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Central European Yearbooks (CEY) in Russian

Special Projects Office of Central European University’s Special and Extension Programs Office has been working in close cooperation with the Higher Education Program of OSI-Russia on the development of the Central European Yearbooks (CEY). The purpose of the Yearbooks is to disseminate information from Central Europe on social sciences and humanities to academic communities, higher education institutions and policy centers of Russia and CIS countries. Outstanding scholarly literature, policy studies and discussion papers will be published in four key areas: international and security studies; political science; sociology; and economics.

The Central European Yearbook is the first systematic undertaking of the last decade to deliver the results of Central European social science research to the Russian-speaking community. The scholarly information gap between Central Europe and Russia is addressed through interactive educational methodology in the framework of the existing institutionalized forms both of OSI-Russia and CEU, including the Open Society Archives and Special Projets Office.

As a pilot program, the first volume on international and security issues was co-sponsored by OSI-Russia and Central European University. The first volume, “International and Security Issues,” was printed in early 2004 and is available in CEU Library.

CEU Economics Workshop

February 5-7, 2004.

Special Projects Office with the Department of Economics of Central European University organized and hosted a Workshop in Economics on February 5-7, 2004. The leading institutions of the region, such as the Stockholm School of Economics-Riga, the Economics Education and Research Consortium – Ukraine, Economics Program at Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Research Consortium – Russia, European University Saint Petersburg, Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and New Economic School (Moscow) gathered together at CEU to explore possible cooperation in providing support to some promising economics programs at state universities in the region. This joint work is supported by the Higher Education Support Program (HESP).

Rectors' Conference

Special Projects Office (SPO), in cooperation with the Higher Education Support Program (HESP) is organizing a Rectors' Conference at CEU on 28-29 November 2003. About 20 rectors from HESP supported institutions from the region will participate in the event and discuss the topic of What Open Society Means in University Context.

The opening speech will be given by Prof. Yehuda Elkana, CEU Rector.

Study visit and exchange of professional experience between Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. Petersburg, European University of St. Petersburg and Central European University.

Special Projects Office of Special and Extension Programs is organizing and supporting the study visit and exchange of professional experience between these institutions. On December 7-13, 2003, a group of administrative staff, comprising of the Dean of Student Services, Associate Dean, Grant Manager, Library Director, Financial Officer and PR Manager visited Central European University. A 5-day program was designed to meet the expectations of the Russian delegation interested in university administrative and operational procedures with strong focus on student services, including admissions, recruitment, alumni work, financial aid, and also on library development, PR, financial and fund-raising operations. CEU staff of the respective departments participated in meetings and discussions to share the experience with their colleagues from St. Petersburg.