The Declaration was signed by: Minister of Education, Sports and Youth of Albania Ervin Demo, Minister of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Adil Osmanović, Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of Bulgaria Kostadin Kostadinov, Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Kosovo Shyqiri Bytyqi, Minister of Education and Science of Macedonia Renata Deskoska, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia Vladimir Popović, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of Slovenia Tomaž Boh, and the Minister of Science of Montenegro Sanja Damjanović, who signed the Declaration on behalf of the Government of Montenegro.

The Declaration represents an historical step and transforms the original Initiative, to create an international laboratory with the aim of promoting science and technology and improving the relations between countries in the spirit of CERN, into a regional project. For the first time, representatives of the countries of South East Europe consider the possibility of establishing a regional international institute suitable to significantly affect the economic development of the countries of the Region, open up opportunities for new jobs, and in particular reduce the outflow of talents, which is one of the biggest problems in our Region.

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