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  • Competition of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Green Fun

    The open competition of the Ministry of Environmental Protection for the Green Fund granting of funds through encouraging educational, analytic and developmental studies and projects will last until September 14th 2018.

    The goal of the competition is the development and protection of the environment through supporting studies and projects in the areas of education, development and research, in agreement with the goals defined in Serbia’s strategic documents. Requests for the granting of funds may also be submitted for the co-financing of phases in projects or studies lasting multiple years. The expected beginning of the chosen studies or projects is mid October 2018.

    Only establishments that are in the Science-Research Organization Registry have the right to submit requests, and the total available funds for the realization of the competition amount to 50 million dinars. Those who submit requests may achieve the right to the usage of funds, with the maximum being five million dinars and the minimum being 500 thousand dinars per project.

  • THE MOST IMPORTANT SPANISH MEDIA REPORT ON SERBIAN INNOVATIVE CLIMATE SMART URBAN DEVELOPMENT IDEA

    The first photobioreactor, the aquarium of modern design with microalgae, will be installed in the next few months in the city of Smederevo, report the most influential Spanish media. The use of microalgae to capture carbon dioxide and release the oxygen is already evolving in Europe, said Dr Ivan Spasojevic from the Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Belgrade. “However, this concept of a reduced photobioreactor and its installation in an urban environment does not exist, we have invent it,” says Spasojević, a doctor of biophysics, who leads a group of nine researchers, scientists from the Institute.

    The device, called LIQUID3, with a base of only three square meters, replaces the lawn of 400 square meters or two trees that were grown for the production of oxygen. “For maturity of trees it takes 20 years, and our device is set in three or four hours,” says Spasojević. The task of the urban photobioreactor is to counter the great release of carbon dioxide in urban centers, which often do not have enough plants and greenery.

    For this reason, this invention is ideal for high pollution areas, traffic routes, proximity to thermal power plants, industrial plants or densely populated areas. The price of the prototype is approximately 3,000 or 4,000 euros, however it has not yet been produced in the series. The system functions as a water reservoir with microalgae that absorbs carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and releases oxygen. “This is not a substitute for parks, but compensation for places where they are not possible. This is the answer for areas where trees can not be planted,” says Spasojević.

    Dr Dusica Stojiljkovic, member of the research team, says the device is self-sustainable and it creates a biomass that can be used or sold as a quality fertilizer.

    In late April 2018, this innovative idea was awarded by the project “Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge” jointly implemented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

  • ROBOTICS OF SERVICE TO THE AGRiCULTURE AWARD WINNERS “PIONEER IN INNOVATION” IMPLEMENT THEIR IDEA IN PRACTICE

    An innovative project idea, awarded within the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge (CSUD) initiative, began its life in the Srem County, north Serbia.

    Until recently, a farmer from Belegish village, Nikola Loncar, used a diesel generator for watering 65,000 seedlings on a 10,000-hectare plot, which means he came two to three times a day to water his crops, which could last up to 10 hours a day. At the annual level, this work was valued at a thousand euros per hectare.

    Today, with the help of the Center for Robotics of the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” from Belgrade, which tests the smart use of natural resources on his agricultural estate, Nikola Loncar remotely controls irrigation through the Android application on his mobile phone.

    It is a unique and innovative system of optimal land, water and energy management, which completely replaces the use of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources (solar energy and wind power) and contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

    The core elements of this device are a modern robotized solar generator and a soil moisture sensor, integrated into a climate-smart system for remote management of land and other natural resources. This approach allows the farmer to produce healthier food, because the additives for soil are used only as much as the land needs, or – as the science says. The “Mihajlo Pupin” Institute plans to organize workshops for farmers and entrepreneurs who wish to introduce this innovative system into their agricultural holdings.

    The project idea itself was selected as one of the 111 received applications at the CSUD’s Public Call for innovative and climate-smart solutions”, while the Institute “Mihajlo Pupin” is one of the 25 winners of the Call, proclaimed the “Climate Smart Innovation Pioneer”. UNDP implements the CSUD in partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).


  • ECO OASIS FOR BELGRADE’S CITIZENS

    Imagine if you could walk out of your apartment in Belgrade and walk into an eco-oasis that is powered by energy from renewable sources and equipped with smart software solutions, and in that way reduces GHG emissions, improves waste management and enables a healthier environment.

    The residents of Belgrade’s 19a block might get such an oasis, according to the idea of Srdjan Petrovic and the CSO “My beautiful city”. The potential of this idea has been recognized and awarded by the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge project (CSUD), as one of the 34 best innovative solutions in the area of fight against climate change. The Ministry of Environmental Protection implements the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge (CSUD project with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

  • Science Meets Industry” conference held during the “Innovation week 2018

    The representatives of the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge (CSUD) project participated in the “Science Meets Industry” conference during the “Innovation week 2018”, the first scientific-corporate gathering of this kind, organized by the AFA Association in cooperation with the Electrical Engineering Faculty’s Innovation Center and the Science-Technology Park Belgrade, with the help of AIK Bank.

    More than 100 participants contributed during numerous panels, lectures and presentations, in which the best experiences, examples, practices and innovative projects were presented, all of which helped contribute to the transformation of the economy and society. During the two-day conference, participants had the opportunity to listen to representatives of the best local and international companies that do business in the area, representatives of the scientific community, industrial representatives, startups, guests from abroad, as well as representatives of the government and ministries.