EUROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate-General XXII - Education, Training and Youth Tempus Tacis application form for a Mobility Joint European Project for the Russian Federation beginning in November 1998 SECTION I: DECLARATION We enclose documentation confirming that the other consortium members in the project have endorsed the content of the application. Name of the coordinating institution: University of Ghent (Belgium) Name of the Coordinator: Name of the legal representative: Mrs. Lieve Bracke Prof. Jacques Willems Function: Director International Relations Office Function: Rector Done at: the University of Ghent Done at: the University of Ghent Date: Date: Signature: Signature Official stamp or seal of the coordinating institution SECTION II: BASIC DATA ON THE PROJECT Title: C reation of the H igher A cademic I nternational N etwork for E conomists (CHAIN-E) Specific objective: Creation of a mobility network for students in economics based on internationalised curricula in the field of financial and industrial management, banking and insurance. In which language do you wish to receive future correspondence?: English French German Subject Area Code: 240 (Economics) Project Coordinator (contact person at the coordinating and contracting institution): Title: Mrs. First name: Lieve Last name: Bracke Sex: M F Name of the institution: University of Ghent Name of the department or faculty: International Relations Office Address: Het Pand, Onderbergen 1 Country: Belgium Post code: 9000 Town: Ghent Phone: 32/9/264.82.38 Fax: 32/9/264.83.99 E-mail: Lieve.Bracke@rug.ac.be Higher education institutions involved in the MJEP Reference number: 1 - Coordinator Contact person: Lieve Bracke Name of the institution: University of Ghent Reference number: 2 - Second higher education institution Contact person: Igor Kolobkov Name of the institution: Ural State Vocational Pedagogic University (USVPU) Name of the department or faculty: Institute of Economics and Law (USVPU), Institute of Municipal Economy and Enterpreneurship. Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF Phone: 7/3432/31.23.52 Fax: 7/3432/31.94.63 E-mail: Igor.Kolobkov@usvpu.ru Reference number: 3 - Third higher education institution Contact person: Andrey Maltsev Name of the institution: Ural State University of Economics Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Finance; Faculty of Trade and Economics; Faculty of Economics; Faculty of Management and International Economic Relations. Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF Phone: 7/3432/22.96.15 Fax: 7/3432/22.71.47 E-mail: Valentin.Kamyshov@usue.ru Reference number: 4 - Fourth higher education institution Contact person: Darya Nesterova Name of the institution: Ural State University Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics. Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF Phone: 7/3432/55.21.65 Fax: 7/3432/55.59.64 E-mail: Darya.Nesterova@usu.ru Reference number: 5 - Fifth higher education institution Contact person: Oleg Nikonov Name of the institution: Ural State Technical University Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics and Management. Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF Phone: 7/3432/74.84.26 Fax: 7/3432/74.38.84 E-mail: postmaster@rcupi.e-burg.su Reference number: 6 - Sixth higher education institution Contact person: Boris Igoshev Name of the institution: Ural State Pedagogical University Name of the department or faculty: Faculty of Economics. Town: Ekaterinburg Country code: RF Phone: 7/3432/34.13.01 Fax: 7/3432/34.97.71 E-mail: Elena@sgpi.e-burg.su Reference number: 7 - Seventh higher education institution Contact person: Name of the institution: "X" university of the Santander Group Name of the department or faculty: Town: Country code: Phone: Fax: E-mail: Reference number: 8 - eighth higher education institution Contact person: Name of the institution: "Y" university of the Santender Group Name of the department or faculty: Town: Country code: Phone: Fax: E-mail: SECTION III: THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROJECT SECTION IV: PROJECT DESCRIPTION IV.1. BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT * Tempus priorities The project will be implemented in the Urals - one of the major economic regions of Russia, which has a huge industrial, academic and scientific potential. Today one of the most important tasks is the provision of skilled personnel for realization of this potential. Of special importance here is the preparation of qualified experts who are capable of solving most complicated problems on the development of market relations in conditions of continued reforming of market economy. The present project should facilitate the solution of this task. The public authorities of the Ural Region see great importance in the development of financial and industrial management, banking and insurance. The solution of the given task is complicated by the shortage of qualified experts with higher education. The field of business is new to the Russian Federation. Therefore, the system of economic education in the country and, in particular, in the Urals needs to be enriched with the foreign experience of education in these subject domains. Thus, the problem of economic education at the universities of the Urals completely falls within the framework of the priorities set by the Tempus program in Russia. Deriving from this, economics (code 240) was chosen as the priority subject sphere. This subject area also was chosen because the possibility and advantage of the universities-participants satisfy its requirements. Each participating university has its faculties and/or institutes preparing students to economic and management specialities. The given project, devoted mainly to the creation of a network for student mobility, includes also: * elements of teaching staff retraining; * introduction of new information technological methods into educational process; * intensive language preparation; * development of distance learning. * Previous cooperation During 1994-98 a consortium of 4 Ural universities was established in the Urals. ............