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Delegation of Mendel University in Brno, the Czech Republic Visiting School of International Studies

date:2018-09-17

          On September 5, six delegates from Mendel Universityin Brno,the Czech Republic paid a visit to the SIS of Zhejiang University and had an in-depth discussion on the vision and planning for future cooperation. Xu Ying, Deputy Division Chief of International Relations, Li Yuan,Deputy Deanof the SIS, together with Xu Xueying and David Pichus, key supervisors of Global Engagement Program (GEP) warmly welcomed the guests.

The delegation includedMartina Rasticova and Martin Machay,deputy deans of the Faculty of Business and Economics,Eva TaterovaandOndrej Mocek, deputy deans of Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, assistant Prof. Richard Turcsanyi and Researcher Qiaoan Runya.

To meet the requirements of the fourth classroom in the training program of Global Engagement Program (GEP), and dock with the strategic needs of “The Belt and Road Initiative”, GEP has already cooperated with this university. From July 15 to August 3, 2018, 10 undergraduates and postgraduates from GEP led by Mrs. Xu Xueying participated in summer practice and learning project offered by the two parties. They visited the UN headquarters, the OPECin Vienna, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and Hungarian Parliament,and got a deeper understanding of the politics, economy, society and culture of Central and Eastern Europe.

At the meeting, Xu Ying, Deputy Division Chief ofInternational Relationsof ZJU, expressed her welcome to the delegation first and gave a brief introduction of the history of ZJU and its influence at home and abroad. Li Yuan,DeputyDean of the SIS, introduced the development of disciplines and comprehensive strength of all aspects. Mrs. Xu Xueying then highlighted the rapid progress of GEP in such a short time, including curriculum, cooperative institutions and universities, supervisors and students’ achievements. Afterwards Martina Rasticova and Martin Machay,deputy deans of Faculty of Business and Economics gave a detailed introduction to their disciplinary researches and international cooperation. Everyone showed great interest in and expectations for further cooperation after the discussion on school- and university-level prospect of cooperation and exchange models. After the meeting, Prof. Fang Fan, Deputy Dean of the SIS also had talks with the guests.

This discussion fully demonstrated our exploration and innovation in the cooperation of excellent educational resources of countries along “the Belt and Road Initiative”, which expanded channels and resources for future talent cultivation of international organizations.

About Mendel Universityin Brno,the Czech Republic

Mendel University, founded in 1919 and located in Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic, is one of its earliest public universities. It is named after the world’s famous geneticist Gregor Mendel and its economics, agriculture and forestry are renowned in Europe. It now consists of five faculties and one institute--Faculty of AgriSciences,Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Horticulture, Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies and Institute of LifelongLearning.

 School of International Studies
September 7th, 2018

Translated by Shang Xiaoyi, Liu Liu

Edited by Xu Xueying

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