Rector of the International Burch University and the project manager of the EU-funded project, "Project Development Facility", Prof. Dr. Mersid Poturak, hosted three Banja Luka-based National Contact Points for Horizon Europe, Prof. Dr. Suzana Gotovac-Atlagić of the University of Banja Luka, Dr. Ratko Perić of the Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development, Higher Education, and Information Society of the Republika Srpska, and Milica Bodroža of the Ministry of International Cooperation and European Integration of Republika Srpska, as a part of a series of kick-off meetings for the EU-funded project Project Development Facility implemented by International Burch University with the University of Applied Sciences FH Burgenland.
Prof. Dr. Poturak also met with the rector of the Paneuropean University, Prof. Dr. Sanel Jakupović, to discuss further possibilities for cooperation through the Project Development Facility, which aims to strengthen the capacities of academic staff at higher education institutions to develop EU research projects, such as COST, Eureka, and Horizon Europe.