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Baltic University ProgrammeRectors ConferenceUppsala 19-20 October 2006Background DocumentsConference Program

Baltic University ProgrammeRectors ConferenceUppsala 19-20 October 2006Background documentsProduction:The Baltic University ProgrammeSeptember 2006

CONTENTSI. ORGANISATION AND FINANCING 51. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY 51.1 The first years – televised education 51.2 Consolidation of the Baltic University Programme 51.3 The role of the Baltic University in a changing region 51.4 Some general comments 62. ORGANISATION OF THE PROGRAMME 62.1 General 62.2 The Programme Board and executive committee to the board 62.3 The Coordination Secretariat 62.4 Baltic University Programme National Centres 72.5 The network of universities, teachers and students 73. ORGANISATIONAL REFORMS 83.1 General – Assessment of the Programme 83.2 Inter-university contracts 93.3 The Coordination Secretariat in a new Centre 93.4 The BUP National Centres 93.5 The BUP summer events and summer school 94. FINANCING 104.1 General 104.2 Swedish funds for cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe 104.3 The EU Interreg programme 104.4 European Economic Area funding 104.5 Research funding - The EU 7th Frame Work Programme 104.6 Contributions from participating universities – internal funding 11II. PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES 125. EDUCATION – COURSES, MASTER COURSES, AND JOINT MASTER PROGRAMMES 125.1 Course organisation and participation 125.2 The use of Information and Communication Technologies, ICT 125.3 Production of course material – books and video cassettes 135.4 Internationalisation of education 145.5 Development of education; safeguarding quality 156. RESEARCH 156.1 General 156.2 Early projects – GIS laboratories, field station network 156.3 Partnership in projects 166.4 Sustainability research 166.5 A BSR Research network for Sustainability science 167. APPLIED PROJECTS – COOPERATION WITH OTHER ACTORS IN SOCIETY 167.1 General 167.2 Municipality-University projects 167.3 Cooperation with industry 177.4 Cooperation with agriculture 17

CONTENTS8 COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT 188.1 General 188.2 Cooperation within the Baltic 21 188.3 Cooperation with the Ministries of Education 188.4 Cooperation with the Ministries of Environment 188.5 Cooperation with authorities 18RECTORS CONFERENCE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 19Interuniversity Agreement 23List of participating Universities and Institutions5

I.ORGANISATION AND FINANCING1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY1.1 The first years – televised educationThe proposal to create a co-operation between universitiesEast and West of the Baltic Sea was made with thethawing of the Cold War. Communication over the oldIron Curtain had been minimal for several decades. Theuniversities were only one of the many different groups,organisations and individuals, which saw it the sameway. Also on the governmental level activities to supporta cooperation between East and West were initiated.The Baltic University Programme, initiated by UppsalaUniversity, started with a planning conference inKalmar in February 1991, hosted by the Swedish Teracom(managing the telecom infrastructure in the country)with the support from Sweden (Uppsala University),Finland (Åbo Akademi University and others),and Denmark (Copenhagen University). 33 universitiesparticipated. At the Kalmar conference an agendaconcerning the common water, the Baltic Sea, and itsenvironmental situation was developed, and the base ofa televised course on the environment with the BalticSea in focus was made. The response was overwhelming.After the conference a detailed list of contents of ten TVbroadcasts and booklets was worked out. The first liveTV production was broadcast via satellite on October1st 1991.The BUP network grew quickly. In early fall 1991there were 70 and after the first year 84 participatinguniversities. A total of some 3,600 students were watchingthe live broadcasts on the environmental situationin the region. The first space-bridges awoke large interestand became dramatic events with hundreds of studentstaking part. The BUP in this situation continuedto grow and develop. Firstly, the environmental coursecontinued with new student groups, this time based onvideo-cassettes of the broadcasts and some follow up TVproductions. Secondly, BUP developed a new TV basedcourse, this time on the societies in the region, their histories,peoples and politics, called Peoples of the Baltic.Among the several issues that came out of this projectwas an open discussion on our common history withNazism and Stalinism and the rejection of the conceptof collective guilt. Another one was the introduction ofthe concept of a “security community” for the growingcooperation between the countries in the region, a termto be widely used during the following years.1.2 Consolidation of the Baltic University ProgrammeIn 1995 an agreement was made between Uppsala Universityand Sida (the Swedish International Develop-ment and Cooperation Authority) on a three year fundingof the basic organisation, the secretariat at UppsalaUniversity. At this phase of the development of the Programmesome 130 universities participated, about 2000students studied courses yearly, and research activitiesstarted. This included the establishment of a network oflaboratories working the Geographical Information Systems,GIS, and a research conference in history/politicalscience in which academics from 9 countries, includingthe three Baltic States, Poland, Ukraine, Belarus andRussia met together with colleagues from the Nordiccountries for the first time.In 1995 the BUP focus on questions of developmentof the region and the role of universities became longtermpolicy. Concern for the environment and the socialeconomic and political development fused in the conceptof sustainable development (SD). It was also themain topic in the United Nations Conference in Rio in1992, and was rising on the political agenda worldwide.SD had been a topic in the Baltic University environmentalcourses already in 1991. During 1995 and 1996a basic course on the subject was developed with 10 TVprograms and books. The material for this course, A SustainableBaltic Region, was introduced at a conferencein Kaunas in January 1997. It immediately received alarge interest. About 2,500 students registered for thecourse the first year, a figure that has since increased tosome 4,000.In 1996 and 1997 regular meetings between representativesfrom the participating countries to discuss theprogram led to the organisation of centres in these countries.In parallel a board for the Programme was created atUppsala University. With these efforts the BUP receivedthe structure it still has. The educational work continuedwith the development of interdisciplinary specialisationcourses on master level. Thus Sustainable Water Management,was organised first in 1998, and the SustainableCommunity Development course started in 2001.1.3 The role of the Baltic University in a changing regionSeen over the last 15 years the development in the BalticSea region, not the least for higher education, hasbeen extraordinary. The number of students in highereducation has increased by about a factor of two to four,different for different countries. The research capacitiesof the universities have increased, and institutions of theacademies of sciences in some countries have becomeuniversity departments. The financing of the universitieshave, however, not improved much, and a large numberof private alternatives have been created. A process ofaccreditation of these is ongoing.

current meetings of the Programme. The board is meetingeach fall and spring, and centres directors are alsomeeting twice a year. Also the mentors and mentors assistantshave yearly meetings. In several of the teachersnetworks, the mentor and some key teachers meet regularlyto agree on organisational matters.2.4 Baltic University Programme National CentresThe size of the network of universities has made it practicallyimpossible for the Secretariat in Uppsala to keepcontacts with each of them individually. Some universities,which early on assumed coordinating roles in theirrespective countries, in 1994-95 formally became nationalBUP centres. Contracts regarding the centres aresigned with the universities hosting them. The presentcentres with their hosting universities and appointed directorsare listed in Table 3. The centre directors meettwice a year for the planning and development of theProgramme.The centres have a key role in the programme byserving a number of functions:• distributing information on the BUP in theirrespective countries;• announcing and recruiting participants toteachers conferences, student activities and otherevents;• storing and distributing material for courses:books, booklets, and video cassettes;• organising events, such as teachers conferencesand student activities• in many cases also being participants in projectsor organising their own projects• providing the Secretariat with statistics andinformation on BUP courses, teachers etc.• organise national BUP teachers’ meetings.Despite only very minimal support from the hostuniversities and the Programme, the centres have beenvery impor-tant for the Programme in their respectivecountries. This has to a large extent been due to personalinvolvement of a few key individuals especially the directors,much good will and voluntary work. Still, witha few remarkable exceptions, the centres have been tooweak to pursue all the functions needed. In some placessuch as in Lodz in Poland and St Petersburg in NorthWest Russia the centres are comparatively well staffed,supported by the hosting university. In other cases thecentres have during periods been working well due tostudent participation.It is clear that most of the centres have a weak position.Some centres had very little resources, and all of themhave weak financing. To make the centre organisation efficientresources have to be considerably improved.2.5 The network of universities, teachers and studentsDuring the first years some 100 universities were activein the Programme. After 1997/98 the number grewTable 1. Baltic University Programme International BoardPositionSpecification1. Chair Uppsala University2. Vice-chair Uppsala University3. Member Uppsala University4. Member Uppsala University5. Member Other Swedish University (presently Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences)6. Member Representative of Swedish society (presently a Member of Parliament)7. Member Representative of Swedish society (presently a former Minster of planning)8. Member/Turku Åbo Akademi University nomination9. Member/Poland Polish, Center meeting nomination10. Member/CEE Non-Polish CEE, Center meeting nomination11. Student member CEMUS (Uppsala University) nomination (1 year)12. Student member BUP international student parliament (1 year)Table 2. Positions at the Coordination Secretariat 2006Position Percentage of full time Gender Academic title1. Director 100 % M Prof.2. Vice-director 100 % F MAgr.3. Economy and network manger 100 % F MA, Econ4. Economy and personnel assistant 100 % M MA5. Publication manager 100 % M MA6. Graphics manager 80 % F MA7. Website manager 50 % M Dr

Table 3. Baltic University Programme Centres and Centre Directors 2006Area University DirectorFinland Åbo Akademi University; Turku Paula Lindroos, DrEstonia Tallinn Technical University Tatyana Polyaeva, Assoc. Prof.Latvia University of Latvia, Riga Andris Spricis, Prof.Lithuania Kaunas University of Technology Linas Kliucininkas. Assoc. Prof.North Western Russia St Petersburg State University Victor Ionov, Prof.Kaliningrad region Kaliningrad State University Elena Kropinova, DrBelarus Belarusan National Tech Univ, Minsk Siharei Darozhka, Assoc. Prof.Ukraine L’viv State University Irina Kryba, DrSlovakia & Czech Rep Slovak Agricult University, Nitra Pavol Elias, Prof.Poland Lodz Technical University Ireneusz Zbicinski, Prof.Germany Hamburg Harburg Technical University Walter Leal Filho, Prof.Denmark Copenhagen University Uffe Jakobsen, Assoc. Prof.Sweden Umeå University Hans Jörgensen, Drto about 170, and more recently it is approaching 200.Each year some universities leave the network, whileothers join.At present, a new university joins when one or severalindividuals assume the role of contact point and startsa BUP activity, while a university leaves when such individuals,e.g., assume new obligations, move to otherpositions or leave for retirement. The requirement forbeing “member” is thus fairly weak. Still there are manyteachers or researchers who take part. At present 105universities offer two or more courses in the networkannually, an activity that includes both many studentsand several teachers. Others are, due to the expertise insome area, part of the production of material. In mostcases BUP activities are limited to one faculty at the participatinguniversity.The teachers are listed in the published Directory ofthe Programme as well as on the homepage.There are an estimated 500 active teachers in theBUP network, corresponding to 350 course groups. Thecomplete directory of the Programme, including earlieractive individuals, lists today 1,500 names. The teachersof BUP courses include a large number of Professors andAssociate Professors and a large majority have a doctor’sdegree.Over the years some 80,000 students have been registeredfor BUP courses. Students meet several times ayear in summer camps, summer courses, summer sailingsand the Borki student conferences. The studentevents have typically recruited students from some 10countries and many more universities. Students havegreatly enjoyed these meetings and formed friendships.Since 2006 the students have their own home page forcreating personal contacts.Student conferences in Borki at Lodz Poland havebeen organised since 1999, and constitute a more solidbase for long-term student network. During the Borkimeetings a students parliament is assembled and studentsvoice their opinion on the Programme and elect arepresentative to the BUP board.3. ORGANISATIONAL REFORMS3.1 General – Assessment of the ProgrammeRector Bo Sundqvist of Uppsala University requested in2003 a self-assessment of the Programme to be made.Such an assessment was presented to the board of theProgramme in November 2003. Following this, in 2004an external committee for an international externalevaluation of the Programme was appointed by RectorSundqvist. The committee consisted of Prof. CharlesKurland, Lund, formerly Professor of Molecular Biologyat Uppsala University (chair), Prof. Bengt Stenlund, formerlyRector of Åbo Akademi University in Åbo/Turku,Finland and Prof.. Mireslawa Marodi of Warsaw University,Poland. All three members of the committee hadconsiderable experience of international evaluations.The Report was delivered to Rector Sundqvist inApril 2005. Some of the more important general conclusionwere:• BUP has achieved much during the close to 15years of its existence, in spite of very limitedresources;• the Programme should be better financed andintegrated into the main university structures,preferably included in a faculty; in connectionwith such a change the cooperation with otherunits at the university should be strengthened;• the research component of the Programme shouldbe strengthened, in particularly common PhDcourses in the network should be considered.The report was sent to all universities hosting a BUPcentre, to a number of Swedish universities and to thefaculties of Uppsala University for comments. Copies ofthe reports are available. The Board of the Programmeassigned a small committee to write a more detailedcomment to the report, based on the responses from thecirculation, with proposals for action. These commentsfrom the board were delivered to the Rectors office onMarch 1st 2006.

Based on this Uppsala University in June 2006 decidedto• create a new Centre for sustainable developmentstudies at the faculty of Science and Technology inwhich the Baltic University Secretariat should beincluded• apply to the government for improved funding ofthe Secretariat• create a framework for formalising the networkthrough inter-university contracts• organise a Rectors conference for the Programme3.2 Inter-university contractsIn connection with the Rectors conference universitiesare invited to sign an inter-university contract for theProgramme. Such contracts will serve to make the Programmeformally established at the participating universities.The contracts have been designed to minimise theneed for revisions to be accepted by both partners, asthat would be very impractical. It therefore consists of ageneral interuniversity agreement to be signed by bothpartners and two appendices:A. Interuniversity agreement between Uppsala Universityand the participating university.B. General Conditions for Participation in the BalticUniversity Programme (Appendix I).C. Contributions from the participating universityto the Baltic University Programme (Appendix II).In Appendix II the participating universities areasked to specify annually the way they will take partin and contribute to the Programme This was consideredthe most flexible way to adopt to the very differentpossibilities of the participating universities. Universitiesmay here list e.g. courses they will offer, researchprojects they take part in or conferences or meetingsthey will organise.The other accompanying documents in the contractspecify the function of each part of the organisation. Theinstructions listed are all decided on by Uppsala University(2), or the Programme board (instructions 3, 4and 5), and thus may be changed without changing thecontract, while documents 6 and 7 are the informationon the partners.1. Statutes of the Baltic University Programme2. Instructions to the International Programme Board3. Instructions for the Coordination Secretariat4. Instructions for the National Centre5. Instructions for the university office/contact point6. List of National Centres (available on the webpage; to be updated continuously)7. List of participating universities (available on thewebpage; to be updated continuously)3.3 The Coordination Secretariat in a new CentreUppsala University decided in June 2006 to create anew unit for sustainability studies, temporarily with thename “Uppsala Centre for Sustainable Development”.The centre will be made up from three existing units:The Baltic University Programme Secretariat, CEMUS(Student Centre for Study of Development and Environment)and the Collegium for Development Studies.The two latter units are common for Uppsala Universityand the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences,SLU, and it is expected that SLU will join to form thenew centre.The new centre will have some 25 employees. It willoffer improved possibilities to organise research anddevelop courses. It will also improve the possibility toconduct projects with external authorities, such as localauthorities and business/industry. CEMUS has sincebefore a research school which now will be an asset ofthe new centre, while the Collegium has a considerablenetwork of contacts for applied projects, especially forprojects in the developing world.The Centre will be located at the Building forEarth Sciences. BUP has cooperated with researchersat CEMUS and the Collegium for several years. At thevarious units of the Institute for Earth Sciences thereare at present research on the hydrology and biologyof the Baltic Sea; the master level course for SustainableWater Management is offered here, while two otherBUP courses are offered by CEMUS, which will be partof the new Centre, and at the neighbouring Departmentof Plant Ecology.3.4 The BUP National CentresThe Baltic University Programme National Centresneed to have resources to make them efficient nodes inthe BUP network. This will not be a task for UppsalaUniversity but has to be pursued by the hosting universities,preferably in cooperation with other universitiesin each country.Special funding for the BUP national centres havebeen allocated in some cases. Most clearly this is seen atÅbo Akademi University, where funding was receivedfrom the Finnish Ministry of Education, and Umeå University,where funding was set aside by the Rector’s fund.Other models for well working centres were created ine.g. Poland and Russia. Also other centres do have supportbut need to be strengthened to work well.3.5 The BUP summer events and summer schoolThe summer events of the Baltic University today arerelatively limited and rely mostly on funding fromthe Swedish Institute’s Visby Programme. This is gettingweaker due to the enlarged EU membership. Tostrengthen this aspect of the Programme, additional supportis needed from member universities. Lodz TechnicalUniversity has here been a forerunner and supportedone such event during the last 2 years.At present the summer arrangements of the Programmehave been organised in several places and atdifferent times. The possibility to organise several summercourses and events at one place and during a limitedperiod, that is to create a summer school, still remainsto be explored. Such a summer school should possiblyinclude PhD courses and possibilities for more advancedresearch seminars. The possibilities for the BUP networkto organise such events, if funding and practicalities aresolved, is excellent.

4. FINANCING4.1 GeneralFinancing the Baltic University activities is in generalrather complex and relies on some 30 different applicationsyearly. Considerable efforts have thus been madeby the Secretariat to safeguard that the Programme willsurvive economically. Still, this has only been partly successfuland many activities have been underfinanced.Since 2003 the basic financing of the Secretariat issecured by the Swedish Ministry of Education and UppsalaUniversity with respectively 2 MSEK and 1 MSEK(in total 320,000 Euro). This funding is insufficient forthe basic functions and salaries. An additional income ofsome 1 MSEK is thus added from project funding. Ofcourse, the Secretariat is mainly working with projects.Uppsala University has requested an increased fundingfrom the Ministry. The outcome of this requestshould be clear in the fall of 2006. The funding of theSecretariat corresponds to 60 % of the total budget ofthe Programme.4.2 Swedish funds for cooperation with Central andEastern EuropeCooperation with the so-called countries in transitionhas been supported by Swedish national funding sincethe systems change in 1991. The funds have been managedby Sida (Swedish International Development andCooperation Authority). In 1996 the Visby Programme,managed by the Swedish Institute, was created to serveas an important source for the support of university cooperationand individual researchers’ and student mobilitybetween Sweden and the Central and Eastern Europeancountries.Thus network activities – conferences for studentsand teachers, centres meetings, board meetings etc - havemostly been financed by the Visby Programme withabout 1 Mln SEK yearly. A large number of projects, includingthe development of all course material over theyears, have been funded by Sida. Also a number of eventsin the network, such as introductory teachers’ conferences,have therefore been paid by project funds from Sida.The Swedish policy for support for this cooperationchanged radically with the enlargement of the EuropeanUnion. Thus support for cooperation with the new EUcountries, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, wasout-phased, and projects only with these countries arenot any longer possible to finance in this way. Russia willbe out-phased from 2008, since Russia is considered tobe able to finance projects from its own national sources.Thus only projects with Belarus and Ukraine in the BalticSea region will be legitimate receivers of Sida andVisby Programme funds thereafter.In 2005 Sida however established the so-called BalticSea Centre in Visby. This centre has the possibilitiesto partly support projects with the EU countries in theregion. The BUP has already received funding from thisCentre.The new unit will also manage the Visby Programmefrom 2007. In addition the new unit will establish a newprogramme for education and training in the region. Itis not yet clear in which way this programme will work.4.3 The EU Interreg programmeThe European Union regional development programmeInterreg was established in the 1990s in seven regions inEurope, funded by the European Regional DevelopmentFund (ERDF). In 2005 the last call for application wasmade within the third phase of this programme, InterregIII. Interreg has been considered a successful programmeand a continuation is now being planned; the first callfor application in the new phase is expected to be announcedfor 2007.Interreg supports rather large projects – in the orderof 1-2 Mln Euro – mostly with local and regionalauthorities as project partners. However, universities,being state institutions, are legitimate partners and allowedto apply for funding. Teaching and research is nota priority in Interreg but the development of regionalcoherence and cooperation are. The Baltic UniversityProgramme has taken, and still takes part in three Interregprojects. In the BUUF (Baltic University UrbanForum) project, in which BUP is the lead partner, thefunding for BUP is 170,000 Euro, while the total projectbudget is 1,3 Mln Euro.The Interreg project requires that partners guaranteeco-financing on levels which vary between 50% and80%, the larger co-financing for western EU countriesand the smallest for Russia, which are legitimate partnersunder the Tacis funding mechanism. On the otherhand full costs for over-head (often close to 50 %) maybe included in the budget. The partners are required tocarry out the project according to the signed contractand report costs. Of these the ERDF funded amountsare reimbursed after the reports are accepted. Participationin Interreg projects thus requires that the partnershave the capacity to seek and receive co-financingor provide that themselves and are able to pre-pay allcosts.4.4 European Economic Area fundingIn 2004 The European Union announced the possibilityfor the 10 new members in the Union to fund projectsthrough the so-called EEA (European Economic Area)Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian FinancialMechanisms. Funding is considerable and will last upto 2009. Poland is by far the greatest beneficiary. Legitimateprojects include education and research with afocus on issues of environmental management and sustainabledevelopment. Universities may apply.The EEA funds seem to work in a similar way asthe Interreg funds. The projects are rather large, co-financingis required and prepayment is made followedby reimbursement. The Baltic University Secretariat hasprepared applications to all its member countries at theCentre Directors meetings. So far no application hasbeen delivered.4.5 Research funding - The EU 7th Frame Work ProgrammeThe European union funding mechanism for researchstarting in 2007, the 7th Framework Programme, offersexcellent possibilities to fund research cooperation inthe Baltic Sea region. Large projects with many partnersmay be considered. Additional funding sources may be10

needed, which then will require national support. Sustainabilityresearch is a prioritised area in the FP 7.National funding for research is available in all countriesin the region. The Swedish possibilities in the fieldof sustainability research are dominated by Formas andMistra. BUP administered projects or projects in whichBUP has been a partner has repeatedly been fundedfrom these sources.4.6 Contributions from participating universities – internalfundingFor Baltic University Programme funding from participatinguniversities has been important. The special roleof Uppsala University, as well as the important supportfrom both Copenhagen University and Åbo AkademiUniversity in the initial phase should be mentioned, butsupport has been provided over the entire history of theProgramme from many universities.Different meetings, conferences and other eventswere funded locally by the hosts. The BUP national centreshave been supported, during periods importantly,such as at Åbo Akademi University in Åbo/Turku andin Lodz Technical University, as well as by St PetersburgUniversity, and Umeå University in Sweden. Studentevents were more recently co-financed by Lodz TechnicalUniversity.In the future it will most likely be required that participatinguniversities contribute to the Programme if itshould develop its character of networking. Althoughthere are numerous benefits, networking corresponds toan additional cost compared to conventional universityactivity. The external funding available will most likely beconnected to specific projects such as research, cooperationwith authorities or educational projects. Two kindsof funding are expected to rely on internal funding:• The basic organisation. Just as Uppsala Universitysupport the Secretariat it is essential that the BUPCentres receive local financial support to makethe network function properly.• Networking activities, such as summer schools,student meetings and teachers meetings.11

II.PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES5. EDUCATION – COURSES, MASTER COURSES, ANDJOINT MASTER PROGRAMMES5.1 Course organisation and participationThe Programme offers at present 15 different courses insix different sections. Presently these courses are offeredregularly at more than 100 universities in 12 countries,and less regular by more universities. The courses in theBaltic University Programme are all offered by the participatinguniversities, not by the Programme as such.The role of the Programme is to develop the courses andits content, to produce teaching/learning material, andto organise teachers’ conferences.The number of course groups, reported to centresin 2005, were 350 and the total number of students9,600. On an average there are thus about 30 studentsper course group. The statistics is dominated by Belarusand Poland. Of the 14 countries in the Programme thesetwo countries have 50 of the 85 million inhabitants inthe Baltic Sea region, and about 80 of the participatinguniversities. Norway and Czech Republic did not haveany course groups the last few years. Germany, Denmarkand Finland could increase its participation, while Latviaper capita is the strongest country.The courses have a common examination, carried outas a written exam, composed partly locally and partly bythe mentors. Students who pass the exam are given adiploma signed by the Programme Director and a localauthority, often Rector or vice rector.Summer courses in environmental matters been organisedregularly, e.g. at the Hel Marine Station on thePolish Baltic Sea coast. In 2003 the Hel Marine stationsummer course was partly specialised to deal with restorationbiology in aquatic environments. Such specialisationsmay be further developed in the future. Other studentssummer events (camps, sailings, conferences etc.)also have an academic content and are important in thelearning process, even if the social function is importantas students meet and relax. Participating students arealways required to prepare presentations, take part inworkshops and monitoring, and attend seminars. Summerevents dealing with e.g. biology, environmental science,and sustainable development have, so far, been carriedout in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Poland as well asduring the summer sail voyages on the Baltic Sea, wherethe students sail a tall ship.5.2 The use of Information and Communication Technologies,ICTThe Baltic University Programme has since its beginningused ICT to reach its goals. Live satellite TV and radiobroadcasts were quite important in the beginning toreach everyone and to create a sense of commonality. Astrong support from Uppsala University and the Swedishsatellite communication provider Teracom should beacknowledged. The last such broadcasts were made in1997. They are now replaced by dramatically cheaperand more widely available technologies.ISDN based video conferencing (contacts correspondingto two dedicated telephone lines) were usedfor international seminars very early. Technological developmentallowed the much wider use of this technologyfrom about 1998. The equipment has since thenbeen implemented in the universities in Tallinn, Riga,Kaunas, and St Petersburg, as well as many places in thewest. Later PC based equipment decreased the price fora video conference facility dramatically (to about 1000Euro per unit). Thus four Polish BUP universities wereequipped with ISDN based video conference equipment1999-2001.Equipment for audio conferencing, so called soundstations, over ordinary phone lines has also been usedsuccessfully. The BUP has bought and distributed severalsound stations. These are working extremely wellin many situations. Use of audio conferencing should beincreased.Table 4. Summary of Baltic University courses; the modules for the master level courses are at some universities studied separately; in otheruniversities they are completely integrated with other courses in the programmes.Course Level First year ECTS-cred. Course material1. The Baltic Sea Environment undergraduate 1991/92 7.5 Ten booklets, 14 video cassettes2. Peoples of the Baltic undergraduate 1993/94 7.5 Eight booklets, 10 video cassettes3. A Sustainable Baltic region undergraduate 1997 7.5 ten booklets, 10 video cassettes4. Environmental Science undergraduate 2003 15 The Env Science book; webpage5. The Baltic Sea region undergraduate 2002 15 The Baltic Sea region book6-8. Sustainable Water Management master level 1999 15 Three books on water management9-11. Sustainable Community Development master level 2001 15 35 cases studies, 10 TV films12-15. Environmental Management master level 2004 30 4 books, films, CD, case studies etc12

Using conferences over the Internet and ordinarycomputers were tried early on, but were not practical.Internet video conferencing is still difficult to use in aclassroom situation. This needs to be further explored.For Internet based distance education a web-basedsoftware (Ping pong) has been implemented for distanceeducation modules at Uppsala University. This seems tobe more practical and may be expanded. The distanceeducation components of the two courses in Uppsala in2003 (BSE and SWM), both using Ping Pong, are nowexpanding.IT conferencing has been a special feature used inthe master level courses. It makes these courses internationalin a very concrete sense and the students writepapers, make presentations, take part in discussions andaddress critique in international seminars. This shouldbe continued and expanded. The undergraduate courseshave used video conferencing occasionally as interestingadded components of the courses. This allows thesecourses to have an international component.In spite of these activities it is clear that the potentialof video conferencing and other means of communicationhave not been used fully. A system of distancelectures and discussions with otherwise not availableindividuals and experts could be used to a much largerextent. Such components have, so far, only been usedoccasionally. The experience is, however, very good.Low cost phone connections over the Internet (Skype)and the possibilities to easily mail power point filesopen a way to more distance lectures and seminars. Themore systematic use of these possibilities has the potentialto create a higher education sphere in the Baltic Searegion.ECTS documents are available for all courses. The actualnumber of credits awarded at the participating universitiesvary, however, and are often less than those in theECTS document, since the material is only partly used.5.3 Production of course material – books and videocassettesVery considerable efforts and resources have been investedinto producing basic teaching material as booklets,books and video cassettes. All courses in the Programmehave been launched with proper well structured materialand course guides. A total copy number of some 250.000booklets and books have been printed and distributed inEnglish, Russian, Polish, Latvian, Belarusian and Ukrainian.It is clear from the individual reports that the availabilityof high quality course material has been a veryimportant feature of BUP. In the reports it is also clearthat the videos have been important for the courses inthe east, while it was not very much used in the west.The Baltic University Publications list 94 differentprinted educational material publications since the beginningof the BUP. Of these 43 are translations, while51 are original publications. On the TV/video list thereare 41 productions. In total there are thus 92 originalproductions. Some of these are very large (such as manyof the TV productions), while others are smaller, e.g. theoriginal booklets.The material has been distributed to the participatinguniversities, in Central and Eastern Europe withoutUndergraduate coursesThe Baltic Sea Environment (BSE) course, a basic introductorycourse on the environmental situation in theregion, was produced the first year of the Programme,1991-92. The course has since been attended by some2,000 students yearly, that is more than 25,000 studentshave studied this material. It is available also inthe Russian and Polish languages. In 2003 the EnvironmentalScience book was published to cover the needfor a basic education for all students that were goinginto a professional career in environmental managementin authorities, municipalities, businesses etc. Thebook was made to meet the needs of a basic 15 ECTScredit course in Environ-mental Science. The book is intendedto cover the entire field of environmental issuesin social sciences, natural sciences and technology. It isalready clear that it will be difficult in most universitiesto accept a basic course of this size – correspond-ing to10 weeks full time studies – that is not clearly naturalor social sciences. Interdisciplinarity is still a dilemmain the academic world. The course is the first to be supportedby an advanced Internet site, where updating ismade, as well as corrections and amendments.The Peoples of the Baltic (POB) course is a classical“area studies” course, with a large content of cultureand political science in an area that is undergoing dramaticdevelopment. The course was first offered during1993-94 as a live broadcast satellite TV series. There is,though, not a large market for the course. Participationduring the first year was estimated to be 2,500 students.The course has since attracted some 800 students or lessyearly. In 2002 the book The Baltic Sea Region – Cultures,Politics, Societies was published, as the old series ofbooklets became outdated by the dramatic developmentin the region. About half of the content of the book correspondsto the old POB course curriculum. Togetherwith an introduction describing regional developmentand the concept of sustainability, and economics and socialaspects the book can now be used as a basic materialin a more general study on regional development. Thenew and larger 15 ECTS credits course, still not usedanywhere in the network, may thus be seen as consistingof one part of area studies, and one part of regionaldevelopment studies.The Sustainable Baltic Region (SBR) course introducesthe concept of sustainable development and thebasics of sustainable resource and energy use, economics,ethics and politics. In a thematic manner the applicationof sustainable development is discussed for the sectorsof society, industry, agriculture, forestry, housing, transportetc. The material consists of ten 50-pages books and10 documentary video-cassettes of each 45 minutes, theMission Possible series. The course immediately becamevery popular and had 2,500 students the first year, anumber which since has increased to some 4,000 students.The series has been translated into Russian, Polishand Latvian, and the English language edition been reprintedseveral times. The SBR course introduces thebasics and concepts of sustainable development in theregion for the first time at many universities. The courseis quite applied and directed towards implementa-tionof sustainability strategies in the region. It tends to becomeoutdated since so much has happened in this fieldover the last six or seven years. A new updated edition ofthe material is planned but not yet financed.13

Master level coursesThe Sustainable Water Management course is a 15ECTS credit master level course consisting of threeparts to cover the three areas on water resources, wateruse and river basin management. The course wasdeveloped as a consequence of the large interest in thearea of many researchers and teachers in the network.It developed as a result of smaller limited projects, notthe least with Dutch colleagues, and later in cooperationwith the Swedish Environ-men-tal ProtectionAgency (SEPA). The cooperation with SEPA was crucialfor the development of the section on river basinmanagement. Three books were published in 2000.The project at this stage was unique in the sensethat none of the universities involved had a systemsapproach to water management. This also became adifficulty in the implementation of the course package.In addition to the systems approach the coursealso became very applied and was filled with examplesof how to implement sustainable water managementpractices in particular on the municipal level.All students in this course should take part in video,audio or computer conferences and work on casestudies, and make small presentations. Requirementson both spoken and written English are thus higherthan in the basic courses. This was also the case witha practical and systems approach to the cases, whereacademic borders were irrelevant. The course was developedas a full distance education course by UppsalaUniversity in 2005. Close to 50 universities were identifiedas potential participants in the project. Some 30did take part.The Sustainable Community Development coursewas the result of a cooperative project with municipalitiesin the region, the Superbs project. The projectproduced material that could be used for a master levelcourse, films and case studies reports. The material wasintroduced on a teachers’ conference in January 2002.The possibility to introduce the course in a universitycurriculum is limited, as there is no such traditionat faculties of architecture, and the course have beenused only at a handful of universities. Still it is felt bythose working in the project that the understandingcollected in the material is extremely relevant for thekey issues, implementation of sustainability strategies.More material for this course will soon be availablefrom the Baltic University Urban Forum project.The course package on Environmental Managementwas outlined at a meeting in Kaunas in 2000. Thematerial - four books and CDs with films etc - covers atotal of 30 ECTS credits and is thus the largest coursematerial prepared so far. It is made to be usable alsoin cooperation with industry and thus being a base forapplied projects in this sector. It seems that the topic isof large interest to many universities and students.A preliminary edition of the course material wasintroduced at a teachers’ conference in November2003, and a final version in summer 2006.cost, and in the west for a normal cost. In the first yearseach student was given the course material. This, however,is no longer possible and universities receive setsfor student groups, to be borrowed and used by studentsfrom the university library and returned.From 2001 the production of course material in theBUP Secretariat has been organised as a special unit, theBaltic University Press. The BU Press is set up as a company-likeactivity. It announces, sends out and invoicesbooks and video-cassettes to individuals, universities andbookstores in the west. Even if this generates an income,it is clear that the BU Press will not be working withouteconomic support from outside.The largest problems at present are connected withdistribution of the material. It has become very expensiveto send material as ordinary freight, and customsrules are increasingly severe. Personal contacts are usedas much as possible, and most distribution is organisedthrough contacts between centres in the network.5.4 Internationalisation of educationAll Baltic University course are international. This is nowalso in line with the Bologna process, the introduction ofthe European Credit Transfer System and internationalmasters. They thus all have the following features:Credit transfer. Courses have an ECTS (EuropeanCredit Transfer System) document, mostly correspondingto 7.5 or 15 ECTS credits. This makes it possible tostudy a course at one university and transfer the creditsto another (home) university.English language. All courses are produced in andavailable in English, although much of the material hasbeen translated into national languages.ICT support. All courses have support from Internetor other means of ICT. As mentioned above the masterlevel courses normally include seminars between studentgroups at several universities using audio or video conferences.Other courses may include distance lecturesusing the same means. All courses can use the Internetmaterial for additional support, such as downloading ofmaterial, using links to relevant Internet sites, or usingstudents exercises.Examination. All courses are provided with internationalexamination questions produced in the networkby the courses mentors.Diplomas. All students who have passed a course areoffered an international diploma, signed by the BalticUniversity Director and a local responsible, often Rector,Vice Rector or Dean.An additional ambition from the BUP board, not yetrealised, is to establish a joint master degree within theprogramme. Such a degree should include several universitiesin the network and use the possibilities createdwith the introduction of the Bologna process in the region.A 1.5 – 2 year study programme should then includecourses offered at these universities and give studentsa choice of specialisation offered by the differentuniversities in the joint master programme.14

5.5 Development of education; safeguarding qualityThe Baltic University Programme has in various wayssupported universities, which have offered the courses,to safeguard quality and content.For each course package there are regular teachers’conferences, in which the content of the courses are discussedand developed. All courses have been introducedat a teachers’ conference. They serve to develop skills inthe subject, to introduce new methods of teaching, inspireteachers and to make possible discussions betweenteachers from different countries and, also importantly,between those from the same country. Teachers fromparticipating countries get an opportunity to know howcourses are conducted elsewhere. These internationalcontacts have often resulted in contacts later used forguest lecturing etc.The Baltic University teachers’ conferences includedevelopment of the didactics. Early on the concept ofthe development of a “learning environment” was introduced,partly prompted by the traditional focus onteaching, especially lecturing. Much of the developmentwork was done by Åbo Akademi University. Considerableefforts have been made to introduce modern technologies,especially ICT, in education and many universitieshave been equipped. Special teachers’ coursesjust dealing with didactics have been planned by ÅboAkademi University, with both a teachers’ manual and astudents’ manual, how to study and learn in a good andefficient way.The language is obviously of great concern in the Programmeas in any international cooperation. In the BalticSea region there are 15 major languages spoken andused. English has the advantage of not being any of thesenational languages. Early on it was agreed that no specialeffort should be done to support the English language.Still in 2001 a seminar was arranged to discuss this andas a result a material to support English language for theEnvironmental Science book was developed.Courses under developmentThe Baltic University Programme is a partner in the Educationfor Change project financed by Erasmus Programme.The project aims to develop material and practices for didacticsfor Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).A course in how to develop ESD in the school system willbe offered at teachers’ training institutions in the BUP network.Lead partner is the Teachers training Department atUppsala University and project leader is WWF in Stockholm.BUP has a small role.A new course package “Ecosystem Health and SustainableAgriculture- EHSA” is developed since 2005. Atpresent an agreement has been reached with Sida on thepartial funding this project with 3 Mln SEK. Further effortsto finance this project are made. The project is developedtogether with partners at the Great Lakes Districtin the USA and Canada, coordinated by the University ofIllinois. An inception phase was conducted during spring2006 with visits to the Kaliningrad region and the Leningradoblast.6. RESEARCH6.1 GeneralThe Baltic University network consists of researchersand research projects have been initiated and conductedthroughout the history of the project. Research projectshave taken several forms.One mean is the research conferences. Most teachers’conferences have included a research dimension andstimulate the participants and ongoing research. A fewtimes research conferences without connection to aneducational project have been organised. One of themis the conference for historians and political scientistsin Gdansk in 1995, “Fifty years of peace in the BalticSea region.” The conference proceedings were publishedin cooperation between Gdansk University and UppsalaUniversity. Another is the Kaliningrad symposium in2005, to be described below.A different mean is the cooperation concerning aspecial technique or method. One such technique, theGIS, is described below. Other techniques which may beconsidered include systems analysis, or systems dynamics.Hydrological modelling has also been proposed.The classic research cooperation relies on a commonresearch project. This has not been established in theBaltic University cooperation so far. The network has,however, excellent possibilities to conduct comparativeresearch in several areas. It has also a very good potentialto establish interdisciplinary research projects.Master student work is often a good way to promoteresearch projects. In spite of several efforts a systematicexchange of master students in the network has notcome about. Among the few projects carried out havebeen hydrological projects with Uppsala and Minsk andenvironmental science projects with Uppsala and severalPolish universities. Master students who stayed severalweeks or one semester in the other country werefinanced through the Swedish Visby Programme.6.2 Early projects – GIS laboratories, field station networkOne of the first research projects in the Programme wasconcerned with Geographical Information Systems, GIS,which was, in the early 1990s, in a stage of intense development.A grant of 1 Mln SEK was obtained fromthe Swedish Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.Five GIS laboratories were equipped (in Uppsala, StPetersburg, Tartu, Riga and Kaunas), and a one monthcourse in GIS was conducted at Uppsala University.Digitalisation of maps constituted the beginning of researchcooperation. Since then work has continued inenvironmental science projects in water management(St Petersburg), biodiversity (Riga) and traffic and urbanplanning (Kaunas).Master student work at biological and geographicalfield stations is an excellent way to offer young researchersfield experiences, possibilities to collect data, and tostimulate international cooperation. At an early stagecooperation between field stations in the region wasinitiated. Two travelling seminars for researchers wereorganised reaching Poland, Sweden, Finland, and Russia.A proposed exchange of master students in the region15

on a larger scale was never realised. A catalogue of some60 field stations with details of research lodging facilitiesand experimental equipments were produced and is stillavailable. These activities were financed through grantsfrom the Swedish Institute.6.3 Partnership in projectsThe Baltic University network has been part of severallarge applications (mostly in hydrology) to the 6thframework program in the European Union. BUP hasbeen invited to these projects to be responsible for thework package regarding dissemination and education. Itis clear that BUP has a unique experience how to do this.Regrettably the content of this part of the projects havenot been written according to the experience of BUP butrather along the requests of the researchers, not necessarilya winning concept. The projects were not financed.In other projects individuals from the network havebeen invited as experts in existing ongoing Europeanprojects.6.4 Sustainability researchThe Baltic University Programme has focused on sustainabilityissues since the mid 1990s and many of the participantshave today a considerable experience in theseissues. It has mostly been part of education programsboth on undergraduate and graduate levels. But researchinterest in the areas is also there. An illustration was theResearch Symposium in Kaliningrad in 2005 on BalticSea Region Sustainable Development gaps. The proceedingsfrom this symposium was published in 2006.In Uppsala this area is presently being strengthened.The BUP Coordinating Secretariat at Uppsala Universitywill be included in a new Centre for the study ofSustainable Development at Uppsala University. Thiswill considerably reinforce its possibilities to conductresearch in the area. It should be mentioned that similarcentres already exist at several Swedish universities, ine.g. Chalmers University of Technology, Lund University,Stockholm University and Royal Institute of Technology,Stockholm, just to mention some.Sustainable Development is recognised as an issue ofnational and global importance. The consequences of climatechange, the need to develop new energy strategies,the request for improved means to pursue sustainableproduction and consumption patters are some of the reasons.Sustainability Science will have excellent possibilitiesto get funding in several recently announced financingcontexts. These include the EU 7th framework programand national funding schemes. Common BUP researchprojects in this area offer interesting possibilities.6.5 A BSR Research network for Sustainability scienceIn connection with the research symposium on sustainabledevelopment in the Baltic Sea region in Kaliningradin October 2005 a small survey was made of institutionsconducting sustainability research or research with largerelevance for SD in the Baltic Sea region. A proposalfor long-term cooperation between such institutions wasraised by Baltic 21, and further discussed by Sweden andFinland in the network.7. APPLIED PROJECTS – COOPERATION WITHOTHER ACTORS IN SOCIETY7.1 GeneralUniversities have the task to conduct not only researchand education but also applied projects. In Sweden thisis required by the University law. Among several partnersin society with which cooperation projects may bedeveloped we will here mention three: local authorities,industry and agriculture.Local authorities play a special role in sustainabledevelopment. They were pointed out in the Rio Conferenceas key actors and the Local Agenda 21 programmewas designed for them. In Sweden the government initiatedthe so-called Local Investment Program, LIP, inwhich nearly 1 billion Euro was invested together witha similar amount from the municipalities to supportsustainability projects. In August 2006 the large Visbyconference – ten years after the first large Baltic Sea regionmeeting – was geared towards local and regionalauthorities. It is also noteworthy that local authoritiesget increased responsibilities in both west and east. Withthis comes a corresponding budget, and today the sixlargest economies in Sweden are not business but localand regional authorities.Cooperation between municipal administrations anduniversities are in general weak, although both partnershave possibilities to benefit from such cooperation. Citieshave a series of research questions of relevance formany different university subjects. Master thesis studiesor larger projects should be possible. Cities need competencedevelopment, which universities are able to offer.In general city budgets should be able to finance theseactivities or projects. Cities may be able to get fundingfrom new sources, which were not previously availablefor universities.7.2 Municipality-University projectsCooperation with authorities was the first appliedproject, which the Baltic University Programme initiated.In spring 1998 a two-week specialist seminar onsustainable habitation was organised. Representativesfor several municipalities were invited. From this seminardeveloped the SUPERBS project, Sustainable UrbanPatterns around the Baltic Sea, with participation of 11municipalities or similar authorities in 8 countries. TheSuperbs project aimed at improving contacts betweenuniversities and municipalities. The project produced aseries of ten TV films and a total of 35 case studies publishedin four books.Ten key themes for urban development were in theproject called BUUF, Baltic University Urban Forum,running from 2003-2006. 20 cities and towns and 15universities in 9 countries take part. In addition the networkof cities and towns in the Union of Baltic Cities arepart of the project. Through UBC, BUP reach anotherclose to 100 cities and towns in the region with informationabout the project. The total budget is 12 Mln SEK.The project addresses ten key areas for local sustainability:Urban flows - water, waste and energy; Urbanspace - green structures, traffic and transport, and rebuilding/remediation;Urban development - education,16

socio-economic development and urban-rural cooperation;and finally integration. The project has developedsustainability strategies for cities and towns.The results of the project will be• a book on indicators for urban management• ten 50 page guide books in the ten areas,• city reports with benchmarking from a scientificadvisory council;The experience from the cooperation with cities andtowns has convinced us that these are key actors in implementationof sustainable development. An efficientcooperation with cities and towns are thus important tocontribute to sustainability in the region. The outcomeshould be1) university courses on the topic (e.g. the communitydevelopment course)2) competence development at the municipal administrations3) new knowledge on sustainable development,especially integrative aspects.Difficulties include a) lack of common language (itis less common that city and town officials use English),b) that traditions are not established for the cooperationand c) sometimes lack of continuity, as individuals responsiblein a local administration may be exchanged.The Baltic University Programme is a partner inthe Sustainment Project financed by the Interreg Programme,and running 2006-2007. The project buildson the Baltic University Urban Forum project and aimsto establish Sustainability Management Centres, SMC,in 12 participating cities. Lead partner is the Union ofBaltic Cities office in Turku. The total project budget isabout 1.4 Mln Euro.7.3 Cooperation with industryUniversity- industry cooperation has a long history.Technological innovations and development from sciencelead to new industrial applications, and industrialprocesses are improved as a result of applied researchprojects in cooperation with university researchers.Many types of arrangements have been organised tosupport these processes. They may be infrastructural,such as the development of industrial parks or sciencecentres, or administrative. These include:• students at universities conduct projects at anindustry (master thesis studies)• industry personnel work part time at a universitydepartment (adjunct positions)potential to be more widely applied in the rest of theBaltic Sea region.The now developed course in Environmental Managementis intended to support cooperation betweenindustry and universities in the region. Some such contactsexist already as part of the preparatory work forthis project. The material for the course and the courseitself will facilitate student project work in industriesand provide industrial partners with competence developmentpossibilities. Some such activities have alreadybeen performed on the basis of the water managementcourse.The Environmental Management Project is a cooperationbetween BUP and Umeå University, Roskilde UniversityCentre, Royal Institute of Technology, KaunasUniversity of Technology, Belarusian National TechnicalUniversity, Lodz Technical University, Hogeschool Zeeland,the Netherlands, and Hamburg Harburg TechnicalUniversity. The project is coordinated by the Secretariat.The course material will consist of books, case studiescollections, CDs with documents films etc. The projectproduces four course packages for environmental management.These are1. Environmental policy instruments, and inspectionand control2. Cleaner production and cleaner technologies3. Product design and life cycle assessment4. Environmental management systems and certification.Students in this course may be offered master thesesprojects at industries in cooperation with the university.The projects should aim at• introducing new methods/skills in the industry• introducing applied projects/problems to theuniversity• giving the students a contact with the practicalwork and labour market• giving the industry an opportunity to meet manystudents for potential job offers7.4 Cooperation with agricultureDuring 2005-06 a new project on sustainable agricultureand ecosystems health is being organised by theBUP Secretariat. This project already started with someconferences in Russia. It includes the development ofeducational material and training possibilities for agriculturalauthorities, business and farmers.In the Baltic University Programme it may be easiestto start with the support of master thesis work. Inthe Nordic countries the practice of master thesis workin industry is very common. The students conduct aconsiderable work load at industry, and industries havea natural means of communication with the researchworld. It is considered a win-win situation. This has the17

8 COOPERATION WITH GOVERNMENT8.1 GeneralThe Baltic University Programme, as an internationalundertaking with the goal to support the developmentof the countries in the Baltic Sea region, has seeked andachieved a role on the national scale in the participatingcountries. This was recognised early on in Sweden, asthe country where the Programme was initiated and iscoordinated, and in Finland. The Programme was firstable to use the Nordic Tele X satellite, first managedin Oslo and later in Stockholm, for its broadcasts. TheProgramme was supported by the Swedish Parliament.Several contacts were taken with the governmental officein connection to ease cooperation in the region, notthe least regarding visa issues. Similar assistance was receivedin Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and other countries.Below a few concrete examples on governmentalcooperation and support will be given. In the future acritical issue will be the cooperation with Russia. Russiais the only state around the Baltic Sea which is nota member of the European Union. BUP is one of theorganisations, which support a cooperation with Russia.It is an issues of importance for example in the Councilof Baltic Sea States, CBSS.It should be pointed out the presidency of the Baltic21as well as for the CBSS is Swedish from July 1st2006.8.2 Cooperation within the Baltic 21The Baltic University Programme is a participant in theSenior Officials Group, SOG, of the Baltic 21 Intergovernmentalcooperation. BUP has regularly taken part inthe SOG meetings since 2001. In addition the BUP Directorhas been a member of the ad hoc working groupon policy and strategy (WGPS) and an ad hoc PolicyImplementa-tion Group of Baltic 21.One result of the cooperation is a research symposiumon Sustainable Development in the Baltic Sea regionorganised by the Baltic University Secretariat. The researchsymposium took place on October 27-29, 2005,at Immanuel Kant State University of Russia in Kaliningrad.The Proceedings is available in pdf format on thewebsite of the Baltic 21 as well as Baltic University. Thepossibilities to continue a cooperation in research is currentlydiscussed.8.3 Cooperation with the Ministries of EducationThe Baltic University Programme was recruited as a resourcein the development of the Education sector ofBaltic 21. This process included two minister’s conferencesin Stockholm in years 2000 and 2002 and thework to develop the Action program for the sector. AsSweden and Lithuania were appointed lead partners, theBUP Centre in Kaunas and the Secretariat in Uppsalasupported the two ministries in their work.Later the Swedish obligations were transferred toFinland and the Finnish BUP Centre was recruited as aresource for the Finnish Ministry of Education. The ÅboAkademi Centre develops a web portal for ESD in theBaltic Sea region on commission from the Finnish Ministryof Education. The work is carried out by the BUPSecretariat. The portal has the address www.balticuniv.uu.se/ESD.The Secretariat through its Director and Vice Directorhas been part in several conferences organised bythe Swedish government. These include the Göteborgconference Learning to Change our World on educationfor sustainable development in 2004 and the researchconference on ESD in higher education in December,2005. Later the BUP Director also contributed at theFinnish Ministry of Education high level conference oneducation for sustainable development in the universitysector in February, 2006.As the United Nations established the period 2005-2014 as a decade for the education for sustainable developmentunder UNESCO, the intensity of this cooperationhas increased further. BUP has thus been part of theinitiation of the Decade in Sweden, in Finland and onthe Baltic Sea region scale as participant in conferences.BUP was further represented in Athens when the Decadewas launched for the Mediterranean region.8.4 Cooperation with the Ministries of EnvironmentBecause of its specialisation within environmental sciences,the Baltic University Programme also had contactswith ministries of environment in several countries,including the Polish, Latvian and Swedish ministries ofenvironment.The Swedish ministry of environment took part inthe Kaliningrad Research Symposium on SustainableDevelopment in the Baltic Sea region in October 2005,and thereby used the result for a booklet on unsustainabletrends to be distributed to several of the countriesin the region. The project was initiated as part of theSwedish Presidency of the Baltic 21.8.5 Cooperation with authoritiesThe Programme also worked with several governmentalauthorities. Thus the Swedish Environmental ProtectionAgency contributed considerably to the courseRiver Basin Management, by providing data and writtenmaterial. The authority for housing was involved in thedevelopment of Interreg projects. BUP was a partner ina Sida financed project on toxicology conducted by theSwedish Chemicals Inspectorate and corresponding institutionsin Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.BUP contributed to projects organised by the fundingauthorities Sida and the Swedish Institute in EasternEurope and in East Africa. It is not clear to what extentnational BUP Centres cooperated with governmentalauthorities in the respective countries.18

BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMERECTORS CONFERENCEUppsala, Sweden 19-20 October 2006Preliminary ProgramWednesday 18 OctoberArrival day, accommodation in hotelsReception Venue: Linneaus Garden/Orangery, Svartbäcksgatan17.00 – 22.00 Registration18.00 – 22.00 Reception (refreshments)Host: Prof. Harald Runblom, Chair of the Baltic University Programme board08.00 – 09.00 Registration Upper Hall09.00 – 12.00 Lecture Hall XThursday 19 OctoberMorning session (09.00 – 12.00)Venue: University Main Building09.00 Welcome and introduction. Chair: Prof. Harald RunblomRector of Uppsala University Prof. Anders HallbergChair of the Baltic University Programme board Prof. Harald Runblom, Uppsala UniversityMinister of Education and Research of Sweden (Invited)09.40 The Baltic University Programme and University networkingChair: Prof. Lars Rydén, Uppsala University, Programme Director- The Baltic University Programme and University networking(introduction by the chair)- Baltic University courses in international cooperationDr Elena Korshuk, Belarusian State University, Minsk, BelarusDr Siarhei Darozhka, Belarusian National Technical University, Minsk, Belarus- Master courses using ICT seminars and distance educationProf. Lars-Christer Lundin, Uppsala University, Sweden- Summer events and schoolsProf. Ireneusz Zbicinski, Lodz Technical University, Poland10.30 Break (Coffee/drinks are served in the Upper Hall)Exhibit of material by students in the Upper Hall11.00 General aspects of the Baltic University cooperationChair: Prof. Bengt Gustafsson, Uppsala University, BUP board vice chair- Inter-disciplinarity in research and education(introduction by the chair)- The Baltic University Programme and university–society cooperationChristine Jakobsson, Uppsala University, Programme vice director- The Baltic University in a European context – the Bologna processDr Marita Wigren Svensson, Swedish National Committee for the Bologna process- Student cooperationMarcin Stolarek, student member to the board, Lodz Technical University12.00 Buffet luncheon (will be served in the two wings of the Upper Hall)During the lunch the faculty rooms and the Chancellor´s room will be openHosting at the Buffet luncheon: Rector Prof. Anders Hallberg19

Afternoon session (13.30 – 17.00)Venue: University Main Building13.30 – 15.00 Parallel sessions (for details see below)The parallel sessions will take place in the University main building. Participants are kindly asked to preregisterfor one parallel session, as well as indicate interest to present prepared contributions to these sessions.15.00 BreakCoffee/drinks to be served in the Upper HallExhibit of material by students in the Upper Hall15.30 – 17.00 Reports from parallel sessions. General discussionLecture Hall XChair: Panel of chairpersons from morning sessionsSession rapporteurs are kindly asked to give 5 minutes presentations of the conclusions.The participants are invited to comment on the reports.19.00 Conference dinner. Venue: Norrlands nation, Västra Ågatan 14Dinner on the invitation of Uppsala University.Host: Rector Prof. Anders HallbergFriday 20 OctoberMorning session (09.00 – 12.00)The morning offers opportunities to meet teachers and researchers at Uppsala University. The participants may eitherplan for individual meetings with colleagues or join a tour to one of the main centres of the university. Pleaseregister for meetings with individuals or tours beforehand. Lunch to be served at main centres. (See details below.)Afternoon session (13.30 – 15.30)Venue: Lecture Hall X13.30-15.30 Baltic University activities at participating universities ; plans for future projects- The Baltic University National Centres (Presentation Turku)- Activities at German universities (Presentation Zittau Görlitz)- Activities at Russian universities (Presentation St Petersburg)- Activities at Estonian universities (Presentation Tallinn)- Using ICT – Video conference- Inter-university contractsMats-Ola Ottosson, Head of Administration, Uppsala UniversityLars Rydén, Programme Director, Uppsala University- Common discussion15.30 BreakCoffee/drinks are served in the Upper Hall16.00 Formalising the Baltic University Network (Venue: Auditorium (Aula), University Main Building)Signing of contracts between member universities and Uppsala UniversityChair: Uppsala University Prorector Prof. Kerstin Sahlin-Andersson17.00 Official closing of the conference18.00 Post session gatheringThe participants are welcome to the New Centre for Sustainable Development at Centre for Earth Sciences,Villavägen 16, in which the Baltic University Secretariat is part from fall 2006. Refreshments and presentationsof the new centre and its projects, including the student centre, the research school and the Collegium fordevelopment studies.Saturday 21 October11.00 – 13.00 Opportunities to join a cultural guided tour in Uppsala. (Advance registration.)20

Parallel sessions on international university cooperationThursday 19 October 13.30 – 15.00The sessions cover cooperation in all fields – education, research and applied projects – as well as the Baltic UniversityProgramme as such. The sessions are expected to result in concrete proposals. Financing as well as partnersof the projects proposed should be considered. Chairs and co-chairs will plan the sessions. Participants are kindlyasked to register for session in advance, as well as in advance registration of prepared contributions.1. Mission, organisation and funding of the BUPThis session will start from the report of the BUP International Reviewing Committee and search for futurefinancing sources as well as organisational reforms. The aims of BUP – university cooperation to promote regionaldevelopment and democracy – is scrutinized.Chair: Ms Görel Thurdin, former minister of planning Sweden, member of BUP board.Co-chair: Dr Paula Lindroos, Åbo, Akademi University, Director of Finnish National CentreKey note: Prof. Walter Leal Filho, Hamburg-Harburg Technical University, Germany2. Research cooperationThe large network of researchers and teachers in the BUP offers excellent possibilities for common projects andcommon applications to European funds, such as FP7. The session should outline possible constellations for futureprojects.Chair: Dr Lisa Sennerby Forsse, Rector, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, UltunaCo-chairs: Prof. Marek Kreglewski, Vice Rector, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland andProf. Lars-Christer Lundin, Uppsala UniversityKey note: Dr Katarina Gårdfeldt, ScanBalt Biotechnology Network, Göteborg University3. Education; summer events and schoolsThe Baltic University Programme organizes courses and several events annually, e.g. summer schools, for its teachers,researchers and students. The session will look into how this can be expanded and funded in the future.Chair: Prof. Jan Krysinski, Rector, Lodz Technical University, PolandCo-chair: Vice-Rector Prof. Irek Zbicinski, Lodz Technical UniversityKey note: Dr Artur Magnuszewski, University of Warsaw4. Outreach activities and applied projectsThe BUP has been cooperating with city administrations in 9 countries since 1999; cooperation with industry isplanned in connection with a new masters programme on Environmental Management and with agriculture inconnection with a new GEF funded project. These projects offer opportunities to implement sustainability strategies,receive funding and plan research cooperation.Chair: Dr Andrius Guzavicius, vice Rector Kaunas University of Technology, LithuaniaCo-chair: BUP Deputy Director Christine Jakobsson, Uppsala UniversityKey note (industry cooperation): Assoc. Prof. Lennart Nilsson, Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Stockholm, SwedenKey note (city cooperation): Mr Risto Veivo, former Union of Baltic Cities Commission Director, Baltic 21 SecretaryGeneralProposed program for parallel sessions. Introduction by chairs (5 min). Invited key note speaker (15 min). Contributions (40 min). Discussion (30 min)21

TOURS TO UPPSALA UNIVERSITY CENTRES.Friday 20 October, 09.00 – 13.00 (including lunch)1. Biotechnology/Biomedicine. Uppsala Biomedical Centre, BMCUppsala Biomedical Centre is a centre for life sciences in its widest sense. It houses 20 departments of two universities,with some 1300 researchers and teachers. Every year some 3000 students study here. Research encompassesthe smallest molecules up to complete organisms. This includes how molecular structures can explain biologicalprocesses, microorganisms and their interaction with their hosts; intracellular processes and normal tissue development,as well as cancer and degenerative diseases. Several aspects on drug design, delivery, metabolism and functionare addressed at the pharmaceutical departments. Technical applications are seen in fields such as pharmacyand surface biotechnology. BMC also harbours a number of core facilities, including the Proteomics resourcecenter and the Uppsala University transgenic facility, as well as the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.2. Biology /Environmental science. The Evolutionary Biology Centre, EBCSituated in the heart of Uppsala, overlooking the castle and the Botanic Garden, the Evolutionary Biology Centre(EBC) gathers three departments comprising 14 subdepartments, each headed by a full professor, and resourceslike the Biology Library, the Museum of Evolution, the Microscopy Unit and the Botanic Garden. Evolutionarybiology at the EBC comprises research dealing with evolutionary processes at all levels, from molecular evolutionand the evolution of genetic systems, organs, and immune systems to the evolution of local adaptation and socialbehaviours in natural populations, speciation processes, systematics and the dynamics of communities and ecosystems.The disciplines of physiology, developmental biology and environmental toxicology are also part of the EBC.3. Physics/Technology. The Ångström laboratoryThe Ångström Laboratory, the University’s centre for research and education in physics and technology, especiallymaterial sciences, has a number of research programmes. The Advanced Instrumentation and Measurementsprogram is a collaboration between research groups in astronomy, physics, and quantum chemistry. The energysector includes the Batteries and Fuel Cells research programme, the Energy Systems program, which study energysystems from a broad technical and societal perspective, and the Ångström Solar Centre studying Smart Windows,Thin Film Solar Cells and Nanostructured Solar Cells. Ångström Nano Centre perform research, related tonanotechnology while the Ångström Space Technology Center is a centre for space related micro/nano technologyfocusing on space applications and the Ångström Nano Satellite program.4. Social sciences. The Gamla Torget CentreThe Gamla Torget (old square) Centre houses a number of social science departments involved in internationalstudies. The Department of government is concerned with i.a. the development of democracy globally; TheDepartment of Peace and Conflict Research is concerned with origin of armed conflicts and war, and means forconflict resolution; the Centre of multietchnic research study migration, multilingualism and multiculturalism, notleast cultural expressions and majority—minority relations in in the Baltic Sea region. There is an adjoining UppsalaProgramme for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. Finally the Department for Eurasian studies is housed here.5. Humanities/Carolina University Library and English Park CampusThe English Park Campus functions as a Centre for Humanities and includes a score of departments from theFaculty of Arts and the Faculty of Languages and the Faculty of Theology. This recently created campus, is locatedin renovated buildings previously used for chemistry applied physics. The new campus is located next to the largevenerable university main library Carolina Rediviva. Departments include those of history, philosophy, archaeologyand ancient history, literature, anthropology and ethnography, art history, musicology, gender research, modernlanguages, and linguistics. New activities include a chair of choral music for which Uppsala is famous.6. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences/UltunaUltuna lies 2 km north of Uppsala and is the campus for the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. TheUniversiuty develops knowledge about our biological natural resources and conduct research, teach and informabout the opportunities, and possible risks incurred, when using our forests, landscapes, soils and animals in differentways. The University is divided into four faculties; They are the Faculty of Forest Sciences, Faculty of NaturalResources and Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science and the Faculty of LandscapePlanning, Horticulture and Agricultural ScienceThe tours start at the university main building.The groups for Ångström Laboratories and Biomedical Centre will use a bus, others arewithin walking distance. Tours include coffee break and lunch.22

INTERUNIVERSITY AGREEMENTLIST OF DOCUMENTSThe Interuniversity agreement (Document A, and its two appendices I and II) is signed by the two parties, UppsalaUniversity and the participating university.Documents 1-7 are adopted by the International Programme Board, or Uppsala University as indicated, and providedas information. The signature of the contract thus does not require that the parties sign these accompanyingdocuments.Main documents (to be signed)A. Interuniversity agreement between Uppsala University and the participating university.B. General Conditions for Participation in the Baltic University Programme (Appendix I).C. Contributions from the participating university to the Baltic University Programme (Appendix II).Accompanying documents1. Statutes of the Baltic University Programme, adopted by the InternationalProgramme Board.2. Instructions to the International Programme Board (laid downby Vice Chancellor/Rector of Uppsala University).3. Instructions for the Coordination Secretariat adopted by Uppsala University.4. Instructions for the National Centre adopted by adopted by the InternationalProgramme Board.5. Instructions for the university office/contact point adopted by the InternationalProgramme Board.6. List of National Centres (available on the webpage; to be updated continuously).7.List of participating universities (available on the webpage; to be updated continuously).23

AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OFTHE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME1. The PartiesUppsala University, org nr 202100-2932, Box 256, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden (UU) and University of XX, address(XX)2. PreambleThe Baltic University Programme is established as an interuniversity programme in the Baltic Sea region, hostedand administered by Uppsala University, with the aim to develop regional cooperation between universities andcorresponding institutions of higher learning in the Baltic Sea region.The Baltic University Programme aims to promote and support universities and corresponding institu-tionsin the development of the Baltic Sea region by supporting sustainable development, including economic, socialand ecological aspects; supporting the development of democracy and democratic cultures; promoting peacefulcooperation, and international understanding and communication. The Programme operates through education,research, and cooperation with other actors in society, and by promoting information to society at large on theseissues.The background and goals for the Baltic University Programme are laid down in the Programme Statutes(Document 1).The Parties have decided to sign this formal agreement to promote cooperation in educa-tion, research and appliedprojects between themselves and other participants in the Programme.3. Organisation3.1 The Programme is governed by an International Programme Board appointed by the Vice-Chancellor/Rectorof Uppsala University (Document 2).3.2 A Coordination Secretariat for the Baltic University Programme is organised and maintained by UppsalaUniversity (Document 3).3.3 A National Centre for the Programme is established in each Baltic Sea region country (Document 4).3.4 A university office/contact point for the Baltic University Programme shall be established at the Universityof XX for its teachers and students and other interested parties. The office should provide information on Programmeactivities and keep in store and make available course material and other items related to the Programmeas described in Document 5.3.5 The National Centres and the participating universities are listed in Documents 6 and 7.4. Commitments of the PartiesThe commitments of the Parties are regulated in Appendix 1, General Conditions for Participation in the BalticUniversity Programme, and Appendix II, Contributions from the University of XX.5. Term of the AgreementThis Agreement shall continue for a period of two (2) years from the day of its signing by the Parties unless earlierterminateda/ by a Party upon three (3) months notice orb/ by a Party upon failure of the other Party to perform any of its obligations, if such failure is not remediedwithin thirty (30) days of receiving written notice thereof.If the Agreement is not terminated by either Party, it will continue for further periods of two (2) years.6. Force majeureNeither party to this agreement shall be liable to the other nor held to be in breach of this agreement to the extentthat it is prevented, hindered or delayed in performance or observance of its obligations hereunder by reasonof industrial action, strikes, lock-outs, inability to obtain supplies, accidents or any other cause or contigency whatsoeverbeyond its control.7. Governing Law and Dispute ResolutionThis Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Sweden.Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with this contract, or the breach, termination orinvalidity thereof, shall in the first place be settled by negotiations beween the Parties and secondly by public courtin Uppsala, Sweden.24

8. AppendicesThe following Appendices are an integral part of this Agreement:8.1 General Conditions for Participation (Appendix I)8.2 Contributions from the University of XX (Appendix II)8.3 Documents 1 – 7.This Agreement has been executed in two copies of which the Parties have taken one each.Uppsala 2006- Place 2006Uppsala UniversityUniversity of XXVice-Chancellor/RectorRector25

Appendix IGeneral Conditions for Participationin the Baltic University ProgrammeA.Development of education and teachers’ cooperationA1. Uppsala University agrees to support the development and maintenance of university courses on undergraduate,graduate and PhD level in the areas in which the programme is active. The development work will be donein cooperation with universities in the network, and include the production of curricula, teachers’ guides, coursematerials, web pages and distance components of the courses, as found suitable.A2. The partner universities take part in this development of educational components according to its own expertiseand possibilities, as specified in an annually updated addendum to this contract (Appendix II).A3. The partners are in particular concerned with the internationalisation of the curriculum by using Informationand Communication Techniques (ICT) in education, and will make efforts to increase distance components in thecourses, such as student audio conferences, distance lectures etc., using video, audio, and computer conferences,and Internet and other means; the equipment needed for this will be the obligation for each party.B.Organisation of educationB1. The partner universities have the right to use all course materials and to offer all Baltic University Programmecourses at its university, with its own teachers and other resources. This includes announcement, administration,education and examination in the course. The university shall inform its National Centre about the plannedcourses to make a wider announcement possible.B2. Each course in the Programme will have a European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) document, prepared bythe Coordinating Secretariat, which will be used unless special reasons prevail, allowing the students greater mobilitywithin the Baltic University network.B3. The partner universities will after each course organized within the Programme at their own university, informabout the results, including the number of accepted students, to the National Centre.B4. If so requested by a partner university the Coordinating Secretariat will provide all students who have passedthe examination of the course in the Programme a diploma certifying this, to be signed by representatives of thetwo parties.C.Conferences and exchange of teachers and studentsC1. In order to maintain and develop the course contents and educational skills in the network Uppsala Universityagrees to organize conferences for teachers in the Programme. The partner universities have the right to send theirteachers to these conferences, as agreed with the organizer, if the courses concerned are offered, or planned to beoffered, at its university.C2. Likewise, Uppsala University agrees to organize conferences/courses/activities for students in the Programme.The partner universities have the right to send students from their courses in the Programme to these conferences,as agreed with the organizer.C3. Other kinds of conferences, such as planning and coordination conferences, will be organized as needed byUppsala University or other partners in the Programme.C4. The partner universities agree to contribute to these activities in the Programme as specified in the annuallyupdated addendum to this contract.26

D.ResearchD1. Uppsala University agrees to develop and take part in research projects within the area of cooperation.D2. The partner universities agree to suggest and take part in research projects as specified in an annually updatedaddendum to this contract.E.Applied projectsE1. Uppsala University agrees to develop and take part in applied projects within the area of cooperation withother actors in society, such as municipalities, industries and authorities.E2. The partner universities agree to suggest and take part in applied projects as specified in the annually updatedaddendum to this contract.F.Cooperation and contributions from participating universitiesF1. The contributions from the partner universities will be documented in the annually updated addendum (AppendixII) to this contract, called “Contribution by partner universities to the Baltic University Programme.”F2. Further cooperation between Uppsala University and partner universities, e.g. on joint master programmes,may be developed. Such an extended cooperation may involve co-funding from all partners, and will be specifiedin separate contracts or letters of agreement.Signed Place dateRector27

Contribution by the University of XX to the Baltic University ProgrammeAnnual addendum for the period of …...Appendix IIThe participating university/institution agrees to contribute to the cooperation within the Baltic University Programmethrough the measures listed below. The university is asked to inform the Coordination Secretariat of itsactivities in the programme yearly. The description of the activities planned should follow the structure below, anddetailed as convenient. Please indicate to which extent financing and in kind contributions are foreseen.EDUCATIONa) Offer courses (c.f. letter of agreement for courses)b) Contributing to maintaining existing course updating of the material on the website, or inother ways.c) Contributing to new course packages by writing chapters, providing cases, small films etc.a) Hosting teachers conferencesb) Hosting students conferencesc) Organising summer coursesd) Financing summer coursesCONFERENCES AND SUMMER ACTIVITIESRESEARCHa) Taking part in research projectsb) Organising or contributing to PhD coursesc) Taking part in application for funding of research projectsAPPLIED PROJECTS IN COOPERATION WITH EXTERNAL ACTORSa) Taking part in applied projectsb) Organising or contributing to courses/seminars for professionals outside the universitya)b)SignedOTHERSRector28

Document 1STATUTES OF THE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMEPreambleThe Baltic University Programme is established as an interuniversity programme in the Baltic Sea region with theaim to develop regional cooperation between universities and corresponding institutions of higher learning. TheBaltic Sea region refers to the drainage basin of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat.The creation of the Programme was prompted by the historic changes taking place in the region during the period1989 to 1991. The initiative was taken with• the intention to contribute to the develop-ment of the region in the historic situation where international cooperationbetween east and west became possible after decades of isolation;• the recognition that universities play a central role in the development of our societies through education ofthe young generation, development of knowledge in a new situation, and being a resource for society in applyingsuch knowledge.The purpose of the Programme is thus to promote and support universities and corresponding institu-tions in thedevelopment of the Baltic Sea region by• supporting sustainable development in its full sense, including economic, social and ecological, aspects;• supporting the development of democracy and democratic cultures;• promoting peaceful cooperation, international understanding and communication.The Programme operates through education, research, and cooperation with other actors in the society, and bypromoting information to society at large on these issues.The Programme was initiated by Uppsala University in 1989. It was established in 1991 through a coordinatedeffort by Uppsala University, Åbo Akademi University and Copenhagen University; with the support of TeracomAB, which organised satellite TV broadcasts; and with the financial support of Sida, the Swedish International Developmentand Cooperation Agency, as well as a number of participating universities in the Baltic Sea region.The Programme is hosted and administered by Uppsala University, which also is the carrier of all documentsrelating to the Programme.Article 1. Organisationa) The Programme is governed by an International Programme Board appointed by the Vice-Chancellor/Rector ofUppsala University.b) The Programme is administered by a regional Coordinating Secretariat at Uppsala University.c) A National Centre for the Programme is established at a participating university in each Baltic Sea region country.d) A local office/contact point for the Baltic University Programme is established at each participating university.Article 2. ParticipationUniversities and corresponding institutions of higher learning in the Baltic Sea region are invited to join the Programme.Universities and its departments participating in the Programme shall abide by the legal regulations of theirrespective countries.Article 3. Development of educationThe Programme develops and maintains university courses on undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels in the areasin which the programme is active. The development work is done in collaboration between universities in the network,and includes the production of curricula, teachers’ guides, course materials, web pages and distance componentsof the courses, as found suitable.The participating universities take part in this development of educational components according to their ownexpertise and capacities.The Programme is concerned with promoting internationalisation by the development of Information and CommunicationTechnology, ICT, in education, and endeavours to increase distance components in education, such asstudent audio conferences, distance lectures etc., using video, audio, and computer conferences, the Internet andother means.29

Article 4. Organisation of educationEach participating university has the right to use all course materials and to offer all BalticUniversity Programme courses at its university, with its own teachers and other resources. This includes announcement,administration, education and examination of the course.Each course in the Programme will have a European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) document, promoting studentmobility within the Baltic University network.If so requested by the participating university, the Programme will provide all students who have passed theexamination of a course in the Programme with a diploma, signed by the Programme representative and the participatinguniversity representative.Article 5. Conferences and exchange of teachers and studentsIn order to maintain and develop the course contents and educational skills in the network, the Programme organisesconferences for teachers in the Programme. Likewise the Programme organises common conferences/courses forstudents in the Programme.The participating universities may send teachers and students to the conferences and courses as agreed with theorganiser.Likewise other kinds of conferences, such as planning and coordination conferences, will be organised as neededin the Programme by Uppsala University or other partners.The participating universities agree to host and support conferences in the network according to their own capacities.Article 6. ResearchThe Programme will develop research projects within its area of interest. The participating universities suggest andtake part in such projects according to their interests and capacities.Article 7. Applied projectsThe Programme will develop applied projects within its area of interest in cooperation with other actors in society,such as municipalities, industries and authorities.The participating universities suggest and take part in applied projects according to their interest and capacities.Article 8. Further cooperationFurther cooperation between the universities in the Programme, e.g. on joint master programmes, may be developed.Such extended cooperation may involve co-funding from the participating partners.Article 9. The statutesThese statutes are adopted by the Baltic University International Programme Board. The original statutes are keptby Uppsala University; copies of the documents will be disseminated to each participating university.Signed in Uppsala on the 10th of June 2006Harald RunblomChairman of the Baltic UniversityInternational Programme Board30

Document 2CURRENT INSTRUCTIONSTO THE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME BOARD1. The Programme is governed by an international board appointed by the Rector of Uppsala University for a periodof three years. It consists of the following members:- Rector- three other members from Uppsala University- one member from another Swedish university- two members from the Swedish society at large- one member from Åbo Akademi- one member from Poland and one from another country in Central andEastern Europe to be nominated by the group of Baltic University Programme Centres directors.- one student member to be nominated by CEMUS, the Student Centre for Environment and DevelopmentStudies at Uppsala University, and one student member to be nominated by a student Parliament organisedamong the students studying in the Programme.The membership of the board is listed in a Catalogue published by the Programme.2. Rector of Uppsala University gives the general instructions to the board. At present (2006) they are as follows:- develop the content and long term policy of the Programme as well as to follow and support itsimplementation at the participating universities and corresponding institutions;- working for the financing of the Programme and decide on its plan of activities;- commenting on proposals for appointment of leading officers at the Coordinating secretariat at UppsalaUniversity.3. The board is to be convened no less than once per semester. The board appoints within itself a vice chair. Theboard is competent to make decisions if the chair or vice chair and at least half of the other members are present.4. The board appoints an executive committee that oversees the Programme continuously and takes action as neededfor its proper operation as well as reports to the board about matters of principle and issues of comprehensivenature.31

Document 3INSTRUCTIONSTO THE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME COORDINATING SECRETARIATPROPOSED TO THE BOARD OF THE NEW CENTRE1. The Baltic University Coordinating Secretariat is a unit under Uppsala University, led by a Programme Director/Vice Director and with personnel as required. For its activities it operates under instructions by Uppsala University.2. The Coordinating Secretariat has at present the following tasks:- Coordinating activities in the Programme- Managing projects within the Programme- Proposing and developing projects within the Programme- Producing educational and other material within the Programme3. The Coordinating Secretariat may when performing its tasks recruit the participating universities, researchers andteachers in the Programme as agreed.4. The Coordinating Secretariat will by itself or in cooperation with others apply for external funding.5. The Coordinating Secretariat is responsible for dissemination of information in the Programme by newsletters,Internet sites and other means suitable.32

Document 4INSTRUCTIONS TOTHE BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME NATIONAL CENTRESISSUED BY THE PROGRAMME BOARD1. The Baltic University Programme National Centre is a unit under the hosting University, led by a Director andwith personnel as required. It is operating under an agreement with Coordinating Secretariat.2. The National Centre shall consist of a physical location in which personnel should be available, and house thematerial distributed by the Baltic University Programme.3. The National Centre shall coordinate Baltic University Programme activities within an area agreed on with theCoordinating Secretariat, most often its country of location.3. The National Centre has the following tasksa) provide possibilities for students studying the Baltic University courses to buy, borrow and read referencematerials, watch video tapes and use computers for database and other course related purposes.b) distribute informa-tion about the activities of the Baltic University Programme in its areac) distribute booklets, video-cassettes, and other material for the Programme within its aread) keep records on the courses offered at universities, inclu-ding number of students registered for courses,taking part in examination and passing examination within its area.e) arrange a regular conference of Baltic University teachers within its area, or a corresponding activity.f) write yearly reports on the activities of the Baltic University Program-me in its area, including statistics ofcourses.4. The Director of the centre will have the task ofa) directing the Baltic University National Centre.b) participa-te in Baltic University Program-me centres meetings 2-3 times yearly. Each meeting will last for-3 days.c) deliver reports, as specified above to the Coordinating Secretariat of the Programme.33

Document 5INSTRUCTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY OFFICES/CONTACT POINTSADOPTED BY THE PROGRAMME BOARD1. The University Office/Contact Point for the Baltic University Programme is a function under the participatingUniversity. It is operating under an agreement with the Coordinating Secretariat.2.The University Office/Contact Point shall consist of a physical location and have a specified address and otherneeded contact information, and one responsible person.3. The University Office/Contact Point shall have available needed course material and other items related to theBaltic University Programme at its university.4. The University Office/Contact Point shall make available to its students and teachers information on BalticUniversity Programme activities.5. The University Office/Contact Point shall report activities within the Programme at its university to its nationalcentre.34

LIST OF PARTICIPATING UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONSBelarusBrestBrestGorkiGrodnoGrodnoMinskMinskMinskCzech RepublicOstravaDenmarkAalborgCopenhagenOdenseEstoniaTallinnTallinnTallinnTallinnFinlandHelsinkiJyväskyläKuopioMariehamnOuluTurkuTurku/ÅboVaasaGermanyHamburgZittauLatviaDaugavpilsJelgavaRigaRigaLithuaniaKaunasKaunasSiauliaiVilniusNorwayTrondheimPolandBialystokBialystokBielsko-BialaBydgoszczElblagGdanskGdanskGdanskGliwiceKoszalinKrakowKrakowKwidzynLodzLublinBrest State Technical UniversityBrest State UniversityBelarusan Agricultural AcademyGrodno State Agricultural UniversityYanka Kupala State University of GrodnoBelarusan National Technical UniversityBelarusan State UniversityInternational Sakharov Environmental UniversityVSB – Technical University of OstravaAalborg UniversitetUniversity of CopenhagenUniversity of Southern DenmarkAkadeemia NordAudentese UniversityTallinn Technical UniversityTallinn UniversityUniversity of HelsinkiUniversity of JyväskyläUniversity of KuopioÅland PolytechnicUniversity of OuluUniversity of TurkuÅbo Akademi UniversityUniversity of VaasaTechnical University of Hamburg-HarburgUniversity of Applied Sciences Zittau/GoerlitzDaugavpils UniversityLatvia University of AgricultureRiga Technical UniversityUniversity of LatviaKaunas University of MedicineKaunas University of TechnologySiauliai UniversityMykolas Romeris UniversityNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyTechnical University of BialystokUniversity of Finance and ManagementUniversity of Bielsko-BialaHigher School of Environmental EducationState Higher School of Vocational Education in ElblagGdansk University of TechnologySchool of Real Estate ManagementUniversity of GdanskSilesian University of TechnologyKoszalin University of TechnologyAcademy of Mining and MetallurgyPedagogical UniversitySchool of Management in KwidzynTechnical University of LodzAgricultural University of Lublin35

LublinLublinOlsztynPlockPoznanPoznanPoznanPultuskRadomRzeszowSlupskSzczecinTorunWarszawaWarszawaWarszawaWarszawaWarszawaWarszawaWroclawZielona GoraRussiaKaliningradKaliningradPetrozavodskPetrozavodskSt PetersburgSt PetersburgSt PetersburgSt PetersburgSlovak RepublicKosiceNitraSwedenGävleGöteborgHuddingeKalmarStockholmStockholmUmeåUppsalaUppsalaVisbyVästeråsVäxjöÖrebroUkraineDnipropetrovskKhersonLvivLvivLublin University of TechnologyUniversity of Maria Curie-SklodowskaUniversity of Warmia and MazuryPawel Wlodkowic University for Educational AffairsAdam Mickiewicz UniversityAgricultural University of PoznanUniversity of EconomicsHigher School of Humanistic im. Aleksandra GieysztoraRadom University of TechnologyRzeszow University of TechnologyPomeranian Pedagogical AcademyMaritime University of SzczecinNicolaus Copernicus UniversityThe Warsaw of School PsychologyUniversity of WarsawWarsaw Agricultural UniversityWarsaw School of EconomicsWarsaw School of Social PsychologyWarsaw University of TechnologyWroclaw Medical UniversityUniversity of Zielona GoraBaltic Fishing Fleet State AcademyImmanuel Kant State University of RussiaKarelian UniversityInstitute of Water Problems of Karelia, Russian Academy of ScienceSt Petersburg State Politechnical UniversityRussian Hydrometeorology UniversitySt Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Food TechnologySt Petersburg State UniversityUniversity of Veterinary MedicineSlovak Agricultural University in NitraUniversity of GävleGöteborg UniversitySödertörn University CollegeKalmar UniversityRoyal Institute of TechnologyStockholm UniversityUmeå UniversitySwedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala UniversityGotland UniversityMälardalen UniversityVäxjö UniversityÖrebro UniversityDnipropetrovsk National UniversityKherson State UniversityLviv National UniversityUkrainian State University of Forestry & Wood TechnologyAuthorities and International OrganizationsBaltic 21Honorary Consulate of Poland in UppsalaScanbalt BioregionSwedish InstituteSwedish International Development Cooperation AgencySwedish Ministry of EducationSwedish Environmental Protection AgencyUnion of Baltic CitiesWWF36

38HaapsaluFalunKaunasPolotskVitebskKöbenhavnLundMalmöLinköpingRoskildeBydgoszczKirjalaLvivLegnicaKatowiceKrakowSosnowiecOstravaBratislavaBrestGomelGorkiGrodnoMinskMogilevBrnoBudejoviceSönderborgTallinnTartuHelsinkiJoensuuJyväskyläKuopioTurkuBerlinCottbusHamburgKielLüneburgDaugavpilsJelgavaRezekneRigaSiauliaiVidzemeKlaipedaVilniusTrondheimBialystokCzestochowaGdanskKoszalinKrosnoLodzLublinOlsztynPloskPoznanRzeszowSzczecinTorunWarszawaWroclawKaliningradNovgorodPetrozavodskPskovSt. PetersburgNitraGävleGöteborgHärnösandKalmarKarlstadLuleåNorrköpingStockholmSundsvallUmeåUppsalaOuluPultuskZittauVaasaTampereKotkaTüriLiepajaPinskIvano-FrankovskHelVisby