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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,

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