THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES HOST A CONFERENCE FOR THE STUDENT UNION OF SERBIA
AT THE WHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 22 February 2010 - Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted today a Conference of the Student Union of Serbia (SUS) at the White Palace. This Conference was organized to present the results of a polling of the student population in Serbia 2009. The polling was undertaken by SUS among more than 3090 students from 49 Faculties and 6 State Universities in Serbia. The Conference was held under auspices of HRH Crown Prince Alexander Foundation for Education.

Guests were addressed by HRH Crown Prince Alexander II, Ms. Silvija Panovic Djuric, representative of Council of Europe Office in Serbia, Mr. Vladimir Mikic from HRH Crown Prince Alexander Foundation for Education, Ms. Natasa Sajlovic, coordinator for education and science of SUS, and Mr. Dragan Stanojevic, from Institute for social research of Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II greeted the guests and emphasized: "I firmly believe that our future success and prosperity is dependent on our youth. We must continue to invest in the education of our – by all accounts – extremely talented youth”.

Project “Research of student population 2009” has been supported by the Fund for open society and European Council, as a part of joint Project of European Union and Council of Europe “Development of Higher Education System in Serbia”.