1. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The Baltic University Programme National Centres Paula Lindroos National Centre Finland

2. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The national centres in the Baltic University Programme organisation The distributed organisation model: * The programme secretariat * National contact points/centres * National centres profilation * Mentors for teachers * Teams for book production * etc

3. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The National Centres in the Baltic Sea Region Belarus: Belarusian Technical University Denmark: University of Copenhagen Estonia: Tallinn Technical University Finland: Åbo Akademi University, Turku Germany: Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg Latvia: University of Latvia, Riga Lithuania: Kaunas University of Technology Poland: Technical University of Lodz Russia: Kaliningrad Region: Immanuel Kant State University of Russia Russia: North-Western Region: St Petersburg State University Slovak and Czech Republics: Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra Sweden: Umeå University Western Ukraine: Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

4. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The national centres in the Baltic University Programme organisation The centres serve as contact points for –universities –researchers –teachers –students Information sharing (telephone, email, materials) Information collection (statistics) Material distribution

5. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The national centres in the Baltic University Programme organisation Centres activities include: Active participation in the development of the BUP Organisation of national meetings, seminars Serving as contact point for other, BSR-related, activities

6. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The national centres profilation areas National BUP-activities (Lodz, Kaliningrad, Riga) International university cooperation (St Petersburg, Lviv) Social sciences (Copenhagen) Economy (Tallinn, Umeå) University-society interaction for SD-competence building (Minsk) Environmental management (Kaunas-Minsk-Lodz) Information (Hamburg) Education for sustainable development (Turku)

7. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 Conclusions Dealing with complex issues like sustainable development, no university has alone all the expertise needed Sustainable regional development requires active efforts from all parties involved In the knowledge society higher education is international in the same way as research

8. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 The Baltic University Programme network provides support for universities in these efforts

9. The Baltic University Programme BUP Rectors Conference Uppsala 19-20 October 2006 Thank you for your attention!