The Mechanisms of Regional and International Co-Operation in the Spheres of Science and Technology

Abstract

One of the most important reform areas in the Baltic countries is the creation of a European system for science, studies and education. The renunciation of the former Soviet instruction and studies order - which is a somewhat easier task than the successive creation of a new system. Those Soviet instruction system principles were quickly disassembled, such as those like:

• centralised and unified instructional program preparation, and the planning of the number of school and university teachers

• mandatory attendance of lectures in universities

• graduate job placement guarantees, and centralised distribution

• financing of studies unrelated to results or effectiveness