Activity report for 1999(PDF) - Soros Foundation Moldova

Fellowships at Curriculum Resource
Center, CEU, Budapest
Vera MUNTEANU, scientific researcher, National
Institute of Ecology, March 1999 $ 302
Ludmila COJOCARU, Dr. in History, FIUM, October
4-17, 1999 $ 302
Program Administration $ 693
Total Program Expenditures $ 1,295
Research Support Scheme
The Research Support Scheme, a program of the
Soros Foundation network, is aimed at developing academic
research capacity by supporting original, innovative
and high quality research in social sciences and the
humanities concerning issues particularly specific for
Eastern and Central Europe, Transcaucasus, Central
Asia and Mongolia.
The following persons received research grants in
1999:
Boris BOINCHAN, Sustaninable Agriculture in the
Republic of Moldova
Luminifla DRUMEA, Perspectives of the Moldova –
Transniestria Conflict Resolution: the Role of Civil
Society Building
Nikolai BABILUNGÆ, Perspectives of the Moldova –
Transniestria Conflict Resolution: the Role of Civil
Society Building
Andrei FIODOROV, Analysis of Natural Resources
Mangagement in the Black Sea Region
HESP Program Administration $ 7,862
HESP Program Expenditures $ 168,938
Total HESP $ 176,800
INVISIBLE COLLEGE
MOLDOVA
This program was started at the Soros Foundation
Moldova in February 1996 in partnership with Open
Society Institute, Budapest, and three universities in
Chiøinæu as a special International HESP pilot-program.
The Invisible College Moldova aims to amplify teaching
and research processes in the field of Social Sciences
through extra-curricular programs. The College activity
focuses on the following priority areas: Political
1999 ACTIVITY REPORT
Science, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Culture
Studies and Anthropology.
The main goal of the College is to contribute to the
education of a new generation of the intellectual elite
in Social Sciences, a group of academics, highly qualified
and open-minded professionals active in governmental
and non-governmental sectors.
The principal target group of the Invisible College
of Moldova’s activity is a group of 40 outstanding students
in Social Sciences from different universities of
Moldova, selected by way of publicly advertised competitive
exams.
The College curriculum consists of several components,
identified to address the following objectives:
– to provide students with advanced scientific
knowledge as well as practical skills in Social Sciences
and the Humanities by inviting lecturers and experts
from Western, Central Europe and the USA, this being
done in addition to their regular university studies
– to ensure students’ proficiency in English by
means of compulsory intensive courses in order to
facilitate their access to foreign academic resources in
Social Sciences (periodical publications, textbooks, conferences,
summer schools) and informational networks;
to establish academic contacts for cooperation with students
and academics from abroad
– to be competitive for post-graduate studies in the
best university centers around the world
– to train students in computer science for the efficient
use of info technologies in their research work
– to create conditions for exchanging and transferring
the advanced knowledge and experiences in Political
Science, Sociology, Psychology and Philosophy
within the academic community in the South-Eastern
Europe by means of common training, international
seminars, summer schools and publications
During 1999 about 80 persons were involved in the
Invisible College (60 students and 20 professors.) The
teaching staff is hired from the best professors of the
higher education and research institutions of Moldova.
Additionally, visiting professors from the countries of
Central and Eastern Europe, the European Community
and the USA are involved in the College activities.
Visiting professors are an important aspect of the program
as they bring new ideas, research and teaching
practices.
The academic training and research work of the
students occur in the framework of specialized laboratories
for research and professional training housed on
the following addresses:
Sociology: Invisible College Moldova, 16/1 Puøkin
St., Chiøinæu MD 2012
Philosophy, Anthropology and Cultural Studies:
Invisible College Moldova, 16/1 Puøkin St.,
Chiøinæu MD 2012
Internet Classroom: Invisible College Moldova,
16/1 Puskin St., Chiøinæu MD 2012
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