The professors and experts are ready - a broadcast being made in February 1992.
The aim of the Baltic University Programme programme is to internationalize university education. The programme deals with issues of special regional relevance such as environment, history, culture and politics, by using modern communication technologies such as satellite TV and a database on the Intemet. Special booklets are also printed for the courses.
The programme boasts National Centers in Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine. The Coordination Secretariat is situated in Uppsala, Sweden. Also, universities from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway and Slovakia can participate in the programme.
The annual budget for the programme is close to SEK 5 million, which consists primarily of grants and sponsor money. All work carried out by individuals within or outside their ordinary academic duties lies outside the estimated budget. The course materials are free of charge for universites in the eastern part of the region. Universities in the western part will obtain material at cost price.
Ongoing course: The Sustainable Baltic Region
This course deals with topics such as energy and energy politicy, sustainable agriculture/forestry, mobility, habitation and the economics of sustainability. Approximately 3000 students from 100 universities in 12 countries are participating in the course.The course is based on ten booklets in English which have been translated into Polish and Russian. The course also consists of TV series totalling ten broadcast hours. The first TV program ran on 18 February 1997. There will be two broadcasts every week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 16.00 to 16.30 hrs (Swedish time). After the broadcasts on Thursdays, audioconferences will be arranged between some universities and a team of experts.
On 22 - 25 March, a student conference will be arranged in Krakow, Poland, where students from all the participating countries will work on solutions for their common region. All universities participating in The Baltic University Programme will also have access to the new database nicknamed BASICS.
Although there is a common framework for the course, each university may develop individual modifications of how to teach the course. Seminars and student reports are encouraged in order to give the students opportunities to discuss and ask questions. A teachers´ conference has also been arranged in Kaunas, Lithuania on 20 - 25 January to support teachers in planning the course.
Interested in participating?
If you are interested in participating in this course or in any other courses in the Baltic University Programme, please contact the secretariat in Uppsala, Sweden or fax: +46 18 181789. More information is also available at the homepage of the Baltic University Programme.If you are unable to participate this spring, the course will also be made conveniently available on videotapes and booklets and can therefore be taken when it suits you and your university.
Previous courses
The following courses have already been held, but are available on videotapes and booklets:
- Baltic Sea Environment
- Peoples of the Baltic
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