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Fonet
To this end, the government adopted the Strategy of scientific and technological development last week, which establishes national priorities for the next five years.
Revealing the set of bills to parliament members, Djelic said that they deal with biomedicine, new technologies, environmental protection and the fight against climate change, energy and energy efficiency, agriculture and food, information and communication technologies, improvement of decision-making at the state level and affirmation of national identity.
Djelic explained that proposed amendments to the Law on scientific and research activities envisage opening up scientific communities for the economy and foreign investors, increasing the mobility of Serbian researchers, strengthening ties between universities and institutes, improving the quality of teaching and intensifying cooperation between the civil and military sectors.
Amendments to the Law on innovative activities envisage that at least 50% of the profits from an invention should go to the inventor, and the establishment of a fund for innovative activities, Djelic said.
Djelic outlined that the Bill on the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) will bring the functioning of this important institution closer to the model of functioning of similar institutions in the world.
Djelic said that the Bill on protected designation of origin will enable Serbia to sell its products on the world market and protect them in legal terms.