ECOMON 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.

This year, the IoT Week conference will take place in Dublin, 31 August – 3 September 21. The IoT Week 2021 conference will gather IoT devotees from all around the world to explore a range of topics regarding the emerging IoT, AI, Blockchain and 5Gtechnologies through 12 thematic areas. Learn more at https://iotweek.org/.

Real-time air quality index (AQI) can be monitored using the data provides via Internet from the sites such as World Air Qiality Index (WAQI.info and aqicn.org) and the information depends on the quality of the data reported by respective cities. The overall quality is color coded:

• Green – Good
• Yellow – Moderate
• Orange – Unhealthy for sensitive groups
• Red – Unhealthy
• Blue – Very unhealthy
• Purple – Hazardous

This is just one example of online data on ecomonitoring parameters. We included the data for the main cities in Montenegro in the widget on the right side of the posts page on our website.

The Green Deal Call worth €1 billion has been launched on the 18th of September. The call is the last within the H2020 Programme and just ahead of the launch of Horizon Europe, the next research and innovation programme kicking-off in 2021. Read more at: link.

First Montenegring climathon to be organized on November 28-29. Ths 24-hour hackathon on climate change is organized by NEST NGO and supported by several sponsors. Teams can register at the following link. More info on the event can be found on link.

EU Green Week 2020 is now scheduled for 19-22 October 2020, on the theme of nature and biodiversity. Please check the schedule and details at the following link.

Last week, on the TV Prva in the informative show “60 minutes with Iris”, the ECOMON project, which is being realized at the University of Donja Gorica, was presented. ECOMON is supported by the Ministry of Science and aims to enable the measurement and analysis of environmental pollution parameters throughout Montenegro, using modern Internet of Things technologies.

Check it out!Join Europe’s 1st Greenathon from 27 October to 30 October 2020, with the whole EIC crowd.Applications will open in early September 2020! More information on the following Link.

On September 18, 2020, members of the ECOMON team attended a training led by Ms. Ivana Staljetović, a grant project management expert. The training was conducted in the premises of the Ministry of Science by the consulting company International Consulting Expertise. The aim of the training was to acquaint grant beneficiaries with the specific requirements in the preparation of grant reports, with a special focus on Interim reporting and the accompanying procedures applied in this process.​ More info on link.

During July, two online workshops were held in support of grant beneficiaries in the implementation of IPA projects, organized by the Ministry of Science and the consulting company ICE. Topics covered in these workshops were: “Risks, Crisis and Resilience”, 23.07.2020. and “Adaptive leadership” 30.07.2020.

During the first workshop, participants had the opportunity to gain insight into how to manage projects in risky times, develop the resilience of both their own and their team in crisis situations and to maintain a high degree of efficiency and effectiveness during similar situations. The second workshop was dedicated to adaptive leadership, how to implement decision-makers’ expectations, broaden strategic approaches, and implement/manage impactful change. More info at the following link.

Participating in two online workshops in July (image: http://www.mna.gov.me/)