On May 4-9, 2018, a business visit of SPU experts in Nitra, Albania, took place in order to:
• Assist Albanian partners as part of the EU accession process in the field of research, counseling and education, institutional cooperation with a focus on agriculture and rural development.
• Intensify co-operation in agricultural education, as well as economic and managerial education, focusing on the agri-sector and co-operating sectors, cooperation in the field of education, research and counseling, also for the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Albania.
• ensure patronage by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic (PPA or the Institute of Agricultural Policy) in Albania's accession process to the EU.

The business visit was attended by:
1. Prof. Dr. Ing. Elena Horská, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management of the SPU in Nitra
2. Doc. Ing. Artan Qineti, PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of Economic Policy, FEM SPU in Nitra, Co-researcher for Research Projects 5, 6 and 7 of the EU FP.
3. Doc. Ing. Roman Serenceš, PhD., A university teacher at the Department of Economic Policy,
4. Doc. Ing. Jozef Repiský, PhD, vice-dean for education and university teacher at the Department
5. Doc. Ing. Patrik Rovny, PhD, vice-dean for development, FEM SPU in Nitra and university professor at the Department of Marketing and Trade, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Young Farmers SR
6. Doc. Ing. Zuzana Palková, PhD, university teacher at the Faculty of Technology