We are thankful to our partners from LIR Evolution for an invitation to share and learn at an energetic seminar of their project Danube Indeet. Incredible teams from our country, but also from Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Montenegro, and Romania, will work on finding out best solutions for expansion of electricity to the most rural regions.
Local infrastructure frameworks in six selected regions and the data will be fed into a computation model based on mathematical optimisation to obtain ideal green infrastructure setup in terms of operation and economics. The whole point is that not all the solutions fit everywhere: wind turbine needs wind, solar panel needs Sun… so breathe in deeply before you jump into new investment in energy .
NanoPoli Centre is a proud partner in European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Deep Tech Talent Initiative, a pioneering programme that is skilling one million people within European deep tech fields by 2025. NanoPoli Centre has signed a pledge to contribute to the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative by expanding the education for young students on deeptech in material sciences.
Deep tech innovations – cutting-edge technological solutions combining fields of science and engineering in the physical, biological, and digital spheres – are indispensable in addressing the most pressing global challenges. However, Europe lacks the talent and skilled labour force necessary to properly leverage the new technologies to enable its green and digital transition. The EIT aims to address this gap, in line with the European Commission’s New European Innovation Agenda, by developing a strong deep tech talent pool across Europe.
To address the mission of training one million individuals in deep tech before the end of 2025, the EIT launched the ‘Pledge for Deep Tech Talents’, which is a vehicle for partners and sponsors to contribute to the development and delivery of the initiative’s courses and training. The Pledge gathers public and private organizations, industry representatives and champions, academic partners, education providers, and Member States in support of the aim of the initiative.
NanoPoli Centre, as an Education and Training Provider will contribute to achieving the goal of training one million talents in deep tech fields by promoting potential of primary and secondary raw materials available in Bosnia and Herzegovina for sustainable production of nanomaterials for European market.
In recent decades, concern about the impact of humans, primarily industrial activities, on negative climate change has become an everyday topic and has found its place in most scientific fields. The voice of the young population is also becoming important, especially through actions that sometimes even involve boycotting school classes as a form of awarness campaigns.
However, an important topic that, in our opinion, will be increasingly relevant in the coming years and decades is the “reconciliation” between the necessity of the existence of heavy industry and our desire as inhabitants of the planet to protect it from fatal climate change and pollution in general. This year, the NanoPoly Center will draw attention through a series of important events to the fact that this reconciliation is possible.
Young people need to know that their favorite jacket or T-shirt is made from synthetic microfibers that come from polymers, and polymers from oil. And yet the favorite phone, tablet, or computer in front of them contains minerals from over 60 different mines. To maintain all the comfort that this means, young people need to know more and become carriers of advanced environmental protection technologies, many of them deep techs.
All fellow female scientists, happy International day of girls and women in science. NanoPoli , as the mostly female team, is taking a moment to think about this important recognition by the United Nations.
Last century was a game changer for female talents in science. In most of the world, girls and women in science are having equal chances and are even dominating some areas. What remains ahead of us is the struggle for more female leadership positions in science access to the proper maternity leave and childcare.🌍
We are proud to say that Bosnia and Herzegovina offers this to female scientists. Our country, regardless of the historical hardships it faced in the last century, has 100% paid maternity leave for 12 months and an incredible tradition of the national kindergartens which offer safety for the children while mom-scientists are changing the world for 8 hours a day. 🌟🌟🌟
This, still not sufficiently recognized profession, is a key for success of the research and educational institutions, larger or smaller ones alike. We are thankful to the organizers, HÉTFA Group, for allowing us to participate as the startup company developed through the EIT HEI Initiative funded project.
Our young, yet already skillful research support staff who attended this fruitful exchange venue, had so much to learn from her peers and it was an honor for us to be recognized as the stakeholders of this game-changing project consortium.
Arts are not only beauty and joy, but also a powerful tool. Many studies prove enhancements in learning abilities of children by integrating elements of art into the school programmes. We wish you today a Happy International Day of Education established by United Nations.
Be greeted by a powerful spectra of the artwork delivered at NanoPoli’s winter school of „Science Through Arts“.
Our splendid teacher, MA Tatjana RATKOVIĆ BOSNIĆ glows with pride for her talented young crew.
Stay tuned for the beginning of the spring season and the new announcements of this unique activity.
NanoPoli team is thankful to the colleagues from the Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla who entrusted us with introducing their students and young staff on deeptech and open science. We were educators at the conference „Open Innovation and Community Engagement: Opportunities and Challenges”.
We shared the experience based on our founding base-the DeepGreenInno project. We emphasised how broader education of the young generation in DeepTech can expand their motivation to understand the full potential of Western Balkans material chain industries. Indeed, it is up to these young people to hold the future on their shoulders and believe in the importance of their role in creating it.
Children’s view of language and its structure is different from that of adults. That is why we often hear from children unusual thinking about the meanings of words or strange language forms. NanoPoli Center has recognized the importance of language as a universal tool for expressing both their own feelings and thoughts and understanding other disciplines and cultures.
Regardless of what professional direction your child will have, he needs a correct understanding of the world of science and the skills of condensing thoughts and ideas into proper structures. But that’s not all! Only when they master basic language skills, children understand that language is not STATIC but changes along with the development of civilization, and we, with our specific talents, imagination, skills and gifts, can really influence that flow.
The work will take place in groups of up to 10 participants. The promotional price will be 70 KM per month (8 sessions per month). The venue is the multimedia hall of the Innovation Center Banja Luka (Mladena Stojanovića 4, 78 000 Banja Luka).
During 2025, the program will be expanded to other age groups, which we will regularly publish announcements on our social networks and the NanoPoly Center website. The program will run from 1. 2. 2025 to 30. 6. 2025, after which we will offer schools for further development of skills with appropriate competitions and awards, which will be held during the summer holidays.
The classroom was designed and will be led by our expert associate Dr. Aleksandra Savić, a professor of Serbian language known for the extremely popular program “Jezikolovac“. By choosing the lecturers, we have ensured the top quality of this unique program in the Republika Srpska. Most importantly, the program is designed in such a way that children will receive additional support and assistance in solving current school tasks in the Serbian language through each workshop.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Banja Luka, NanoPoly Center proudly presents a pilot art classroom – a place where imagination and science merge into a unique creation!
What awaits you? Through creative workshops with our talented colleague, Master of Arts in Graphic Design Tatjana Ratković Bosnić, participants will: explore the magic of colors and shapes, learn unusual techniques and intertwine science with the cooperation of experts in physics and chemistry.
Thus, we will create works of art that bring imagination to life with science! This is the perfect way for young people to fill the last days of winter break, entering the world of art, science and creative play. When and where? Dates: January 16, 17 and 18, 2025. Time: from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Location: modern classroom of the Center for Materials Innovation, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Mladena Stojanovića 2 in Banja Luka. Parking is provided for parents.
Who is the workshop for? Participants aged 6 to 18, divided into age groups. The number of places is limited. How to apply? Send a short application to: info@npcentar.org What’s next? After the pilot classroom, we are organizing permanent classes for all art lovers from February to July 2025. Workshop price: 50 KM. Join us and experience a unique adventure of merging art and science!
This event was attended by a number of policy makers and business supporting agencies from the region and was a high success in showcasing the innovations, most notably the one of young student Daniel Menićanin which won this year’s Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s Butterfly award but also the Best Technological Innovation of Republika Srpska Award.
