Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stanković" received a project within the call HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01, the project leader of the ReFocuS FLOW project is Dr. Jasmina Nestorović Živković from the Department of Plant Physiology.

The ReFocuS FLOW project aims at broadening citizens' awareness of why R&I are important to the community by bringing the researchers into the focus of the general public. Following the trends and guidelines of both the EU and UNESCO, all activities of ReFocuS FLOW will highlight the EU Green Deal and EU missions as the most urgent challenges the modern humans are faced with, following clear and time-bound goals to offer solutions for these important issues. Special attention will be paid on raising the awareness that citizens must take the initiative to achieve the goals set.

European Researchers’ Night and Researchers at Schools activities with the 2024’s theme “The FLOW of Knowledge” will focus on defining the problems facing our planet and society, familiarizing citizens with the EU missions, raising their awareness that only together researchers, citizens, industry, local and regional authorities, with the aid of knowledge flows, should work towards successfully fulfilling the EU missions.

European Researchers’ Night and Researchers at Schools 2025’s activities with the theme “The FLOW of People” will offer citizens concrete solutions to achieve challenging but achievable goals by showcasing successful results and ongoing progress of existing EU missions and highlight the EU's selfless commitment to shaping a sustainable and prosperous future for its citizens. To this end, the indispensable role of the flow of knowledge, information, and ideas created by the flow of people is emphasized. Activities are planned to be carried out from the capital and larger cities to smaller towns and rural areas of Serbia. Through popular formats in public places, we will show citizens that R&I are designed for all and together we can create the Europe with climate-neutral cities and retain clean water, healthy soil, and food for current and future generations.

Other participants in the project are Dr. Milica Milutinović, dr. Marija Rajičić, Katarina Hočevar, dr. Maja Raković, dr. Jelena Đuknić, dr. Jovana Rajić, dr. Bojana Mićić, dr. Branislav Šiler. Besides IBISS, partners in the Consortium are PMF Niš, the Univerity of Kragujevac, and CPN.