Between 14 and 18 October 2024, Prof. DDr. Imre Fertő, Dr. Zoltan Bakucs and Dr. Lajos Barath from HUN-REN, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Institute of Economics in Budapest visited the UP Faculty of Management in Koper within the framework of the bilateral cooperation project between the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU) in Ljubljana and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) in Budapest. The guests were welcomed by the dean of the Faculty of Management, prof. dr. Tatjana Horvat and prof. dr. Štefan Bojnec.
The history of continuous cooperation between the Slovenian head of the research project, Prof. Dr. Štefan Bojnec and the Hungarian head of the research project, Prof. DDr. Imre Fertő started more than two decades ago. During this period, 7 bilateral projects between SAZU – HAS, bilateral projects of scientific and technical cooperation between Slovenia and Hungary, the project of the Leading Agency between the Hungarian and Slovenian research and innovation agencies and some large-scale research projects, such as FP7, were very successfully implemented.