This publication provides a comprehensive inventory of initiatives undertaken by European institutions and international organizations to assist the transformation of higher education and research in East Central Europe. Section 1 contains five papers, each highlighting one of five institutions that have developed innovative approaches to address problems facing higher education and research communities in East Central Europe. Paper titles are: "Harnessing Higher Education to Change: The TEMPUS Scheme in Central and Eastern Europe" (Roger Absalom); "The European Science Foundation" (W. Shauinger-Horne); "The European Cultural Foundation and Higher Education Initiatives in Eastern and Central Europe" (Odile Chenal); "Opening Up the Centre: A Brief Review of the Central European University and the Soros Foundation Network" (Paul Flather); "Transformation of the National Higher Education and Research Systems of Central Europe: A Program at the Institute for Human Sciences" (Aaron A. Rhodes). Section 2 highlights institutions in Western and Eastern Central Europe that are working to increase east-west exchange and provide support for reform. Section 3 describes east-west university linkages beyond the TEMPUS (Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Students) Program which dominates the scene. Section 4 looks at Canadian programs in East Central Europe. Section 5 is a bibliography containing over 240 references published from 1991 to 1993. Section 6, an appendix, contains descriptions of European Union Initiatives to support cooperation in science and technology with the countries of central and Eastern Europe and in the New Independent States. (JB)