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Erasmus + Project No 561586‐EPP‐1‐2015‐1‐RS‐EPPKA2‐CBHE‐JP

Enhancement of HE Research Potential Contributing to Further Growth of the WB Region (Re@WBC)

Monitoring visit at the University of Nis

Author: Dragana Cvetković IlićEvent Title: National Erasmus+ Office monitoring visitEvent Date: July07, 2016Event Venue: University of NisType of event: (National, international, press conference, promotional event etc.) National, monitoring visitShort description:

On behalf of EACEA, National Erasmus+ Office representative, Marija Ožegović Filipović and Ivana Živadinovićvisited the University of Nis for a monitoring visit on July07, 2016in order to have a better overview of theRe@WBC project, its objectives and results and to become better acquainted with the institutions and stakeholders involved. Also, the purpose of the visit was to learn about the activities realized so far, as well as to observe if the project has encountered any problems in operational and/or financial implementation that can be discussed and solved.

The meeting was attended by:

On behalf of NEO – Marija Ožegović Filipović, Ivana Živadinović

On behalf of University of Niš –Vesna Lopičić, Dragana Cvetković Ilić, Saša Nikolić, Ivan Palić, Jasmina Đorđević, Vladimir Pavlović

On behalf of University of Belgrade – Nedeljko Milosavljevic

On behalf of University of Kragujevac – Aleksandar Aleksić

After a brief welcome address and introduction of the participants by Vesna Lopicic, the

vice rectorfor international cooperationof the University of Nis, Dragana Cvetkovic Ilic presented the project, its overall goals as well as recent and some of the next activities. Also, she presented the web site of the project as well as the management project platform and explained how to find all the relevant documents using it. The NEO representatives approved of what they were presented and asked some questions in order to clarify the final results of some activities. After interesting discussions and a lot of useful advice given by the NEO representatives, the representatives from the University of Belgrade and the University of Kragujevac, Nedeljko Milosavljevic and Aleksandar Aleksić described the roles and the progress of their institutions in the project. Specially, Nedeljko Milosavljevic noticed that there is a connection between Re@WBC and some other projects (TRAIN, RODOS) so that a synergy can be achieved.Marija Ožegović Filipović recommended to the project partners to consider the possibility of the use of the databases of the researchers from Serbia which already exist at the Ministry of Science and Education. She has commented that it seems that the project team is very dedicated to working on the project. In opinion of Ivana Živadinović, although a huge number of researchers will be trained during the project lifetime, it will be of great significance to try to measure the impact of the trainings by conducting surveys or in some other ways. Organiser(s): University of Nis, NEOTotal number of participants: 10

Links to further information: Re@WBC website

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Project number: 561586-EPP-1-2015-1-RS-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

"This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein"