A network of International Relations Offices of top public Polish academic higher schools

Founded in December 2007 as an innovative project in Poland

Established in order to develop new forms of cooperation

initiate common projects in order to develop academic cooperation

extend university cooperation in the area of research and project management

develop new skills and impreove the existing ones by organizing workshops

and seminars

promote Forum’s Partners in Poland and abroad

exchange information, good practice and expertise

advising to Polish central-level institutions (National Agency, Ministry,

Rectors Conference)

9 founder Universities

University of Economics in Katowice

University of Bielsko-Biała

Gdańsk University of Technology

Jagiellonian University, Krakow

The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

The Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice

Warsaw School of Economics

Warsaw University

Wrocław University

Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (2008)

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań (2008)

Medical University of Gdańsk (2008) 

Technical University of Łódź (2010)

University of Silesia (2010)

University of Gdańsk (2010)

Technical University if Wrocław (2011)

7 new members

weekly SKYPE consultations

The Board of IROs Forum

heads of IROs/IPOs/IExO

delegated by partner institutions

operates collegially

3-4 board meetings/year

International Education: Polish-Norwegian Paths(EEA Project, 2008-2010)

Moving Mobility Forward – conference in Katowice (June 2009)

Staff training visits in Norway (October 2009)

Workshops Organisation of Student Exchange – examples of good practice, Bielsko-Biała (November 2008)

Seminary Strategy of Internationalization, Toruń (November 2009)

Seminar on Polish-American Cooperation – New Aspects and Opportunities, Gdańsk (June 2010)

Workshops for University Erasmus Coordinators, Lublin (September 2010)

Bologna Seminar Student Mobility in the 3-level System, Łódź (November 2010)

Health and Safety Issues in Erasmus Student Exchange, seminar for 30 Polish universities, Toruń (May 2011)

EAIE Information Market in Madrid (2009)

and Kopenhagen (2011)

Forum of Science in Japan (2009)

Educational Fair in Kazahkstan(April 2011) NAFSA Conference, Vancouver

(2011)

Baltic Sea Region University Network

cooperation with Polish National LLP Agencies

cooperation with the Conferences of Rectors

participation in NAFSA and EAIE conferences

organization of seminars for our members

organization of open workshops

Gdańsk, 8 grudnia 2011