5TH

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

„ACADEMICIAN BERISLAV BETA BERIĆ“

HUMAN RESOURCES AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Organised by:

Provincial Secretariat for Health Care,

Social Policy and Demography, Vojvodina Province, Republic of Serbia

Matica Srpska (the Serbian Cultural and Scientific Institution)

University of Novi Sad

Faculty of Sciences

Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management

Novi Sad (Serbia), 13-14th November 2014

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the organizing committee, we are pleased to invite you to 5th International

symposium referring to Human resources and regional development.

Holding of the Symposium, every fourth year, confirms the belief of the organising

institutions in commitment and work of Berislav Beta Berić, a scientist who made a major

contribution to professional, scientific and practical insight into the demographic issues in the

territory of Vojvodina Province.

AIM OF THE SYMPOSIUM

The main aim of the symposium is to compare the current demographic trends in the region

with the similar or same demographic trends in Europe and worldwide, as well as to indicate the

good practice examples.

DATE

13-14 November 2014, venue- the Great Hall of the Assembly of the Vojvodina Province in Novi

Sad, Banovinski Prolaz, Serbia.

We hope that you will be able to accept our invitation and we are looking forward to

welcome you and your colleagues in Novi Sad (Serbia).

Scientific Committee:

Bojan Pajtić, President of the Government of Vojvodina Province, Serbia

István Pásztor, President of the Assembly of Vojvodina Province, Serbia

Dragan Stanić, President of the Matica Srpska, Serbia

Jovan Krkobabić, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy, Serbia

Milan Bačević, Minister of Natural Resources, Mining and Spatial Planning, Serbia

Miroslav Vesković, Rector of the University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Vesna Kopitović, Provincial Secretary for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography, Serbia

Novka Mojić, Provincial Under-Secretary for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography, Serbia

Neda Mimica-Dukić, Dean of Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Draško Marinković, Faculty of Science, University of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and

Herzegovina

Constantin Vert, Department of Geography, West University of Temisoara, Romania

Snježana Mrđen, Department of Geography, Univeristy of Zadar, Croatia

Mimi Urbanc, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of

Sciences and Arts, Slovenia

Mirjana Rašević, Institute of Social Sciences, Serbia

Bohuslava Gregorova, Faculty of Natural Science, Matej Bel Univeristy, Slovakia

Nicolae Popa, Department of Geography, West University of Temisoara, Romania

Catalina Ancuta, Department of Geography, West University of Temisoara, Romania

Vasile Surd, Faculty of Geography, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Organising Committee

Branislav Đurđev, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of

Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Đorđe Rakočević, Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography, Serbia

Mirjana Zrnić, Matica Srpska, Serbia

Vladimir Nikolić, Matica Srpska, Serbia

Andreja Stajšić, Provincial Secretariat for Health Care, Social Policy and Demography, Serbia

Daniela Arsenović, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of

Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

CONFERENCE SESSIONS

1. Demographic Challenges according to the 2011 Census

2. Experiences of the Pro-Natalist Population Policy

3. Regional Responses to the Fear of Extinction

4. Active Ageing of the Population

5. Regional and Demographic Development of the Western Balkans

6. Gender Regimes at the Semi-Periphery: Population Challenges

APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION

Applications for participation shall be made through the registration form (on the last page of this

notification) submitted to the e-mail address: simpozijum.beta@vojvodina.gov.rs Apart from the

registration form, it is also necessary to send a summary of the paper (approximately 200 words),

by 15 April 2014, at the latest.

NOTE: One author may participate with only two papers, as single author or co-author.

The second notification on the approval of the paper shall be sent to the registered participants by

15 May 2014.

REGISTRATION FEE

The Conference registration fee shall be 100 € per person.

Payments shall be made to the account number:

SWIFT/BIC: VBUBRS22

Name: Vojvođanska Banka

Street: Trg Slobode 5-7

City, Country: 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

Beneficiary

IBAN/Account Number: RS35355000000200041288

Company name: Matica srpska

Street: Matice srpske 1

City, Country: 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia

The registration fee includes: printed Conference materials (agenda, collection of papers..), lunch,

dinner and coffee break.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE

Papers which received positive reviews shall be published in the Proceedings of the Matica Srpska

for Social Sciences.

Complete papers shall be submitted by 1 September 2014 (using MS Word, maximum 8 pages

written in Times New Roman, font size 12, and they should follow the APA format). Papers should

be submitted by e-mail: simpozijum.beta@vojvodina.gov.rs

LANGUAGE The official language of the conference is English.

ACCOMMODATION

HOTEL NOVI SAD Adress: Bulevar Jaše Tomića 1, 21000 Novi Sad

Website: www.hotelnovisad.co.rs

Email: hupns@neobee.net

HOTEL ZENIT Adress: Zmaj Jovina 8, 21000 Novi Sad

Website: www.hotelzenit.co.rs

Email: office@hotelzenit.rs

HOTEL VOYAGER

Adress: Stražilovska 16, 21000 Novi Sad

Website: www.voyagerns.co.rs

Email: voyageragencija@sbb.rs