European Humanities University

National Network
ليتوانيا
Address

Tauro st. 12
Vilnius
ليتوانيا

Telephone
+3705 2639650
Fax
+3705 2639651
E-Mail
igor.ivenkov@ehu.lt
E-Mail (2)
andrej.vankov@ehu.lt
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2006
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
EHU employs a total of 293 staff members. It's managed by eleven-member Governing Board representing seven countries, including Belarus, three-member international body of founders, General Assembly of Part-Owners, rector, 21 year-experience advancing EHU, assisted by cross-cultural higher management team, twenty-member Senate representing academics and students from Belarus and Lithuania. Annual budget is about 5,000,000 EURO, 75% of which is donors' support, and 25% - student tuition fees.
Mission and Objectives

EHU mission: the University exists to facilitate and deepen the contribution that its students, graduates, and faculty can make to the quality and potential of their own lives and to their respective civil societies. By so doing, they contribute to Belarus and its integration into the European and global community. The University seeks to educate students through the traditions of a liberal education to be creative and humane contributors to and citizens of their respective civil societies

Main Projects / Activities

Main projects: Visual studies of Immediacy (OSF), Social Transformations in the Western Eurasia Border Regions (Carnage Foundation), Media Education for Democracy in Belarus (EC), Institutional Development and Distance Learning (Eurasia Foundation), Support for the Advancement of Higher Education and Research in Belarus (OSF), Election Observation: Theory and Practice (Norway Government). Main partners: Belarus and Lithuanian NGOs (BY Watsh, Freedom House, Galeria Y, PACT, NDI Belarus, Belsat TV, etc.), different universities.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Host and partner in international meetings, exchanges, seminars and provide volunteering placements for young people, carry out international and national training courses, seminars, conferences and partnership building activities for the staff of NGOs

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Implementing our mission and being European University, we seek for involvement and participation in the international networks developing a sense of responsibility, initiative and motivation for active participation as European and global citizens in young people, promote Intercultural Dialogue and Human Rights education in NGOs as well as through social and cultural projects for society in general, stimulate transnational cooperation in order to strengthen mutual understanding of an open and tolerant society.

Contact (1) Full Name
Igor Ivenkov
Head of the organisation
Prof. Anatoli Mikhailov
Contact (2) Full Name
Andrej Vankov