International Cooperation Project Office of Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy held a webinar „Experience sharing on Project Management Office – example of good practice“ on January 17^th. The webinar was organized based on an invitation from INOMER, the service provider of the World Bank, under the Bank’s Strategic Growth Roadmap Pilot Program (SGRP). The audience was comprised of members of the leadership, project management functions and researchers from the six Institutes competitively selected to participate in the SGRP. These webinars are a part of the technical assistance and capacity building provided to these institutes. There were around 60-65 participants at the webinar.

List of Institutes:

1. ICMPP (Iași, Romania) - “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry https://icmpp.ro/
2. IBNA (Balotesti, Romania) - National Institute for Research & Development in Animal Biology and Nutrition  https://www.ibna.ro/
3. ECOIND (Bucharest, Romania) - National Research and Development Institute for Industrial Ecology https://www.incdecoind.ro/
4. NIMRD (Constanța, Romania) - National Institute for Marine Research and Development “Grigore Antipa” https://www.rmri.ro/
5. INMA (Bucharest, Romania)  - National Institute of Research – Development for Machines and Installations Designed for Agriculture and Food Industry https://inma.ro/
6. INCDTIM (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) - National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies http://ro.itim-cj.ro/

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At the ceremonial session of the Open Science Team in Serbia (TONuS), held at the premises of our institute on 25.12, in the presence of prominent members of the scientific community, the Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Dr. Jelena Begović, signed the Open Science Platform 2.0, thus formalizing its adoption.

We are proud to highlight the role of our colleague, Dr. Matija Zlatar, Principal Research Fellow at  ICTM, who, as the coordinator of TONuS, has led the efforts in developing the new Platform over the past ten months. It was emphasized at the session that active work is already underway to monitor its implementation and initiatives for further improvements to open science in Serbia.

Minister Dr. Jelena Begović praised the work of TONuS and emphasized the importance of adopting the new Platform:

“The Open Science Platform in Serbia 2.0 represents a more comprehensive and advanced solution that will significantly improve the quality of scientific results in our country and increase the visibility of Serbian science globally. Open science is exactly what science should be – accessible, transparent and geared towards the progress of society.”

The previous Open Science Platform, adopted in 2018, established an open access mandate for publications and recommended open access to research data. With the new policy, the Platform has been updated and significantly expanded. The Open Science Platform 2.0 involves the implementation of five goals, namely open access to scholarly publications, availability of research data, open and transparent access to research infrastructures, transparency of scholarly communication and methodology, and the development of the digital infrastructure and competencies that make it possible to achieve the above goals. Adopting these goals will increase the visibility of scientific results from Serbia globally, cost-effective use of public funds invested in research, and improve scientific integrity and trust in science. It will also encourage connections between science, industry, and society and the development of new research and innovations.

The news of the adoption of the Platform 2.0 also attracted the attention of national media: “Politika”, “Tanjug”, “Uzv!k”.

We invite all members of the scientific community, collaborators, and interested public to familiarize themselves with the new Platform and join our efforts in promoting and implementing the principles of open science in Serbia.

The Minister of Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Dr Jelena Begović, visited our Institute on December 24 this year. During the visit, she held meetings with the management of the Institute, led by director Dr Jasmina Stevanović, with representatives of the scientific council and researchers of the Institute, as well as with members of the ICTM Board of Directors. During the conversation, Minister Dr. Begović learned about the results of the Institute in the previous period. The meetings also discussed the experiences within the SAIGE project and the transformation of the Institute so far, the role of the Institute's researchers in the BIO4 Campus, and the impact of the activities of this campus on the further development of the Institute as well as our plans for improving the work of IHTM and scientific research. You can see more about the visit at Minister Dr Jelena Begović visited IHTM.

We believe that the conclusions from these meetings and cooperation with the Ministry will bring new perspectives and contribute to strengthening our role in the scientific community of Serbia and beyond.