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Workshop“Managing International Staff
and Student Mobility”St.Petersburg
3.02.2011
The Importance of Mobility for the Institutional Development
Alina GrzhibovskaDirector of International Relations Department
University of Latvia
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Strategic Plan 2010-2020Objectives:To create and maintain active cooperation with the EU institutions, actively becoming involved in the international university organizationsTo create joint study programmes on a European and Baltic levelTo participate actively in Erasmus Mundus and other student exchange programmes, ensuring the recognition of studies abroadTo promote the engagement of UL researchers in post-doctoral studies in foreign universities and research centres, as well as to promote their return to Latvia, ensuring favourable conditions upon their return to the ULTo ensure high quality of studies for the exchange students and to achieve effective cooperation between faculties and departments
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Elements of the Internationalization Policy
Mobility of students and lecturers with the aim to improve the quality of studies, renew and improve the qualification of personnel
Participation in the international academic and professional organizations
To improve knowledge of personnel in the languages of EU member states, by developing courses in foreign languages
To invite foreign experts Establishment of international centres Exports of education and attraction of foreign
students Inclusion of foreign experts in the promotional
and doctoral study councils Active participation in the international
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Cooperation Directions
Bilateral cooperation agreements with 96 universities in 36 countries
International networks and organizations (IAU, EUA, Euroasian University Association, ISEP, UNICA, UTREHT Network, BSRUN, Campus Europae, SYLFF)
Participation in educational and research programmes and projects
Mobility
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Internationalization at Home
Joint programmes/double degree International study programmes Visiting lecturers International auditorium Projects Services
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Bilateral Agreements 2011
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Others: Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, South Korea, Egypt, Netherlands, Israel, India, Moldova, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Thailand
99 universities in 36 countries
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Participation in ERASMUS Mundus projects
Join EU-SEE (2009) – Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Croatia
Triple I (2010) – 12 universities in Russia
CENTAURI (2010) – Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan (incoming students/lecturers, academic staff)
Lot3b (2010) – occupied territory of Palestine
MISOCO – (Joint Master degree programme)
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Total Mobility
2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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229 213243
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385
493
132164
191 184 196158
Outgoing students
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Erasmus Mobility
2004
/200
5
2005
/200
6
2006
/200
7
2007
/200
8
2008
/200
9
2009
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50
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300
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157 163194
232
307
374
5886
128 136 144120
Outgoing students
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Erasmus Outgoing Staff Mobility
2004
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5
2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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9
2009
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10
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31 3035
5360
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Erasmus outgoing staff mobility
