The project activities will be focused on studying the role of the Higher Education sector in the National System of Innovation in Russia, e.g. in comparison with those in developed countries. There will be assessed described major policy initiatives aimed at increasing contribution of Higher Education to the economic and social development, promoting R&D at universities, integration of S&T and education.

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The main topic to be discussed at the Russian National Workshop is the role of the Higher Education sector in the National System of Innovation in Russia in comparison with those in developed countries. There will also be focused discussions on major policy initiatives aimed at increasing contribution of Higher Education to the economic and social development, promoting R&D at universities, integration of S&T and education.

The Chinese team plans to hold a daylong national workshop November 30 2005. The core issues to be addressed at the meeting the role universities play in the Chinese national system of innovation today, what challenges and opportunities the Chinese education system faces, and how innovation policy can stimulate the university to be more proactive as knowledge-producer, incubator and networker and how it can enforce the linkage and cooperation between universities, research institutes and industry.

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2005
June 2005 1st Cuban National Workshop
October 31 – November 4 Mini Workshop at Globelics, South Africa
September 2005 1st Vietnamese National Workshop
November 2005 Chinese National Workshop
November 2005 Tanzania National Workshop

2006
January 24–27 Chilean Regional Workshop
February 13–17 Workshop at Fifth International Congress on Higher Education “UNIVERSIDAD 2006”, Cuba
Jan/Feb 2006 German National Workshop
Spring 2006 Brazilian National Workshop
Spring 2006 Nicaraguan National Workshop
Autumn 2006 Interim Workshop for all members, Location to be decided
Autumn 2006 Latvian National Workshop
2006 Uruguayan National Workshop
2006 Russian National Workshop
2006 South Africa National Workshop
2006 2nd Cuban National Workshop
2006 2nd Vietnamese National Workshop

2007
Autumn 2007 Final Conference, Location to be decided
December 2007 End of Project

UniDev Mini Workshop
Globelics Conference, Pretoria
16.00 - 17.30, 2 November 2005

GLOBELICS (GLOBal network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence-building Systems) organises a major conference on an annual basis. The Developing Universities working group has been asked to hold a Mini Workshop at the 2005 Globelics Conference 31 October – 4 November. Seven of the twelve member countries will be represented at the meeting, which will primarily be devoted to identifying a common research methodology and setting a detailed project road map.

Globelics is a worldwide network of scholars, academics, intellectuals, policy-practitioners and activists drawn from the disciplines of social, political and economic sciences. To learn more about Globelics please visit http://www.globelics2005africa.org.za/

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The Brazilian team decided to postpone the first National Workshop, which was first schedule for September this year. Instead the Workshop willl be held early 2006. The idea is to have a two-days seminar, where the basic lines of the Brazilian project will be presented and discussed with leading Brazilian researchers as well as with Brazilian authorities from CNPq, CAPES, FINEP, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology.

The UniDev project in Uruguay will be located at the University of the Republic, the only public University in the Country. The intention is to relate the project with an agreement between the University of the Republic and the Planning and Budget of the National Government, to be signed soon. The cooperation between the University and this high rank Government Department will ensure the genuine participation by both parts through out the full project.

The first national workshop will take place during 2006. A more exact date is to be decided at a later stage, when new research results have been gathered and transformed into working documents with the purpose of monitoring and communicating the process to external actors.