The Ministry of Education, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic (MINEDU) together with the University of Belgrade - Serbia (UoB) have been entrusted by the European Commission to coordinate the PA7 “To develop the Knowledge Society (research, education and ICT)” within the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR). Based on the previous years of excellent cooperation both institutions therefore decided to continue in their common efforts and focus the project in the upcomming period 2017-2019 foremost on improving the effectivensess of PA7 coordination.