Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E

European partners taking part.

Target group(s):
Students, postgraduate students.

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:
1. Covering the expenses, connected with students’ exchange (travel and stay):
50 students' East-West mobility – 5 months; 10 postgraduate students'
East-West mobility – 10 months
10 students' West-East mobility – 5 months; 3 postgraduate students' West-
East mobility – 10 months
2. Financing of Russian universities information packages’ publishing.
3. Financing of work of the Language Centre teaching staff.
4. Financing of the international conference organization expenses and covering of travel and stay costs of Russian participants.
5. Covering of travel and stay at the conference costs of EU participants.
6. Financing of the conference printed materials issue.
7. Technical equipping of the Language Centre.
8. Financing of the administrative staff, academic staff
9. 3 conferences’ organization expenses financing. Covering of travel and stay costs at the conference of RF participants.
10. Financing of travel and stay of EU participants of the conference.
11. Financing of the conference printed materials issue.

Inputs allocated from outside the Tempus budget:
1. Financing of the ECTS coordinators’ work.
2. Financing the professors’ work in teaching foreign students.
3. Financing of the information packages’ elaboration.
4. Financing of the EU universities information packages’ issuing.
5. Provision of an access to the library, computer classes and other educational equipment.
Duration (in weeks): 156
Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility flows) over project duration:
ECU .560'670
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other contributions see the financial table V.8.)

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Outcome reference N°: 2 Description of the outcome: 75 students and postgraduate students, having taken part in the students exchange program between the Ural higher educational institutions, participants of the consortium.

Deadline: June, 30, 2001 Institutions involved (reference N°): 2-6

Description of the activities:
2.1 Working out a common selection procedure of students-economists at all higher educational institutions, participants of the consortium.

Making use of foreign universities experience. The selection has to be made by the students’ exchange centres and professors of universities.
2.2 Creation and annual updating as well as setting up in the Internet of information packages of Ural universities, taking part in the project (in the Russian language).
2.3 Organization of access to the resources of the host university

(libraries, computer facilities ets.).
2.4 Supervising of the outgoing students.
2.5 Accommodation of other-town students in the hostels of the higher educational institutions, participants of the project.
2.6 Organizational and informational students’ support.
2.7 Application of ECTS for the studying results’ recognition.

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

Inputs allocated from the Tempus budget:

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

75 students' East-East mobility, 5 months.
2. Financing of the ECTS coordinators work.
3. Financing of the overtime work of the teachers.
4. Provision of an access to the library, computer classes and other educational equipment.
Duration (in weeks): 156

Total Tempus funding required for this outcome (including related mobility flows) over project duration:
ECU. 0
(this amount reflects the inputs from the Tempus budget only - for other contributions see the financial table V.8.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Outcome reference N°: 5 Description of the outcome: 20 academic staff will deliver lectures at the universities-participants in the project.

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

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

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

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

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

Duration (in weeks): 77

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

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

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

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

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

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

3.1. Management structure

Role and responsibilities of each consortium member

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

The operating project management is carried out by the Coordination Council of the managers of works at the universities. To be such managers: a Vice-
Rector - coordinator of the international programs (USVPU), Prof./Dr. I.
Kolobkov - Chairman of Coordination Council; a Vice-Rector on international relations (USUE), Prof./Dr. A. Maltsev – deputy head of the Coordination
Council; the dean of Economics Faculty (USU), Prof./Dr. D. Nesterova; Head of the Department of The Analysis of Systems and Decision Making (USTU),
Prof./Dr. O. Nikonov; a Vice-Rector on educational work and international relations (USPU), Prof./Dr. M. Igoshev are appointed. The managers of works at the universities coordinate aspirations of faculties and departments involved in the project in the correspondence with the annually developed general plan of the activity, which is approved in Tempus Department of the
ETF.
A big role in carrying out of the MJEP CHAIN-E activities is played by the
ECTS-coordinators, appointed at the universities, who are responsible for the ECTS implementation while realization of student exchanges. The strict fulfillment of ECTS principles, which is steadfastly monitored by the ECTS- coordinators, is the lien of that the procedures of academic recognition of study results will be facilitated, and the students who wish to study abroad, will not be afraid of extension of terms of their study because of a problem with academic recognition. In 4 of five Ural universities the
ECTS-coordinators already exist and have passed training periods abroad and followed special courses in the USVPU: Prof./Dr. A. Zhuchenko Vice-rector of the USVPU; the Head of the Educational Department (USTU) Prof./Dr. V.
Shavrin; the employee of the Educational Department (USPU) Prof. M.
Yelisafenko; Prof./Dr. of the International Relations Department (USU) V.
Kouzmine. Besides, the ECTS technology is widely known to the administrative and academic staff of the USVPU, who can be involved to management of the process of ECTS introduction into other Ural institutions.
The course of works under the project is weekly discussed by the Head of the Coordination Council with the representatives of international departments of universities (liaison-officers). The meetings of liaison
-officers, as an element of operating control, are widely applied in activity of the consortium of Ural universities in 1994-98. The functions of liaison-officers execute the following persons: Prof./Dr. T. Begalova
(USTU), Mrs. Y. Tokpiseva (USPU), Mrs. R. Shamsutdinova (USU).
The managers of works under the project at the universities act in a close contact with services of international cooperation. These services at various universities are on the different stages of development, however they can effort to cover needs of the project. The main work will be carried out by the most developed subdivisions of the University -
Coordinator (USVPU): the Regional Office for International Cooperation,
Language Center, Regional Centre for Student Exchanges.
The Regional Office for International Cooperation of the USVPU in cooperation with international departments of other universities[1] is to fulfill the following functions:
34. Regularly instructs the managers of works at the consortium universities and various participants about new possibilities and new kinds of activity in the framework of the project and gives practical advises.
35. Distributes information about a course of realization of the project, ensures feedback.
36. Organizes coordination meetings of the managers of works.
37. Realizes interaction with the foreign partners - participants of the projects.
38. Realizes planning and monitoring the course of realization of the project.
39. Elaborates the reports (intermediate and final).
40. Represents outcomes of the project to a wide academic public.
41. Organizes international and regional conferences, seminars and meetings.
42. Realizes developing and issuing of the newsletters.
43. Carries out the accumulation and systematization of materials on the results of foreign training periods and of the employees of the consortium universities.
44. Organizes sending and receiving of the official invitations.
45. Realizes communication with embassies and consulates to settle problems of visa support.
46. Organizes visa maintenance to the foreigners in Ekaterinburg.
47. Helps in registration of the passports, insurance and other necessary documents for departure abroad.
48. Helps in booking of the travel tickets and hotels.
49. Organizes residing, feed and leisure of the foreign visitors to university.
50. Creates information and methodical databases for elaboration of social- cultural programs both for the foreign visitors, and for the university employees and students departing abroad.
51. Organizes cultural information maintenance concerning country of stay for students the university employees departing abroad.
52. Organizes a supply.
53. Realizes print-design works of the department.
54. Organizes text translations.
55. Provides serviceable operation of all kinds of communication

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