Danube Rectors' Conference
The "Danube Rectors' Conference" took place in Budapest (Hungary), from 25th to 27th September 2008. The University of Nova Gorica took part in the conference as its new member, assuring to play a role in the process of adopting and realising future joint programmes.
The Rectors from the universities of Ulm, Linz, Vienna and Budapest established the Danube Rectors' Conference at the meeting in Vienna in 1983. Since then, the number of countries and institutions involved in its activities has been growing considerably. The founding countries Austria, Germany and Hungary have been joined by Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Presently, 50 higher education institutions from 14 countries are its active members.
The general goals of the Danube Rectors' Conference are to encourage the development of higher education in the region, promote bilateral and multilateral agreements between universities and to increase the mobility of students and the teacing staff.
More information about the conference are available on webpage: http://www.d-r-c.org.
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