Project: Formal and informal networks in rural areas25Mar2015
Top-class universities from Europe and beyond to act as mentoring institutions to the RRPP-funded projects
The RRPP Academic Mentoring programme has initiated some remarkable institutional partnerships between top-class universities/research centers from Europe and beyond, and the RRPP research partners.

The following universities and institutes have agreed to provide mentoring quidance for the RRPP-funded projects:
Peace Institute, Slovenia;
Aston University, Birmingham;
Central European University (CEU), Budapest;
University of Graz, Austria;
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE);
Hertie School of Governance, Berlin;
School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London;
University of Connecticut;
Sheffield University Management School;
University of Lausanne;
University of Fribourg;
Staffordshire University;
University of Jyväskylä, Finland;
Webster University Leiden;
City University of London;
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine in Jerusalem, Israel;
Queen's University Belfast;
Glasgow Caledonian University - Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health;
Middlesex University London.
This international research network aims at supporting the RRPP-funded projects throughout the reserach process, especially in terms of the quality of research findings, their visibility and compatibility through organisation of joint events (methodological or thematic workshops, conferences) in the region and at mentoring institution.
CENTAR. Public Policy Research Centre takes part in research project "The impact of socio-economic structure of rural population on success of rural development policy". Mentoring institution at this project is University of Fribourg.