On 5 August 2020, the HERAS+ team leader, Mr. Aqim Emurli and the office manager Ms. Donjeta Ibra met with the representatives of the Strategic Planning Office (SPO) that is located within the Government of Kosovo, namely, Mr. Vedat Sagonjeva, Director and Mr. Adnan Ahmeti Senior Strategic Planning Officer. During the meeting, the interlocutors discuss about the support that project HERAS+ could provide for the development of the Smart Specialization Strategy for Kosovo (S3) and the modalities how this support could be effectuated. It was agreed that according to international practice and experiences, HERAS+ will support the linkage of S3 towards higher education, science and research in close coordination with Ministry of Education and Science in order to maintain connectivity between the policy fields and development of the synergies on the ground. .