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Учебная работа. Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E

Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E

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

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:
Lieve.Bracke@rug.ac.be

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:
Igor.Kolobkov@usvpu.ru

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:
Valentin.Kamyshov@usue.ru

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:
Darya.Nesterova@usu.ru

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:
postmaster@rcupi.e-burg.su

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:
Elena@sgpi.e-burg.su

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

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

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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 of the higher educational institutions, participants of the project.
2.6 Organizational and informational students’ support.
2.7 Application of ECTS for the studying results’ recognition.

Target group(s):
Administrative staff, academic staff, students, postgraduate students.

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:

Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the students’ exchanges:

75 students’ East-East mobility, 5 months.
2. Financing of the ECTS coordinators work.
3. Financing of the overtime work of the teachers.
4. 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. 0
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only — for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)

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Outcome reference N°: 3 Description of the outcome:
Internationalization of professional educational economic programs at
higher educational institutions, participants of the project.

Deadline: August, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 1-8

Description of the activities:
3.1 Comparative analysis of professional educational programs of the home
and host universities.
3.2 Selection of foreign study courses, which are of interest for the
sending university.
3.3 Foreseeing the ways to overcome the differences in professional
educational programs.
3.4 ECTS system introduction.
3.5 Short-term mutual visits of administrative and academic staff to co-
ordinate the work and discuss the problems of students’ mobility, such as
diploma recognition and methods of credit transfer.
3.6 Administrative and academic staff training periods (administrative for
intensive courses for studying methods of credit transfer; academics to
perfect the teaching methods).
3.7 Expending of the library resources of partner universities at the
expense of purchasing of books and periodical issues on the Economics
problems.
3.8 Provision of project participants with an access to the computer
databases containing some information concerning the contents of courses
offered at the economic faculties of the European universities.
3.9 Creation of a computer database of educational programs, curricula and
teaching aids in Economics.
3.10 Dissemination of the experience – organization of Ural annual inter-
universities’ seminars on internationalization of higher economic
education.
3.11 Dissemination of the experience – publishing of Newsletters on
internationalization of higher economic education (3 times a year).

Target group(s):
Administrative staff, academic staff.

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of short-term visits.
15 Administrative and academic staff members’ mobility East-West
2. Financing of training periods and intensive courses.
15 Administrative and academic staff members’ mobility East-West.
3. Financing of the Newsletters publishing.
4. Financing of books and periodical publications purchasing.
5. Financing of an access to the computer databases.

Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the experts work in educational programs’ analysis.
2. Financing of the work on ECTS introduction.
3. Financing of the work on elaboration of the didactic materials and teaching aids.
4. Financing of 3 seminars.
5. Financing of language courses for trainees.
Duration (in weeks): 101

Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .93’900
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only — for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)

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Outcome reference N°: 4 Description of the outcome: A Network of
branches of the Regional Centre for Students’ Exchanges (RCSE) at the Ural
universities – participants of the consortium, as well as constant contacts
of the Centre and its branches with the corresponding structures of the
European universities participating in the project.

Deadline: August, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 2-6

Description of the activities:
4.1 Creation of RCSE branches at the universities of the Ural consortium
and their technical provision.
4.2. Establishing of cooperation links between the heads of the RCSE
branches at the Ural universities.
4.3 Appointment of ECTS-coordinators in Economics at each participating
university.
4.4 Training of the ECTS-coordinators and staff of the RCSE and its
branches at the European universities.
4.5 Organization of meetings, conferences, seminars on the exchange of
experience with participation of the heads and the staff of the RCSE, ECTS-
coordinators and students participating in the project.
4.6 Establishing of direct links between the ECTS-coordinators in economics
of the Ural consortium universities and the European universities,
participation in the work of the ECTS ALUMNI Association.
4.7 Dissemination of the experience – publishing activities (Newsletters,
see Outcome 3 Activity 3.11).

Target group(s):
Staff of the RCSE and its branches, ECTS-coordinators.

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of intensive courses for the RCSE staff and ECTS-coordinators
at European universities.
2. Financing of the publishing activities (it is the same activity
mentioned above, see Outcome 3).
3. Provision of the RCSE branches with equipment:
4 PCs; 4 Laser Jets; 4 Copying machines; 4 Binding machines.
4. Financing of software.
5. Financing of services for the equipment.

Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Premises, furniture, municipal costs.
2. Staff costs (RCSE and its branches staff, ECTS-coordinators).
3. Computer Network, communications.
4. Financing of conferences and seminars.
Duration (in weeks): 156

Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .38’000
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only — for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)

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Deadline: June, 31, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 1-8

Description of the activities:
5.1 Elaboration of new study courses (reviews lectures on subjects that are
read at the professors’ home institutions) and their methodological
provision.
5.2 Organizational and informational support of the outgoing lecturers.
5.3 Dissemination of the experience: publishing activity (Newsletters, see
Outcome 3, Activity 3.11).

Target group(s):
Academic staff, postgraduate students, students, administrative staff.

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the 15 academic staff members’ East-West mobility (it is the same mobility mentioned above, see Outcome 3).
2. Financing of the 5 academic staff members’ West-East mobility.
3. Publishing of didactical materials (teaching aids) for the lectures to be read abroad (20 sets).

Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the work on elaboration of new copyrightable courses.

Duration (in weeks): 77

Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility
flows) over project duration:
ECU .22’800
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only — for other
contributions see the financial table V.8.)
2.3. Impact and sustainability

The successful implementation of the project will influence various aspects
of the system of higher education in Russia, connected with preparation of
students to be highly qualified specialists:
29. On the national level it is the process of adaptation of the Russian system of higher education to the European dimensions; the possibility of mutual recognition of diplomas of future specialists in economics; creation of a model of a rapid and reliable information exchange system between the universities of Russia and European Union;
30. At a regional level — perfecting of the Network of the Ural universities ensuring high-quality preparation of students in the sphere of economics; uniting of scientific — pedagogical potential of the Ural universities for solution of problems in the sphere of student exchanges; development of structures coordinating student exchanges at the regional level; creation of reliable channels of information exchange on problems of preparation of high-qualified economists;
31. At a university level — further development of university structures connected with student exchanges (Regional Center for Student Exchanges,

Regional Office for International Cooperation); replenishment of the library funds with the economic literature, purchased by the students during their study courses abroad; creation of the atmosphere of interest in student exchanges at all structural subdivisions (faculties, departments) of the university;
32. At a level of faculties — development of the structure of the Economic

Faculty by student exchanges, including those with foreign universities; improvement of professional skills of the faculty teaching staff, including reading of some lectures in a foreign language; increase of students’ interest in qualitative studying and learning of foreign languages;
33. At a level of departments — perfecting of curricula for preparation of experts in the sphere of economics; teachers’ mastering of foreign languages; rise of prestige of an economic specialty in the eyes of would- be students.

Upon termination of Tempus/Tacis financing the outcomes of the project can
be maintained and developed by the structures established in the course of
the project implementation (RCSE branches, ECTS-coordinators). The
involvement in new projects, bilateral and multilateral agreements between
the Russian and foreign universities is possible. It is obviously possible,
that the mentioned structures, using the accumulated links, can offer the
whole range of services to organizations and population. This will ensure
additional sources of financing.

The Ural universities consortium has an intention to save and to develop
the academic Network established in the framework of the CHAIN-E project.
For this purpose it is planned to offer and to realize the joint projects,
financed from the respectable sources. All the Ural universities have an
experience of grants getting from the national and non-governmental funds:
“The Fund of Higher Education Development”, “National Fund for Staff
Preparation” (The Government of the Russian Federation and the
International Reconstruction and Development Bank), “G. Soros Fund (Opened
Society Institute)” etc. During the academic Network creation the
universities will try to provide the financing from these sources of the
respectable joint project in the field of Economics and Education. At the
present time the USVPU and the USU have already got the positive decision
of the “National Fund for Staff Preparation” about the loan rendering for
the realization of the Innovation Education Fund project in the field of
economical education of these universities.
IV.3. MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT

3.1. Management structure

Role and responsibilities of each consortium member

The structure of management of the project is indicated in the scheme
below.
The University — Contractor is Ghent University (RUG). During the first
year of MJEP fulfillment it acts as the University — Coordinator of the
project, but it delegates some part of the responsibilities in Russia to
the USVPU. Such control circuit has been already tested in 1994-98. In a
course of realization of the Ural universities consortium work with the
Ghent University within the framework of the multilateral agreements, and
also the USVPU with Ghent, Rotterdam and Valladolid universities under the
URAL project (Tempus/Tacis) T-JEP-10094-95-RF. The positive administrative
experience accumulated for these years allows to recommend the used circuit
of work.
During the second and third years functions of University — Coordinator of
the project executes the USVPU, and some part of the responsibilities on
coordination of works in Europe are preserved for RUG. The delegation of a
coordinating role to Russian university (USVPU) has two reasons: first, the
major part of work under the project is carried out in Russia; secondly,
the fulfillment of managing functions will allow the USVPU to fix and to
advance those skills of a realization of international cooperation, which
were incorporated by joint activity of the Russian-European consortium of
universities in 1994-98.
The problems of CHAIN-E and Russian-European subprojects development
strategy (as well as development strategy of the URAL subprojects and other
projects connecting universities of Ural and Europe into the Network) will
be settled by Council of the Rectors, which includes Prof./Dr. G. Romantsev
(USVPU), Prof./Dr. V. Tretyakov (USU), Prof./Dr. V. Kamyshov (USUE),
Prof./Dr. S. Naboichenko (USTU), Prof./Dr. V. Zhavoronkov (USPU) on the
part of Ekaterinburg universities.

The operating project management is carried out by the Coordination Council
of the managers of works at the universities. To be such managers: a Vice-
Rector — coordinator of the international programs (USVPU), Prof./Dr. I.
Kolobkov — Chairman of Coordination Council; a Vice-Rector on international
relations (USUE), Prof./Dr. A. Maltsev – deputy head of the Coordination
Council; the dean of Economics Faculty (USU), Prof./Dr. D. Nesterova; Head
of the Department of The Analysis of Systems and Decision Making (USTU),
Prof./Dr. O. Nikonov; a Vice-Rector on educational work and international
relations (USPU), Prof./Dr. M. Igoshev are appointed. The managers of works
at the universities coordinate aspirations of faculties and departments
involved in the project in the correspondence with the annually developed
general plan of the activity, which is approved in Tempus Department of the
ETF.
A big role in carrying out of the MJEP CHAIN-E activities is played by the
ECTS-coordinators, appointed at the universities, who are responsible for
the ECTS implementation while realization of student exchanges. The strict
fulfillment of ECTS principles, which is steadfastly monitored by the ECTS-
coordinators, is the lien of that the procedures of academic recognition of
study results will be facilitated, and the students who wish to study
abroad, will not be afraid of 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 Faxmodems. | | | | |

|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 | | |
|Faxmodems. | | | | |
|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)

Activities carried out both in the partner country and in the EU: O
Activities carried out in the partner country: X
Activities carried out in the EU: =

WORKPLAN Year 1999 — 2000 (November 1 — October 31)

WORKPLAN Year 2000 — 2001 (November 1 — October 31)

SECTION V: FINANCIAL ASPECTS

V.1. OVERALL FINANCIAL TABLE

| | |Organizational grant | |Mobility grant| |Total |
| | |Staff |Equip-|Publis|Other |Over-h| |Cost |Travel| |Total |
| | | |ment |h-ing | |eads | |of |costs | | |
| | |costs | |printi|costs | | |stay | | |grant |
| | | | |ng | | | | | | | |
|Ye|Tempu|11 900|26 000|35 000|6 000 |6 500 | |*132 |49 500| |267 |
|ar|s | | | | | | |180 | | |080 |
|1 |fundi| | | | | | | | | | |
| |ng | | | | | | | | | | |
| |Other| | | | | | | | | | |
| |sourc| | | | | | | | | | |
| |es | | | | | | | | | | |
|Ye|Tempu|11 900|4 000 |20 000|6 000 |6 500 | |*144 |48 500| |241 |
|ar|s | | | | | | |880 | | |780 |
|2 |fundi| | | | | | | | | | |
| |ng | | | | | | | | | | |
| |Other| | | | | | | | | | |
| |sourc| | | | | | | | | | |
| |es | | | | | | | | | | |
|Ye|Tempu|12 110|4 000 |22 500|16 000|6 500 | |*170 |59 500| |291 |
|ar|s | | | | | | |530 | | |140 |
|3 |fundi| | | | | | | | | | |
| |ng | | | | | | | | | | |
| |Other| | | | | | | | | | |
| |sourc| | | | | | | | | | |
| |es | | | | | | | | | | |
|To|Tempu|35 910|34 000|77 500|28 000|19 500| |447 |157 | |**800 |
|ta|s | | | | | | |590 |500 | |000 |
|l |fundi| | | | | | | | | | |
| |ng | | | | | | | | | | |
| |Other| | | | | | | | | | |
| |sourc| | | | | | | | | | |
| |es | | | | | | | | | | |

* This amount corresponds to the number of flows indicated in the mobility tables V.7 of this application form.

** This equals the sum of all individual outcomes and management costs.

V.2. STAFF COSTS

| |Academic tasks |Administrative |Amount |
| | | |requeste|
| | | |d |
| |Consortium |External |tasks |from |
| |personnel |experts | |Tempus |
| | |(if any) | |(ECU) |
|1998/9|0 |0 |Language |1040 |11900 |
|9 | | |courses |ECU | |
| | | |Translations |1600 | |
| | | |Administration |ECU | |
| | | | |9260 | |
| | | | |ECU | |
|1999/0|0 |0 |Language |1040 |11900 |
|0 | | |courses |ECU | |
| | | |Translations |1600 | |
| | | |Administration |ECU | |
| | | | |9260 | |
| | | | |ECU | |
|2000/0|0 |0 |Language |1040 |12110 |
|1 | | |courses |ECU | |
| | | |Translations |1800 | |
| | | |Administration |ECU | |
| | | | |9270 | |
| | | | |ECU | |
|Total |0 |0 | |35910 |35910 |

V.3. EQUIPMENT COSTS IN THE PARTNER COUNTRY

| |Institutio|Total |
|EQUIPMENT |n |amount |
| | |requested |
| | |from |
| | |Tempus |
|1998/99 | |26000 |
|4 IBM compatible PCs 3 040 ECU |3-6 | |
|4 laser jets 4 320 ECU |3-6 | |
|4 copying machines 4 640 ECU |3-6 | |
|4 binding machines 2 400 ECU |3-6 | |
|5 fax machines 5 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|5 faxmodems 3 600 ECU |2-6 | |
|software 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|4 typerecorders Dansound AV30 1 200 ECU |3 | |
|1 typerecorder Dansound AV40 + CD 450 ECU |3 | |
|1 codoscop 350 ECU |3 | |
|1999/00 | |4000 |
|software 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|access to the databases 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|services for the equipment 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|books, magazines 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|2000/01 | |4000 |
|software 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|access to the databases 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|services for the equipment 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|books, magazines 1 000 ECU |2-6 | |
|Total equipment costs | |34 000 |

V.4. PUBLISHING AND PRINTING

V.5. OTHER COSTS

V.6. OVERHEADS

V.7. MOBILITY TABLES FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEARS OF THE PROJECT

YEAR: 19981999
Staff

Students

|Grand total requested from Tempus for costs of stay and travel costs (A+B): 181 680 |
|ECU |

YEAR: 19992000
Staff

Students

|Grand total requested from Tempus for costs of stay and travel costs (A+B): 193 380 |
|ECU |

YEAR: 20002001
Staff

Students

|Grand total requested from Tempus for costs of stay and travel costs (A+B): 230 030 |
|ECU |

V.8. DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECT COSTS ACROSS INSTITUTIONS AND SOURCES OF

FUNDING OTHER THAN TEMPUS

* Put an R if the contribution has been requested and an A if it has already been accepted. Please enclose documentation for already accepted contributions.

** Institutional funds in kind are non-cash contributions such as: academic and administrative staff time not paid by Tempus; fees not charged by receiving institutions; use of facilities; and etc.

Institutional funds in cash are cash contributions to the project

SECTION VI: SUMMARY OF THE MOBILITY JOINT EUROPEAN PROJECT

(in English, French or German)

Project Contractor: University of Ghent

Project coordinating institution: University of Ghent (1998/1999)

Project title: CHAIN-E (Creation of the Project number (for Office use
only)
Higher Academic International
Network for Economists)

Project specific objective:

PAGE FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT

This Page of the form will be returned to you on receipt of your
application. Please enter the MJEP title and your name and address in the
box immediately above.

For Office use only:

We acknowledge receipt of your application for a Mobility Joint European
Project which has been registered as

No. ……………………………

This number should be quoted in all subsequent correspondence. Please
inform all project consortium members of this reference number as well.

European Training Foundation:

Date:

Signature:

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[1] The managers of the International Relations Offices are: Mr. V. Puzyrev
(USVPU), Mrs. E. Yagnysheva (USUE), Mrs. S. Sokolova (USU), Prof./Dr. N.
Yasenev (USTU), Prof./Dr. G. Babich (USPU).

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University-Contractor and Coordinator: RUG

ECTS-coordinators

Liaison — officers

International relations services

Faculties and departments envolved

Managers of Works in the Universities

Operatin management: Coordinating Council of Managers of Works in the

Universities

Strategic management: Council of Rectors

Language Centre of the USVPU

The Regional Centre for Student Exchanges (VC) and its branches at the universities

International departments

Information Network Centre

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Учебная работа. Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E