New EO-related higher education / life-long
learning initiatives in the Balkans
Boris Antic
BioSense Center - University of Novi Sad
BIG-SKY-EARTH MC and all WG meetings
Belgrade, March 30th, 2015
Serbia
University level
curricula – mostly on
PhD level (common for
all Balkan countries)
Private company’s
training courses for
professionals
Greece
Very slow progress in the
past 5 years due to crisis
Strong private sector in
remote sensing – SMEs
closely related to
universities (spin offs,
science parks, etc.)
Romania
Advanced Studies and
Research Center –
Trainings supported by
ESA - 750+ Teachers
trained to use tools
developed by ESA and
ASRC, such as
LeoWorks
Croatia
Joint MSc
Curricula
Serbia
Montenegro
Balkans
EEA
ESA
Advanced
and other
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DRAGON
(China)
TIGER
(water Africa)
Eduspace
Summer
Schools
Region
1
Region
2
SCERIN
NASA
…
Region
3
Marketing Toolkits and
creating business
opportunities for earth
observation
Bringing GEOSS
Services Into Practice