During the period from 24th until 26th January, researchers from Faculty of European studies and regional development, Ing. Maritn Mariš, PhD. and Ing. Marián Kováčik, PhD., took part in a workshop called ‟Creating a Global Network of Education and Research for Regional Development” which was organized by prof. Hagino, director of Research center for lifelonglearning and prof Satoru, Faculty of Law, Economics and Humanities, Kagoshima University in Japan.