A delegation with 9 representatives of the National Contact Points (NCPs) within the WIDERA Horizon Europe Work Program visited CPSBB as part of the project “Transnational network of NCPs for Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area (NCP_WIDERA.NET)”. The delegates represented eight widening countries (Armenia, Greece, Czechia, Malta, Turkiye, Morocco, Romania, and Albania) and were led by a delegation from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. Their main goal was to exchange knowledge and experience in establishing Centers of Excellence in their homelands.
Prof. Dr. Tsanko Gechev (NatGenCrop Coordinator) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veselin Petrov (NatGenCrop manager) welcomed the guests. Prof. Gechev presented various ongoing projects, incl. NatGenCrop which was showcased as a success-story for the project management and performance of CPSBB in large-scale research projects.