Fair 2010

The 6th annual Scholarships Fair was held on 20 October 2010, from 10 am to 6 pm at the National and University Library in Zagreb. 

The Scholarships Fair 2010 was the largest and most successful Scholarships Fair so far in terms of to the number of visitors and media coverage.:

• over 70 scholarship programmes were presented. Over 4,000 scholarships are available through these programmes, including around 800 scholarships for  study abroad.
• a total of 33 institutions exhibited at the Fair, including 17 Croatian institutions and 16 international institutions. 
• The Scholarships Fair attracted over 7,000 visitors in one day.

The Fair organiser, Institute for the Development of Education, would like to thank the partners, supporting institutions and sponsors of the Scholarships Fair who recognised the importance of this initiative and made a great contribution to teh success of the the Scholarships Fair 2010:

• Main partner: The National and University Library in Zagreb
• Strategic partner: BANKA magazine
• Academic partner: VERN', University of Applied Sciences
• Silver sponsor: Lidl Croatia 
• Donors and supporting institutions: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the RoC; Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes; Zagrebačka banka; National Foundation for Civil Society Development 
• Supporting institutions: Croatian Rectors Assembly; University of Zagreb; City of Zagreb; Croatian Chamber of Economy; Croatian Employers' Association; Agency for the Development of Higher Education 
• Media sponsors: Večernji list, T-portal, Radio Sljeme, Kapital Network, Zagreb News, EduCentar, Antena Zagreb, Lider, Moj posao, H-Alter, Mojfaks 
• Promotional partners: University of Zagreb student organizations: BEST, HSA, AEGEE, Sociology Students' Club Discrepancy, Pravnik, IAESTE Croatia, ELSA, Poligraf, Studenti za studente Split

The Scholarships Fair 2010 was a great success in terms of media coverage. A total of 218 articles, reports and announcements were published about the Fair in the Croatian press and electronic media as well as on internet portals and web pages.

Media highlights

• Television: a total of 12 reports were broadcast in the programmes of six TV stations (HTV, RTL, Nova, OTV, Z1, KN). Reports on the Fair were broadcast in the daily shows Zagrebačka panorama (HTV - Croatian Television), Hrvatska uživo (HTV - Croatian Television), as well as in the central news programmes of the TV stations Nova TV, OTV and Z-1.  
• Radio: a total of 14 reports were broadcast on eight radio stations, including Antena Zagreb, Open Radio, Radio Sljeme and Croatian Radio 1. 
• Press: a total of 26 articles were published in 15 newspapers and weeklies, including 8 articles and announcements in Večernji List, 5 articles and announcements in Vjesnik, 4 in Novi List and a large number of articles in regional and local papers. 
• Internet portals: a total of 50 articles and announcements were published on more than 40 different internet portals. Announcements were published on some of the most popular Croatian news portals including T-portal, Javno and Net.hr, printed media internet portals for Vjesnik and Metro, Nova TV (Dnevnik.hr) and other internet portals such as Moj Posao and Moj Faks. 
• Web pages: a total of 39 announcements were published on web sites of higher education institutions, student organisations and other institutions, including on the front pages of the University of Zagreb, Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, the Croatian Chamber of Economy and the City of Zagreb.

The Scholarships Fair 2010 Portfolio (pdf, 2MB) provides an overview of the Fair's excellent results via statistical data gathered from the Fair exhibitors and visitors and by evaluating specific Fair acitivities. 

Exhibitors brochure - The official 6th Scholarships Fair brochure contains texts with basic information about the exhibitors, the scholarship programmes and financial support offered by the exhibiting institutions.