TACIS-TEMPUS program

The projects are implemented in the assigned time framework.

The day-to-day management of the project activities is implemented through email, telephone and, increasingly via videoconferencing through the internet.

Technical University Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH, member of the ECIU) is project contractor and is responsible for the financial administration of this project. Prof. Dr. Schaumburg, Head of the Coordination Center Eastern Europe-NIS will be in charge of the academic coordination and responsibilities, using his more than 30 years of experiences with the NIS in consulting and project coordination. Due to his knowledge of the Russian language, he supported and guide the European partners when encountering language difficulties.

The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (member of the ECIU) has the largest scope of faculties of all project partners and the most diversified project experience. It has ample experience in computer- and internet-guided education and specialized on internet-oriented curricula work. Both partners together cover the whole range of humanitarian and technical curricula.

Supreme Council of Science and Techniques under the President of Turkmenistan: this leading institution in TME is the host of the virtual silk highway programme (www.silkproject.org/), it coordinates all the contacts to the TME government and will be responsible for an optimum implementation of the project objectives within the given government priorities.

Turkmen State Institute of Transport and Communication (TSITC) has the largest experience in the project work with EU partners and will play an important role in internet-oriented education. As a communication-centred university it plays a dominating role in establishing the communication network.

Turkmen State Polytechnic Institute (TPI) has a high level in a large variety of different technically oriented curricula which developed within this project. It has the largest scope of industry relations throughout TME and responsible for this sector

State Power-Engineering Institute of Turkmenistan (SPEIT) represents the TME education in the energy sector which is one of the most important in TME.

Turkmen State Agricultural University responsible for all aspects of academic education in the agricultural sector.

Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute: the expansion of the teaching staff of TME is one of the major concerns in TME. This important aspect represented by this institute.

The project management implemented on several levels:

The highest level was a strategy planning commission for the internet distribution and usage, involving representatives from the top management of all Turkmen partner universities (preferably rectors).

The working level including a multitude of TME institutions is a working commission for an internet-oriented education, including representatives from all TME partner universities and other institutions.

The executive center of the project was the INTME organization itself.

The project’s webpage, www.science.gov.tm/projects/ (this title has been given to the project by the Ministry of Communication), has been created to record its progress. Further information about the project will be disseminated in a magazine which will be posted on the webpage and issued every three months and distributed through all Turkmen universities and scientific institutes.

JEP 23020: World Standard Education at TME Universities (2002)

The following outcomes have been implemented:

• The NATO Virtual Silk Highway system is fully operational; it is supported by a decree of the President of Turkmenistan.
• At the site of every TME partner Internet training centers have been established for the educational and scientific public.
• All partner faculties are systematically engaged to update their teaching materials using the Internet system
• Accompanying courses in computer-, Internet- , and English language literacy are constantly organized to prepare teachers and other coworkers within the scientific and educational community
• The fast Internet system also has been made available to other Tempus projects in TME

JEP 24020: Distant Training of Trainers in New Curricula in TME (2003, start Sept. 2004)

The following outcomes are in implementation so far:

• Expansion of the infrastructure of TME Internet centers
• Development of a common platform for DL System in TME
• TME-wide training of trainers in Computer and Internet technology and "e-Saboq" use
• Elaboration of TME-specific DL curricula