On Thursday 5^th of October 2018 Develop Business and Economic Research Centers Capacity at Palestinian Higher Education Institution "BERC" project conducted its 14th management meeting at the Islamic university of Gaza- Palestine with the precence of Al Azahar University project team at IUG and connected via Google Meet with University of L'Aquila- Italy,  Birziet University, Al Quds Open University and Royal Institute of Technology.

The first part of the meeting began by welcoming and participant's arrival then welcome address by project manager- IUG introduced by Dr. Wael Al Daya.

After welcoming the participants, the second part of the meeting was a bout extension of the project and forthcoming activities. EACEA agreed to extend the eligibility period of the project implementation for 9 months, 14^th of July 2019. Financial, auditing and technical reporting is due in three months later 14^th of September 2019. During the extension period, more project activities will be implemented such as;  organization of the summer school in Gaza strip, organization of national meeting with Palestinian National Research Council, disseminate national Research Groups outcomes, organization of training visit to the UK, organization of international management meeting in the UK, organization of the final conference, institutional Events of dissemination of project outcomes and results, management meetings for final report follow ups.