Signed protocol on cooperation between the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Novi Sad

Today, a protocol on cooperation has been signed between the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina and Faculty of Sciences of the University of Novi Sad.

The goal of this protocol is to establish procedures for the enhancement of cooperation and coordination between the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina and the Faculty of Sciences on issues related to linking higher education, science and provincial administration to achieve and ensure common interests, develop EU projects, to promote the educational, economic and administrative capacities, to educate the staff and management for the needs of European integration, as well as to harmonize their own programmes, projects and activities related to the European integration. In addition, the cooperation will also involve information dissemination about the use of pre-accession and other instruments of development policy, promotion of European values and regional policy as an instrument for building the economic capacities, especially through cooperation with relevant international and national institutions.

According to the protocol, the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina and Faculty of Sciences will establish cooperation and information exchange by organizing events to ensure information exchange related to the activities connected to the preparation and implementation of projects in the field of European integration, by organizing different types of education within the framework of the activities of the contracting parties, by establishing work plans and programmes on European integration, specifically in those areas that are of interest to both parties, by organizing events to promote European values and the process of European integration, if necessary, by organising joint press conferences, professional practice of the students of the Faculty of Sciences and thematic group visits of students of the Faculty of Sciences to the European Affairs Fund of AP Vojvodina, with the aim of getting acquainted with the activities and business practice of the Fund.