Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E

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.) OUTCOME TABLE (Continued)

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.) OUTCOME TABLE (Continued)

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