NetworkofUniversitiesfromtheCapitalsofEurope.pptVIP

? 2006 – UNICA Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe UNICA presentation General Presentation Institutional Network of UNIversities of the Capitals of Europe 1 of the 5 leading institutional academic networks in Europe Created in 1990 41 member universities 32 countries 130,000 staff 1,500,000 students Role To promote academic excellence, integration co-operation between member universities ; To be a driving force in the development of the Bologna process ; To facilitate the integration of universities from Central and Eastern Europe into the EHEA. Mission Statement on Equal Opportunities ? All UNICA universities, as Universities in the Capital Cities of Europe committed to democratic values, pledge themselves to the implementation of policies, procedures and practices which do not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, age, disability, colour, ethnic origin, religious belief or sexual orientation. Consequently they will implement programmes to remove barriers to equality and to promote concepts of diversity and equality of opportunity in all their activities. ? Signed on 15 December 2000 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of UNICA Board General Secretariat PRESIDENT Prof. Arthur METTINGER Vice-Rector, University of Vienna Educational and International Affairs STEERING COMMITTEE Gilbert BEREZIAT Pierre de MARET Ivars LACIS Helena Jasna MENCER Vittoria TESSITORE Markus LAITINEN (IRO-Observer) Organization Internal organization based on 3 bodies : General Assembly (one meeting per year) Steering Committee (four meetings per year) International Relations Officers Committee (two meetings per year) Members Charles University in Prague Comenius University in Bratislava E?tv?s Loránd University of Budapest Freie Universit?t Berlin Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin Lomonosov Moscow State University National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Polytechnic University of Tirana Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Stockholm U