cooperation on higher education in the barents reg

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Barents Specialists Network joins together educational institutions, teachers, researchers, students and other interested people from four countries: EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND STATE PROVINCIAL OFFICE OF LAPLAND www.barentsspecialists.net

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Partner institutions:

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The long-term objective is to create permanent competence on Russia and the Barents region to the partner institutions. This is done by creating a Specialists and Researchers Network www.barentsspecialists.net

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The Project cooperates in two Networks Specialists Network Researchers Network Business Nature & tourism Health & social and three Sectors: www.barentsspecialists.net

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Creating a functional model for a regional network between educational institutions Creating a network of Barents specialists in the educational institutions through: Graduate school and Professional development education to polytechnic teachers Barents Virtual Studies in the web (30 ECTS), Exchange program for teachers and students and Russian language program. Activities: www.barentsspecialists.net

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Sector based training services: information on the working environments of Tourism & Nature Business and Health & social sector in Northwest Russia and the Barents region   4. Creation of a web-based information exchange & study system  Realizing of the 2nd stage of the project: The project is divided into two stages: 1st 2001-3 and 2nd stage 2003-6. Many of the results of the project will only fully be realized at the end of the 2nd stage. www.barentsspecialists.net

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www.barentsspecialists.net Existing human resources and competence in the Barents area Gathering existing competence and information Strategies for overall network cooperation and key activities Research Distribution of new knowledge and good experiences Education Public relations Strategy Permanent Barents and Russia competence in the Network institutions

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Some problems/challenges in project administration with Russia: ·        Technical problems Deficiencies in cooperation between public authorities – difficulties on border ect. Differences in technical infrastructures E-mail connection, deficit of personal e-mails Insufficient linguistic abilities Knowledge of other culture, prejudices   Money transfer - Security risk

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Some problems/challenges in project administration with Russia:    • Legislation Unpredictable changes in Russian –  decrees, administrative orders etc. Differences between laws in different countries Law on higher education Copyright law Problems in understanding virtual copyrights (programs, music CD’s) Regulations on having virtual studies as part of degree lacks  

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An innovative Barents region, which draws its strength from a rich cultural heritage and unique arctic nature. www.barentsspecialists.net Vision Contact FINLAND: Mare Rantaniemi: mare.rantaniemi@urova.fi NORWAY: Per Moeller: per.moeller@hifm.no RUSSIA: Oleg Klimov: olegklimov@mail.ru SWEDEN: Mats Engström: mats.engstrom@winternet.luth.se