The signing ceremony of the agreement on cooperation in education and science between KubSU and the Higher School of Mechanical Engineering and Traffic Management (Ciacak, Serbia) took place on 13 March.
At the beginning of the ceremony Mikhail Astapov, Rector of Kuban State University, noted that one of the priorities of Kuban State University is to expand contacts with educational organisations in Serbia. Alexey Lugovskiy, Chief of the Department of Foreign Relations and Inter-municipal cooperation of the city administration of Krasnodar, welcomed the Serbian colleagues on behalf of the city administration, discussed the possibility of establishing cooperation between the cities, and also outlined potential areas of their mutually beneficial partnership. The transfer was carried out by the deputy chairman of the KRPO «Yugoslav Society «Yugovichi» (Krasnodar) Miodrag Zhivkovich.
The ceremony was also attended by KubSU employees: Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design – Olga Zimina, Dean of the Faculty of Art and Graphics – Yuri Korobko, Head of the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design – Elena Morozkina, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department – Irina Rayushkina. The moderator was Evgeniia Rotai, Deputy Director of the International Affairs Department.
The Serbian side was represented by Mayor of Ciacak Milan Todorovic, Deputy Mayor Miroslav Petrovic, Director of the Higher School of Mechanical Engineering Mirko Lazovic, Head of the Design Department of the Higher School of Mechanical Engineering Anna Damljanovic, translator Ksenia Radoicic.
After the official signing ceremony, the parties discussed proposals on the main areas of cooperation and agreed to send them in the form of a roadmap.
Since 2018, Kuban State University has been actively involved in joint creative projects, implemented with the support of the administration of the city of Chachak, among others. During this period, 3 plein-airs of Kuban State University artists were held in Chachak, and a presentation of the film made by a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism was held. Paintings by Kuban artists were exhibited at the Chachak Gallery, and a joint Russian-Serbian exhibition was held at the Krasnodar Regional Museum of Art named after Fyodor Akimovich Kovalenko in Krasnodar.
Currently, Serbian universities such as the University of Belgrade and the Nikola Tesla Union University are partners of KubSU. In addition, KubSU has been successfully cooperating for many years with the Centre of the Russian Geographical Society in Serbia. Joint scientific, educational and cultural events are organised within the framework of inter-university cooperation.
