Proposal of joint european project CHAIN-E

Tempus budget:

1. Provision of staff for management of the project, including the managers and technical executors.

2. Granting by universities of means of the communications.

3. Granting by universities of premises and office equipment.

Total Tempus funding required (including related mobility flows) over project duration:

ECU 35620

3.3. Quality Control

Internal monitoring

The operating control includes obligatory planning of all kinds of activity at both the level of administrative structures and executors and, accordingly, reports on the scheduled activity fulfillment. Both short-term and long- term planning will be carried out. For realization of internal monitoring of the project with the purpose of an evaluation of timeliness and qualities of fulfillment of works all participants should declare the regular reports on fulfillment of activity to university-coordinator of the project. It will allow inspecting an expenditure of financial resources and fulfillment of the plans of works.

External evaluation

The general reports will annually be declared in Tempus Department for a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of efficiency of activity under the project with the external experts.

The activity under the project will be discussed on annual conferences and seminars with a participation of the European experts. It will allow to make the necessary adjustments to the project activity in time for maintenance of due quality.

It is possible to assume that the Tacis Coordinating Unit situated in Ekaterinburg also can act in a role of the observers and experts of the project activity.

Except kinds of monitoring of quality, timeliness and expediency of the project activities, and also rational use of financial resources from the part of the project coordinators and of the Tempus Department, it is necessary to take into account monitoring from the part of other persons interested in development and effective outcomes of the project. First of all, organizations managers who sign the letters of endorsement of the project and guarantee additional financial and organizational support: the rectors of universities - participants of the project, chiefs of the Central Bank of Russia, chiefs of the Parliament committee on Economy of Sverdlovsk Area, and Nuffic as well. The regular publication of the plans of activity under the project and outcomes of their fulfillment in Newsletters will allow all interested persons to inspect process of the project development and its efficiency.

IV.4. WORKPLAN:

WORKPLAN Year 1998 - 1999 (November 1 - October 31)

Outcomes/activities NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT Duration (weeks / days)

1. 20 East-West student mobility. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 52 weeks

1.1 Working out a common selection procedure of students-economists of the consortium universities. XXXX XXXX XXXXX 13 weeks

1.2 Creation, annual updating, setting up in the Internet of information packages (in English language). OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO 22 weeks

1.3 Organization of access to the resources of the host university. OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 30 weeks

1.4 Accommodation of foreign students. Organization of their leisure and security during staying abroad. OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 30 weeks

1.5 Language training of the outgoing students. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 26 weeks

1.6 Organizational and informational students’ support. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 52 weeks

1.7 Supervising of the outgoing students. OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 30 weeks

1.8 Application of ECTS for the studying results’ recognition. XXXX XXXX OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 26 weeks

1.10 Organization of 1st annual regional conference on the problems of economic education. X 3 days

2. 15 East-East student mobility. XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 52 weeks

2.1 Working out a common selection procedure of students-economists of the consortium universities. XXXX XXXX XXXXX 13 weeks

2.2 Creation, setting up in the Internet of information packages of the consortium universities (in the Russian language). XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX 22 weeks

2.3 Organization of access to the resources of the host university. XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 30 weeks

2.4 Supervising of the outgoing students. XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 30 weeks

2.5 Accommodation of other-town students. XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 30 weeks

2.6 Organizational and informational students’ support. XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX 52 weeks

2.7 Application of ECTS for the studying results’ recognition. XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX 26 weeks

3. Internationalization of educational economic programs at the consortium universities. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO X 45 weeks

3.1 Comparative analysis of educational programs of the home and host universities. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 17 weeks

Activities carried out both in the partner country and in the EU: O

Activities carried out in the partner country: X

Activities carried out in the EU: =

3.2 Selection of foreign study courses, which are of an interest for the sending university. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 17 weeks

3.3 Foreseeing the ways to overcome the differences in educational programs. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO 17 weeks

3.4 ECTS system introduction. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO 40 weeks

3.5 Short-term visits of administrative and academic staff to coordinate student mobility. = 1 weeks

3.6 Staff training periods to perfect the teaching methods; intensive courses on credit transfer methods. = = = = 4 weeks

3.9 Creation of a computer database of educational programs, curricula and teaching aids in Economics. OOOO OOOO OOOOO 13 weeks

3.10 Organization of inter-university seminar on internationalization of higher economic education. X 3 days

3.11 Publishing of 3 issues of Newsletter on internationalization of higher education. XXXXX XXXXX XXXX 14 weeks

4. A network of branches of the Regional Centre for Students’ Exchanges (RCSE). XXXX XXXX OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 52 weeks

4.1 Creation of RCSE branches at the universities of the Ural consortium. XXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXX 17 weeks

4.2. Establishing of cooperation links between the heads of the RCSE branches. XXXX XXXX XXXXX 13 weeks

4.3 Appointment of ECTS coordinators in Economics at each participating university. XX 2 weeks

4.4 Training of the ECTS coordinators and staff of the RCSE at the European universities. = = = = 4 weeks

4.5 Organization of meetings, conferences, seminars on the exchange of experience. X X 2 weeks

4.6 Establishing of direct links between the ECTS coordinators of the Ural consortium and the European universities, participation in the work of the ECTS ALUMNI Association OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 44 weeks

4.7 Publishing activities (Newsletters, see Outcome 3 Activity 3.11). XXXXX XXXXX XXXX 14 weeks

5. 6 academics deliver lectures at the universities-participants (see Outcome 3). XXX= = = = OOOOO XX XXXXX XXXX XXXX 27 weeks

5.1 Elaboration of new study courses and their methodological provision. XXX= = = = = = XXXX XXXX 17 weeks

5.2 Organizational and informational support of the outgoing lecturers. XXX= = = = = = = = = XX 18 weeks

5.3 Publishing activities (Newsletters, see Outcome 3 Activity 3.11). XXXXX XXXXX XXXX 14 weeks

6. Project management. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 52 weeks

6.1 Annual planning of the activities and of budget (RBAP). OOOO 4 weeks

6.2 Annual report on done activities to the Tempus Department of the ETF. OOOO 4 weeks

6.3 Weekly holding of operating workshops with liaison-officers of Ural Consortium. OOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO 52 weeks

6.4 Coordinating Council meetings of managers of works on the project in Ural universities (monthly) X X X X X X X X X X X X 12 days

6.5 The Ural Rectors Council meetings: The intermediate results and perspectives of the project activities (every half-year) X X 2 days

6.6 Holding of coordinating workshops of representatives of all consortium universities. 0 1 day

6.7 Participation of representatives of consortium universities in the annual coordinating conference of ETF Tempus- Department (Turin, Italy).

6.8 Purchasing, installation of telecommunication equipment for all