The final conference of the Erasmus+ GROWTH project was held at the Faculty of Management in Herceg Novi, successfully ending a three-year work cycle dedicated to strengthening green policies and sustainable practices in higher education. About 60 participants attended the conference live, while more than 100 participants followed the event via the online platform.
The project brought together partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Germany and Slovakia, with the aim of improving the capacity of higher education institutions to implement campus greening strategies and integrate sustainability principles into teaching and institutional processes
During the conference, the results achieved through the previous work on the project were presented, including the analysis of the current state and needs of the institutions, the development of strategies and action plans, the improvement of teaching content in accordance with the concept of "learning for ecological sustainability" (GreenComp), the training of teaching and non-teaching staff, the realization of international study visits, as well as the dissemination and promotion of project results.
It was emphasized that international and institutional cooperation was improved through the project, good practice was exchanged between partner institutions and the foundations were laid for the long-term integration of green competencies into the higher education system.
Although the project has formally ended, it was said that the commitment to sustainable development and green transformation remains a permanent priority of the partner institutions.
