Under a new Horizon Europe CREDIT Vibes project worth €1.5 million, the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia will support the Serbian Maize Research Institute "Zemun polje" in setting up a project and technology transfer offices, strengthening human resources and developing maize and soybean genotypes for organic farming.
The Maize Research Institute "Zemun Polje" is coordinating the CREDIT Vibes Horizon Europe project, which will run for three years from 1 January 2023, under the mentorship of the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. All project activities will be supported by a budget of EUR 1.5 million, approved under the Twinning Western Balkans call, which aims to strengthen the capacity of domestic research institutions and network them with similar institutions from Europe.
The CREDIT Vibes project consortium met in Belgrade, Serbia, between 18 and 19 January 2023, for a kick-off meeting to discuss the objectives and the various activities to be carried out under the project. The kick-off meeting was also attended by director of the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Prof Andrej Simončič, and the project coordinator at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia Dr Vladimir Meglič from the Crop Science Department.
The kick-off meeting was preceded by a stakeholder engagement event and press conference.
More information in the press release (.pdf)