News

Every year, the Institute for Development and Innovation participates in, implements or organises over 300 project and program activities. We inform the public about lectures, expert visits, meetings, new projects, and other important activities.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Serbia Needs 35 Years to Reach the EU Economic Standard, Despite Leading in Digitalisation
In the area of economic indicators that most affect the standard of living, Serbia needs 35 years to reach the EU average.
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BIOECONOMY

The ecological crisis is a reflection of the social crisis
Although technological development is an important part of the green transformation, efforts that promote technological solutions to individual elements of the environmental crisis are missing the core issues.
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REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Regenerative agriculture in a local context
The goal was to engage local farmers and stakeholders in a dialogue advancing the transition from conventional to regenerative farming, benefiting the environment, the agricultural sector, farmers, and consumers.
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Why should the Danube be restored to its 1950s condition?
Continuous collaboration between experts from various fields is essential to restore the health of the Danube, whose ecosystem has been significantly altered despite.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Physical resources as one of the enabling conditions for the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas
For the Institute, focus will be on applying lessons learned in Serbia.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Social Innovations and Sustainable Development in Leskovac – A New Path Toward Economic Empowerment 
Can Leskovac once again become a symbol of local economic revival — but this time through social innovation?
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RECYCLING

Breakthrough Achieved in PE and PET Packaging Recycling through upPE-T Project
During the five years of the project, the Institute for Development and Innovation achieved internal goals related to enhancing team members’
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The potential of mountain rural areas for economic development and entrepreneurship
During the two-day meeting, participants exchanged knowledge and best practices, with a special focus on the Startup Village concept.
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INNOVATION

The labor market in Southern and Eastern Serbia is the least inclusive for women
RSO’s data show that female employment in the Region of Southern and Eastern Serbia is the lowest in the country – only 39.9%, compared to 51.7% in the Belgrade region.
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Wildfire Resilience – When Nature Becomes a Threat and Community the Defence
The aim of the RES2FIRE project is to enhancing resilience to climate change, as well as to natural and man-made disasters in the Adriatic-Ionian region. 
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INNOVATION

From Abstract Concepts to Measurable Impact
At the sixth RURALITIES project Consortium Meeting in Aarhus, Denmark, the Institute for Development and Innovation presented a recently developed RURALITIES citizen sensing system.
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Sustaining agriculture in response to climate change
The ClimaPannonia project officially launched. The main aim of the project is to develop and implement systemic solutions to significantly improve agricultural resilience to climate change. 
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OPEN SCIENCE

From Gap Analysis to Action: Adopting and Implementing Open Science practices 
The Institute has conducted 12 case studies on European universities and research institutes, with a focus on the adoption and implementation of Open Science practices.
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BIOECONOMY

Challenges and Opportunities in Bioeconomy
The Institute for Development and Innovation is addressing challenges through the BEAMING project, enabling institutional reforms, helping to build the skills and capacity of early-career researchers in the bioeconomy.
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INNOVATION

Aligning Nutrition, Health, and Sustainability Research is Crucial for Driving Systemic Change
Food systems not only contribute to climate change but are also a key factor in public health.
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BIOECONOMY

Open Science is Necessary for Advancing Sustainable Bioeconomy
A team from the Institute visited BOKU with the aim of exchanging experiences and practices related to the bioeconomy and implementing Open Science practices.
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ENTERPRENEURSHIP

Lack of personnel to support entrepreneurship development
Previous experience shows that entrepreneurs first need support in developing a business idea, the process of testing the product or service they are developing.
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WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Among young entrepreneurs in Serbia, every third person is a woman
The panel discussion aimed to motivate successful female entrepreneurs, participants in the “Ekonomski snažne!” project, to further work on their entrepreneurial ideas.
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CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate Change and Wildfires: Developing Sustainable Solutions for the Future
The focus of the project RES2FIRE is on disasters caused by forest fires as a consequence of the increasing impact of climate change.
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RECYCLING

Is Plastic Biodegradation the Future of Upcycling?
Although enzymatic biocatalysis offers a promising alternative, the technology is still in development, and possibilities of scaling them for broad industrial applications remain to be assessed.
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INNOVATION

Jablanica and Pčinja are part of the network of multi-actor platforms in Europe.
Multi-actor platforms (MAP) are conceived by the project as platforms for the development and implementation of innovative initiatives in the field of social economy.
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LABOR MOBILITY

The smart management of migration is crucial for a just green transition and sustainable economic development 
The education system needs to be adapted to create new personnel.
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LABOR MOBILITY

Labour Mobility in the Western Balkans is extremely low
The Western Balkans is a small market, making it ineffective to consider it as a single economy; thus, the first recommendation is to coordinate measures at the regional level. 
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INNOVATION

Social Innovations as an Opportunity for Further Development of the Jablanica and Pcinja Districts 
The measure of success for the ESIRA project will be the number of beneficiaries receiving support from social initiatives. 
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LABOR MOBILITY

The Potential for Increasing Labour Mobility Exists in Border Areas and Tourism
A potential solution for improving labour mobility within Serbia is the further development of railway transport in the Republic of Serbia
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LABOR MOBILITY

The Labour Market Will Shape the Future of the Western Balkans
The primary emigration destination for those emigrating from Albania is Italy, while for the rest of the Western Balkan countries it is Germany.
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ENTERPRENEURSHIP

Business-Incubators as a prerequisite for economic development
A special focus was placed on enhancing women’s entrepreneurship and providing comprehensive support to women, with the goal of improving their socio-economic status.
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ENTERPRENEURSHIP

Building entrepreneurial incubators requires commitment, people and time 
If there is no synergy and consensus among decision-makers at local and republican level, efforts to boost an innovation ecosystem may go to waste. 
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CITIZEN SCIENCE

Why is it beneficial for citizens to be scientists? 
Attendees got an opportunity to participate in sessions on topics such as FAIR data, citizen science, and the European Open Science Cloud. All in order to exchange knowledge in the field of bioeconomy.
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