2. A network of International Relations Offices of top public Polish academic higher schools Founded in December 2007 as an innovative project in Poland Established in order to develop new forms of cooperation

3. initiate common projects in order to develop academic cooperation extend university cooperation in the area of research and project management develop new skills and impreove the existing ones by organizing workshops and seminars promote Forum’s Partners in Poland and abroad exchange information, good practice and expertise advising to Polish central-level institutions (National Agency, Ministry, Rectors Conference)

4. 9 founder Universities  University of Economics in Katowice  University of Bielsko-Biała  Gdańsk University of Technology  Jagiellonian University, Krakow  The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin  The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice  Warsaw School of Economics  Warsaw University  Wrocław University

5. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (2008) Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (2008) Medical University of Gdańsk (2008) Technical University of Łódź (2010) University of Silesia (2010) University of Gdańsk (2010) Technical University if Wrocław (2011) 7 new members

6. weekly SKYPE consultations The Board of IROs Forum heads of IROs/IPOs/IExO delegated by partner institutions operates collegially 3-4 board meetings/year

8. International Education: Polish-Norwegian Paths (EEA Project, 2008-2010) Moving Mobility Forward – conference in Katowice (June 2009) Staff training visits in Norway (October 2009) Workshops Organisation of Student Exchange – examples of good practice, Bielsko-Biała (November 2008) Seminary Strategy of Internationalization, Toruń (November 2009)

9. Seminar on Polish-American Cooperation – New Aspects and Opportunities, Gdańsk (June 2010) Workshops for University Erasmus Coordinators, Lublin (September 2010) Bologna Seminar Student Mobility in the 3-level System, Łódź (November 2010) Health and Safety Issues in Erasmus Student Exchange, seminar for 30 Polish universities, Toruń (May 2011)

10. EAIE Information Market in Madrid (2009) and Kopenhagen (2011) Forum of Science in Japan (2009) Educational Fair in Kazahkstan (April 2011) NAFSA Conference, Vancouver (2011) Baltic Sea Region University Network

11.  cooperation with Polish National LLP Agencies  cooperation with the Conferences of Rectors  participation in NAFSA and EAIE conferences  organization of seminars for our members  organization of open workshops

12. www.irosforum.pl www.bpiwm.ue.katowice.pl ewa.derkowska.rybicka irosforum@irosforum.pl ewader@umk.pl

13. Gdańsk, 8 grudnia 2011