In the period 9-12 July, 2018, State Agrarian University of Moldova organized the second working meeting within the project “Improving skills in laboratory practice for agro-food specialists in Eastern Europe” (Ag-Lab), hosting the partners from Ukraine, Georgia, Slovenia, Poland, Italy, France and Bulgaria.

The work program focused on the meeting of the Coordination Committee and the training session for partners representing all participating institutions.

The event was opened by the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment, Secretary of State Alisa PIRLOG and SAUM Rector, dr. hab., Professor Valerian BALAN. The event was attended by the representatives of the Embassy of France in the Republic of Moldova and the Erasmus + Office Coordinator in Moldova Claudia MELINTE.

Project Coordinator Marija KLOPCIC presented the project budget for the first six months and started the equipment purchasing procedure. European partners carried out an analysis of the first training sessions that took place in different partner institutions in Europe, followed by the actions taken to disseminate the obtained results and those envisaged in the future for the implementation of the project dissemination strategy.

Each partner presented the achievement of his/her activities under the planned work packages and project co-coordinator Ludmila STEPURA discussed project’s work plan for the next six months.

According to the work program, the participants at the meeting made a study visit to the Republican Center for Veterinary Diagnosis, where they became familiar with the accredited laboratory methods and indices used in this institution.