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• Provide at the request of the University
conducting of professional practice of
students in its member country or with
partners abroad.
University and UEM agree to mutually exchange
information about the needs of service delivery
for development of projects, use of laboratories,
workshops, office space for seminars and other
occasional needs.
Taking into account the results achieved in
the course of several years very successful
and useful cooperation between a certain
number of University units and the Institute
for the Black Metallurgy AD Niksic,
they officially signed the agreement on
scientific and educational cooperation.
Cooperation takes place through the following forms:
• Teaching-practical exercises for students
and postgraduates;
• Services required for the development
of master’s and doctoral theses;
• Expertise;
• Working on projects, new materials, and
new products.
In accordance with the agreement the
Institute shall be obliged to put at the
disposal the research equipment, expert
staff for practical work and work in progress
reports on the results of University research
individually and in groups as a whole.
Faculty of Metallurgy (FMT) (www.mtf.ac.me)
provided on its own basis the cooperation
with companies, as well as Montenegrin
municipalities where engineers are required
to strengthen the staff capacities. Companies
and institutions plan to successful students of FMT
offer variety of forms of support through scholarships,
vocational training and employment opportunities.
Faculty of Economics in Podgorica
(www.ekonomija.co.me), the oldest and
largest University of Montenegro, similar to
processes that occur at the level of the whole
society, is undergoing a period of significant
change. In terms of quality improvement and
cooperation FE has established numerous
contacts that have already been made
under various forms of cooperation with the
most successful companies in Montenegro
and their signed agreements on long-term
business cooperation.
In addition, FE has a very rich and formalized
cooperation with relevant institutions such as:
• Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises;
• Agency for Economic Restructuring and
Foreign Investment of the Government
of Montenegro;
• Republican Secretariat for Development
of Economy;
• The Republican Employment Agency;
• Republican Fund of the Pension and
Disability Insurance;
• Association of Independent Trade
Unions of Montenegro;
• Union of Employers of Montenegro;
• Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro;
• Montenegrin Association of Management
and Entrepreneurship;
• Development Fund of Montenegro.
University of Montenegro, directly or
through its unit cooperates with many
scientific and educational institutions
in the country and abroad. Cooperation
with foreign countries is realized within
the framework of international university
associations and networks, as well as
through bilateral agreements.
Since 2002, The University of Montenegro carried
out several projects within the framework of
the program of the EU: TEMPUS, SOCRATES, and
ERASMUS-MUNDUS. University of Montenegro
achieved significant cooperation with the UNESCO,
the Council of Europe, American Council, OM WUS
Austria, British Council, DAAD, etc.
4.3 Perceived problems, needs
and offers
Based on comprehensive analysis of regional
and national background, results of previous
initiatives and similar projects [12, 36, 37,