HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM IN THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

As part of its ongoing tertiary education program of activities, during June 2005, the World Bank’s Europe and Central Asia Education Team hosted a series of workshops in three new EU member countries to address key issues in Higher Education Reform. These workshops, in Warsaw, Riga and Bratislava, were attended by approximately 150 participants from about 20 countries and will lead up to the World Bank’s Second Regional Education Conference, Tertiary Education: Quality, Financing and Linkages to Innovation and Productivity in October in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

• Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 17th of June 2005
  Information promotion and dissemination of information in higher education reform
  FinalBratislavaSummaryReport.pdf (81Kb, PDF Document)
  
  
• Riga, Latvia, June 21, 2005
  Linking Research, Education and the Business Sector
  FINALRigaWorkshopOverviewJuly18.pdf (29 Kb, PDF Document)
  Presentations in Riga, June 21, 2005:
  Latvia_Prof_Grens_210605.pdf (157 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Latvia_Sara_Farley_210605.pdf (111 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Estonia_RD_210605_Dr_Kaarli.pdf (434 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Finland_TEKES_Riga_210605.pdf (255 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Hungary_Ilona_Vass_Riga_210605.pdf (282 Kb,  PDF Document)
  
  
• Warsaw, Poland, 23 & 24 June, 2005
  Sustainable Financing for Higher Education
  FinalReportWarsawWorkshop.pdf (86 Kb,  PDF Document)
  
  
• The Chapter on Higher Education financing for the EU8 Fiscal Reform Study and two Annexes with the Country Case Studies.
  MasterdraftJul18_EU8_HE_Finance.pdf (315 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Case_Studies1_July_14.pdf (423 Kb,  PDF Document)
  Case_Studies2_July_14.pdf (409 Kb,  PDF Document)