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Functions of the Programme Committee

  • Give input on the Forum’s agenda and on various other content and organizational aspects;

  • Discuss, revise and make recommendations on the main documents to be presented at the Forum;

  • Guide and agree upon the content of the Bucharest Message to the 2009 WCHE - Recommendations and Appeal.

Composition of the Programme Committee

Co-Chairs

 

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Klaus Hüfner, Chairperson, Advisory Board of UNESCO-CEPES, Berlin, Germany

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Remus Pricopie, Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation, Romania

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Jan Sadlak, Director, UNESCO-CEPES, Bucharest, Romania

 

Members
      

   Representatives of the partner organizations:

 

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Sjur Bergan, Head, Department of Higher Education, Council of Europe

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Ligia Deca, Chairperson of the European Students’ Union (ESU)

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Monique Fouilhoux, Senior Educational Coordinator, Educational International (EI)

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Peter van der Hijden, Head of Sector Higher Education, European Commission

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Paulo Santiago, Directorate for Education, OECD

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Lesley Wilson, Secretary General, European University Association (EUA)

 

Members of the Advisory Board of UNESCO-CEPES who are also Members of the 2009  WCHE Committee

 

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Vladimir M. Filippov, Rector, People’s Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russian federation; Chairperson of 2009 World Conference Committee

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Suzy Halimi, Director, Institut du Monde Anglophone, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Paris, France; Member of the Advisory Board of UNESCO-CEPES, General Rapporteur of 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

 

   ► Authors of the regional report and topical studies:

 

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Alex Usher, Vice-President, Educational Policy Institute, Toronto, Canada [author of the Regional Report]

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Jürgen Kohler, Professor, University of Greifswald, Germany [author of a topical study on Quality]

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Andrei Marga, Rector, Babeş-Bolyai University, Romania [author of a topical study on Values]

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Peter Scott, Vice-Chancellor, Kingston University; Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom [author of a topical study on Access]

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Georg Winckler, Rector, University of Vienna, Austria [author of a topical study on Competitiveness]


   Representatives of governmental institutions, academic bodies, foundations and experts:
 

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Cătălin Baba, Chief of the Prime Minister's Chancellary, Romania

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Christian Bode, Secretary General, DAAD - The German Academic Exchange Service, Bonn, Germany

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Molly Corbett Broad, President, American Council on Education (ACE), Washington, D.C., USA

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Adrian Curaj, Director, Executive Agency for Higher Education and Research Funding, Bucharest, Romania

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 Michael Daxner, President, Secretary General, Magna Charta Observatory, Blogna, Italy

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Ioan Dumitrache, President, National University Research Council (CNCSIS), Bucharest, Romania

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Ionel Haiduc, President, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

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Marlies Leegwater, Head, Secretariat of the Bologna Process, Brussels, Belgium

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Tapio Markkanen, Chairperson, Finnish National Commission for UNESCO, Espoo, Finland

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Karen McBride, Vice-President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Ottawa, Canada

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Jamie Merisotis, President, Lumina Foundation, Indianapolis, USA

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Ioan Pânzaru, Rector, University of Bucharest; Vice-president, National Council of Rectors, Romania

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Barbara Weitgruber, Advisor for Strategic Projects in International Relations, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Vienna, Austria


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