On 28 – 30 October 2005, with the support of the European University Association, the Council of Europe, UNESCO-CEPES, ESIB, the Salzburg Seminar and the Magna Charta Observatory, participants representing a variety of countries, institutions, experiences and responsibilities gathered in Novi Sad for an International Seminar on Higher Education: the University of the 21st Century - Emerging models of Independence , organised by the University of Novi Sad, the Executive Council of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, and the German Rectors Conference (HRK)

under the auspices of the Fund for an Open Society, the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe.

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