Following the publication of the Tempus study Changing Rules--a Review of Tempus Support to University Governance, the European Commission and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency held a series of four regional seminars to present its results and to provide an opportunity for reflection and discussion on challenges and trends in higher education governance in the partner countries of the Tempus programme. Further to a survey of developments in governance in the European Union, the above mentioned Tempus study analyses the governance situation in the Tempus countries. It draws on the insights from six Tempus project case studies and concludes with recommendations for institutions, Tempus countries and the European Union. (Contains 3 footnotes.) [Funding for this paper was provided by the EuropeAid Development and Co-operation Directorate General and the Directorate General for Enlargement of the European Commission.]