The Northern-European Open University (NEOU) is the consortium of
international and national educational, scientific, innovative, informational,
public, cultural, and other organizations, funds, companies which was founded
with the purpose of staff and scientific supplying of the socio-economic
development of the European North of Russia, with the purpose of organization
the united educational, scientific, and informational system in the North of
Europe.
The Northern-European Open University’s consortium was founded within the
framework of the project “Creation of the Northern-European Open University”
(1999-2003) with the financial support of the World Bank of Reconstruction and
Development and the National Fund of Staff Training of the Federal Agency on
Education of the Russian Federation.
According to the Declaration of the establishment of NEOU, Petrozavodsk State
University was appointed the head organization which is responsible for
organizational and technical issues of the establishment of the NEOU and
administrative, financial supervision.
The Northern-European Open University of Petrozavodsk
State University (NEOU PetrSU) is a detached subdivision of
Petrozavodsk State University founded with the purpose of solving
organizational and technical issues of the NEOU’s consortium and providing
support of its administrative and financial activities.
Further information - http://neou.karelia.ru
Structure of NEOU PetrSU: