Real Estate Planning and Land Law TEMPUS - a way of introducing new university programmes in transitional countries Leif EIDENSTEDT, Sweden 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law TEMPUS •What is Tempus? •Which are the objectives? 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 1 Real Estate Planning Tempus objectives and Land Law • to strengthen cooperation in higher education between the European Union and its partner countries from the Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Mediterranean region and enhances understanding between cultures. 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law Why has KTH engaged in Tempus? A natural continuation of the Land Management Programme 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 2 Real Estate Planning Partner countries and Land Law • Belarus 2005 • Uzbekistan 2006 • Armenia 2007 • Moldova 2007 • Serbia 2007 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law EU partners -Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) -Helsinki University of Technology (Finland) -Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) -University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) -University of East London (UK) 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 3 Real Estate Planning Partner Universities and Land Law • Polotsk State University • Samarqand State Architectural and Civil Engineering Institute • Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and melioration • Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction • Technical University of Moldova • Comrat State University (Moldova) • University of Belgrade 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law Programmes • Development of Study Programme in Real Property Law (Belarus) • Land Resource Management (Uzbekistan) • New Master Curriculum in Real Estate, Economics and Management (Armenia) • New Curricula in Real Estate Economics (Moldova) • Master Programme in Land Law and Economy (Serbia) 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 4 Real Estate Planning and Land Law Partner Authorities and Companies • State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Land Resources, Geodesy, Cartography and State Cadastre • Republic Geodetic Authority (Serbia) • Magistral Nakhagits Ltd (Armenia) 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law Structure of the programmes • Legal module • Economic module • Technical module • Thesis work 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 5 Real Estate Planning and Land Law Composition of EU universities • In principle universities with which the Dept. already has academic and personal contacts, and • which complete each other in fields relevant for the programme 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt Real Estate Planning and Land Law Suitable non-EU universities • In principle universities with which we have a long tradition of cooperation, mainly through KTH’s Land Management Programme • Its desirable that the university has former LM-students among their employes • There must be a genuine interest from the partner university to introduce new programmes/courses 16 June 2008 FIG WW in Stockholm Leif Eidenstedt 6.