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NOVA-BOVA seminar in Estonia
2004-11-06
 
In autumn 2004, NOVA-BOVA network faces important organizational decisions due to changes in internal and external funding and the expanding scope of activities. To address these issues, a NOVA-BOVA working seminar took place in Parnu, Estonia, on 28-29 October 2004. Representatives of all main entities of NOVA and BOVA administration and leadership of each BOVA member university discussed the results of internal evaluation of the NOVA-BOVA cooperation in 2002-2004. Seminar materials are available under hyperlink:  http://www.bova-university.org/index.php?list=sem2004.

The plenary session started by an introductory part that reviewed the latest developments on NOVA and BOVA sides. Next, results of NOVA-BOVA self-evaluation were presented from perspective of different stakeholders. The key discussions took part in two workshop sessions. First, the main NOVA-BOVA entities reviewed their activities and prepared proposals to a NOVA-BOVA self-evaluation report. Second, each BOVA member university held a separate workshop focusing on strategic priorities for cooperation in 2005-2007 and anchoring of NOVA-BOVA activities at faculty and department level. Many valuable ideas and commitments from universities were reported after this session.

The NOVA Rector Paul Jens�n rounded up the seminar by highlighting its main findings. He particularly stressed the need of BOVA and NOVA-BOVA strategies, more rigid prioritization of activities, and the importance of anchoring of network activities at home universities.

The seminar was followed-up by excursion to wondrous Saaremaa, the largest Estonian island in the Baltic Sea. Photo highlights of the seminar and excursion can be found under http://www.bova-university.org/index.php?list=sem2004.

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BOVA Secretariat - Alvidas Sarlauskas
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NOVA Secretariat - Vilis Brukas
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