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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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Serbia shows it can be a centre of excellence

Novi Sad, 19 April 2023

Prime Minister Ana Brnabic and European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth Mariya Gabriel attended today the opening of a new building of BioSense Institute in Novi Sad.

Brnabic pointed out on this occasion that the opening of this headquarters of the European Centre of Excellence will bring new values and innovations, not only to Serbia, but also to the region and the world, and stressed that Serbia has shown that it can be a centre of excellence in one of the areas that is very important for the future development of the country, which is digital agriculture.

According to her, it is actually an intersection or synergy between technology and agriculture, something that is necessary in times of climate challenges and climate change.

She explained that we want to ensure that agriculture is sustainable, that it gives better results, that the state, with the help of science, research and development of scientific institutes, provides adequate support to our farmers so that they could be competitive in the future.

Gabriel emphasised that BioSense Institute will be the light of future research not only in Serbia, but in the Balkans too, and added that the creation of this institute shows how European support and global investments together produce concrete results.

She pointed out that the new centre of excellence will lead the Serbian innovation ecosystem forward, while at the same time it will provide digital solutions in agriculture.

Director of BioSense Institute Vladimir Crnojevic assessed that the opening of the new building represents a new era of scientific and research work in Serbia, which is now in full swing.

This building is one of the most technologically complex buildings in Serbia and the first in Europe with a special anti-vibration core solution that is resistant to vibrations.

A sum of €30 million has been set aside for the construction of BioSense Institute, half of which is a donation from the European Union. The next step in digital development is the construction of the Bio4 institute in Belgrade, which represents a multidisciplinary project in the wider region.