Please read the latest articles about SPARK in the media:
13.12.2007: Dutch only: Gedeelde stad ziet onafhankelijkheid Kosovo met angst tegemoet. Read the article.
From 29 to 31 October the highly successful Dubrovnik Conference on Higher Education; Addressing Questions on Institutional Reforms in Creating the European Higher Education Area took place. This conference was hosted by the University of Zagreb and financially supported by SPARK and attended by Spark's project manager Annelies van den Berg and co-director Michel Richter. The latter held an introductory speech on Higher Education Reforms - An Emergency Bridge between the Societies in Conflict.
Read the latest SPARK Private Sector Development Newsletter October 2007. It provides an overview of the activities that were organized in the PSD-related projects the last weeks. Read more
Read this latest article in entrepreneurial magazine 'Sprout' in the Netherlands, why the Balkans are a great outsourcing region for Dutch companies (in Dutch). Read more
In the Serbian Ekonomist magazine, a full article was dedicated to the successful launch of the Business Start-up Centre Kragujevac in Serbia. Read more.
The European University Association (EUA) represents and supports higher education institutions in 46 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies. Read the EUA's opinion on the SPARK Summer Universities in Kosovo. http://www.eua.be/index.php?id=48&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=357&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1
SPARK envisions to close the gap between Higher Education and the Market needs. Read in this International Herald Tribune article why this is so relevant in South Eastern Europe. http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/07/19/business/work.php