CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES: WATER MANAGEMENT & SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES
05-07/04/2024, DOIRAN
The 5th scientific - educational meeting was successfully organized by the South Eastern European Foundation On Reinforcing Workgroups in Academic & Research Development (SEEFORWARD), a framework established by colleagues in academia at the School of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje. The aim of the meeting was to enhance the culture of cross-border cooperation, especially regarding renewable energy sources. Students from both universities had the chance to participate into a workshop that included teamwork, projects assignments and presentations of results on specific issues concerning: (a) water management and hydropower, (b) circular economy, and (c) solar energy production through photovoltaic panels and net metering. The workshop's program, also, included a visit to the Waste Water Treatment facility in Doiran.
Participants from both countries had the chance to exchange views and discuss on common issues of interest and, moreover, make proposals to manage these issues. Concurrently, they had the chance to deepen the scientific and educational collaboration between the two institutes, mostly through the strengthening of the relationships between students from both countries.
The meeting was conducted in Doiran and there were 10 students participating from the University of SS Cyril and Methodius and accompanied by Professor Zoran Markov and Dr. Iljcho Jovanovski, and 10 students from the School of Civil Engineering, AUTh accompanied by Professor Y. Xenidis, Associate Professor A. Zafirakou, and Dr. Ch. Skoulikaris research associate in AUTh and representative of INWEB/UNESCO. The whole event was co-organized, supported and sponsored by Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung institution (Skopje office, Mrs. Daniela Popovska) and supported by Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies (Mr. Panagiotis Tasiopoulos).
