In the period from April 20 to April 24, 2026., prof. Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović participated in the 4th International Staff Week, organized by the European University, which took place in Tbilisi, Georgia.

The International Staff Week is designed to strengthen existing institutional partnerships and to foster new avenues of collaboration among participating universities. The program will feature a comprehensive range of activities, workshops, and networking sessions focusing on key dimensions of international cooperation, including Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM), capacity-building initiatives, research partnerships, academic consortia, and other collaborative frameworks.

Prof. Aleksandra Tošović-Stevanović participated in lectures, workshops and a panel entitled How Can Small Universities Make a Big Impact. The key challenges in higher education were discussed during the panel: Financial Fragility and Demographic Pressure, The AI Disruption — Opportunity and Threat Simultaneously, Academic Integrity Under Strain, Inclusive and Internationalised Curricula — Aspiration vs. Capacity, Research Impact and Collaboration at the Margins, Leadership Instability and Talent Retention, Public Trust and the Value Proposition.

The participants of the International Employee Week were professors from Belgium, Poland, Spain, Latvia, Croatia, Israel and North Macedonia.