Visegrad University Association, General Meeting 2015, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland.
The General Meeting of Visegrad University Association 2015 took place at Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland on September 28-30. The meeting was attended by 40 representatives of 20 VUA member universities coming from 10 countries.
The General Meeting was opened by VUA President, Prof. Peter Bielik and Prof. Kazimierz Banasik, SGGW Rector´s Attorney. President Bielik evaluated the association activities and introduced the plans of Visegrad University Association for the upcoming period. The General Meeting approved the VUA Annual Report as well the Proposal of activities for 2016. During 2015, new universities applied for VUA membership. Four of them were approved by the General Meeting and we would like to congratulate and welcome them to our association:
Uman National University of Horticulture, Ukraine,
University of Agribusiness and Rural Development, Bulgaria,
University of Zilina, Slovakia,
Louisiana State University Agricultural Centre and Louisiana State University College of Agriculture, USA
We are also glad that new VUA Vice-presidents and Executive Committee Members were elected:
VUA Vice-presidents:
Janusz Zmija – First Vice-president, University of Agriculture in Cracow, Poland
Janos Tozser, Szent Istvan University Godollo, Hungary
Alexander Turyanskiy, Belgorod State Agricultural University, Russia
Executive Committee Members:
Tatiana Litvinenko, Belgorod State Agricultural University, Russia
Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
Henrietta Nagy, Szent Istvan University Godollo, Hungary
Robert Pokluda, Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
Also this year, VUA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE was awarded to the most active member university based on the results of the election of the General Meeting. The award went to the Warsaw University of Life Sciences as an appreciation of an active participation in VUA activities. The award was presented by VUA President, Prof. Peter Bielik and First VUA Vice-president Prof. Janusz Zmija to Prof. Bogad Klepacki, SGGW Vice-rector for Didactics.
Presentations of Prof. John Russin (Vice-chancellor of Louisiana State University), Dr. Piotr Bajda (International Visegrad Fund, Trustee for Poland) and Agnieszka Wojciechowska De Cokere (Head of International Research Projects Office, SGGW), provided the participants of the General Meeting with in depth information on actual grant and project possibilities and research schemes.
VUA Presidency would like to thank the Warsaw University of Life Sciences for a perfect organization of the event and all the participants of the General Meeting for their fruitful contribution.
Attachments: 
VUA General Meeting 2015 Minutes, 
AgroBioTech, IVF , Horizon 2020, LSU, 
VUA Member Info