Agreement concerning the establishment of a

 

EUROPEAN DOCTORAL SCHOOL ON

KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGEMENT

 

 

 

We the undersigned partners hereby agree to form a consortium called

 

"The European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management (EUDOKMA)"

 

with the purpose of creating a European research training school and thereby promote European doctoral and research training in the area, which is described in Annex 1.

 

We the undersigned partners agree

 

            - that we want to further the quality of doctoral education in our institutions and at the European level in general,

            - that we want to further research co-operation and thereby contribute to the creation and dissemination of important and useful knowledge in the field,

            - that we think European co-operation is essential to reach this goal,

            - that we want to co-operate in providing courses, seminars and summer schools for our doctoral students, exchange doctoral students and exchange faculty,

            - that we think the co-operation on doctoral education should be going hand in hand with research co-operation,

            - that we undertake this co-operation for the benefit of European doctoral students and the quality of doctoral education,

            - that we want to offer in the framework of this co-operation a stimulating and challenging intellectual environment which should exemplify the best of the European research tradition and reflect the theoretical creativity and diversity present in Europe,

            - that we want to offer to European doctoral students that have taken their degree in our field a certification that such a degree has been earned in whole or in part as enrolled in this doctoral programme, such certification following the guidelines adopted by the Conference of European Rectors (CRE).

            - that EUDOKMA is not a new independent institution but a consortium of independent institutions or parts thereof, who co-operate under a formal agreement with the purpose of organising international doctoral studies.
                                       


 

 

Partners in the consortium can be institutions of higher learning offering doctoral degrees, research institutions working in the area, private or public organisations working in the area and private companies that want to further research and research training in the area. Organisations, institutions or companies that want to support the doctoral school can become "supporting members". Members have to be legal entities in countries that are members of the European Union or attached to the European Union's research programmes.

 

The specific rules regulating the consortium and the obligations of the partners are found in the attached document "Regulations governing The European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Management".

 

 

September 29, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copenhagen Business School

 

 

 

 

 

ESADE - Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henley Management College

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISTUD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kingston University

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uppsala University

 

Regulations governing

The European Doctoral School on Knowledge and Manage­ment

 

 

Requirements and obligations of partners:

 

1. The partners that offer a doctoral degree accept the following responsibilities as part of this agreement concerning common courses, supervision, exchange and research:

 

·        to offer in the course of each two year period at least one doctoral course of at least four days duration, in which also faculty from other members can teach,

·        to make sure that the doctoral courses offered by the other partners has at least what amount to 10 partici­pations each year, or if the number of doctoral students enrolled in the school is less than 15 a smaller number as accepted by the commit­tee,

·        to be willing to let faculty members be part of the teaching faculty at courses offered at other locations, at least for two faculty members for two courses per year,

·        to run a course offered as part of this doctoral school even if there are only participants from other institutions,

·        to accept doctoral students from other partners for at least ˝ year without receiving more than the cost of having such student as a visitor,

·        to accept as part of the doctoral education of their students a stay at another institution in the consortium,

·        to be interested and committed to enter into common research projects,

·        to be willing to commit resources in a flexible way, so that smaller commit­ment in one area is balanced by a larger in another.

 

2. The academic programme of the doctoral school is decided on for a two-year period and shall be available to all doctoral students and relevant faculty. The doctoral school provides an Internet home page with all relevant information.

 

3. The partners of the doctoral school that do not offer a doctoral degree will as part of their membership provide faculty for the courses and for help in supervision plus they will be available for research co-operation. They can send participants to courses and also offer courses themselves.

 

4. Each institution offering doctoral degrees will be giving such degree to the doctoral students enrolled in that institution. Doctoral students furthermore have the op­portunity to acquire a certification of their doctoral degree issued by EUDOKMA following the rules

recommended by the CRE. Doctoral students that are receiving their doctoral degree from a non-member institution, but have followed the courses offered and have taken part in research connected to the consortium and have followed the rules of the CRE can by decision of the evaluation committee also be offered this certification for a European doctoral degree.

 

5. All doctoral students enrolled in doctoral programmes in institutions that are partners in this consortium have the right to apply for enrolment in the doctoral school. Each partner submits students for enrolment. Such enrolment can take place twice a year. Doctoral students from institutions that are not members can apply for enrolment. The committee will decide the conditions of such enrolment.

 

6. All doctoral students enrolled in the doctoral school receiving a doctoral degree from partners in the consortium have the right to have their enrolment mentioned on their doctoral diploma if such diploma mention the activities of affiliations of the student during the doctoral studies.

 

7. All courses, seminars and summer schools offered by the doctoral school are open to all doctoral students taking into consideration available places and the first priority of students from the members of the consortium.

 

8. All students enrolled in the doctoral school shall follow the rules of the doctoral programme of the institution from which they will receive their degree plus rules guiding the doctoral school. Such rules can only be effective if the deciding bodies of all partners agree to them.

 

Rules concerning the governance of the consortium

 

9. A committee comprising one representative from each member runs the doctoral school. No member can be a legal part of any other member. Decisions are taken by majority. The committee elects a chairman, who does not represent his/her institution. The committee decides on their own order of business, which can comprise the election of a management board.

 

10. The doctoral school has an advisory board consisting of academics, researchers and practitioners of high international standing in the area.

 

11. The doctoral school has a secretariat located at one of the members, and chosen by the members. The secretariat can consist of elected officers. Such officers can take part in the meetings of the committees running the school. The secretariat keeps a list of doctoral students enrolled and their projects as well as a list of the faculty attached.

 

12. Representatives of the members and supporting members meet at least once a year to discuss and evaluate the situation of the doctoral school and discuss its situation with the advisory board. Changes in the regulations can be proposed only at such meetings.

 

13. The doctoral school offers at least four courses per year.

 

14. The consortium can apply for and receive support from public or private organisa­tions, funds, research councils or other relevant sources. The consortium will actively try to secure funding from such sources to strengthen and enriching its activities. Applications can be made by all or some of the partners.

 

15. This agreement takes effect the 1st of November 1999. Some of the consortium partners have before that date already committed themselves to certain forms of co-operation as seen in Annex 2.

 

16. A partner can leave the consortium with one year’s notice.

 

 

17. If a partner does not fulfil the obligations or follow the rules the committee can - upon the recommendation of the advisory board - remove the partner from the consortium. Such relegation should be given with 1 year’s notice.

 

18. These regulations can be changed only at the annual meeting of the consortium as decided by a majority and accepted by the proper deciding bodies of those legal entities of which the partners may be part, as evidence by the signatories of the agreement.

 

19. New members can be accepted on the recommendation of two members and a unanimous decision of the partners. If such decision involves new obligations for existing partners the decision takes effect only upon the confirmation of the signatori­es of the agreement.

 

20. This consortium can be discontinued if at an annual meeting 2/3 of the members so decide. Any funds owned by the consortium will then be used to further European doctoral education.

                                                                                       

21. Annex 1 provides an overview of the field of co-operation.

 

22. Annex 3 provides a list of members as of this time.