Organizers European Association of Erasmus Coordinators and Vilnius College of Higher Education

Announcement and Call for Abstracts

The Erasmus Coordinators Conference 2007 (ERACON2007) follows a successful conference organised in Bolu, Turkey on 10-13 May 2006, ERACON2006 with the participation of some 200 Erasmus Coordinators from 150 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 will be concluded with a two stage Exchange ERASMUS Educational Fair through which each university could provide information to other universities on the programmes offered and arrangements for teacher and student mobility as well as ERASMUS placements. The fair is expected to serve as a basis for further bilateral agreements between institutions and between institutions and Enterprises.

At this stage Erasmus Coordinators, Administrators, Enterprises representatives 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 15 March 2007. The deadline for abstracts is 31st March 2007. Notification of acceptance of abstracts is within 15 days. Further announcements and details will be sent to those responding to this call.