D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Svishtov participated in the Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy project’s closing conference

Prof. Mariyana Bozhinova, PhD, Prof. Krasimir Shishmanov, PhD, Assoc. Prof. Iskra Panteleeva, PhD,  Assoc. Prof. Evelina Parashkevova-Velikova, PhD and Assist. Prof. Aleksandrina Aleksandrova, PhD from the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Svishtov participated in the closing conference of the "Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy" project. The event was held in the period September 12-14, 2022, in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. The official host was the Czech University of Life Sciences, a project partner.

Researchers from 6 universities took part in the conference - D. A. Tsenov Academy, Poznan University of Economics and Business, University of Szeged, University of Zagreb, the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague and Poznań University of Economics and Business, which is also a beneficiary of the project. The Moderator of the event was the project manager Prof. Barbara Borusiak, PhD from the Poznań University of Economics and Business. According to the conference program, during the first and second days, participants from each partnering organization presented the deliverables of the past three years and outlined directions for future partner initiatives of the network.

According to the program, within the second conference day, the team from the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics presented the most significant results achieved by the university’s representatives during the project implementation. It was reported that scientists of the Academy registered twenty-one individual participations in six events organized within the project activities. Twice, in the fall of 2021 and the spring of 2022, the D. A. Tsenov Academy has hosted scientists from partner universities who have conducted individual research mobilities under the project. Ten researchers from the Poznań University of Economics and Business visited the Academy. In September 2021 two joint scientific forums were held. The Department of "Industrial Business and Entrepreneurship" from the Academy of Economics and the Department of "Corporate Resource Management" from the Poznań University of Economics and Business participated in a round table on the topic of "Business in the digital environment" and in a seminar focused on the opportunities for cooperation between the two units. In the period 18-22 July 2022, four professors from the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics Svishtov participated in individual research mobilities at the partner university of Poznań. During these mobilities, the researchers outlined the main priorities for future research and project initiatives.

As part of the project, activities have been published six e-books - educational resources focused on sustainable economy and scientific research. Eight professors from the Academy of Economics Svishtov joined the international author collectives of five of the published books with their manuscripts. All electronic educational and scientific resources are published with open access. They are accessible through the project's official website, the Poznań University of Economics and Business and the Digital Library of the Academy.

Through its participation in the project, the Academy also achieved results in expanding its membership in inter-university scientific networks. Since 2021, the Academy of Economics has been a member of the research exchange network CEEPUS Network "Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy" CIII-PL-0000-00-2122.

The Academy of Economics Svishtov has ensured the dissemination of the progress on the project implementation and the achieved results through a series of publications in a specially designated section on the official website of the university. These publications are bilingual - in Bulgarian and English.

During the third day of the conference, the emphasis was placed on expanding the Central European Network for Sustainable and Innovative Economy - (CENETSIE) scientific network. During the organized inter-team meetings were discussed many questions regarding upcoming joint initiatives that will be implemented by the partner organizations. The participants in the conference received Certificates.

More information about the event, as well as about the project, is published on its official website - http://cenetsie.ue.poznan.pl/.