EAIR in a Changing World: EAIR Forever?

1. EAIR in a Changing World: EAIR Forever? The Baltic Sea Region Revisited Kari Hyppönen EAIR Forum Vilnius 2009

2. EAIR (history, development) • Environment -Organisations (Professional/Institutional) -Baltic Sea region -EU initiatives linked up with the region -no Bologna, Quality (ENQA etc) • So what?

3. History • AIR -1965 384 members • 4000 members in 1500 institutions • AAIR, CIRPA/ACPRI, DAIR, SAAIR, SEAAIR • First AIR European Forum 1979 Paris -26 participants from 12 countries (21 Europeans and five AIR members)

4. History • Heads/Directors/VPs of Administration Professors and Directors of Institutional Research • part-time Secretariat CHEPS Twente 1985 Frans van Vught, Peter de Rooij, Hans Acherman (Peter Maassen) • independent EAIR 1989 and The European Higher Education Society 2000

5. History • Membership Directory and Newsletter • TEAM 1995 Founding Editor Roddy Begg • Monograph Series • Secretariat moves to Amsterdam 1997 full-time Executive Manager Ella Kruzinga (now Hetty van Heeswijk era) • joint events since 2000

6. Forums • Nordic region NUAS 1982, seminars since 1976 NUS 1995 • Uppsala 1982, Copenhagen 1985 (2008) • Bergen 1988, Turku 1993 (Lund 1999) • 1990's policy to locate Forums also in "new" regions • many country "firsts"

7. Forums • Zurich 1995, Budapest 1996, San Sebastian 1998, Berlin 2000 • Porto 2001, Barcelona 2004, Rome 2006 Valencia 2010 • Prague 2002, Riga 2005, Vilnius 2009, Warsaw 2011 • France: Paris 1979 and Lyon 1990 • Norway: Bergen 1988

8. Forums • José-Ginés Mora Ruiz • Janis Stonis and Aleksas Pikturna Indrikis Muiznieks and Rimantas Vaitkus

9. Statistics • Membership -177 in 1990 -steady growth, then between 429 and 629 to about 500-550, 493 (496) in 2008 -100 from outside Europe -"the Rome effect"

10. Statistics • Membership -Netherlands 152 (1995), UK 87 (1992), Sweden 64 (2000-02), Norway 64 (2006), Finland 48 (2006), USA 47 (2004), Denmark 38 (2006), Australia 36 (1995), Switzerland 33 (1995), Ireland 29 (2003) -more than 20 in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain

11. Membership 2004-08

12. Statistics • Eastern Europe -up in Latvia, Lithuania and Moldova -down in Czech Republic and Hungary -minimal in Bulgaria, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia -Belarus and Ukraine?

13. Statistics • Forum participation -400+ in Trier 1989 and Lyon 1990 -320 in Turku 1993 -then lower, up to 378 in Porto 2001, sustained level higher than Turku, highs in Barcelona (450) 2004 and Rome (479) 2006

14. Forums 1993-2008

15. Forums 2004-08

16. 239 in Vilnius 2009 • Nordic countries 75 • Western Europe 73 • Southern Europe 5 • Eastern Europe 43 • Asia 6 • North America 19 • Australia (and NZ) 7 • Africa 11

17. Organisations • Professional organisations • Institutional organisations • Membership -Institutional -Individual -Mixed • New professional groups and new organisations (Quality specialists?)

18. Organisations • who decides on memberships? • membership administration/participation • who pays fees? • opportunities -vast variety of international events -not all based on membership -20-40 events marketed at the same time -who decides where to go?

19. Professional organisations • EAIE (European Association for International Education) -1989, more than 1800 members -membership overlaps with EAIR -21st annual conference in Madrid on 16-19 September 2009 -35 workshops -initiation/introduction to the profession

20. Organisations • 11 session streams including -Accreditation and evaluation -Bologna -Development cooperation -Management & organisation -Policy & strategy -National education systems • getting too big?

21. Organisations • IROBALT -1998, six countries, closed down in 2002 • EARMA (250/80), EIRMA, ARMA (UK, 1150), EUPRIO (437) • CHER (Consortium of HE Researchers) -1988, about 160 members in 30 countries -membership overlaps with EAIR -joint history, contribution to EAIR Forums

22. Organisations • SRHE, AUA, AHUA • IMUA (International Meeting of University Administrators) -now a joint AUA and AHUA operation -1981, 16th meeting in Vancouver in 2008 -participation about 250 -no membership, meetings open to all -subject to available space and fees

23. Organisations -meetings -programmes overseen by a UK committee -advised on topics and venues by an international advisory committee -Beijing, Bath, Hong Kong, Waterloo, New Delhi, Sydney, Maryland, Twente, Singapore, Prague, Cape Town, Auckland, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Kingston and Vancouver

24. Organisations • HUMANE (Heads of University Administration and Management in Europe) -1997 by 27 pioneers -among them many active EAIR members -now 200 members in 20 countries -almost all HUMANE members have left EAIR (with some important exceptions)

25. Institutional organisations • ESMU (European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities) • networks and projects -DEAN, HUMANE, EDUPROF -MODERN, EU-DRIVERS MODERN (Eur Platform HE Modernisation) -EAIR associate partner -mapping, questionnaires and conferences

26. Organisations • EUA (European University Association) -more than 800 members in 46 countries -2001 merger of CRE (Association of European Universities) and the Confederation of European Union Rectors' Conferences -members early from Eastern Europe -acronym and name changes vs. clients

27. Organisations • EURASHE (polytechnics), Compostela Group of Universities, the Santander Group, the Utrecht Network, UNICA, ECIU, Coimbra Group, IRUN, LERU (20 carefully selected members) • CBUR (Conference of Baltic University Rectors) -1990, by 2001 82 full and six affiliated members, last conference in Tartu in 2001

28. Organisations • Baltic Rectors' Conference • the Rectors' Conference of BUP of Uppsala University • next meeting on 15-16 October 2009 • teaching and research programme on sustainable development • 225 institutions

29. Organisations • Stephan Bathory Collegium -1999, nine universities in Budapest, Bratislava, Brno, Kaliningrad, Cracow, Prague, Vilnius and Warsaw -Vilnius University key actor -no information on recent activities -some of the members now in EEUN

30. Organisations • EEUN (East-European University Network) -meeting of Belarusian, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian rectors in 2004 -meetings in Cracow and Lublin in 2005-06 -35 institutions, also in Lithuania and Slovakia -no information on recent activities

31. Organisations • CEEUN (Central and Eastern European University Network) -for applied research on transition studies • Now -most geographical names already in use -other regions have their own networks (UNIMED etc.)

32. Organisations • BSRUN (Baltic Sea Region University Network) -2000, 16 universities, now 40 universities in seven countries -evaluation before 10th anniversary in Turku in February 2010 -cooperation with NUAS, early contacts in 1990's with no concrete results

33. Organisations • BSUA (Baltic Seminar of University Administrators) -TEMPUS projects and IMHE's Management of Change programme for Central and Eastern Europe in 1990's -discussions in 1999 of a group of 13 -first BSUA in Riga in 2000, then Kaunas, Tartu, Kaliningrad, Warsaw, Vilnius, St. Petersburg, Turku, Gdansk and Riga

34. Organisations • joint BSRUN and EAIR events -9th and 10th BSUA in Gdansk and Riga -External Relations seminar at Warsaw School of Economics on 10-11 December 2009 -Business Relations -Media Relations • EAIR Forum in Warsaw in 2011

35. Organisations • Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian networks -the Baltic Graduate School -2008, Social Sciences and Humanities -Tallinn University, University of Latvia Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas) • the Baltic Association of Summer Schools -University of Tartu, Vilnius University, University of Latvia, Klaipeda University

36. Organisations • Less interest in CEE Networks? • New tasks like EU – Russia, Belarus, Ukraine cooperation: EEUN? • Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window consortia -EU-Russia (University of Turku) -EU-Belarus, Moldova,Ukraine (University of Deusto, Bilbao)

37. EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy • Higher Education and Research -to exploit the full potential of the region in research and innovations (coordination: Sweden and Poland); and -to maintain and reinforce the attractiveness of the Baltic Sea region in particular through education (Germany), tourism and health

38. EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy • Baltic Sea Fund for Innovation and Development (lead: NCM) • Enhancement of cooperation of between the (regional) universities (Fast Track) • Development of joint curricula and the sharing of educational resources (FT) • Identification and removal of barriers hampering mobility of researchers and students

39. EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy • University cooperation -based on existing networks -BSRUN and BUP with UHI Millennium Institute given as a model -the Northern Dimension Institute could also provide opportunities for networking -leadership: BUP with Lithuania (tbc)

40. EU Eastern Partnership • EU and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine • Declaration of the Prague Eastern Partnership Summit on 7 May 2009 • increased EU financial support is agreed • Comprehensive Institution Building Programmes (training, technical assistance and innovative measures)

41. EU Baltic Sea Region Strategy and Eastern Partnership • Swedish Presidency since 1st July 2009 • need to be coordinated with EU joint actions and programmes with Russia • Eastern Partnership: Poland and Sweden • Northern Dimension: Finland • much will depend on the importance of the Baltic Sea region to Poland and Germany

42. CBSS • members: all countries by the Baltic Sea, Norway and Iceland with EU participation • 1992, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Uffe Elleman-Jensen • BSPC, BSSSC, HELCOM, VASAB, Baltic Development Forum, Baltic Sea Forum, ScanBalt and UBC (Union of Baltic Cities) • EuroFaculties: Riga, Tartu and Vilnius; Kaliningrad; and Pskov (PPI and PVI)

43. CBSS • the future of EuroFaculties -continuation of the Pskov project? -EuroFaculties in Belarus or Ukraine? • increased interest in direct cooperation with Belarus which now has observer status in CBSS • European Humanities University (EHU) in exile in Vilnius with funding from of NCM and individual countries

44. CBSS • Lithuanian Presidency since 1st July 2009 • Objectives -lift barriers for cooperation, encourage more freedom of movement of people and exchange of ideas, participation of Belarus in the EP Initiative and dialogue with EU -Kaliningrad region and Belarus have to become full-fledged members of the region

45. So what? • EAIR has consolidated its place in the family of organisations • unique target group mixing theory, policy and practice • a mixed target group is a mixed blessing • how important is EAIR to its members? • why do members join and stay?

46. So what? • we serve a purpose, no need to reinvent • relatively steady Forum participation • core group of members (big enough?) • almost half pay their fees without Forum Still • almost total lack of interest in EC membership and elections • responsibilities, costs and rewards

47. So what? • how to find Forum hosts? • Forums only not enough (too few, takes too much time, too big?) • proactive strategy and a clearly agreed division of labour between EC and Executive Manager/Secretariat • environmental scanning and contacts with other organisations (France?)

48. So what? • joint events with other organisations (BSRUN/EAIR example) • Southern part of Eastern Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia? Global AIR? • who covers membership and Forum fees? • university policy on individual memberships? • central administration budget?

49. So what? • NUAS/NUS/BSRUN policy: institutional membership serving many target groups • how do universities tell about their memberships (web page, intro, [logo]) • EUA, Coimbra, UNICA, Utrecht, LERU (IRUN [Nijmegen], U4 Network [Groningen]), IAU (International Association of Universities, 1950, 600+ members in about 120 countries)

50. So what? • additional sources of funding? • EU funding and joint actions (MODERN; professional development programmes) • cost-effective Secretariat (synergy with EAIE [also in activities?]) • fees rising (bigger Secretariats; Coimbra) • publications policy (TEAM and monographs electronic?)