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09.11.2020

 

Optimism, exchange of ideas and steady ambition for research excellence marked the first meeting among the partners of the international scientific project SCHOLARNET. The first official meeting of the representatives of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg was digitally mediated due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID - 19 pandemic.

SCHOLARNET-kick-off

 

Assoc. Prof. Atanas Georgiev - Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administrations at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, who is also the SCHOLARNET Project project leader welcomed the kick-off meeting participants. Assoc. Prof. Georgiev expressed his gratitude to the partner universities from France and Germany and highlighted the importance of maintaining and developing international partnerships with leading research institutes, especially in the context of research capacity building. Prof. Albena Vutsova and Assoc. Prof. Todor Yalamov - coordinators of SCHOLARNET, presented the main objectives of the project focusing on fostering young scholars’ research carrier. Assoc. Prof. Stela Raytcheva from the Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, as well as Prof. Kai-Ingo Voigt and Oscar Pacos from the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen - Nürnberg expressed their satisfaction that the project would deepen the research cooperation; and knowledge exchange and enrich partnership with the Sofia University.

 

Some of the topics discussed during the meeting included defining specific objectives for the current Q4 2020 project cycle, a monitoring mechanism implementation, allocating work teams and appointing a project Advisory Board, in which the rectors of the three university will participate.

 

An ambitious action plan by the end of 2020 was drawn up at the end of the meeting. Construction of a project website, organization of a PhD students’ panel session at the end of November, as part of the scientific conference “Just and SMART Transitions: New Deals, Markets and Governance”, as well as publication of a new scientific journal “Economic Boundaries and Transformations” are some of the activities which are part of action plan for the next two months. By the end of November, a communication strategy will be elaborated, through which the goals and results of the SCHOLARNET project will reach a broad audience, including researchers, students, social partners, business organizations, public sector and policy makers. The SCHOLARNET project aims to build up research capacity through knowledge transfer, exchange of good practices, related academic research and various networking. It is part of the Bulgarian national scientific program “European Research Networks” implementation and is in line with the priorities of the Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization of the Republic of Bulgaria 2014 - 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Prof. Atanas Georgiev - Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administrations at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language: BG" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: BG;">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222;" lang="EN-US">who is also </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language: EN" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">the SCHOLARNET Project project leader welcomed the kick-off meeting participants. Assoc. Prof. Georgiev expressed his gratitude to the partner universities from France and Germany and highlighted the importance of maintaining and developing international partnerships with leading research institutes, especially in the context of research capacity building. Prof. Albena Vutsova and Assoc. Prof. Todor Yalamov - coordinators of SCHOLARNET, presented the main objectives of the project focusing on fostering young scholars’ research carrier. Assoc. 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mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin" mce_style="font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;" lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.fau.de/" mce_href="https://www.fau.de/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0562C1;letter-spacing:-.05pt" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0562c1; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">Friedrich-Alexander-Un</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0562C1;letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0562c1; letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0562C1" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; color: #0562c1;">i<span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span>ve<span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">rs</span><span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">it</span><span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">ät</span><span style="letter-spacing:.3pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: .3pt;"> </span>E<span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">rla</span><span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing:-3.6pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;">gen</span><span style="letter-spacing:-3.45pt" mce_style="letter-spacing: -3.45pt;"> </span>-</span></a><a href="https://www.fau.de/" mce_href="https://www.fau.de/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0562C1;letter-spacing:-3.65pt" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; 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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">Some of the topics discussed during the meeting included defining specific objectives for the current Q4 2020 project cycle, a monitoring mechanism implementation, allocating work teams and appointing a project Advisory Board, in which the rectors of the three university will participate.</span>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN" mce_style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: #222222; mso-ansi-language: EN;" lang="EN">An ambitious action plan by the end of 2020 was drawn up at the end of the meeting. Construction of a project website, organization of a PhD students’ panel session at the end of November, as part of the scientific conference “Just and SMART Transitions: New Deals, Markets and Governance”, as well as publication of a new scientific journal “Economic Boundaries and Transformations” are some of the activities which are <span style="mso-spacerun:yes" mce_style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>part of action plan for the next two months. By the end of November, a communication strategy will be elaborated, through which the goals and results of the SCHOLARNET project will reach a broad audience, including researchers, students, social partners, business organizations, public sector and policy makers. The SCHOLARNET project aims to build up research capacity through knowledge transfer, exchange of good practices, related academic research and various networking. It is part of the Bulgarian national scientific program “European Research Networks” implementation and is in line with the priorities of the Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization of the Republic of Bulgaria 2014 - 2020.</span>
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