In organization of the Fair city Trebinje, Republic of Srpska; Institute of Agricultural Economics from Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Research in Agrarian Economics and Rural Development, Bucharest, Romania; Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Agro-Food and Environmental Economics, Bucharest, Romania; Petroleum – Gas University of Ploiesti, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Romania and Balkan Association of Agricultural Economists, Belgrade, Serbia, was held VI international scientific meeting “Tourism and rural development – modern tendencies, problems and developmental possibilities”, in Trebinje, 7-8th October 2011.

Delegation of the IAE, Belgrade in period between 11th to 18th July 2011 have been stayed in the City of Ferrara in Italy as part of their regular activities at the project EU.WATER – “Transnational integrated water resources management in emergency agriculture for control of European waters”. The aim of the visit was educational seminar which organized by the Research Centre of the University of Ferrara. The course participants had the opportunity to get acquainted with the measures necessary to conduct active policy planning, evaluation of the situation, capacity building, the latest developments in areas of GIS mapping, as well as the process of sampling soil and water and their chemical analysis. The course participants were from Ukraine, Moldova, Croatia and Serbia. In delegation from Serbia (IAE, Belgrade) were Predrag Vukovic, M.A. Research Associate (Project Coordinator) and Predrag Maletic B.Sc. and External expert on the project.

Research team  from  the  Institute of  Agricultural  Economics,  Belgrade, at  the  invitation of colleagues from the Agency   for Rural Development of Istria - AZRRI, attended the event under title  „Fostering innovation exchange in the agro food sector between Istria and Serbia", during  the  period 7-9 July  2011,  in  Porec,  Croatia. The  three-day event  was  organized within the  international  project  "Solutions and  interventions  for  the technological  transfer and  the innovation