The opening meeting of POSITIVe will take place in March, 24-26th in Belgrade, Serbia, at the Best Western M Hotel (http://www.hotel-m.com/en/).

Only invited partners will be reimbursed by COST, others are of cours welcomed to joint the meeting.

For registration, please contact the Grant Holder Manager (vanessa.boissery@inrae.fr).

		Belgrade
Best Western M Hotel

Local Contact

Professor Maria Glibetic

IMR - Centre of research excellence, Tadusa Koscuskog 1, Belgrade, Serbia          

Programme

Access to Belgrade

• By plane

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (http://www.beg.aero/en/home) is 18km west of the city center with connections to over 60 destinations.

•  By car

Coming north from Subotica and Novi Sad, the E-75 highway is recommended, as well as driving to Belgrade from the south. There is also a major road called Ibarska magistrala (Ibar highway, M-22), which provides approach from south-west (direction of Montenegro, for example). From the west, use the E-70 highway (from Zagreb, Ljubljana etc.). Major roads can be used coming east and north-east from Vršac and Zrenjanin.

Highways have toll stations, which are moderately price. Serbia's only highways are parts of E-70 and E-75 roads and the highway passes right through Belgrade without a bypass, causing large unavoidable traffic jams on the Gazela bridge and at the Mostar junction.

COST rules for travel reimbursement

Accomodation: maximum flat rate reimbursement is of 120€ per night for accommodation and breakfast. This meeting is a 3 days meeting, we can reimburse 2 nights (and a third one only if you can't book a flight or a train after the end of the meeting).

Please book your room at the hotel selected for the meeting in Belgrade (see my previous email).

Meals: lunch and dinner expenses will be reimbursed at flat rate of 20€.

Air plane: Only economy class tickets are eligible for reimbursement (maximum 1200€).

Train or Bus: First and second class tickets, supplements for fast trains and sleepers are eligible.

Car: Car travel is limited to a maximum distance of 2000 km and is reimbursed as follow :

• At 0,20 per km, when a participant entitled to reimbursement is travelling alone
• At 0,30 per km, when additional participant entitled to reimbursement are travelling in the same car. Only the driver shall be reimbursed.

Local Transports: reimbursed at the real price

Taxis  limited when:

• no other means of public transport is available,
• for early departures (travel departure before 7 am) or late arrivals (after 10 pm)
• for up to 80€ for the entire travel when the above conditions have been met.

Parking expenses can be reimbursed bases on receipt only.