Regional universities boost co-operation

By Bedrana Kaletovic. Universities in Southeast Europe are increasingly co-operating with each other in an effort to strengthen the academic community, as a result of the EU strategy for the Danube region that was adopted by the European Commission in December 2010. The strategy was developed to address common educational challenges and co-ordinate between existing policies and initiatives. The Southeast European member universities are from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia and Kosovo. They are focused on co-operation in science, student mobility and joint research projects. The latest BiH academic co-operation was established between the University of Tuzla and Croatia's University of Zagreb, with a goal to boost advancements in science in the region. Read more...