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The Baltic University Programme
The Baltic University Programme
National Centres
Paula Lindroos
National Centre Finland
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The Baltic University Programme
The national centres
in the Baltic University Programme organisation
The distributed organisation model:
* The programme secretariat
* National contact points/centres
* National centres profilation
* Mentors for teachers
* Teams for book production
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• The National Centres in the Baltic Sea Region
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Belarus: Belarusian Technical University
Denmark: University of Copenhagen
Estonia: Tallinn Technical University
Finland: Åbo Akademi University, Turku
Germany: Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg
Latvia: University of Latvia, Riga
Lithuania: Kaunas University of Technology
Poland: Technical University of Lodz
Russia: Kaliningrad Region: Immanuel Kant State University of Russia
Russia: North-Western Region: St Petersburg State University
Slovak and Czech Republics: Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra
Sweden: Umeå University
Western Ukraine: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
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The national centres
in the Baltic University Programme organisation
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The centres serve as contact points for
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universities
researchers
teachers
students
Information sharing (telephone, email, materials)
Information collection (statistics)
Material distribution
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The national centres
in the Baltic University Programme organisation
• Centres activities include:
• Active participation in the development of the BUP
• Organisation of national meetings, seminars
• Serving as contact point for other, BSR-related, activities
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The national centres profilation areas
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National BUP-activities (Lodz, Kaliningrad, Riga)
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International university cooperation (St Petersburg, Lviv)
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Social sciences (Copenhagen)
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Economy (Tallinn, Umeå)
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University-society interaction for SD-competence building (Minsk)
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Environmental management (Kaunas-Minsk-Lodz)
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Information (Hamburg)
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Education for sustainable development (Turku)
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• Conclusions
• Dealing with complex issues like sustainable development, no
university has alone all the expertise needed
• Sustainable regional development requires active efforts from all
parties involved
• In the knowledge society higher education is international in the
same way as research
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The Baltic University Programme
The Baltic University Programme
network
provides support for universities in these efforts
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Thank you for your attention!
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