Visegrad University Association General Meeting 2014, Corvinus University of Budapest
The General Meeting of Visegrad University Association was held for the fourth time at Corvinus University of Budapest in Hungary on September 18-20, 2014. The meeting was attended by 39 representatives of 19 VUA member universities.
Rector of Corvinus University of Budapest, Prof. Zsolt Rostoványi, opened the meeting and welcomed all the guests. President of VUA, Prof. Peter Bielik, evaluated the activities and achievements of the last year in his welcome address. During the three year existence, VUA has managed to organize successful summer schools, doctoral symposium, publish academic journal or create a platform for young members, VUA Youth. Prof. Bielik also introduced new challenges and projects for upcoming year.
The General Meeting approved the VUA Annual Report, the Plan of Activities for 2014-2015 and modifications of VUA Charter. For the first time the VUA Award of Excellence was awarded to the most active member university based on the results of the election of the General Meeting. The Executive Committee represented by Prof. Peter Bielik, Prof. Tamás Mészáros, Prof. Janusz Zmija and Prof. Vojtech Adam confirmed the winner of the award, the University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland, represented by Rector, Prof. Włodzimierz Sady.
Association is growing every year, this time two new universities have joined VUA. Chuvash State Agricultural Academy, Russia represented by Rector Prof. Liudmila Linik and Vinnytsia National Agrarian University, Ukraine represented by Vice-rector Prof. Olena Prutska were registered and approved as full VUA members. Association has also agreed on the next General Meeting, which will be held at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland. The VUA Presidency appreciated the event organization by Corvinus University of Budapest and thanked all the participants for creative friendly and inspiring atmosphere.