LLU – as a member institution of the NOVA/BOVA Nordplus network has announced the registration to the Intensive Master level course for students in the field of forestry. The course is open for students from BOVA and NOVA member institutions.

This course was granted for the first time by Nordplus programme in 2009 and was popular among the students mainly from Baltic. International teachers’ team combined the lectures in very attractive way with field trials and therefore the evaluation of the course was very positive. This time course organisers looking forward to complete Baltic-Nordic students’ team and together discuss the forest tree breeding and adoption items in context with climate change issues. Main aim of the course is to raise awareness among students about methods and practical achievements in forest tree breeding as well to demonstrate potential to improve traits essential for forest adaptation to predicted climate changes.

This year significant changes have been made in the course outline based on creative development and evaluation results both from teachers and students. Course will start in the Lithuanian forest and will continue in Latvian forest combining with theory inside the classes. Good results much depends on the leader of the course. Course leader from LLU Assist.prof., Dr.silv. Aris Jansons for the 4th year will demonstrate again the positive and fascinating attitude in running on the international activities.

Students - foresters are invited to show the interest to participate by sending the registration form to the BOVA coordinator at LLU This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Deadline for registration is February 25, 2011.

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All questions regarding the course please sent directly to BOVA coordinator at LLU.

BOVA Intensive Doctoral course in 2011 will be offered only one.

Title: Communicating landscape in community processes.

Venue: LLU, Jelgava, Latvia

Distance learning part: September 26 - October 14, 2011 and November 14-25, 2011

Meeting in person: October 17-21, 2011

Course leader: prof. Māra Urtane, LLU

The Registration Form should be sent by e-mail to BOVA coordinator at LLU: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information regarding the content of the course contact directly course leader: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Deadline for registration - September 15, 2011

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Course general description

Annual Rectors' Board meeting will take place on December 28, 2010 in Jelgava at LLU.

Traditionally by the end of the calendar year leaders from all 4 BOVA member institutions come together to summing up achievements made during the year 2010 and plane future activities and make strategic decisions on future development.

The meeting will be lead by BOVA Rector , rector of EMU Mait Klaassen, but LLU will host this meeting in snowy and beautiful Jelgava in  the middle between Tartu and Kaunas.

BOVA has very recently launched the new website. The intention is to make it easier both for the students and academic personal to find information about BOVA activities as well about BOVA member institutions and for the secretariat to publish information in time and make BOVA more visible for possible cooperation partners.

Some pages for this moment have quite limited information due different reasons, the BOVA secretariat hopes for patience with respect to this.

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