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GEOBIZ   newsletter   #18   is the Final newsletter in the project lifetime summarizing project activities in the last project quarter.

Monography “Development of classic and modern geodetic reference systems of Albania (1872-2019)” represents valuable contribution to GEOBIZ project objectives and publishing it is one of the final project results. You can download and find out more about this publication written by Dr. Bilbil Nurçe here.

In this guide is described the methodology of problem-based learning and how it is implemented in the teaching process. This concise summary guide is focused primarily on the field of geoinformatics, but the presented methodology and instructions can be implemented in any STEM field, and beyond. You can download and find out more about this publication here.

GEOBIZ project outcome brochure is now available. This publication presents project activities and their outcomes partly through a brief review of certain key activities, and partly through examples of how the model of business-academic cooperation was implemented. Here you can download and read more about brochure.

The Final Conference and Progress meeting of the GEOBIZ project will be held from 10 to 11 November 2022 in Tirana at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Rectorate building, auditorium "Silvano Pedrollo" (2nd floor). The program for both days can be found at this link.

During the celebration of #ErasmusDay in Chisinau, #Moldova, a panel was held where Capatina Lucia shared her Erasmus experiences. The entire recording is below, and look at Lucia's experiences in the last 26 minutes of the recording. Congratulations Lucia!

We are proud that this year's Progres meeting of the Erasmus+ CBHE Ka2 "Business-driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics / GEOBIZ" project is being held during Erasmus days.  In addition to the Progress meeting and the Project Management Board meeting, a special session will be held where the partner universities will present their results and impact from the GEOBIZ project.

The GEOBIZ project started in 2019 and we have many realized activities behind us. During #ERASMUSDAYS 2022, we organize GEOBIZ Open days, where we present a retrospective of the activities so far. We invite all those interested to follow us on our social networks, where they will be able to see presentations of project results and published publications, video galleries of project activities and live-chat with members of the project consortium.

Faculty of History and Philology (University of Tirana) and Faculty of Civil Engineering (Polytechnic University of Tirana), organized on September 23rd, 2022, the second Business Academia Workshop: "Modernization of curricula and continuing education to increase student skills and Business - University cooperation", in the frame of GEOBIZ Project_"Business driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics" (2019-2022) ), part of the ERASMUS+ CBHE Program.

The 2022 General Assemblies (GA) of the Copernicus Academy and Relays networks are right behind the corner! They will take place in hybrid mode on the 3rd and 4th of October in Prague (Czech Republic), during the 2022 EU Space Week. More info about GA of Copernicus Academy and Relays can be found here, and on the official web page of the 2022 EU Space Week. 

The first edition of the International Conference on Earth Observation and Geo-spatial Information ICEOGI 2023 is co-organized by the LTIR Laboratory of the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (USTHB) and the LITIO Laboratory of the University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella (UORAN1). ICEOGI 2023 will take place in Algiers, Al-geria, May 22-24, 2023.

Faculty of History and Philology organized on May 27th-28th, 2022, the third LLL course in GIS (Geographic Information Systems), in the framework of the GEOBIZ project – “Problem-based and business-oriented learning to achieve academic excellence in Geoinformatics" co-financed by the Erasmus + Program of the EU. The LLL course: “Analysing spatial patterns of noise in urban areas by mapping”, which was attended by 24 participants, was led by Prof. asoc. Dr. Sonila Papathimiu.

We are happy to inform you that Faculty of History and Philology (FHPH), University of Tirana organized the first LLL course. Course Statistical data utilization in GIS applications organized in Tirana, 29th and 30th March 2022 by Faculty of History and Philology, University of Tirana, in the frame of Erasmus+ KA2 CBHE project “Business driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics” - GEOBIZ. The LLL course was attended by 22 participants participants which gained knowledge of statistical data applications using appropriate tools in ArcGIS 10.8 program to their professional field to use that knowledge and advance their professional development.

On May 14th 2022, the Faculty of Technical Sciences opened its doors to high school students who are interested in studying at this faculty of the University of Novi Sad. Visitors had the opportunity to hear all about the study programs they can enroll in the 2022/2023 school year. Additinaly, they are informed about the entrance exam, the possibility of applying for several study programs as well as the opportunities for all activities that the Faculty provides.

FHF organized on April 27th-28th, 2022, the second LLL course in SIG (Geographic Information Systems), in the framework of the GEOBIZ project – Problem-based and business-oriented learning to achieve academic excellence in Geoinformatics" co-financed by the Erasmus + Program of the EU.

The primary objective of the symposium is to give an opportunity to the Moldavian and foreign experts, researchers and PhD students to present their latest results as well as to meet, establish and cultivate personal and professional relations.

13. Days of BHAAAS - IAT 2022 Symposia, 10th Progress & B-A cooperation meeting will be held in Sarajevo from June 23rd – 25th, 2022. On the link below you can find agenda of these events.

According 2nd cycle of the GEOBIZ Project, University of Pristina, Project Partner number P14, held practice workshop-LLL focusing B-A. The gathering took place at the Emergency Management Agency (EMA) premises.. In the second round of B-A, in cooperation with EMA, we organised a joint study practice as never stop learning (LLL), with the topic: "Practical implementation of geoinformation in emergency management"

The Faculty of Civil Engineering University of Prishtina held a Business-Academia workshop together with the Industrial Board within the Erasmus+ Ka2 CBHE “Business driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics – GEOBIZ” project.

The EO4GEO project, implemented by a consortium of 26 partners, including KU Leuven, University of Zagreb - Faculty of Geodesy and Novogit, invites you to the final conference of the project, which will be held on May 17th and 18th in hybrid mode (Brussels and online) where the results of this four-year Erasmus+ project will be presented. Join us in a discussion with key European actors from the Earth Observation and Geographic Information domain and stakeholders from the education and training sector.

Next Progress meeting of GEOBIZ Project will be held in Podgorica from March 23 - 24. 2022. You can find Agenda of the meeting on the link below. The event will be organized in hybrid mode (physically and online)

We invite you to join our workshop on 28.02.2022, organized by the Faculty of Civil Engineering Pristina and the GEOBIZ Project to present communicate and analyze the practical effects of the connection between academia and business on the economic development of the country.

In order to help the partner’s teachers to improve their knowledge and use of new technology in learning process properly, additional training event with two topics will held on Monday, 21. February 2022.

Erasmus+ Ka2 Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education, GEOBIZ Progress meeting Pristina, will be held in November 11th – 12th, 2021, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Pristina, R. Kosovo.

From 13-17. September was held at the Center for Advanced Academic Studies of the University of Zagreb in Dubrovnik 2nd Summer School of GEOBIZ project which brought together 45 participants from 8 European countries.

Business-Academia Partnership Workshop and Copernicus info day will be held on September 10 .20201 at Faculty of Architecuture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy University of Banja Luka. More info and program can be downloaded below.

EO4GEO and University of Zagreb Faculty of Geodesy invites you from July 12th till 14th to a webinar about the usage of EO, GNSS and GIS technologies for fast disaster response with emphasis on surface displacement monitoring and delivery of computed information to public.

The first summer school will be held in the week from July 5 to July 9 as part of the GEOBIZ project. In addition to the summer school, Belgrade will host the 6th progress meeting of the project and the 11th PMB.

It is a great honor to invite you to participate in the Business-Academia Partnership Workshop, an event organized within the GEOBIZ project, which will take place on June 30th, 2021. The workshop will be held at Faculty of civil engineering, Tirana starting at 09:00. Participation in the workshop is free.

It is a great honor to invite you to participate in the Business-Academia Partnership Workshop, an event organized within the GEOBIZ project, which will take place on June 11th, 2021. The workshop will be held in hybrid form, at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo, starting at 10:00. The number of participants who can physically participate is limited to 10, so most participants will follow the workshop online using the ZOOM app. Participation in the workshop is free, but, registration is required.

It is a great honor to invite you to participate in the the Business – Academia Partnership Workshop, an event organized within the “Business driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics - GEOBIZ”, which will take place on Thursday, June 03, 2021, from 10:00 AM, in the hybrid format: at the Faculty of Constructions, Geodesy and Cadastre, Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau.

It is a great honour to invite you to participate in the Business-Academia Partnership Workshop, an event organized within the Erasmus+ Ka2 CBHE “Business driven problem-based learning for academic excellence in geoinformatics - GEOBIZ” project (No. 610225-EPP-1-2019-1-HR-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP), which will take place on May 25th, 2021.

5th GEOBIZ project progress meeting will be held on April 16th, 2021 starting at 12:00 hours and lasting 2 hours. The meeting will be online (via Zoom) and the access link for the meeting is below.

On March 18th, from 09:00 till 15:00 GEOBIZ project partners University of Pristina and University for Business and Technology in Pristina are organizing first in the series of Business-Academia Cooperation national workshops.

Joint EO4GEO GEOBIZ SEED4NA & SPIDER project week which will take place from January 25th till 28th. Please book your time for this event! Further information will follow.

Central Croatia has been hit with two strong earthquakes on December 28th (5.3 on Richter scale) and on December 29th (6.3 on Richter scale) creating massive destruction in towns of Petrinja, Sisak and Glina, and even some damage in 50 km distant Zagreb...

4th GEOBIZ project progress meeting will be held on February 9th, 2021 starting at 14:00 hours and lasting 2 hours. The meeting will be online (via Zoom) and the access link for the meeting is below.

1st GEOBIZ PAC meeting was held online on December 2nd, 2020. Read more about the topic of the meeting in the notice.

Here you can find interesting and relevant document: Survey report - Academia-Business Survey on Needs and Cooperation in Field of Spatial Data Infrastructures (2020) This survey was undertaken as part of the Erasmus+ project BESTSDI – ‘Western Balkans Academic Education Evolution and Professional’s Sustainable Training for Spatial Data Infrastructures’ together with EuroSDR.

2nd progress meeting of the GEOBIZ project will be held on 14. and 17. September 2020. The meeting will be online, and the hosts are team from University of Zagreb. Draft Agenda cand be found below.

Copernicus Hackathon Graz is organized by the ESA Business Incubation Centre for Austria as part of the European Union’s Copernicus Programme. It will take place on 15th and 16th October 2020 online! If you are interested in participating in this EO hackathon, get to know interesting colleagues and mentors and compete for the prize fund of 4000 EUR. You can find more information and apply on the link below.

XIV International conference on Contemporary Theory and Practice in Construction – STEPGRAD 2020 was held in on-line mode on June 11th and 12th. Professor Branko Božić from University of Belgrade wrote, together with Dajana Todorović, Tanja Fržović from University of Banja Luka, project related paper: "Application of PBL model on study program of geodesy at The Faculty of Architecture, Civil engineering and Geodesy at the University of Banja Luka". The paper has been published in Proceedings of International conference on Contemporary Theory and Practice in Construction XIV (2020) (page 434-442).

Webinar Inter-project coaching scheduled for Wednesday, September 23. 2020. The webinar is an effort of different scientific groups from the water sector that aims to further discuss water resources management issues met through various implemented or on-going projects. It will involve several speakers from different universities and as part of the webinar, the GEOBIZ project will be presented.

In GIM International Magazine, well known international publication headline interview with Joep Crompvoets (Secretary General of EuroSDR) and Mick Cory (Director of Eurogeographics) has been published in March-April issue. The Directive on Open Data and the Re-use of Public-sector information which has been published in summer 2019 by the European Union is bringing many changes to the Geospatial Data Market. In the article, Joep Crompvoets and Mick Cory gave insight view in the consequences of this Directive, implication to public, and especially authoritative data and repercussions to the market.

GEOBIZ Project is a partner of GEA Internation Conference which will be held Online from 28. - 29. May, orginized by University of Montenegro. GEOBIZ project team will present the paper: Reducing gap between business and academia in introducing modern technologies – GEOBIZ project approach

1st progress meeting of the GEOBIZ project was successfully held from 4-6 May 2020. The meeting was held online via the Zoom platform, and the hosts were project partners from the University of Novi Sad. Although in this new format, a number of topics have been covered, and you can see a list of all the presentations in the agenda below.

GAUSS LTd, our partner on the GEOBIZ project, held on 11.03.2020. workshop at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Civil Engineering in Tuzla

From February 2-4, 2020, a three-day kick-off meeting of the project was held in Zagreb. How was the first day on the premises of the University of Zagreb you can see in the attached pictures.

The journal Geodetski glasnik invites all researchers, colleagues and readers interested in geodesy and other areas related to spatial information to publish their papers.