Your university is already a full member of the Virtual Institute of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, was pointed out in a letter from Valeri Yotov, Director of the United Nations Cooperation for Development Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Rector of UNWE Prof. D.Sc. (Econ.) Statty Stattev.
The Virtual Institute whose members are 73 universities and 11 research centers from 43 countries (till March, 2013) is a programme for building of capacity and its main objective is to assist universities and research centers in the field of international economic, legal and development issues.
The Virtual Institute counterpart at the UNWE is the International Economics and Politics Faculty whose programmes cover the international economics and business as well as international relations and political sciences.
In the conversation with the ambassador Ivan Piperkov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United Nations Office and the other organizations in Geneva, Mrs. Vlasta Matsku, Head of the Virtual Institute had pointed out that a specific field of cooperation with the UNWE could be the exchange of experience in the research activity on the issues of the export competitiveness, international trade, investment and sustainable development. Her expectations from the participation of our university in the Virtual Institute network were related to the opportunity for enhancement of the expert practice in the lecturing and research of actual areas in the UNCTAD activity.
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During the conversation had been outlined that the membership itself was a high appraisal for the innovative approach of UNWE in its tendency to hold high educational standards.
The membership of our university was the initiative of Chief Assist. Dr Paskal Zhelev from the International Relations and Business Department, graduate from an online course on legal instruments of international economic relations and regional integration organized by the Virtual Institute and the University of Barcelona as well as participant in the UNCTAD regional course on key international economic issues carried out in Belgrade (Beograd) in July 2012. Dr. Zhelev will lead the cooperation of the UNWE with the Virtual Institute along with his colleague Chief Assist. Dr. Vasil Petkov, lecturer at the Department.
UNWE will share its experience in lecturing and research activity on export competitiveness, international trade, investments and development issues. It is open to the activity of the Virtual Institute in compliance with the interests of its members and particularly to organization and participation in joint activities (conferences, seminars, workshops, round tables), exchange of ideas and papers, building of research networks.
Through its participation in the virtual institute our university expects to enhance its expert lecturing and research practice in the field of trade, investments and development. UNWE is interested in establishing new contacts and long-term cooperation with the Virtual Institute network members in order of sharing curricula information, exchanging staff as well as undertaking joint research projects.
For more information visit the UNWE profile on the Virtual Institute website:http://vi.unctad.org/news-mainmenu-2/581-bulgaria13