Rector Dragan Ljutić with UNIST delegation visits the University of Gdańsk for the SEA-EU week

Always dynamic rhythm of the European University of the Seas, became even more intensive during the last week. Namely, the University of Gdańsk from Poland hosted all SEA-EU Alliance partners (University of Split, University of Cádiz, University of Gdańsk, University of Kiel, University of Brest and the University of Malta) who participated in the SEA-EU week. The week was packed with meetings vital for the future of the Alliance.

The week started with a two-day Technical Working Group meeting and continued with the Executive meeting and the Governing Board meeting. Given that these meetings coincided with the launching of the new call for funding deep institutional transnational cooperation, one of main focuses of the meeting was placed on that as well on the new potential partners for the project SEA-EU 2.0.

In addition, other very important topics were discussed, such as development of joint studies and the analysis of the M18 Progress Report. The report analysis summarized all the activities done so far with a view of outlining future steps necessary for successful project implementation. This includes the realization of all planned mobilities but also higher student engagement in the project.

Apart from the meetings related to the SEA-EU project this week, a series of meetings took place for another nested SEA-EU project – reSEArchEU (Horizon 2020 project).

Numerous engagements came as a result of cooperation between the Alliance partners, but the rector of the University of Split, prof. Dragan Ljutić, PhD, highlighted friendship among partners as the most valuable one, as it will be the foundation for future advances in the fields of education, research and society impact. All the meetings served as a confirmation of partners’ openness and strong partnership which will undoubtedly continue in future.

Finally, at the University of Gdańsk Prof. Dragan Ljutić, PhD, and the UNIST delegation had the honor to meet Lech Walesa, Poland’s first democratically elected president, also a winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.