On April 11, 2018, the scientific team of the running EDGE – Environmental Diplomacy and Geopolitics project held a special session Politics of environmental changes: mapping the interactions between migration, territories and natural resources within the AAG 2018 congress in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Despite the early scheduled time for the session, the presentations brought attention of conference attendants. The annual meeting of the American Association of Geographers is one of the world’s biggest scientific events hosting regularly more than 9,000 scholars of different backgrounds.
Following the UEBA’s Long-Term Plan for Development for 2015 – 2019 with an extension to 2023, the only signatory representing Slovakia in the UN PRIME initiative (Principles for Responsible Management Education, http://www.unprme.org/participation/view-participants.php?partid=4967), UEBA profiles as a continuously learning organization supporting the culture of quality and innovation.
On June 5, 2018, the Rector of the UEBA prof. Ferdinand Daňo welcomed at her own request the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to Slovakia, H. E. Yamila Sonia Pita Montes. Dr. Mario Manuel Ares Sánchez from the Cuban Ministry of Higher Education was also present at the meeting.
On Wednesday, May 23, 2018 Mr. Boris Mattoš, the Vice-Rector for international relations at the University of Economics in Bratislava launched the 8thInternational Business Consulting Program (IBCP) summer school organized jointly by the University of Economics in Bratislava and the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.