Organizers European Association of Erasmus Coordinators and Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu

First Announcement and Call for Abstracts

The Erasmus Coordinators Conference 2006 (ERACON 2006) follows a successful conference organised in Cyprus on June 1-5 2005, ERACON 2005 with the participation of more than 200 Erasmus Coordinators from some 160 universities.

The Conference will consist of several workshops/symposiums/sessions covering multiple themes. The official language of the conference is English.

The main themes of the conference include:

ERASMUS coordinators are invited to make presentations and submit written papers on their experiences in the themes above. Workshops within the conference are also invited to discuss specific topics and to draw up concrete suggestions, which can be used by the EC (Education and Culture) in order to improve the ERASMUS programme in general as well as elements of the Bologna Process. The conference also invites Bologna promoters and experts who will exchange experiences from their activities during 2005-2006 year and an attempt to produce a good practise booklet through a selection of papers, which will be published in the proceedings of the conference.

The conference will be concluded with a two stage Exchange Educational Fair through which each university could provide information to other universities on the programmes offered and arrangements for teacher and student mobility. The fair is expected to serve as a basis for further bilateral agreements between institutions.

At this stage Erasmus Coordinators, Administrators and Bologna Promoters who may be interested in attending the Conference with or without a paper should send a message with full address, fax and e-mail to the European Organizing Committee. All expressions of interest should be sent by 15th February 2006. The deadline for abstracts is 31st March 2006. Notification of acceptance of abstracts is within 15 days. Further announcements and details will be sent to those responding to this call.