ANNUAL REPORT 2005 EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION Copyright© 2006 by the European University Association All rights reserved. This information may be freely used and copied for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged (©European University Association). For ordering information, please contact
[email protected] or write to: European University Association asbl Rue d’Egmont 13 1000 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32-2 230 55 44 Fax: +32-2 230 57 51 A free electronic version of this report is available through www.EUA.be ISBN: 9-0810-6981-0 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD FROM THE PRESIDENT 2 FOREWORD FROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL 3 1. POLICIES AND REPRESENTATION 4 REFOCUSING THE BOLOGNA PROCESS MID-WAY TO 2010 5 LINKING HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: FOCUS ON DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES AND RESEARCH TRAINING 8 PROMOTING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION 9 ENHANCING QUALITY AT EUROPEAN LEVEL 10 REPRESENTING UNIVERSITIES AT EUROPEAN LEVEL 11 STRENGTHENING THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION 12 2. SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO MEMBERS 14 THE INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAMME 15 MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS 16 QUALITY CULTURE PROJECT 17 EUROPEAN MASTERS NEW EVALUATION METHODOLOGY (EMNEM) 18 DOCTORAL PROGRAMMES PROJECT 19 MAPPING OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES (MORESS) 21 HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE 22 3. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 24 4. ORGANISATION 26 BOARD 26 COUNCIL 26 MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 28 SECRETARIAT 30 AUDITOR’S REPORT 31 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND ACCOUNTS 31 ANNEXES 34 EVENTS AND MEETINGS 34 POSITION PAPERS 35 Annual Report 2005 1 FOREWORD FROM THE PRESIDENT It is a great pleasure for me to present to you the activities that EUA has undertaken in 2005, the fi rst year of my four-year term as President of EUA.