BEST Zagreb

Cooperation agreement with INA

On 19 January 2012 at 11:30h the representatives of BEST Zagreb have signed a cooperation agreement with the representatives of INA for EBEC 2012. INA is the national oil company of Croatia and one of its largest companies. Alongside a Case Study topic, INA will also present their business at the Company Day. EBEC 2012 is the largest European engineering competition that will be held in Zagreb during August of this year, organized by BEST Zagreb.

Patronage of the President of Croatia

On 11 January 2012 BEST Zagreb has received the patronage of the President of Croatia Ivo Josipovic concerning EBEC 2012, the largest European engineering competition. This patronage is a continuation of successful cooperation between BEST Zagreb and the President of Croatia which began in March last year with a meeting at the presidential palace. The support of President Josipovic is a great honor and encouragement to our members in further work and in promoting European values throughout the student population.

*Photo by Tamara Pollak, official photographer

beSUSTAINABLE! The end of the Summer Course.

12th academic course organized by Local BEST Group Zagreb, “WATT can you do for the future? beSUSTAINABLE!” has ended.

During the twelve days of the seminar, the participants learned about different aspects of energetic efficiency and sustainability. In addition to the intensive academic program students from 14 different european countries had the opportunity to explore croatian natural beauties and cultural heritage. During the trip to Istria they enjoyed the sightseeing of Arena in Pula, Eufrasie basilica in Poreč and small istrian town Vodnjan. In Zagreb they visited the St. Mark’s square, investigated the corners of Hrelic in the early Sunday morning, spent the whole afternoon swimming in Jarun…

Here, we would like to express our gratitude to all the participants, professors and sponsors who contributed to the quality of this summer course.

In the end, here are some of the comments from our participants:

I miss you all everybody, your funny sleepy faces when we had breakfast, the Estonian dance, the beach, the wake up games, Zagreb and I could continue and continue…only wanted again to say that everything was great and hope to see you again!!!!

Laura, Spain

“Miss u all guys,and tnx for all unforgetible moments”

Sanja, Serbia

WATT? BEST summer course has started!

At Friday, 3rd of June, we have officially opened our BEST summer course “WATT can you do for the future? beSUSTAINABLE!”. The opening, which started at 18 o’clock, was held at the Rector’s hall of University of Zagreb. 30 students from 14 European countries, members of BEST Zagreb and distinguished guests were present. The distinguished guests were prof. dr. sc. Bojan Baletić, prorector of University of Zagreb, prof. dr. sc. Davor Petrinović, vice-dean for teaching at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing,prof.dr.sc. Zdenko Šimić also from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, prof. dr. sc. Nataša Bauer from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and prof. Ljubomir Miščević from the Faculty of Architecture. The course was officially opened by prof. Petrinović. Afterwards, prof. Baletić held an interesting presentation of the future university campus Borongaj. All participants received welcome packages. After the official part, a small banquet in front of the hall was held.

The first two days of the course participants and their Croatian hosts spent on a trip in Istria, the largest peninsula in the Adriatic sea. Although the weather forecast was not very fond of us, luckily the sun followed us throughout the trip. With our European colleagues we visited several Istrian towns. The trip started with the tour of city of Poreč during which we had the opportunity to visit the Eufrasie basilica. The Saturday evening was spent at the tavern “Agrotourism Dušani” where we had the opportunity to taste some of the hallmarks of Istrian gastronomy: maneštra, istrian fuži and fritule. Sunday was reserved for the tour of the small town Vodnjan and the sightseeing of the biggest town in Istria – Pula. We visited the famous Arena and many other interesting monuments and listened to nteresting stories from the history of Pula.

Within the next ten days and overall 30 working hours the participants will hear and learn about different aspects of energetic efficiency and sustainability.