News archive - News from Serbia
Please find below the news from Serbia as presented in the last WBC-INCO.NET Journal.
Serbian parliament approves governmental changes
On March 14, 2011, the Serbian parliament approved the country’s reshuffled government. A number of ministries were merged to bring about the reduction. Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković announced that the government will carry out economic measures to improve the standard of living. The new Minister for Education and Science is Prof. Dr. Žarko Obradović.
Prof. Dr. Žarko Obradović, Minister of Education and Science
Prof. Dr. Žarko Obradović was born in Berane in 1960. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, where he later also received his MA and PhD. He published two books and ten papers. From 1998 to 2000, he was the Deputy Minister for Local Self-Government. From October 2000 until January 2001, he was the Deputy Minister for Higher Education in the interim government. Prof. Dr. Žarko Obradović is a lecturer at the Faculty of Public Administration at Megatrend University. He is an MP since 2001. Until March 2011, Obradović was the Serbian Minister of Education.
Best technological innovation 2010
The first prize for the best technological innovation in Serbia in 2010 in the category of realized innovation was awarded to the team “Top 14” for their innovation “Production of chemically modified inverters”. A total of six teams participated in the final lap of the competition. The Jury consisted of Deputy-Prime Minister for European Integration and Minister of Science and Technological Development Božidar Đelić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Environment Protection and Urban Planning Bojan Đurić, State Secretary at the Ministry or Economics and Regional Development Dragijana Radonjić Petrović, Vice president of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, Vidosava Džagić, Director of the “Saga” company, Goran Đaković and the Director of Orion Telekom Slobodan Đinović.
Bilateral cooperation
New bilateral agreements on Science and Technology were signed with the USA and the Republic of Montenegro.
Austrian architect wins international competition for Centre for the Promotion of Science
A total of 232 architects from 47 countries competed in the international competition for an architectonic solution for the Centre for the Promotion of Science (CPS). The winner is the Austrian architect Wolfgang Tschapeller. The jury comprised the international experts Roberto Simon from Brazil, Dorte Mandrup from Denmark, Günter Katherl from Austria and Ourania Kloutsinioti from Greece, as well as Belgrade city architect Dejan VasoviÊ and the President of the Association of Serbian Architects Jovan Mitrovic as Serbian representatives.
Formal discussion for Serbian membership in CERN
The Council of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced that Serbia can begin formal discussions for membership. Accession to CERN is very important because this organisation is conducting the greatest scientific experiment in human history – the Large Hadron Collider accelerator, in which 40 Serbian scientists participate. Membership negotiations should last for approximately one year after which Serbia will get the status of associate member. Within two to five years, Serbia will become a full member of CERN.
Financing of the national scientific project cycle 2011– 2014
The Ministry of Science and Technological Development (new name: Ministry of Education and Science) approved the final list of scientific projects that will be financed in the project cycle of 2011 to 2014. Almost 30 percent of the supported researchers will be engaged in interdisciplinary research. This project cycle also allows acquisition of new equipment and investment in infrastructure with a total value of 100 million EUR. More than a thousand scientists in the Diaspora and foreign partners will participate in national projects. Following the call for projects, that was open from May to June 2010, 887 project applications were received. In total, 11.615 researchers will be financially supported, compared to 8.300 supported during the previous project cycle. A new category to the call for projects has been introduced related to young researchers as project team leaders.
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Entry created by Ines Marinkovic on May 30, 2011
Modified on June 3, 2011
