus+ brings together seven existing EU programmes in the fields of Education,

Training and Youth; it will for the first time provide support for Sport. As an integrated

programme, Erasmus+ offers more opportunities for cooperation across the Education, Training

and Youth sectors and is easier to access than its predecessors, with simplified funding rules.

Cross Border cooperation Programme Lithuania – Latvia – Belarus

The Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus Cross Border

Cooperation Programme within the European Neighbourhood and

Partnership Instrument succeeds the Baltic Sea Region

INTERREG IIIB Neighbourhood Programme Priority South IIIA

programme for the period of 2007-2013. Latgale region in Latvia,

Panevezys, Utena, Vilnius, Alytus and Kaunas counties in

Lithuania; Vitebsk, Mogilev, Minsk and Grodno oblasts and Minsk

city take part in the Programme.

The Programme aims to contribute to the sustainable and

cohesive socio-economic development of border region to make it competitive for economic and

business development and attractive for people living and visiting.

The strategy of the Programme is targeted at fostering cross-border co-operation activities

in various fields, which by national laws and regulations of the participating countries can

directly be addressed by regional and local actors, without requiring co-ordination with central

government authorities outside the immediate border regions.

The specific objectives of the Programme are:

1. to strengthen border area economic and social base and to increase the competitiveness

by establishing at regional level currently missing primary structures and capacities for

development;

2. to create favourable living conditions and to strengthen border region communities by

improving quality of and access to public services/supplies, effective management of

environmental resources and raising the human capacity for further development.

DAAD

The Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)/

German Academic Exchange Service is a private, publicly funded,

self-governing organization of higher education institutions in

Germany. DAAD promotes international academic relations and

cooperation by offering mobility programs primarily for students and

faculty, but also for administrators and others in the higher education realm.

DAAD is the German national agency for the support of international academic cooperation. We

offer programs and funding for students, faculty, researchers and others in higher education,

providing financial support to over 67,000 individuals per year

DAAD's Mission

1. To enable young academic academics and researchers from around the world to

become leaders in the fields of science, culture, economics, and politics – as well as friends and

partners of Germany.

2. To qualify young German elites to assume positions of leadership in a global

environment by providing them with international and intercultural experiences.

3. To enhance the internationalization of German higher education institutions, by way of

increasing their attractiveness for the top students and scholars from around the world.

4. To promote scholarship on the German language, literature, and the arts in universities

worldwide with a view to increasing the role of German as an important cultural and practical

language and creating a better understanding of Germany’s rich cultural heritage.

5. To support the process of economic and democratic reform in developing countries and

in the transition countries of Middle and Eastern Europe by supporting their academic research

and progress.

The Central European Initiative (CEI)

The Central European Initiative or CEI, is the largest and

oldest forum of regional cooperation in Central, Eastern and

South Eastern Europe. It now counts 18 member states: Albania,

Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the

Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Moldova,

Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and

Ukraine. The origin of the Central European Initiative lies in the

creation of the Quadragonale in Budapest on 11 November 1989 whose founding fathers were

Italy, Austria, Hungary and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The Initiative aimed at overcoming the division in blocks by re-establishing cooperation

links, among countries of different political orientations and economic structures.

The CEI aims at achieving cohesion in areas of mutual interest and at assisting its non-EU

member countries in consolidating their economic and social development. In this regard, the

CEI Plan of Action defines the organisation’s priorities within the established areas of

cooperation.

Once predominantly oriented towards policy dialogue, the CEI has progressively added

economic growth and human development as pillars of cooperation with a focus on capacity

building, sharing experience and know-how transfer.

Areas of Cooperation: Climate, Environment and Sustainable Energy, Enterprise

Development including Tourism, Human Resource Development, Information Society and

Media, Intercultural Cooperation including Minorities, Multimodal Transport, Science and

Technology, Sustainable Agriculture, Interregional and Cross-Border Cooperation.

The Seventh Framework Programme

The complete name of FP7 is 7th Framework Programme for Research and

Technological Development. The programme has a total budget of over € 50 billion.

In 2007, the EU Commission has launched the 7th Framework Programme aiming at

supporting a wide range of participants involved in Research & Development: from universities,

through public authorities to SMEs and researchers in developing countries.

The Framework Programmes for Research have two main strategic objectives:

to strengthen the scientific and technological base of European industry;

to encourage its international competitiveness, while promoting research that

supports EU policies.

The broad objectives of FP7 have been grouped into four categories: Cooperation, Ideas,

People and Capacities. For each type of objective, there is a specific programme corresponding

to the main areas of EU research policy

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation

programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over

7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that

this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs,

discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to

the market.

Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe

2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness.

Seen as a means to drive economic growth and create jobs, Horizon 2020 has the political

backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that

research is an investment in our future and so put it at the heart of the EU’s blueprint for smart,

sustainable and inclusive growth and jobs.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 is helping to achieve this with its

emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is

to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it

easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

Horizon 2020 is open to everyone, with a simple structure that reduces red tape and time

so participants can focus on what is really important. This approach makes sure new projects get

off the ground quickly – and achieve results faster.

The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation will be complemented by

further measures to complete and further develop the European Research Area. These measures

will aim at breaking down barriers to create a genuine single market for knowledge, research and

innovation.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

INFINITY - INternational Fellowship IN transdisciplinarITY

INFINITY project intends to become an INternational Fellowship IN transdisciplinarITY;

its main theme is “Urban Agriculture”. INFINITY is about sustainability, and aims to strengthen

a viable partnership of EU and all of lot 5 countries – aligning the Lisbon Strategy with the EM

programme’s objectives. INFINITY is set in a transdisciplinary framework in the following

thematic fields:

01 Agriculture Sciences;

02 Architecture/Urban Planning;

04 Business Studies/Management Science;

06 Engineering/Technology;

07 Geography/Geology;

13 Natural Sciences;

14 Social Sciences.

INFINITY has a good geographical coverage; it includes HEIs of the EU (Czech

Republic, Estonia, Portugal, Slovenia) and all lot 5 countries - from large and peripheral cities. In

the partnership 9 HEIs have had EM experience and 11 HEIs without EM experience.

Expected impact:

• Start the assimilation of the EU’s Higher Education System into the lot 5 countries by

increasing these countries’ awareness toward the advantages of being part of the wider

continental European educational system.

• Offer an equal opportunity for students/staff - through systematic mobility - to enrich

their knowledge, skills, and to carry the concept of urban sustainability to their own countries.

• Encourage the promotion common values of respect for gender equity, human rights,

fundamental freedoms, peace, democracy, good governance, the rule of law, solidarity.

• Share research resources as to attain educational standards/management capacities

between the EU’s partners’ and their Third countries’ partners.

• Raise the employability at the Third Countries to contribute in their undergoing process

of diversification of their economies.

• Develop international programs for future strategic collaboration in terms of research

and business.

• Strive to reach the objectives set by the United Nations, the EU and the EM such as

smart growth, environmental protection and sustainable development for the countries covered

by the INFINITY.

Baltic Landscape in Change – Innovative Approaches Towards Sustainable Forested

Landscapes Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013

Forests in the Baltic Sea Region are either dominating in

the landscape (Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden) or are its

important part (Poland, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia). The long-term

goal of the project is to foster good governance in forested

landscapes. These landscapes are facing new challenges caused

by i.e. globalization, climate change, demands of both more

intensive use of natural resources and enhanced protection, international conventions and

recreation development. These new challenges override local communities and institutions,

cornering them into conflicts, temporary solutions and unsustainable practices.

By using the Model Forest approach new solutions will be developed and demonstrated

as functioning on the ground. New challenges can be met by creating innovative capacity,

transnational, cross-sectoral cooperation and empowerment of the societies in the Baltic Sea

Region in sustainable governance of forest landscape. The project has two main objectives:

1. “To equip the Baltic Sea Region with a network of Baltic Landscapes (BL sites),

combining innovative capacity, cooperative partnership and program of activities to deal with

new challenges of sustainable development.” The main role of BLs will be to function as long-

term landscape laboratories and neutral platforms for cooperation in solving landscape problems.

They are also expected to fulfill a gap between strategies and their implementation on the

ground. BLs should combine knowledge from international and regional applied research, local

experience, administrative and NGOs approaches. A network of partnerships will be built for

innovations to be demonstrated on the ground. The BL sites will be established in Belarus (1),

Finland (2), Poland (2) and Sweden (3). The BL sites will be prepared for international

cooperation to produce overall results and to disseminate experience locally, nationally and

internationally.

2. “To define and analyze main landscape problems; to develop innovative approaches

and first proposals for policy, planning and management”. Within this objective a new approach

to balance values and interests in natural resources in forested landscapes will be developed and

demonstrated in practice with special attention on the European Landscape Convention and the

Water Framework Directive, economic and social interests. New approaches and components for

landscape planning will be developed and proposed.

Network of BL sites will produce:

General analysis of roots of current problems and search for ways to address them,

General agreed approaches towards management aiming to change the situation

positively

Proposals for influence of the local, regional and national policies, governance and

practice

Impact of EU and international conventions on local level.

Support to the implementation of EUSBSR flagship 9.7

Contribution to policy proposals to CBSS activities on integrated management of

natural resources.

The 15 Project Partners (PPs) from 7 countries have been selected due to direct

motivation to participate in the Project in its international dimension: Sweden, Poland, Belarus,

Norway, Latvia, Estonia and Finland. They are representing state forest services, self-

governments, foundation and universities interested in forested landscapes and sustainable

development.

By Belarus in the project involved Belarusian State Technological University (BSTU),

Republican Forest Inventory Enterprise “Belgosles”, Novogrudok Forestry Enterprise.

Project implementation period: 33 months (29.09.2011 – 28.03.2014)

The BSTU University is especially interested in management of natural resources, in

sustainable development, in education and training. Role within the project is to:

support establishment of BL Neman in the Neman river valley;

organization of research groups to support activity in BL Neman;

organization of transnational working groups;

development of new approaches for landscape use;

special contribution to WP4 and WP5;

application of international conventions in Belarus;

coordinator of activities within WP4 and WP5 in Belarus, and of activities research

and working groups;

English translator-international contacts, translation of project documents and results.

Environmental Governance for Environmental Curricula

The key objective of the project is to increase the

competitiveness of environmental professional and

research education in partner country universities in

Belarus, Russia and Ukraine using principles and methods

of the Bologna process.

Specific project objectives:

to revise and upgrade curricula of three major areas of environmental education in

partner countries (PC) universities in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine (environmental policy,

management and science);

to transfer the best Bologna practices from EU to PC universities and advocating

Bologna principles in Belarus;

o build capacity for pro-active, innovative and competitive universities, including the

development of an interactive platform for educators and employers, exchange teachers and

teaching expertise;

to channel the transfer of EU best practice to PC universities and to strengthen

professional networks.

The lead partner is Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). In total, the project

consortium consists of 17 partners from 9 countries (Slovakia, Hungary, the Netherlands,

Poland, Austria, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Spain). The project involved the following

organizations from Belarus:

Belarusian State Technological University;

International Sakharov Environmental University;

Joint University of Belarus and Russia;

Central Research Institute for Water Resources;

NGO Ecoproject.

Reformation of the Curricula on Built Environment in the Eastern Neighbouring Area –

CENEAST

Fourteen organisations (universities and associations)

from seven countries will implement the Project, which overall

objective is to upgrade the curricula on built environment in

the universities of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine according to

Bologna practices in order to increase their capacity to

continually modernise, enhance the quality and relevance of

education of the building and civil engineering students to the labour market needs and to ensure

international cooperation. The long-lasting experience in the sphere of the energetically and

ecologically sustainable, affordable and healthy built environment and a mix of experienced and

less experienced organizations in the above integrated approach were the reason for selecting the

partners.

The main Project objectives are:

to upgrade curricula of BSc/specialists, MSc and PhD programmes with

new modules;

to transfer the Bologna practices in education;

to develop a virtual interuniversity networked educational system

(intelligent library, intelligent tutoring system, intelligent knowledge assessment system,

access to the e-sources of the research and educational information) in order to ensure

cooperation among the EU and PC universities in education and research.

The project coordinator VGTU is very well experienced and skilled in field of

development of intelligent systems and energetically and ecologically sustainable, affordable and

healthy built environment. He has participated in more than 40 international projects in EU,

USA, Africa and Asia. Currently, the development of intelligent systems and energetically and

ecologically sustainable, affordable and healthy built environment is a subject of BSc, MSc and

PhD studies, national and international projects at VGTU.

During the Project implementation modules for 9 BSc/specialists, 5 MSc and 2 PhD (in total 16

modules) will be developed, including frameworks and teaching materials. Among them:

development of communication infrastructure; carrying out reports for teaching and training;

development of modules and training programs; development electronic interuniversity network

system; development of the virtual environment of researches; training, lectures and mutual

visits; training of students according to again developed programs and modules; distribution of

data on the reached results through the branch organizations, the Internet, the international

conferences and printing materials.

The specific objectives which the project shall achieve:

to upgrade curricula of BSc/specialists, MSc and PhD programmes with

modules on energetically and ecologically sustainable, affordable and healthy built

environment in PC universities in order to enhance quality and relevance of education to

labour market needs;

to transfer the Bologna practices in education from EU universities to PC

universities;

to develop a virtual interuniversity networked educational system in order

to ensure cooperation among EU and PC universities in education and research;

to assist the competence development of staff within the PC universities;

to train at least 240 students during the pilot project.