Representatives of the Electrical Engineering Faculty of the University of East Sarajevo, prof. dr. Danijel Mijić and asst. prof. Nenad Marković attended in Maribor (Slovenia) the initial meeting of the Erasmus+ project entitled "SMART Innovation Centers for the Development of Innovative and Entrepreneurial Thinking to Facilitate the Development of Sustainable Smart Solutions in the Western Balkans". The meeting was attended by the following project partners:

DOBA Business School, Maribor, Slovenia - project coordinator

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

"Ismail Qemali" University, Valona, Albania

"Fan S. Noli" University, Korca, Albania

"Luigj Gurakuqi" University, Shkodra, Albania

AULEDA Local Development Agency, Valona, Albania

University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

University of East Sarajevo, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

University of Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro

University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro

Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.

The University of East Sarajevo is one of the higher education institutions from the Western Balkans that will actively participate in all work activities, and will be the leader of work package 4.

At the meeting, project partners were introduced, obligations and responsibilities, both legal and financial, were appointed, staff were appointed to the project consortium and the committee for quality control and ethics, work packages with activities and outcomes per work packages were presented in detail.

Examples of good practice were presented, such as the Slovenian State Strategy for Sustainable Smart Specialization 2030, the Network for the Transition to a Circular Economy, the Smart Strategy of the City of Maribor 2030, and the Effective Implementation of "Smart and Green" Solutions from Industry.

More about the project is available at the following link.