Tempus Project ISMU-Institute for Strategic Management of Universities

The kick off meeting of the Tempus project ISMU-Institute for Strategic Management of Universities took place the past 14th and 15th December 2011 hosted by the project grantholder, the UNESCO Chair of Higher Education Management (UPC). The project, which will have a duration of 3 yars and is part of the technical assistance fund provided by the European Commission with European neighbour countries, has as main objectivo to create continuous training centres on strategic management of universities in four central asian countries: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The Rectors and top managers of the following universities participated in this kickoff meeting:

- Kyrgyz National University
- Academy of Management under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic
- Tajikistan State University of Commerce
- Institute of Economics of Tajikistan
- East-Kazakhstan State Technical University
- Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communication
- Bukhara State University
- Samarkand State University

The project will also count with the participation of two European universities which are currently part of the CLUSTER of technical universities:

- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Politècnico di Torino, Italy

The first activity of the project will be to map the competencies of the top and middle managers of higher education insitutions for further develop a training plan to be offered at each institute (ISMU) within each central asian partner.