• To analyse what forms of institutional adaptation and innovation could address the need for effective and equitable policy making in HEIs
• To explore the implications of existing governance change projects on HEIs in Bulgaria and other Central and Eastern European countries
• To use seminar and website discussions to give an analytical comparison of what forms of institutional decision making can foster or hinder convergence towards a collective European interest
• To contribute to end of year policy briefing paper for the influence of future policies on Governance reform in relation to EU enlargement

• Month 14: BG will liaise with partners over publicity, dates and plans for steering group meeting, seminar, presentations, research focus and follow up website discussion.
• Month 15: BG hosts a one day seminar and a HERN steering group meeting. Partners produce seminar papers and presentations for analytical discussion.
• Month 16: UK-SRHE provides time-limited website discussion to encourage broader perspectives on issues affecting governance reform across Europe.
• Month 21: conference paper on the impact of HE reform on governance systems.
• Month 25: partners will circulate a ‘brief guide to policy’ paper on ‘Past and present systems, values and challenges for governance and change in the context of European enlargement’.

• Seminar papers: "HE reform and governance: past and present systems, values and challenges" and "Case studies of HE Governance reform in Central and Eastern Europe"
• Report of website discussion to EC and associated networks
• Conference paper on the impact of HE reform on governance systems in CEE countries
• Chapter for brief guide to policy - on past and present systems and challenges for the future

The workpackage will:

• provide policy makers, management and academics with comparative, analytical findings and policy guidance about historical, social, political and economic contexts for governance changes in HE.