Why UNESCO Chair in Governance Why UNESCO Chair in Governance and Managementand Management o of Higher f Higher Education at the University of Education at the University of Zagreb?Zagreb?

UNESCO Chair Opening Ceremony

Vlasta Vizek Vidović

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Main shifts in HED institutionsMain shifts in HED institutions functioningfunctioning

Collegium model Fragmented decision

making State dependence Academic freedom

Corporation model Institutional autonomy Social accountability Public service &

outreach

FROM TOWARD

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Main shifts in HED institutionsMain shifts in HED institutions functioningfunctioning ( (contcont))

Budget funding Disciplinary isolation Honorary management National boundaries

Enterpreneurship Functional integration Professional management International networking

FROM TOWARD

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Project goalsProject goals

To enhance institutional research as basis for strategic planning and organizational decision making

To secure foreign expert advice and training related to strategic management

To promote concepts of quality culture and quality assurance

To support the professionalization of M & G by introducing staff development programs

To facilitate international networking through regional and EU projects in HED

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Launching the ProjectLaunching the Project

May 2002 - project proposal submitted to the UNESCO

October 2002 - project approved by UNESCO CEPES

February 2003 - agreement signed between UNESCO and University of Zagreb

July 2003 - project approved by University of Zagreb Senate

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

The First Six MonthsThe First Six Months

Securing premises and e – equipment Starting referal documentation center and library Creation of UNESCO Chair web site Organizing workshops in Zagreb and Dubrovnik:

– The role of the Office of External Affairs at UGA, Athens, Georgia

– Enrolment, programs and degrees at MSEM, Northridge, California

– Internalization in higher education, NUFFIC, Netherlands

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

The First Six Months (cont)The First Six Months (cont)

Co-publishing Academic newsletter of international cooperation

Cooperating with TEMPUS QUASYS JEP-project at University of Zagreb

Visiting kindred Chairs in Barcelona, Spain and Cluj, Romania

Preparing the Croatian version of the materials of UNESCO-CEPES program on Management and Governance in HED

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

UNESCO-CEPES Dokumenti o UNESCO-CEPES Dokumenti o visokom obrazovanjuvisokom obrazovanju

Strategic Management, Governance and Policy Making Financial Management and Institutional Relationships

with Civil Society and Local Economy Quality Assurance and Development of Study

Programmes

Program regionalnog sveučilišnog umrežavanja u

području upravljanja visokim obrazovanjemu jugoistočnoj Europi

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Highlights of the Next SeasonHighlights of the Next Season Teleconference on Bologna process (CHIPS, U of Twente) Application for Tempus Complementary Measures project

(Organizational model of the Center for Staff and Faculty Development)

Application for the Erasmus-World Joint Masters project: Management in Higher Education

Workshops in Zagreb and Dubrovnik:- International classroom (NUFFIC, Netherlands)- Change management in HED (UGA, USA & University of Linz, At)- E-learning and functional integration of city university (CARNET, Cro)

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Long Term OutcomesLong Term Outcomes

Institutional Research and Development DepartmentInstitutional Research and Development Department

Quality Assurance CentreQuality Assurance Centre

JJoint oint MMasters program of Management in Higher asters program of Management in Higher

EducationEducation

Centre for Staff and Faculty DevelopmentCentre for Staff and Faculty Development

Growth of the UNESCO Chair into the University Growth of the UNESCO Chair into the University

Institute of Higher Education Institute of Higher Education

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

Final ThoughtFinal Thought

Chance favours a prepared mindChance favours a prepared mind(Louis Pasteur)(Louis Pasteur)

Vlasta Vizek Vidović November 2003

UNESCO Chair in Governance and UNESCO Chair in Governance and Management of Higher Education at Management of Higher Education at University of ZagrebUniversity of Zagreb

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