A formal
meeting with representatives of the French Institute in Bulgaria was held at MU
- Varna today, 31st October, where the opportunities for development
and deepening of the University relations with partner institutions from France
were discussed.
The new management
of the Institute was presented by Mr. Fabien Flori - Counselor for Cooperation
and Cultural Activities at the Embassy of the Republic of France and Director
of the French Institute in Bulgaria and Mr. Olivier Kasler - Attaché for
University and Scientific Cooperation. Eric Perrotel - Cooperation Attaché for French
Language at the representation of the French Institute in Varna and Mrs. Milena
Angelova - Director of Alliance Française in Varna were also a part of the
French delegation.
The aim of
the visit was to acquaint the guests with the structure of MU - Varna and to
discuss the opportunities for deepening the Bulgarian-French cooperation in the
field of higher education, research and international activities. The history
of the Francophone idea at MU – Varna, the relations established with the
universities of Nantes, Rennes, Angée and the hospital group in Maletroa, as
well as the student mobility under Erasmus+ Programme with the universities of
Bordeaux and Strasbourg over the recent years were
presented.
The meeting outlined the areas for scientific
cooperation of mutual interest such as public healthcare, health management,
nutrition and dietetics, genetics and others. Particular emphasis was placed on
the fact that in the future sending leading guest lectures from France, the
exchange of researchers and the development of doctoral dissertations under joint
Bulgarian-French supervision would be a priority. The guests offered a meeting
with a prominent professor of Microbiology, Epidemiology and Virology, a winner
of the highest Award for Excellence - a gold medal of the French National
Institute for Health and Medical Research. They took the initiative to promote the
establishment of active partnership between MU - Varna and the University of
Rennes.
