Education Program Area Brochure - New Eurasia Foundation

EDUCATION

PROGRAM

AREA

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foundationwww.neweurasia.rufNEW EURASIA FOUNDATION IS A RUSSIAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

THAT IMPLEMENTS INTERREGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS DESIGNED

TO IMPROVE THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS

NEW EURASIA

TO THAT END THE FOUNDATION ANALYZES VARIOUS

SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OF RUSSIAN

TERRITORIES, DESIGNS PROPOSALS, RECOMMENDATIONS,

AND STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT

PROBLEMS, MOBILIZES EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL

RESOURCES, AND IMPLEMENTS AND SUPPORTS SOCIALLY

MEANINGFUL PROJECTS.

o Operation principles

•Integration: the Foundation’s projects and programs are implemented on the basis of the governmental policy in close collaboration with state bodies of power.

•Openness: the Foundation is open for cooperation with any partners within its mandate with the view to achieve agreed upon results.

•Partnership: by implementing its projects and programs the Foundation enables its partners to accomplish their own objectives and actively provides them with resources and services enhancing their capacity and expanding their prospects.

•Comprehensiveness: the Foundation’s projects and programs are designed in Russia’s most advanced modernization areas on the basis of the Foundation’s experiences, resources, solutions, and partnerships.

•Concentration of efforts and resources: the Foundation implements its projects and programs by taking advantage of the resources and experiences of adjacent projects and programs, partners, and donors with the view to achieve a synergetic effect.

•Transparency: FNE develops and presents the Activity Public Reports in the framework of its programs and projects’ implementation. Also the Foundation monitors and evaluates its projects and programs to ensure the utmost transparency of its operations.

Ivanets S.V. – Deputy Minister of Education and Science of RF and Kortunov A.V. – President of the New Eurasia Foundation

Berdahl Robert – Association of American Universities, USA; Koksharov V.A. – Rector of Urals Federal University;Procenko I.G. – Director of the Department of International Integrat ion of Ministry of Education and Science of RF

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fFoundation’s resources

•Russian expert network. The Foundation has a strong expert capacity because most of its experts are working practitioners in their respective areas who offer practical project implementation solutions taking into account the peculiarities of specific territories. The Foundation’s expert network is territorially diverse and include specialists representing 23 Russian regions.

•International expert network. The Foundation’s international expert network is made up of experts specializing in the following areas: astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear energy and technologies, biology, biotechnologies, information technologies and computer systems, space exploration and technologies, mathematics, engineering, medical sciences and technologies, mechanics and management processes, nanotechnologies, earth sciences, material sciences, psychology, cognitive research, radio electronics, construction and architecture, physics, chemistry, ecology, economics, international research, sociology, energy, energy efficiency and energy saving. The Foundation’s international expert network is made up of specialists representing more than 35 countries.

•Technological portfolio. The Foundation disposes of a unique set of project methods and technologies in the sphere of social development. All methods and technologies used by the Foundation have been tested and proven effective in the current Russian conditions.

•International cooperation. The Foundation has a distributed network of international partners that enables it to take advantage of the world’s most advanced expert and technological potential.

•Efficient project funding schemes. The Foundation is experienced in raising budget and out-of-budget funds that are used to support and ensure sustainability of social development projects and programs.

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION’S

OPERATING METHODS

ARE BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT

OF INTERREGIONAL

AND INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL

NETWORKS THAT DESIGN

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS

ADDRESSING RELEVANT

DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS THROUGH

EXCHANGE OF IDEAS,

EXPERIENCES, AND RESOURCES

Dunaevsky Grigoriy – Deputy Rector on Science, Tomsk State University (National Research University)

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New Eurasia FoundationMoscow, 105120,

3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9,

Building 1, 5th floor

Тelephone: (495) 970-1567

Fax: (495) 970-1568

E-mail: [email protected]

sSince the time of its inception the Foundation has successfully implemented

more than sixty projects and programs designed to support social

development of the Russian regions in the following areas:

•Designing complex regional and municipal socio-economic development programs. Modernizing regional general education systems, as well as primary and secondary vocational training systems.

•Modernizing university management.•Promoting international activities

of Russian institutions of higher learning.•Developing university technology transfer

systems.•Developing regional innovation

support infrastructures.•Supporting youth initiatives.•Engaging local community members

in socio-economic development of their respective territories.

•Supporting the implementation of the housing and utility sector reform.

•Coordinating and harmonizing migration processes.

•Creating regional and local conflict-prevention systems.

•Supporting small and medium-sized businesses.

•Supporting the development of regional and municipal mass media.

•Supporting international activities of Russian civil society institutions.

Soboleva E.N. — Director of the Educational Programs’ Department, «Rosnanotech» State Corporation Remorenko I.M. — Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of RF

Glazychev A.L. – Chairman of the Regional Development Commission, Public Chamber of the Russian Federation

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GOAL OF THE PROGRAM AREA

To facilitate the development of Russian systems of education and institutions of learning by creating conditions for cooperation and consolidation of resources.

PROGRAM AREA MISSION

To facilitate the modernization of Russian education with the view to improve the standard of living of Russian citizens.

PROGRAM AREA FOCI

•Modernization of management of institutions of higher learning.•Development of international activities of Russian institutions

of higher learning and their associations.•Provision of assistance to Russian institutions of higher learning

in assessment of their education and research projects by international experts.

•Modernization of the primary and secondary vocational training systems with employers’ participation.

•Development of university technology transfer systems.•Promotion of community education practices at the level

of regional education systems.•Engagement of Russian institutions of higher learning

in socio-economic development of their respective communities.

PROGRAM AREA

EDUCATION

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•Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

•Ministry of Sports, Tourism, and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation

•Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation

•Federal Agency for Youth Affairs of the Russian Federation

•Public Chamber of the Russian Federation•Association of the Leading Russian Universities•Russian Union of Industrialists

and Entrepreneurs•“OPORA ROSSII” – Russian Association of Small

and Medium-Sized Businesses •Institute of Contemporary Development, Russia •National Strategy Board, Russia •National Training Foundation, Russia•“Skolkovo” Fund, Russia •Siberian Coal Energy Company OJSC, Russia •SUAL OJSC, Russia •Severstal OJSC, Russia •US-Russia Business Council •US Agency for International Development

(USAID)•Delegation of the European Commission

in Russia•Foreign & Commonwealth Office

of the Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

•US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF), USA

•Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, USA•Carnegie Foundation, USA•Open Society Institute - Assistance Foundation,

Liechtenstein

•Eurasia Foundation, USA•National Research Fund, USA•Association of American Universities, USA•European University Association •Association of Research Universities of Germany•Association of Universities in the Netherlands •Research Triangle Group•Fraunhofer Gesellschaft•Ecole Nationale D’Administration•Talloires Network•German Rectors’ Conference•Russell Group DLR, Germany•American Councils for International Education,

USA•National Association of Seed

and Venture Funds, USA•German Academic Exchange Service

under the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Russian Federation

•New York Academy of Sciences •Chevron Neftegaz Inc., USA•JPMorgan Chase & Co., USA•Highland Gold Mining Ltd.

PROGRAM AREA PARTNERSwww.neweurasia.ru

MODERNIZING TERTIARY

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT

EDUCATION PROGRAM AREA

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THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION

HAS PUT TOGETHER A UNIQUE

PORTFOLIO OF EDUCATION

AND CONSULTATION TECHNOLOGIES

THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE

TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS

ASSOCIATED WITH COMPREHENSIVE

MODERNIZATION OF TERTIARY

EDUCATION MANAGEMENT

OR DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN

UNIVERSITY OPERATION AREAS:

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING,

REFORM OF UNIVERSITY CURRICULA IN COMPLIANCE

WITH THE BOLOGNA CONVENTION REQUIREMENTS,

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

AND COMMERCIALIZATION,

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF INSTITUTIONS

OF HIGHER LEARNING,

COLLABORATION WITH REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

PARTNERS.

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION DESIGNS SUCH PROJECTS

IN COLLABORATION WITH A BROAD NETWORK OF PARTNERS

ENCOMPASSING RUSSIAN AND FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES,

ASSOCIATIONS, AND EXPERT ORGANIZATIONS.

pProjects in modernization

of tertiary education

•The program “EURECA - Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity” (2010 – 2012) aims to design new research university development models and facilitate collaboration between research universities and innovation and intellectual property markets by testing technology transfer and intellectual property management models designed by American and other universities and by disseminating innovative experiences among the national research, federal, and other Russian universities.

•The project “Community universities” (2008 – 2013) helps develop mutually beneficial relationships between Russian regional universities and local community by engaging university students and instructors in social practices designed to meet the needs of various local community groups.

•The project “Forecasting the tertiary education system development for 2009 - 2011 in the conditions of education modernization” (2009 - 2011) enabled the Foundation to estimate the development prospects and identify potential changes of the tertiary education system for a medium term.

•The project “Regional university – regional development resource” (2006 - 2009) was designed to engage regional universities and their resource potential in regional socio-economic development processes by designing and introducing replicable models of collaboration between institutions of higher learning and regional subjects of social partnership.

•The project “Training development managers for Russian regional universities” (2006 - 2008) was designed to improve the ability of Russian regional universities to successfully compete on the market of education services by training a group of university development specialists.

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r•The program “Commercialization of the Russian intellectual assets and technologies – CRIAT” (2005 - 2007) was designed to develop a complex regional innovation infrastructure of the Stavropol and Primorye regions on the basis of the regional institutions of higher learning.

•The “Student loans in Russia” program (2005 - 2006) enabled the Foundation to summarize the education financing models available in Russia by implementing a research project, “Comparative analysis of Russian and foreign education financing models”. In addition, the Foundation designed recommendations for Russian institutions of higher learning on attracting non-budget funding and organizing research activities, and suggested ways to improve the existing education financing models in Russia.

•The “University library” project (2005 - 2006) helped improve the quality of liberal arts education at Russian regional universities by providing their libraries with Russian and foreign books and textbooks in the field of humanities.

Resources

•Involvement in the governmental initiatives designed to modernize tertiary education: development of federal and national research universities, attraction of leading scientists to Russian institutions of higher learning, assessment of research projects by international experts;

•Involvement in a distributed international network enabling the Foundation to organize international network projects, training sessions, and foreign internship programs at the world’s leading universities and education centers;

•Access to the results of exclusive analytical researches identifying university development problems, challenges, and best practices;

•Access to a package of successfully tested training and consultation methods;

•Involvement in an international expert network made up of leading university development experts.

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Тelephone: (495) 970-1567

Fax: (495) 970-1568


INFORMATION RESOURCES

The Internet-portal of the New Eurasia Foundation: http://www.neweurasia.ru/.

“EURECA” program website: http://www.eureca-usrf.org/.

Theoretical and practical approaches to the training of development managers for modern institutions of higher learning: based on the materials of the interuniversity

project “Training development managers for Russian regional universities”. T. S. Bogdasarova, S. A. Pisareva, E. V. Piskunova, T. V. Svetenko, E. Vercammen

(the book’s complete text is available on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

Development forecast of the tertiary education system in Russia: 2009 – 2011. E. M. Avramova, O. A. Alexandrova, T. L. Klyachko, A. V. Kortunov, E. V. Kulagina,

D. M. Loginov, N. Ya. Osovetskaya, I. V. Pavlyutkin (the book’s complete text is available on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

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SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS

THE NEW EURASIA FOUNDATION HAS ACCUMULATED

A GREAT BODY OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING

INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS TYPES

OF INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

THE FOUNDATION HELPS DESIGN EFFECTIVE

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FORMATS

AND ENABLES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO LEARN

ABOUT THE BEST INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES

AND ADAPT THEM TO RUSSIAN CONDITIONS.

THE FOUNDATION ATTRACTS PARTNERSHIP

RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ORGANIZE VARIOUS

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS TRAINING,

INTERNSHIP, AND QUALIFICATIONS

IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS.


The Internet-Portal of the New Eurasia Foundation:

http://www.neweurasia.ru/

“EURECA” Program website: http://www.eureca-usrf.org/


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CALIFORNIA, USA

VANCOUVER, CANADA

CHICAGO, USA

BOSTON, USA

MASSACHUSETTS, USA

INDIANA, USA

NEW-YORK, USA

HELSINKI, FINLAND

TURKU, FINLAND

KUOPIO, FINLAND

BERLIN, GERMANY

PARIS, FRANCE

MARSEILLE, FRANCE

NICE, FRANCE

BONN, GERMANY

NORTH CAROLINA, USA

BEIJING, CHINA

SHANGHAI, CHINA

SU-CHZHOW, CHINA

MADRID, SPAIN

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

VIENNA, AUSTRIA

GRAZ, AUSTRIA

MECHELEN, BELGIUM

LEUVEN, BELGIUM

WASHINGTON, USA

LILAFERED, HUNGARY

PECS, HUNGARY

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

WARSAW, POLAND

BOLOGNA, ITALY

TORINO, ITALY

ROME, ITALY

RAVENNA, ITALY

FERRARA, ITALY

Geography of the international

trainings/internships/study-visits

LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN

TARTU, ESTONIA

PIARNU, ESTONIA

NARVA, ESTONIA

TALLINN, ESTONIA

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL

TEL-AVIV, ISRAEL

HAIFA, ISRAEL

• Internship for the leadership of the key Russian universities (April 2011, Washington, Maryland, North Carolina, USA) — focused on developing cooperation between the Association of American Universities and the Association of the Leading Russian Universities, site-visits to three technological parks – of Maryland University and the North Carolina Research Triangle Universities being the part of the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP) that is a business-driven, public-private partnership dedicated to keeping the 13-county Research Triangle Region economically competitive through business, government and educational collaboration; meetings with key US education and innovation support foundations, and with the USRBC business companies.

•Training on participation in the Higher Education Development European Pro-grams (April-May 2011, Lillafered, Hungary) — focused on building capacity in devel-oping proposals and participating in the Higher Education Development European Pro-grams, doing research and managing innovations under the Strategy «Europe 2020» - EU Programs for R&D and Innovation; Program FP7, Program Tempus IV, special Rus-sia – EC cooperation programs.

•Training-seminar «University and society: social functions and responsibility» at Bologna University and site – visits to Torino University, Torino Polytechnic University, University of Ravenna, University of Ferrara (June 2011) — focused on the system of education in Italy and the autonomy of Italian; forms of university involvement into the municipality/region socio-economic development and best practices on the university-basic stakeholders’ partnerships, innovations management system in Italian universities, internationalization issues.

• Internship and interactive training for university leadership and their business-partners «Collaboration of French Universities with the real sector of economy and technological parks. French experience of university scientific research commercialization» (September 2011, Aix an Provence, Marseille, Nice, France) — focused on getting the set of instruments and developing the activity plan on the university or laboratory marketing, system of indicators, system of control of this plan realization, on the new EC programs on scientists’ mobility; site-visits to technological parks of Château-Gombert in Marseille, Arbois, to the United University of Aix Marseille.

• International internship «Management of university investment attractiveness: Israel experience» (October-November 2011, Israel) — site-visits to Jerusalem University, universities of Tel-Aviv, Beer-Sheva, Haifa, and to Teknion; focused on training on developing set of mechanisms of university investment attractiveness raise, university quality assurance, and investments’ attracting mechanisms.

www.neweurasia.rue• Internship «University as Community Center»,

May 2009, Arlington, USA with the support of George Mason University – focused on the experience of the US universities in collaboration with business companies, industry, institutions on doing joint applied research, the US and Russian approaches comparison on universities’ social responsibility measurement.

• International training «Essentials of the Academic Technology Transfer» by the Association of the University Tech Transfer Managers (AUTM, USA), October 2010г., New-Jersey, USA - focused on the main elements and approaches in the area of scientific research commercialization and building innovation ecosystem, presentation of the leading US universities’ best practices in the area of tech transfer.

•Site-visits and internship at Purdue University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Maryland and Washington University in the framework of the Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity (EURECA) Program (October 2010, Washington, Los Angeles, Indiana, Seattle, USA) — focused on the experience of university research managem ent, tech transfer и university science commercialization, cooperation with business and authorities, legal basis development, search for seed and venture funding.

• Internship and trainings at the leading universities of France with participation of UNESCO (International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and Institut Francais des Relations Internationales (IFRI) (December 2010, Paris, France) — focused on involving universities into economic development and social partnerships, development and support of higher education research, university scientific research commercialization, exchange of experience in the area of internationalization and universities’ international cooperation results influence on the higher education development.

Examples of the international

trainings/internships/study-visits

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p rResources

•International training and internship programs in the key education development areas;

•Complex agreements with universities on support of their international activities enabling them to implement exclusive long-term collaboration programs with foreign partners;

•A network of international partners (training and research centers, educational institutions, foundations, and professional associations) in European countries, the USA, China, and Middle East;

•A team of professional managers and partner organizations providing logistical support.

Projects

As part of its projects the Foundation has organized more than 20 internships in European countries, the USA, China, and Israel and conducted more than 15 international conferences on the most relevant education development issues (“Education and civic engagement of youth”, “US-Russian relations in higher education: challenges and prospects”, “Leading Russian universities within the context of the European tertiary education development trends”, etc.).

The Foundation especially focuses on organizing international internships designed to improve qualifications of university representatives in the key university development areas, as well as in building partnerships with foreign institutions of higher learning, their associations (e.g. the Association of American Universities, Association of Universities in the Netherlands, Russell Group Universities in Great Britain, etc.), and private businesses. The Foundation organizes international training and internship programs specifically designed to meet the needs of the projects and programs implemented by institutions of higher learning. Whenever necessary, the Foundation involves university representatives in its complex programs implemented within the key education development areas.

SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATION PROJECTS’

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTIZE



HAS EXPERIENCE IN AND DISPOSES

OF RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ORGANIZE

ASSESSMENT OF RESEARCH

AND EDUCATION PROCESS

OF ANY COMPLEXITY

BY INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS.

A DIVERSIFIED EXPERT BASE

AND A PROVEN METHOD THAT MEETS

THE PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS

OF THE LEADING INTERNATIONAL

ORGANIZATIONS ENABLE THE

FOUNDATION TO ORGANIZE PROJECT

ASSESSMENT IN COMPLIANCE WITH

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

The Foundation is also able to organize assessment of the following:

•Institutions of higher learning and research organizations – on account of their operations’ compliance with relevant international standards and priority education and science development areas;

•Governmental and nongovernmental science and education development programs — on account of their compliance with program goals and objectives;

•Research and education projects – on account of their efficiency and achievement of their respective goals and objectives;

•Applications for participation in education and research projects, as well as applications submitted to grant competitions.

Assessment results are made available in the form of rankings assigned to project proposals and/or grant applications, as well as assessment statements prepared by independent experts from different countries and organizations. Ongoing interactions with international experts and a proven method enable the Foundation to organize assessment on a tight schedule without affecting the quality.


The Internet-portal of the New Eurasia Foundation: www.neweurasia.ru/

Attracting Leading Scientists to Russian Educational Institutions website: http://www.p220.ru/

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cCompleted projects

•The New Eurasia Foundation has already used its method to organize assessment by international experts of the project proposals submitted to the open grant competitions that were held by the Government of the Russian Federation in 2010 and 2011 in compliance with Resolution No.220, “On measures designed to attract leading scientists to Russian institutions of higher learning”.New Eurasia Foundation

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Resources

•An international network made up of some of the leading experts in the following disciplines: astronomy and astrophysics, nuclear energy and technologies, biology, biotechnologies, information technologies and computer systems, space exploration and technologies, mathematics, engineering, medical sciences and technologies, mechanics and management processes, nanotechnologies, earth sciences, material sciences, psychology, cognitive research, radio electronics, construction and architecture, physics, chemistry, ecology, economics, international research, sociology, energy, energy efficiency and energy saving.

•The Foundation’s international expert network is made up of specialists representing more than 40 countries (Austria, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Denmark, Israel, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Canada, Cyprus, China, Latvia, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, USA, Finland, France, Croatia, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Estonia, Japan, etc.).

•An interactive information system enabling experts to access applications and prepare assessment statements and ensuring confidentiality of data and regulated access.

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ENGAGING EMPLOYERS IN MODERNIZING

THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEMS

BASED ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

OF ANY TARGET GROUP, BE THAT EMPLOYERS

OR INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING,

THE FOUNDATION DESIGNS MECHANISMS

THAT ENABLES THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF TERRITORIAL

LABOUR MARKETS AND EMPLOYERS — TO IMPROVE

THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING QUALITY.

THE MODULAR APPROACH UTILIZED

BY THE FNE PROJECTS HELPS IMPROVE

THE PVE/SVE SYSTEM IN THE MOST ADVANCED AREAS

IN A PILOT MODE.


PROJECTS IN THE FIELD

OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

VOCATIONAL TRAINING OFFER

MECHANISMS OF TRAINING

OF A COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE

THAT MEETS EMPLOYERS’

REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS

MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING

SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE NEEDS

OF REGIONAL LABOUR MARKETS

AND FACILITATES TERRITORIAL

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THESE PROJECTS HELP ORGANIZE

COLLABORATION BETWEEN EDUCATION

AND BUSINESS AND ENABLE

VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS

TO COMPETE SUCCESSFULLY ON THE

LABOUR MARKET.

rCompleted projects

•The project “New vocational training programs (PVE and SVE) designed on the basis of professional standards” (2007 – 2010) offered a mechanism of engaging employers in designing professional standards for professions required for territorial development that were subsequently used to design vocational training programs to train skilled workers and managers.

•The project “To the world of professions through education” (2006 – 2009) helped introduce new approaches to education quality management in primary/secondary vocational training based on negotiated interests of regional communities and businesses.

•The project “Creating interregional vocational training centers supporting the development of key industries in the pilot territories of Russia and China” (2007 – 2009) helped identify the key development trends of the vocational training systems of the project pilot regions, design and introduce a number of effective PVE/SVE system development practices, and create solutions for the most relevant problems of modernization of vocational training that ensure a balance between the labour market and the regional PVE/SVE system and help create an effective workforce potential.

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r •A package of expert support services provided by leading vocational training specialists;

•Innovation experiences of the institutions of learning involved in the FNE projects;

•Mechanisms of collaboration with foreign partners (institutions of learning, education administration bodies, professional associations, etc.);

•Packages of information materials on vocational training systems of the European countries, the USA, Israel, and China.

Resources

•Benchmarking tools for the development of regional vocational training systems;

•A professional standards development method and methodological recommendations on organizing the activities of expert groups designing professional standards;

•Recommendations for the development of vocational training modules based on professional standards, a training programs development technology based on the third generation model of the federal education standard;

•A package of documentation on establishing and organizing activities of vocational training resource centers;

•Mechanisms of engaging employers in the activities of vocational training schools (participation in methodological commissions, development of training and methodological materials, etc.);

•Typical provisions of regional and municipal workforce boards;

•A method of analyzing employers’ needs in workforce and instruments used to provide information support for the development of a regional order for workforce training within the vocational training system;

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Developing regional vocational training systems in China and Russia:

current status and principal trends. Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010

Developing regional vocational training systems – reality, approaches, and opportunities. Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010

(a full text of the book is available on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

Dialogue between educators and employers: recommendations, prospects, and opportunities.

Compilation of materials, Moscow 2010 (a full text of the book is available

on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

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DEVELOPING A UNIVERSITY

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEM

BY PARTICIPATING

IN THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE NETWORK

OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH

UNIVERSITIES THE NEW EURASIA

FOUNDATION HAS PUT TOGETHER

A BROAD INTERNATIONAL

NETWORK OF PARTNERS

THAT ENABLES IT TO DESIGN

AND IMPLEMENT COMPLEX

INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.



DISPOSES OF UNIQUE

RESOURCES

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT

OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH

COMMERCIALIZATION

AND TECHNOLOGY

TRANSFER SYSTEM.


“EURECA” program website: www.eureca-usrf.org/

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prResources

•Solid and long-term partnerships with the leading national research universities and expert organizations (Institute of Contemporary Development, National Training Foundation, etc.), as well as the Association of the Leading Russian Universities;

•Solid and long-term partnerships with large foreign research universities and their associations (Association of American Universities, European University Association, Association of Research Universities of Germany, Association of Universities in the Netherlands, German Rectors’ Conference, MIT Enterprise Forum, etc.);

•Collaboration with Russian and international businesses and associations, seed and venture funding networks (OPORA ROSSII, US-Russia Business Council, Russian Venture Company, “Skolkovo” Foundation, US National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, USA etc.);

•An interregional expert network.

Projects designed to support the innovation infrastructure development

•The program “EURECA - Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity” (2010 – 2012) aims to design new research university development models and facilitate collaboration between research universities and innovation and intellectual property markets by testing technology transfer and intellectual property management models designed by American and other universities and by disseminating innovative experiences among the national research, federal, and other Russian universities.

•The project “Developing the innovation infrastructure in the Khabarovsk region” (2008) helped design a replicable innovation support model in the Khabarovsk region that makes it possible to bring innovations and the real economy sector together in a cost-effective manner.

•The project “Comprehensive innovation development of the Republic of Udmurtia” (2006 - 2007) helped create conditions required to support innovative socio-economic development of the Republic of Udmurtia.

•The program “Commercialization of the Russian intellectual assets and technologies – CRIAT” (2005 - 2007) was designed to develop a complex regional innovation infrastructure of the Stavropol and Primorye regions on the basis of the regional institutions of higher learning.

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DEVELOPING COMMUNITY

EDUCATION PRACTICES


THIS MODEL HAS BECOME

THE FOUNDATION

FOR THE DEVELOPMENT

OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION

IN SEVERAL RF REGIONS.

IT HAS BEEN INCLUDED

IN THE NATIONAL EDUCATION

INITIATIVE “OUR NEW SCHOOL”.

FINALLY, THIS MODEL IS SUPPORTED

WITH METHODS REQUIRED

TO INTRODUCE NEW GENERATION

EDUCATION STANDARDS.

SINCE 2005 THE NEW EURASIA

FOUNDATION HAS BEEN SUPPORTING

THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL

MODEL IN RUSSIA. THE COMMUNITY

SCHOOL MODEL IS BASED ON ACTIVE

PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN SECONDARY

SCHOOLS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES,

UTILIZATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY

RESOURCES IN THE EDUCATION

AND UPBRINGING PROCESSES,

PROMOTION OF VOLUNTEERISM AMONG

SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS,

AND INVOLVEMENT OF PA RENTS AND

OTHER LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

IN SCHOOL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES.


The Internet-portal of the Russian community schools: www.cs-network.ru

The Internet-portal of the New Eurasia Foundation: http://www.neweurasia.ru/

www.neweurasia.ru

rResources

•A large methodological base that includes secondary education methods and programs, as well as qualifications improvement methods for school teachers and administrators;

•An interregional network of resource centers that provide methodological, advisory, and training support to community schools;

•An interregional network of institutions of higher learning and supplementary education that help improve professional qualifications of secondary school teachers and administrators on the basis of the community school model;

•Collaboration with international community school networks in the CIS and beyond.

pProjects designed to support the development of community education practices

•The project “Community schools in Russia: uniting efforts” (2005 – 2007) was designed to create and support the development of a network of community school resource centers.

•The project “Community schools in Russia: expanding partnership” (2007 – 2009) helped expand the interregional network of community schools and their resource centers.

•The project “Community schools in Russia: a new generation” (2009 – 2011) helped introduce community school practices into the in-service training system for school teachers and administrators.

•The project “Community schools in Russia: an outlook” (2011 – 2013) is designed to support the development of an interregional network of institutions of higher learning and postgraduate education that train secondary school teachers and administrators on the basis of the community school model.

•The project “Developing the network of community schools in Northern Caucasus” (2011 – 2013) is designed to popularize the community school model in the regions of Northern Caucasus.

www.neweurasia.ru


Moscow, 105120,



Тelephone: (495) 970-1567

Fax: (495) 970-1568


INVOLVING RUSSIAN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

LEARNING IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

OF THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL COMMUNITIES


DISPOSES OF UNIQUE

METHODOLOGICAL AND PARTNERSHIP

RESOURCES ENABLING IT

TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS DESIGNED

TO FACILITATE COLLABORATION

BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER

LEARNING AND BODIES

OF POWER, BUSINESSES,

AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES

IN WHICH THEY OPERATE.


SUCH PROJECTS ARE BASED

ON INCLUDING SOCIALLY MEANINGFUL

PRACTICES IN THE EDUCATION

PROCESS OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

STUDENTS, PROMOTING CONTINUOUS

EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND ENABLING

INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING

TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THEIR

RESEARCH PROJECTS IN COMPLIANCE

WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS

AND UTILIZING LOCAL COMMUNITY

RESOURCES THEREBY HELPING

THEM TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE

THE PRACTICAL NATURE OF THEIR

EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND AUGMENT

THEIR DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES.


Moscow, 105120,



Тelephone: (495) 970-1567

Fax: (495) 970-1568



University as a socially responsible territorial partner: based on the “Community universities”

project materials. By S.V. Golubev, T.V. Svetenko, T.G. Novikova

(a full text of the book is available on the FNE Internet-portal: http://www.neweurasia.ru/).

“EURECA” program website: http://www.eureca-usrf.org/.

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rpProjects designed to support collaboration between institutions of higher learning and regional actors of social partnership

•The project “Regional university – regional development resource” (2006 - 2009) was designed to engage regional universities and their resource potential in regional socio-economic development processes by designing and introducing replicable models of collaboration between institutions of higher learning and regional actors of social partnership.

•The project “Community universities” (2008 – 2013) helps develop mutually beneficial relationships between Russian regional universities and civil society institutions by engaging university students and instructors in social practices designed to meet the needs of various local community groups.

Resources

•A portfolio of university – local community collaboration methods that have been tested and proven to be effective;

•Active collaboration with federal universities and university associations;

•An interregional network of institutions of higher learning engaged in similar practices, as well as experts and consultants;

•Collaboration with “Talloires”, the international network of universities promoting community education practices around the globe.

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“We are happy that the New Eurasia Foundation has been appointed to operate the “EURECA” program. I believe that the New Eurasia Foundation’s professional team, spearheaded by such an ideologist as Andrey Kortunov, will make a special contribution to the development of the US-Russian relations in education and help bring the Russian institutions of higher learning closer to the world standards”.

SERGEY IVANETS, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation:

Letter No.SI-308/11, April 7, 2011

“We express our appreciation of the high professionalism demonstrated by the New Eurasia Foundation staff members in the provision of organizational and information support services in the course of preparation of the February 28 – March 3, 2011 session of the US-Russia Presidential Commission “Education – Science – Innovations”.

SERGEY MAZURENKO,Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation:

Letter No.SM-949/11, November 12, 2010

“On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation I express our appreciation of the high professionalism demonstrated by the New Eurasia Foundation staff members in the preparation and conduct of the open grant competition of the Government of the Russian Federation designed to support research projects implemented by leading scientists at Russian institutions of higher learning”.

GERMAN DYAKONOV, Rector of the Kazan State Technological University – National Research University (NRU):

From the interview to the “Tatarstan Youth” newspaper discussing the outcomes of the study tour of a delegation of representatives of the Association of the Leading Russian Universities to the USA in April 11-16, 2011.

The study tour was initiated by the RF Ministry of Education and Science and organized by the New Eurasia Foundation.

“… We have established good working relationships with many American universities. Our agreements can benefit university instructors from among chemists, technologists, representatives of polymer research centers, light industry enterprises, and other structures. Our university development program can enable them to undergo an internship with these universities, identify collaborative research themes, implement various joint projects, including projects co-funded by our American counterparts, and these opportunities are also available to undergraduate and graduate students”.

MARK POMAR,President of the US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (USRF), USA:


Moscow, 105120, 3rd Syromyatnichesky Per., 3/9, Building 1, 5th floor. Telephone: (495) 970-1567, fax: (495) 970-1568. E-mail: [email protected]

VLADIMIR VASILYEV,Chairman of the Board of Rectors of the St. Petersburg’s Institutions of Higher Learning, Rector of the St. Petersburg University of Technology, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO – NRU), associate member of the Russian Academy of Education:

“… The New Eurasia Foundation is a team of highly qualified specialists capable in successful management of systemic and specific national and international projects in the spheres of education, research, and innovations of any complexity level. The “EURECA” program designed to create a network of Russian and American research universities involved in commercialization of university research and technology transfer is an excellent example supporting this statement”.

YEVGENY CHUPRUNOV, Rector of the Nizhniy Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky (NNSU – NRU):

Source: “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Publication date: April 26, 2011

“The Nizhniy Novgorod State University has been selected as one of the two Russian participants of the program “EURECA - Enhancing University Research and Entrepreneurial Capacity”. This is a great achievement. The program has international importance and is funded by the US-Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law and implemented in cooperation with the RF Ministry of education and science. The program is operated by an international consortium of non-commercial organizations: the New Eurasia Foundation – in Russia and the American Councils for International Education and the NCEER in the USA.

GALINA ROGINSKAYA, Dean of the Faculty of Supplementary Education of the Karelian State Teachers Training Academy:

Source: “Karelia” newspaper Publication date: September 30, 2010

“This year the Teachers Training Academy introduces a new study program “Leadership in education”. It is designed to train community school specialists. Community school teachers should naturally have their own civic position, be willing to work for the benefit of society, and be able to engage their students in socially meaningful activities. This study program is a result of the “Community schools in Russia” project implemented by the New Eurasia Foundation”.

Source: “Kuznetsky Rabochiy” Publication date: September 4, 2010

“When I think about the “Community university” project I see one important problem that requires immediate solution: universities need to change. This need is accounted for not only by the ministerial concepts of the higher education reform, but also by the global challenge in the form of the current economic recession that has questioned the very idea of university. The Novokuznetsk Branch of the Kemerovo State University is getting ready to open itself to the city. The seminars organized and conducted by the New Eurasia Foundation have provided us with a certain body of knowledge that we hope will enable us to do this successfully”.

IRINA RESCHIKOVA,Senior Instructor of the Novokuznetsk Branch of the Kemerovo State University:

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