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The AII ad hoc Round Table on Flood Relief was held in Sarajevo on March 26.

After the disastrous floods of May 2014 that hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia, the question of how to prevent natural disasters and how to act in such cases is a priority of regional cooperation.

Besides exchanging information and bringing the example of the best practices of transnational cooperation during the floods in BiH, the ad hoc Round Table was the occasion to discuss on how the recently approved EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region could contribute to simplify and make more efficient cooperation in this field.

The ad hoc Round Table was chaired by a representative of the Ministry of Security of BiH and attended by representatives of AII Participating Countries, local authorities and the AII Permanent Secretariat

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A Delegation of the AII Permanent Secretariat led by the Secretary General, Amb. Pigliapoco attended the International Conference "Adriatic and Ionian Region: New Opportunities for Development and Cooperation . The Role of the Chambers and Other Stakeholders" in Zagreb on March 13th .

The Conference was organized by the Croatian Chamber of Economy in the framework of the AIC Forum and was aimed at raising awareness about the "EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region" with Croatian Stakeholders.

Among others, the meeting was attended by Mr. Rodolfo Giampieri, President of the AIC Forum, Mr. Hrvoje Marušić Assistant Minister for the Croatian MFA and Mr. Andrej Plenkovic, Croatian MP at the EU Parliament.

On March 13, the AII Permanent Secretariat met the "EUSAIR/AII Team" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Croatia led by Amb. Tonči Staničić, in Zagreb.

The meeting was devoted to the preparation of the forthcoming AII Chairmanship by the Republic of Croatia ,starting from June 2015 , with an eye on the future Calendar of events and priorities of the Presidency.

After the launch of the EUSAIR on November of last year Croatia - as the Country holding the AII Chairmanship - will , at the same time , co- chair the Governing Board of the Strategy with the European Commission .

During the meeting , the awareness that the future AII Croatian Chairmanship falls in a very delicate period for regional cooperation was quite tangible.

The upcoming Presidency , supported by the Permanent Secretariat , is preparing to meet the needs of the EUSAIR implementation phase and to make sure that the AII intergovernmental activities be at the service of the goals of the Strategy.

On February 3rd, the call for scholarships for the Erasmus Mundus SUNBEAM project has been opened. The Adriatic and Ionian Initiative is associate partner of the project.

Students, researchers, academic and administrative staff from universities from AII Countries can apply for mobility aimed at studying, researching, training in one of the Universities partner in the project.

In order to apply for the scholarship, candidates must present their application online following the instructions on this link http://www.sunbeam.univpm.it/EN/apply-now

The application deadline is 31 March 2015.

All information about the project are available at www.sunbeam.univpm.it