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This International Neighborhood website is dedicated to providing a broad and thoughtful range of professional material and information NCURA members want to see included in a web-based international resource. With this in mind, NCURA’s Commission on International Research Administration – the group behind the development of this Neighborhood – has built the site around several themes. Below is an overview of what you will discover at this, the newest of NCURA’s Neighborhoods.

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First, we hope the section titled Public Square will provide a meaningful venue where NCURA members can communicate observations, raise questions, offer opinion, and share best practices around the broad domain that is international research administration. For the International Neighborhood Wiktor M. Kurzeja (President) and Paul Craven (Vice President) of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) – have shared a thoughtful Welcoming Message. The International Neighborhood will regularly offer such commentary by fellow research administrators and managers located in the USA and other countries.

Second, the International Resources portion of the Neighborhood provides valuable links to a comprehensive directory of domestic and international organizations that impact the work of research administrators around the world. Each link includes a brief descriptive narrative outlining the mission of each organization included in the directory. This depth and breadth of information is absolutely essential for NCURA members to use this resource with ease and confidence. This directory is possibly the best of its kind available to the international community of research administrators. If you have international web addresses that might be included in this section, please send them to John Carfora who manages this section of the Neighborhood.

Third, the Events section of the website includes a complete list of NCURA events traditionally appearing in each of NCURA’s Neighborhood websites. Perhaps the best way to locate internationally hosted conferences, meetings, workshops and professional development courses is to visit specific websites of host organizations in the International Resources section. For example, if you click on European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) it provides a range of training and continuing professional development opportunities offered throughout Europe. Likewise, if you click on the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) you can locate information on the forthcoming Congress – titled Managing for Impact: New Approaches to Research and Innovation Management – that will convene at the Cape Town International Convention Center (South Africa) from 11-15 April 2010. NCURA is a member of the INORMS Network.

Fourth, the Library section includes a list of professional resources essential to any growing library of value to international research administrators. This on-line library will, of course, need to grow – which is our intention – so please share valuable resources with colleagues by sending them to to Jim Casey or John Carfora, who will manage this portion of the Neighborhood.

The fifth component of the Neighborhood is titled Career Center, which includes professional opportunities on file with the National Council of University Research Administrators. Similar opportunities can be found by visiting specific host organizations in the International Resources section.

Though new resources may be added in the future, this is where we start. Please let us know your thinking, but first please remember to join the International Neighborhood listserv by completing the box to the left. Welcome!

Sincerely,