EVENTS:
Project Opening Event – Iasi, February 8th, 2022
WiNet@Uni was officially launched in Iasi with a public event where project objectives and main activities were presented and discussed with the local and regional stakeholders. Due to the COVID pandemic situation, the meeting was organized as a hybrid event ensuring both onsite, in the Senate Hall of the ”Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, and online attendance of participants. Opening remarks and welcome speeches were given by the Rectors of the two partner Universities and by the President of the TUIASI Senate. The project coordinator, Mrs. Simona Caraiman, provided an overview of the project, emphasizing the objectives, relevance and cross-border impact/LINK.
Mrs. Daniela Pojar, coordinator of the UTM team, emphasized the importance of the project for both Universities and for developing sustainable collaborations at educational, research and cultural level. Two guest speakers provided valuable presentations on topics relevant to the project to the stakeholders present at the event:
- Mrs. Gabriela Macoveiu – Director of Communication, Innovation and External Cooperation Directorate, North-East Regional Development Agency, Funding opportunities for digital, educational and research infrastructures and international cooperation/LINK
- Mrs. Cristina Baghiu – Digital Skills Lead & Co-founder of Digital Innovation Zone, European Digital Innovation Hub: best practices for the digital transformation of regions/LINK
At the close of the session, the representative of the Regional Office for Cross Border Cooperation Iasi, Mr. Victor Poede, offered a few highlights and upfront information regarding the Interreg NEXT Programme Romania – Republic of Moldova 2021-2027 and expressed the Office’s full support for a successful implementation of the project.
Project Kick-off Workshop – February 7th, 2022:
The two project teams from the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi and from the Technical University of Moldova met for a one-day kick-off meeting in Iasi to get started on the WiNet@Uni project. The two teams agreed on the management procedures & decision-making mechanisms, on the methods and tools for inter-partner communication & collaboration, reviewed the administrative and technical tasks of the project, as well as the risks and mitigation strategies.
Project Opening Event – Chisinau, February 16th, 2022
Honourable guests from the European Union, Romania and Republic of Moldova participated to the project opening event in Chisinau as a guarantee to the success of the project and of reaching the proposed objectives of implementing modern and competitive educational systems in the two higher education institutions across the Prut river.
The guests of the event hosted by UTM were: Mr. Iurie Țurcanu – vice-prime-minister for Digitalization of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Marius Toth – plenipotentiary minister, Romanian Ambassy to the Republic of Moldova, representatives of the European Union delegation to RM – Mr. Ion Guzun, chief of the CBC programme, Mr. Giuseppe Paglione – chief of the Education & Culture programme, prof. Emil Ceban, Rector of the „Nicolae Testemițanu” State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chisinau, Prof. Viorel Bostan, Rector of UTM, project managers, Mrs. Daniela Pojar (UTM) and Mrs. Simona Caraiman (TUIASI), Mr. Dinu Turcanu (technical project manager UTM), vice-rectors, deans, PhD, master and bachelor students of UTM. All guests expressed the support of their host institutions for the dedicated efforts of the joint collaboration for increasing the regional accessibility, development of the communication and transport networks.