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Within the project of CEP entitled ‟Help to Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish European Union standards in the field of safe and quality food" and International developmental cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, a laboratory training will be organised from 7th to 10th October 2014 at the JU Veterinarski zavod Bihać of Bihać. The scope of a training of the five home analysts will be introduction and validation of the analytical method for determination of nitrofurane metabolites i.e. AOZ, AMOZ, AHD and SEM in eggs, using ELISA kits. The training will be performed by Vesna Cerkvenik Flajs, PhD.

Serbian criminal police leadership worked hand in hand with Slovenian colleagues on planning reforms of fighting organised crime from 23 to 26 September 2014. The activity took place in Serbia, mainly on the territory of Police Administration Užice, after successful study visit of Serbian colleagues in Slovenia.

Successful cooperation between Slovenia and Serbia in the area of reforms of fighting organised crime continues in Serbia from 23 to 26 September 2014. After productive working visit in Slovenia at the end of June 2014, the leadership of Serbian and Slovenian Criminal Police supported by strategic management experts will continue the exchange of experiences and solutions. Main topics of discussion and activities are related to management of change and Slovenian experiences in reform processes of police which are ahead of Serbia in the process of accession to the EU. The support of Slovenia to the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia in the field of reform is important for Serbia's accession to the EU as it is fight against organised crime as well as wider area of justice, freedom and security which is identified as a priority reform of Serbia's membership of the EU.

Within the project of CEP entitled ‟Help to Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish European Union standards in the field of safe and quality food" and International developmental cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, a laboratory training will be organised at the JU Veterinarski institut Republike Srpske "Dr Vaso Butozan" of Banja Luka. The scope of a training of the five home analysts will be introduction and start of validation of the analytical method for determination of antibiotics tetracyclines in milk, using high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC-MS/MS). The training will be performed by Vesna Cerkvenik Flajs, PhD.

On Wednesday, September the 10th, his Excellency Msc. Iztok Grmek, the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will visit the city of Bihać and the JU Veterinarski zavod Bihać. This laboratory has been included for the second year into the CEP project and International development cooperation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, entitled ‟Help to Bosnia and Herzegovina at establishment European Union standards for safe and quality food". The scope of the training of five laboratory analysts in Bihać is introduction and validation of the analytical method for determination of nitrofurane metabolites in eggs. The JU Veterinarski zavod Bihać is the first analytical veterinary laboratory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which will introduce the analysis of these prohibited substances in food of animal origin, being the essential part of the official veterinary-sanitary monitoring of food. These analyses have been so far outsourced to foreign laboratories.

We are happy to announce that the ninth Bled Strategic Forum 2014 has successfully been concluded.

The Symposium that was focused on the possibilities and prospects of future cooperation between Central and East European Countries and China was successfully concluded. The Symposium, where many specific proposals to improve multilateral cooperation were raised was attended by CEP CEO Dr. Gorazd Justinek and CEP's executive board member and president Mr. Koprol who participated as a speaker.

The ninth edition of the Bled Strategic Forum, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for European Perspective, will be taking place on 1 and 2 September. Under the title The Power of Trust, the conference will focus on the global lack of trust, which is an inextricable part of well-functioning societies, the philosophy of leadership, contemporary challenges of cyber security and global demographic change, regional challenges of Central Europe and Western Balkans as well as hidden dimensions of international relations, with the issue of tourism included.

Within the CEP project and International development cooperation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, entitled Help to Bosnia and Herzegovina at establishment European Union standards for safe and quality food", a second laboratory training in 2014 will be performed in Bihać at the JU Veterinarski zavod Bihać. Introduction of the analytical method for determination of nitrofurane metabolites i.e. AOZ, AMOZ, AHD and SEM in eggs, using ELISA kits is planned as a topic of a four-day training from the 26th to the 29th of August. Five analysts from the JU Veterinarski zavod Bihać will participate at the training, which will be held by dr. Vesna Cerkvenik Flajs.

Within the project of CEP entitled ‟Help to Bosnia and Herzegovina to establish European Union standards in the field of safe and quality food" and International developmental cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, a laboratory training will be organised between 28 and 31 July at the JU Veterinarski institut Republike Srpske "Dr Vaso Butozan" of Banja Luka. The scope of a four-day training of the five home analysts will be introduction of the analytical method for determination of the residues of tetracyclines in milk, using high performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC-MS/MS). The training will be performed by Vesna Cerkvenik Flajs, PhD, from the consulting company Reziduum.