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- Latest Developments at� BOVA
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- 2002 - 2003
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- BOVA Network actions in 2002 - 2003
- Administration capacities
- Activities
- Visualisation
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- BOVA Administration Capacities
- BOVA Secretariat and secretary at LZUU
- BOVA co-ordinators at 4 member universities
- Co-operation with NOVA via NOVA-BOVA co-ordinator
- ���� To strengthen central BOVA
secretariat activities 0.25 position of Secretary Assistant was approved
at the Lithuanian University of Agriculture in September 2003
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- BOVA Activities
- Networks
- Joint MSc programmes
- Short intensive MSc courses
- Participation of Baltic students at NOVA PhD courses
- Fund rising
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- BOVA Networks
- Agro-Ecology
- Agricultural Engineering�� The
Baltic Biosystem Engineering��
BBEN
- Animal Sciences
- Cultural & historical landscapes
- Economics & Agribusiness
- Food Safety
- Forestry
- ���� Two of seven networks are
actively working now. Some of networks had transformed to other
formations like MSc programme groups or MSc course groups
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- Joint MSc programmes
- Agroecology and organic agriculture���
Led by LZUU
- Biodiversity and management of natural resources
- ����� Led by EPMU
- Bioinformatics��� Led by LLU
- Economics������ Led by LLU
- Game management��� Led by LZUU
- Veterinary medicine��� Led by EPMU
- ��� The objective is a full joint
MSc programmes between three-four Baltic universities with participation
of Nordic partners
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- BOVA Joint MSc Courses
- Bovine reproduction (at EPMU)
- Forest Policy (at LLU)
- Etnobotany in the Baltic region (at LLU)
- Sustainable management of cultural and historical landscape (at LLU)
- Weed control in the ecological farming system (at LZUU)
- Three more courses are on preparation to run in autumn 2003
- ��� (at EPMU, LZUU and LVA)
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- Baltic students at NOVA PhD courses
- 10 NOVA PhD courses attended in 2003
- Totally 63 BOVA students participated
- ���� Participation of Baltic PhD
students in the NOVA PhD courses is available thanks to the agreement
between NOVA and NorFa
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- Fund rising
- Internal funding
- - soft contribution
- - home university�s budget contribution
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- External funding
- - K&A Wallenberg foundation grant
- - Applications to Nordic Council of Ministers, NCM
- - Nordic Academy for Advanced Studies,�
NorFa
- - The Swedish Institute,� SI
- - The Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, KSLA - The
Ministry of Education and Science of Lithuania
- - Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation
- - EU Socrates funds
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- BOVA visualisation
- Newsletter:�� NOVA-BOVA News��������� 9 editions
- BOVA website� www.bova-university.org
- BOVA Conference
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- BOVA strengthens and weakness
- Permanent network with administration staff
- Networking in the main areas of agriculture, veterinary and forestry
- Lack of motivation to join international activities between teachers and
researches
- Low recognition of international activities at home universities
- Lack of internal funds
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