VUKOVAR, 13.12.2019. – In the Small County Hall of the Palace of Srijem, the agreement and the contract are solemnly signed for initiation of dislocated undergraduate study of wood technology at the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, in Vinkovci, starting from academic year 2020/2021.
The contract and the agreement are signed by the Vice-dean Stjepan Pervan, on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Tibor Pentek, Vukovar-Srijem County Prefect, Božo Galić, Deputy mayor of Vinkovci, Kata Krešić, on behalf of Mayor of Vinkovci, Ivan Bosančić, and the director of Competence Centre Ltd, Ivan Ambroš.
The Vukovar-Srijem County and the City Vinkovci will co-finance the study of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, and the Competence Centre Ltd will continue to operationally support the entire process of linking the science with the economy through organisation of practical education at the location of local companies, which shown great interest for this study.
The ceremony was also attended by the facilitator of the Faculty of Forestry, Kresimir Greger, Deputy Prefect of Vukovar-Srijem County, Josip Dabro, Manager of the Croatian Forests Vinkovci, Damir Dekanić, President of the Wood cluster Slavonski Oak and President of the Board of Spačva Ltd, Josip Faletar, Director of the Bjelin Otok Ltd., Vladimir Bataković, the Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computing and Information Technology Osijek, Drago Žagar, Director of the Development Agency Vinkovci VIA, Mirta Štrk, Director of the Technical Woodworking School Vinkovci, Josip Jovanovac, Deputy Director of the Agricultural and Forestry School Vinkovci, Ružica Zucić, and other representatives of the City Vinkovci and the Vukovar-Srijem County, the Croatian Forestry Institute, Agro-cluster, Vukovar-Srijem Development Agency.
“I am proud to witness, on behalf of the Faculty of Forestry, the historic event for this region and for Vinkovci in which this dislocated professional study of wood technology will enable people to be retained in this area, receive additional education, and through cooperation with industry and the community retain the raw material, create added value and bring financial and other benefits as final product“, said Vice-dean Stjepan Pervan, who also presented the study.
Mayor Božo Galić said: „We are realizing our plans, and one of the pieces in this mosaic is the opening of a professional wood technology study in Vinkovci. It is logical that such a study should be opened in our County because we have the best and highest quality raw material in Croatia.”
“The fact that a young people can study at its place of living or at his immediate vicinity is invaluable, and therefore we in the City of Vinkovci are very pleased,” concluded Deputy Mayor of the City of Vinkovci, Kata Krešić.
“Today is a historic day for the forestry and timber industry of the Vukovar-Srijem County, as wood technology studies will be available to our high school students from next year, so that they can contribute to raising the value of the forests that we have, that it won’t remain in primary processing, instead it will be high added value and finalization product.
I would like to thank everyone for their excellent cooperation, because this is the result of the joint and dedicated work through many years of everyone present here, as well as those who could not be with us today. This is a historic success, that will not be the end, but the new start for the Vukovar-Srijem County, because we still have a lot of work to do.“ Said Ivan Ambroš, director of the Competence Centre Ltd.
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