1. Pest Control
Laws extending pardons and amnesties for corruption and official misconduct were put
forward, sparking protests across the country. Yaroslav Kichuk - Rector of The State
Humanitarian University of Izmail, Ukraine, Nikola Karaivanov - Honorary Chairperson of the
Bulgarian Association for Research and Development and Nikola Draganov - programme
director of Energy, Econo0my and Environment in the Bulgarian Association for Research
and Development.
Caliopa Stilinovich and Nurten Syuleimani from "St Kliment Ohridski" University in Bitola,
Macedonia talked about the relations between the two universities aparate anti soareci while
Daniela Schults from the Technical University Vildau answered the questions of students,
related to academic exchange and research in Germany.
The forum was greeted by the Deputy Mayor of Ruse, Mr. Strahil Karapchanski, Mr. Georgi
Dimitrov - Deputy Head of Unit, Innovation and EIT, DG EAC, European Commission, Ms
Angelina Lambreva - director of Higher Education Directorate in MES, Ms. Rositsa Georgieva
- Head of Regional Management of Education in Ruse and Yana Vangelova - Chair of the
National Representation of Student Unions in Bulgaria.
204) of the University of Ruse, prof., Velizara Pencheva, PhD Rector of the University of
Ruse opened the first meeting on the international project Building Bridges of Europe in the
frame of Erasmus+K2 - Cooperation for Innovation and Exchange of Good Practices.
Hristo Beloev, DTSc, in relation to the beneficial cooperation between the two institutions on
projects, supporting the adaptation of education to the digital generation, as well as the
opportunity to use the resources of the virtual library, created by the University of Ruse.
His Excellency Jaqoub Youssef al-Attiki is well acquainted with the research and human
resource potential of the University of Ruse because he has a Master degree in International
Cooperation and European Projects in the professional field Political Sciences from this
university.
At a seminar with the participation of nearly 100 lecturers and students from the Shanghai
Polytechnic University, the members of the delegation from Ruse shared the 15-year
experience of the Center for Innovative and Educational Technologies with the University of
Ruse and informed the participants about the draft of the National Programme for Digitization
of Education in Bulgaria.
Students from the Vocational High School of Economics "Elias Canetti", presented their
study company while another group of students from the German Language High School
"Friedrich Schiller" demonstrated how the digital technologies connect us. The project "Bread
Connects" was introduced to the audience by students from the Vocational High School of
Tourism in Ruse.
Andy Pusca - Rector of Danubius University,Emanuel-Stefan Marinescu, Direct5or of
International relations in the same University, Prof.Stefan Balta, Vice-rector on strategic
planning, quality and student issues of Dunarea De Jos” University of Galati, Gurguiatu,
Dean of the Electrical Engineering Faculty at the same university and the Executive director
