Digital Summit on May 11-12, IoT Solutions World Congress

Researchers from ECOMON projects will take part in Digital Summit event organized by the IoT Solutions World Congress. This virtual event will be taking part on May 11-12 and the agenda for the summit is available at the following link.

The panel discussion we will be taking part is on the use of Internet of Things enhanced by smart tag technology.

Digital Summit on May 11-12, 2021, IoT Solutions World Congress (click on image for more info)

Happy Earth Day 2021!

Today is the Earth Day! We wish you all the best and hope you will find your own way to contribute to preserving our planet and improving living conditions for future generation. Google created an interesting video for Earth Day 2021.

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EU Climate Law adopted

The European Climate Law turns our European Green Deal targets into legal obligations:

  • reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030
  • reaching climate neutrality by 2050

Today’s deal between the co-legislators also introduces:

  • a process for setting a 2040 climate target
  • a commitment to negative emissions after 2050
  • the establishment of European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change
  • stronger provisions on adaptation to climate change

Climate neutrality will shape the EU’s green recovery and a socially just green transition. (source: European Commission)

More information at the following link.

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New European Bauhaus conference

The New European Bauhaus supports the ambition to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, adding a cultural dimension to the European Green Deal.

But such a big transformation can be done only collectively.

This is why we call on architects, climate activists, local representatives, students and innovators to join the speakers of the first New European Bauhaus Conference and shape together a sustainable and inclusive future.

22-23 April | online, free and open to everyone. Click on the following link for registration (Source: European Union).

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ECOMON project featured at Research Day

For the tenth year in a row, April 4th is traditionally marked at the University of Donja Gorica as Research Day. The research day aims to encourage quality and stimulate scientific research, to promote the research of Montenegrin scientists, as well as networking with regional and international initiatives. ECOMON project was presented this year as part of these activities. You can find the video material at the following link.​

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Climate Change to Save Earth

The Earth Hour is the world’s largest global action in which millions of people, institutions, companies, and organizations turn off the lights for an hour. The Earth Hour 2021 theme will focus on “Climate Change to Save Earth.” Montenegro will support the action Hour for the planet Earth by turning off the lights for one hour on Saturday, March 27, 2021, in the period from 20:30 to 21:30. More information can be found on the movement’s official website.​

International Day of Forests

Traditionally, since 2012, March 21 has been celebrated as International Forest Day. At its session in 2012, the United Nations General Assembly decided to declare the day of the spring equinox as this important ecological date with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of forests and green areas. More precisely, this date includes three holidays: Forest Day, Tree Day, and Planting Day. More information can be found at the following link.

International Day of Forest

World Water Day

March 22 has been marked as World Water Day since 1992. On this day, events have been traditionally organized with an aim to raise awareness of the importance of water for the general population. The United Nations points out that “The value of water is about much more than its price.” So, let’s stop for a moment and ask ourselves the question: How much do we value water? For more details on this topic, visit the following link.

Advancing the Quality of the Research Work

Organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, and the expert consulting company ICE, on March 16, 2021, a training called INTERNATIONAL MARKETING AND COMMERCIALIZATION was held in the premises of the Ministry, with the aim of gaining skills necessary for marketing and commercialization of Innovation projects. Most common barriers, risks, and legal problems common for market creation or entrance were addressed and incorporated in this session. The attendee could learn how to advance their project visibility, organization’s credibility, the attractiveness of offerings, key variables to create a brand, handle a crisis communication and build skillsets necessary to create, manage and grow Sales from New. ​

Wrapping up the first year of the project

Despite the aggravating circumstances in which the ECOMON project has been implemented from the very beginning caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the members of the project team have successfully implemented all the planned activities for the first project year. More precisely, an in-house IoT laboratory for measuring water and air pollution parameters has been established in the premises of the University of Donja Gorica. In addition, the implemented system, which consists of sensor equipment that was purposely procured for the needs of the project and which is co-financed by EU, is executed in the operational environment, tested, and validated. In this way, the conditions were created to install sensor nodes at the planned locations. These activities will be implemented by the end of March 2021, in order to put the sensor equipment into operation and ensure the collection of real-time parameters of environmental pollution.