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INDONESIA HOUSE PROJECT December 2013 A national foundation granted public utility status by decree on 6 June 1925 17, boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris | France www.ciup.fr A UNIQUE INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS International house Founded in 1925, every year the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris1 provides a home to more than 12,000 students, researchers, artists and guest academics from all over the world, representing 130 different nationalities. They are there to study and carry out their research in the universities, schools and laboratories of Paris and the Paris region. Created in the aftermath of the First World War to contribute to building a world of peace, exchanges, tolerance and solidarity, the Cité internationale of today is at the very heart of the development of the 21st century knowledge society. Bordering the Montsouris Park created by Emperor Napoleon III, the Cité internationale offers its residents a unique, totally international, multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment in Paris: ≥ huge wooded 34-hectare campus at the heart of the Paris and regional transport networks: metro, regional metro, bus, tram - just six minutes away from the Sorbonne -, train - just a few hours away from Europe most important cities (London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Berlin, etc.), ≥ providing academic, cultural, sports and services facilities: library, restaurant, auditorium, language laboratories, theatres, orchestra, choir, art and music studios, stadiums, swimming pool, tennis courts, gymnasium, etc., ≥ and offering 6,000 beds, in 40 houses, 25 of which are run by or in close cooperation with a partner country, making the Cité an open-air architectural exhibition with every continent represented. The Cité internationale also has the mission for supporting foreign residents (see appendix 1). Its office, open all year round, enables international students, researchers and artists to set themselves easily in Paris, supporting them for all administrative, housing or health issues. Central library Paris 1 www.ciup.fr 2 THE COUNTRY HOUSES These 25 country houses are the soul of Cité. They form a privileged club of great countries: Argentina, Armenia, Belgium-Luxembourg, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, USA. The country houses are, for each partner state, a highly useful tool for strengthening university-level cooperation with France at the same time as being a prestigious cultural shop window open to the public and the city of Paris: ≥ Each house offers accommodation for the students, researchers and performers, sovereignly selected by the partner country, while of course respecting the general rules for admission to the Cité internationale (see appendix 2). The lengths of stays are very variable and can be anything from a week to several months. Stays are, however, limited to two years for researchers and three years for students (a one year derogation is possible in certain circumstances). Students must be enrolled on an award-bearing course at Paris and Paris region higher education institution at, as a minimum, a Master’s level (with possible derogations for students in their third class of bachelor’s degree). To facilitate interchanges, all the houses in the Cité internationale can share their residents. Thus a resident chosen by his or her country's House may live in another country's house subject to the agreement of that country, enabling each house to accommodate other nationalities. In this same spirit of mixing, 25% of the Cité internationale's residents are French, so that foreign students and researchers have an opportunity to get to know better France, its language and culture. ≥ The country houses are also an important base for spreading the cultural influence of the countries concerned, to which the Cité internationale gives real visibility (see appendix 3). Most of these houses have an ad hoc grant from their national authorities to organize some cultural events: dance, exhibitions, concerts, conferences, etc., showcasing the artistic and intellectual life of the country represented. Country houses often offer language and civilisation courses too. A house usually has between 200 and 250 beds, mostly in single rooms with private bathroom. It also has some larger apartments for invited researchers, professors and artists. In addition, a house has its own cultural spaces already mentioned and, more generally, the common areas where people do meet: study rooms, library and cafeteria, for instance. Fête de la Cité 3 THE CITÉ INTERNATIONALE AND INDONESIA The Cité internationale is currently significantly expanding, taking advantage of the rise in international mobility and of the intensification of partnerships between French and foreign universities. India, which already has its house on campus, has just opened an extension providing 72 extra beds. Italy and Brazil are planning to follow suit. Other countries are investing heavily in renovating their houses. In addition, the Cité internationale has been allocated new land owned by the French state, enabling it to expand its campus and particularly providing room for houses from three more countries, adding some 700 new beds in total. ≥ A South Korea house, the construction of which has already been announced by President Park Geun-hye on the occasion of her visit to Paris in November 2013, ≥ A house of China is currently under review and may be announced during the forthcoming visit of President Xi Jin Ping in France. A Indonesia House would, in this context, occupy a rightful place in the Cité internationale and would enable Indonesia to join the exclusive club, currently numbering 25, of countries with a House on the campus (see appendix 4). Perspective Ile-de-France house India's house extension 4 THE INDONESIA HOUSE PROJECT 1| THE fully-autonomous HOUSES 19 out of the 25 country Houses are fully reserved for one partner state, which is responsible for its construction and manages it under legal status of "Foundation officially recognized as beneficial to the public at large" (hereafter “country Foundation”), generally chaired by the Ambassador of that country. It is on that same historical pattern, going back to 1925, that it’s proposed to Turkey to build his House in the Cité internationale: ≥ The French state via the Chancellery of the universities of Paris provides the land (approximately 2,000 m2) free of charge, that is, a French contribution worth 7 million Euros. ≥ Indonesia, which may involve private sponsors, finances construction and furnishing for a building with approximately 200 rooms plus its common spaces for residents' daily life, representing an investment of 20 million Euros (see appendix 5). The partner country establishes an association under French law in order to manage the project, to choose the architect firm after an international competition and in agreement with the Cité, and so forth. ≥ Once built, the house is donated by the partner country to the Chancellery of the Universities of Paris, who owns the entirety of the Cité internationale's built assets. This donation is made through an agreement with the Chancellery which garantees that the house shall be dedicated to the accommodation of students and researchers from the partner country and entrusts its management to that country: under French law, these clauses are imprescriptible. Thus, Indonesia will have a full and permanent right towards the house. This arrangement has been chosen by all countries already present. It ensures the continuity of the activity of the house, allowing the Cité internationale, in the case of temporary failure of the partner country, to ensure the smooth functioning of the House and to continue the mission of accomodating students and researchers from that country. Public financing is not a requirement for the building of a House. A number of them have been built, since the creation of the Cité, by private sponsors before being transferred to the public authorities for their operation. The full support of those authorities to the project is nevertheless necessary, as the project must be based on a political will to strengthen the bilateral academic and scientific cooperation and also on the willingness of the state concerned to ensure the smooth running of the House. On average, the construction project takes four years from the letter of intent from the partner country confirming its plan (see appendix 6): ≥ one year for developing the project management contract, ≥ one year for obtaining the building permit, ≥ two years for building and fitting out the interior of the house. ABREU DE GRANCHER foundation L/OBLIQUE, the heritage centre 5 2| GOVernance OF COUNTRY HOUSES The governance of the Cité internationale gives a central role to partner countries, represented on campus by a house (see appendix 7): ≥ As a country Foundation, each fully-autonomous House is usually chaired by its country's Ambassador to France. The Foundation Presidents' College meets at least once per year, before voting the Cité budget. It elects five representatives to the Cité's Board of Directors. ≥ Each country House is run by a Director, usually an academic chosen by the authorities of the said country. This Director lives on site. He or she is accountable to the Board of Directors of the running of the House and its cultural and university program. ≥ The House Directors meet in conference each month, chaired by one of them and with the Cité Delegate- general in attendance, in order to coordinate between Houses, to express views over the general regulations and about any matter concerning the running of the Cité. Each country house is responsible for its own budget. The operating budget is normally balanced; items of expenditure (electricity, heating, cleaning, care-taking, minor repairs, insurance, telecommunications, staffing costs, etc.) are covered from the rents charged by each house to its residents and from other revenues: ≥ The rent level is set by each House. It currently stands at ¤530 per month on average (value of December 2013) for a single room with private bathroom, including room cleaning, laundry and internet access.