Center for Innovation and Business Development

Project aim: SKIN built and animate a community of about 500 stakeholders, with the strategic objective of setting up, at the conclusion of the project, a European association permanently working for the improvement of SFSCs efficiency and for the benefit of stakeholders and growth in the sector. The community was built and animated around the identification of good practices in short supply chains across Europe.
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About the project: SKIN is an ambitious initiative of 20 partners in 14 countries in the area of Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs). It intends to systematize and bring knowledge to practitioners, promote collaboration within a demand-driven innovation logic and provide inputs to policymaking through links to the EIP-AGRI. Partners will scout, analyze and classify a significant number of cases in different countries. “Best practices” (at least 100) will be systematized, processed into highly usable formats (including video and page-flows) and made accessible to stakeholders via the web (following the EIP AGRI formats) and through the set-up of regional nodes, to allow a deeper penetration of existing knowledge into practice. The work on good practices will also allow identifying key issues (hindrances or opportunities) around SFSCs. Such issues will be the main themes of 6 “innovation challenges workshops” the purpose of which is to stimulate stakeholders to propose new ideas for innovation-based research or innovation uptake. These will be supported in a coaching phase where consortium partners deliver guidance to stakeholders for the full development of those innovative ideas.
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SKIN puts significant efforts in dissemination, to reach as many stakeholders as possible, and exploitation, to plan post projects developments in the form of a permanent association that would give continuity to the activities launched with the project (community expansion, circulation of good practices, promotion of research based innovation and linkages with the EIP and policy making instances).

Milica Trajković

Goran Kitić works at the position of the Head of the Center for Sensing Technologies within the BioSense Institute. He received a PhD degree from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia in 2016 on the subject of microwave soil moisture sensors. Goran Kitić developed experience in the field of different fabrication technologies (LTCC, thin&amp;thick film technology, microfabrication, PCB, wire bonding, machining, and 3D printing) and characterization methods (electron microscopy, EDS spectroscopy, UV/Vis spectroscopy, optical profilometry, electrical measurements). His research interests are related to the development of sensors applied in agriculture, food sector and environmental protection. Some of the developed sensor prototypes involve a multispectral sensor for plant status assessment, soil moisture sensor, a device for early mastitis detection, nitrates in water detector. Besides stated, he is heavily involved in the development of a robotic system for soil sampling and analysis. His research work resulted in seven international journal publications, and numerous papers published on international conferences. During his research career, he was involved in 13 international and national projects.

Goran Kitić

Ms. Milica Trajkovic (F) is a certified PMI project manager professional (PMP), experienced in EU funded projects focused on Digital Agriculture and development of ICTs for AgriFood value chain. As a Head of Business Development Department, she is responsible for building new and maintaining fruitful partnership network of the Institute both with industry and academia in Serbia and across Europe. Milica manages multi-national and cross-sectoral consortia, supports Institute in new project preparations (from an idea to design and proposal establishment) and brings AgTech market trends closer to the BioSense scientists. One of her goals is to foster entrepreneurial mentality among Institutes’ employees and support them in their own entrepreneurship endeavors. In addition, she facilitates business acceleration for high-tech startups, SMEs and web entrepreneurs from the region with the main aim to bring start-up tech community closer to the AgriFood sector.

Maša Mimica works as a Project Manager at BioSense Institute, covering two equally important fields – H2020 financial management and project management of cascade funding projects. She has extensive experience in financial reporting at the project level, portfolio of 17M€ with a proven track-record in planning, reporting and analysis of business needs and other financial aspects of the Institute. Maša as part of Business Development Department collaborates with other cross-finance teams in driving strategic decisions and ongoing operations.
In parallel, Maša acts as a Project Manager for cascade funded sub-projects, previously in FP7 and now in H2020 programme. Thus, she has a vast experience in tailor-made innovation and acceleration activities, which led to market positioning and expansion of more than 150 SMEs, cross-cutting IT and agricultural sectors.
Maša has strong background in multinational environment, where working with different stakeholders across the board in various industries, contributed to the development of her business and interpersonal skills.

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Maša Mimica

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 728055. 
                       


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Research and innovation at BioSense is developed in a close interaction with farmers and the agrifood sector, government bodies, entrepreneurs and business community, international researchers, and citizens. We work together to create a new generation of open innovations which will be readily used, and which will bring benefits across the entire value-chain.

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As a meeting place for all the relevant stakeholders, we have established PA4ALL – Precision Agriculture Living Lab. This is the first living laboratory in Serbia and one of the first in Europe to focus on precision agriculture. PA4ALL takes full advantage of inter-sectoral cross-fertilization of ideas and offers possibilities to test ideas and prototypes in the real-world setting.

Over the last 5 years, PA4ALL has been placing an increasing emphasis on the importance of multi-actor and transdisciplinary projects. Since Living Labs provides a meeting point for true engagement of diverse groups of actors in joint research and innovation, PA4ALL based its activities on educating its community on precision agriculture, motivating end-users to test and validate the IT innovations and ensuring their adoption among various stakeholders. It is, therefore, not surprising that PA4ALL strives to even change the curriculum in high-school education in order to cultivate the knowledge on precision agriculture in the society.

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PA4ALL activities are bridging the gap between the leisurely changing public sector and modern technologies which are modifying the way agriculture is perceived today. By reinforcing co-creation and multi-stakeholder participation, PA4ALL is not only gradually widening its network but also encouraging and supporting new Living Labs which emerged in the region in the meantime. In addition to the above-mentioned, throughout the Living Lab approach, PA4ALL plans to create a future network of actors who are expected to closely cooperate in the field of agroecology, which is a new concept thriving to become a pivotal change in the way agriculture production impacts the environment.

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It is relevant to mention that PA4ALL also encourages the academy to engage more with the users of research, industry, government, and other relevant actors in order to implement precision agriculture in real-life decision-making processes. One of the methods mostly used for the purpose of implementing Living Lab approaches among the research community is RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation. RRI involves engaging the communities affected by innovation and ensuring that they have the knowledge necessary to understand the implications by furthering science education which is exactly PA4ALL’s main goal for the future.

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BioSense provides the connecting link in the value chain by:

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-  Promoting the use of advanced ICT technologies to local farmers and assisting them in improving their performance and complying with environmental regulations;

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- Developing win-win synergies with agri-business support companies of the region (providers of fertilizers, pesticides, consulting services), that currently consist the most agile and motivated link in the value chain, since they have both direct access to farmers and clear motives to introduce advanced technologies as complimentary services to their existing portfolio;

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-  Encouraging the local ICT sector to move towards a paradigm-shift, namely from a strategy based on outsourcing that simply exploits the relative low wage costs of developers, to one that is based upon the competitive strengths of the entire regional eco-system and the exploitation of own solutions, with significantly higher added value.

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-  The introduction of ICT subject in high schools specialized in agriculture and educating younger generations on the implications which arise from AgTech will increase the awareness of the relationship between technology and agriculture and therefore make agriculture more attractive to younger generations.

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SKIN- Short supply chain Knowledge and Innovation Network

Centar za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja

Cilj projekta: SKIN je izgradio i animirao zajednicu od oko 500 zainteresovanih strana, sa strateškim ciljem uspostavljanja, po završetku projekta, evropskog udruženja koje trajno radi na poboljšanju efikasnosti kratkih lanaca nabavke a i na dobrobit aktera i za rast u sektoru. Zajednica je izgrađena za identifikovanje dobrih praksi u kratkim lancima nabavke širom Evrope.
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O projektu: SKIN je ambiciozna inicijativa 20 partnera u 14 zemalja u oblasti kratkih lanaca snabdevanja hranom (SFSC). Projekat je imao za nameru da sistemmatizuje i donese znanje radnicima, promoviše saradnju u okviru inovacijske logike koja se temelji na tražnji i pruži ulazne podatke za kreiranje politike putem veza sa EIP-AGRI. Partneri su istraživali, analizirali i klasifikovali značajan broj slučajeva u različitim zemljama. „Najbolje prakse“ (najmanje 100) bile su sistematizovane, obrađene u vrlo korisne formate (uključujući video zapise i protoke stranica) i dostupne akterima putem weba (sledeći EIP AGRI formate) i kroz postavljanje regionalnih DIHova, kako bi se omogućilo dublje prodiranje postojećeg znanja u praksu. Rad na dobrim praksama takođe će omogućiti identifikovanje ključnih problema (prepreka ili prilika) oko kratkih lanaca nabavke. Takva pitanja bila su glavne teme 6 „radionica izazova s inovacijama“ čija je svrha podstaknuti zainteresovane strane da predlože nove ideje za istraživanje zasnovano na inovacijama ili za preuzimanje inovacija. Oni su podržani u fazi učenja u kojoj partneri konzorcijuma dostavljaju smernice akterima za puni razvoj tih inovativnih ideja.
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SKIN ulaže značajne napore u širenje, kako bi dosegao što veći broj zainteresovanih strana, te u eksploataciju, kako bi planirao razvoj projekata nakon formiranja, u obliku stalne asocijacije koja bi dala kontinuitet aktivnostima pokrenutim sa projektom (širenje zajednice, cirkulacija dobrih praksi, promocija inovacija zasnovanih na istraživanju i veza sa EIP-om i primerima kreiranja politika).

Goran Kitić je zaposlen na poziciji Rukovodioca centra za senzorske tehnologije na Institutu BioSens. Doktorirao je na Fakultetu tehničkih nauka, na Univerzitetu u Novom Sadu 2016. godine na temu mikrotalasnih senzora vlažnosti zemljišta. Goran Kitić ima iskustva u oblastima raznih tehnologija fabrikacije (LTCC, debeloslojna i tankoslojna tehnologija, mikrofabrikacija, PCB, wire bonding, mašinska obrada i 3D štampa) i metoda karakterizacije (elektronska mikroskopija, EDS spektoroskopija, UV/Vis spektroskopija, optička profilometrija, električna merenja). Njegova istraživanja su u vezi sa razvojem senzora koji svoju primenu imaju u poljoprivredi, prehrambenom sektoru i zaštiti životne sredine. Neki od razvijenih prototipa senzora uključuju multispektralni senzor za utvrđivanje statusa biljaka, senzor vlažnosti zemljišta, uređaj za rano otkrivanje mastitisa, detektor nitrata u vodi. Pored navedenog, u velikoj meri je uključen u razvoj robotskog sistema za uzorkovanje i analizu zemljišta. Njegovo istraživanje je publikovano u 7 međunarodnih časopisa, i brojnim radovima objavljenim na međunarodnim konferencijama. Tokom svoje karijere, učestvovao je u 13 međunarodnih i nacionalnih projekata.

Milica Trajković je sertifikovani projektni menadžer (Project Management Professional – PMP) od strane prestižnog Instituta za projektni menadžment (Project Management Institute), sa iskustvom u projektima finansiranim od strane Evropske Komisije u oblasti digitalne poljoprivrede i razvoja IKT sektora za poljoprivredu i industriju hrane.
Kao rukovodilac Centra za Inovacije i razvoj poslovanja, ona je odgovorna za izgradnju novih i održavanje uspešnih partnerskih veza kako sa partnerima iz industrije, tako i sa akademskom zajednicom u Srbiji i Evropi. Milica rukovodi multinacionalnim projektima koji obuhvataju nekoliko različitih industrijskih sektora; rukovodi razvojem i pisanjem novih projekata (od ideje do pisanja i realizacije projektnih aktivnosti) i pruža informacije o trendovima na AgTech tržištu istraživačima Instituta. Jedan od njenih ciljeva je snažna podrška preduzetničkim poduhvatima naučnika Instituta. Uz to, Milica podstiče razvoj visokotehnoloških stratapova, MSPP sektora iz Srbije i regiona sa osnovnim ciljem da približi tehničko-tehnološku scenu regiona poljoprovredi i industriji hrane.

Maša Mimica radi kao projektni menadžer u Institutu Biosens na poslovima H2020 finansijskog menadžement ali i kao projektni menadžer podprojekata odabranih od strane Instituta. Ima bogato iskustvo iz finansijskog izveštavanja na projektnom nivou sa potfoliom od 17M€ i sa dokazanim iskustvom u planiranju, izveštavanju i analizi poslovnih potreba i drugim finansijskim aspektima Instituta. Maša kao deo Centra za inovacije i razvoj poslovanja sarađuje sa drugim odeljenjima u donošenju strateških odluka i rešavanju operativnih izazova
Paralelno s tim, Maša radi kao menadžer podprojekata finansiranih kaskadno, ranije u FP7, a sada u programu H2020. Kroz ovu vrstu poslova, stekla je veliko iskustvo u programima inovacija i akceleracije malih i srednjih preduzeća. Kroz projekte na kojima radi došlo je do pozicioniranja na tržištu i rasta više od 150 MSP, kako IT tako i poljoprivrednog sektora.
Maša ima iskustvo rada u multinacionalnom okruženju, gde je rad sa različitim stranama u raznim industrijama doprineo razvoju njenih poslovnih i međuljudskih veština.

Ovaj projekat je finansiran od strane Evropske Unije, iz programa za Istraživanje i InovacijeHorizont 2020, pod sporazumom o grantu broj 728055. 


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Istraživanja i razvoj inovacija na Institutu BioSens uvek se odvijaju u saradnji sa farmerima, poljoprivrednim i vladinim sektorom, preduzetničkom i poslovnom zajednicom, međunarodnim istraživačkim centrima i građanima. Radimo zajedno u cilju stvaranja novih „otvorenih inovacija“ koje će biti lake za upotrebu i koje će doneti korist svim učesnicima u celokupnom lancu vrednosti.

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Kao mesto okupljanja svih značajnih interesnih grupa, osnovali smo „živu laboratoriju“ za preciznu poljoprivredu (eng. Precision Agriculture Living Lab – PA4ALL). Ovakva laboratorija je pionirski poduhvat u Srbiji i jedna od prvih u Evropi koja je usmerena na preciznu poljoprivredu. Spajanje ideja koje potiču iz različitih sektora i mogućnost testiranja novih rešenja i prototipova u realnim uslovima – na terenu, glavni su ciljevi PA4ALL.

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Od 2013. godine, PA4ALL stavlja sve veći akcenat na projekte koji povezuju učesnike različitih profila i više disciplina. Budući da je ideja koncepta “žive laboratorije” da stvori zajednicu orijentisanu ka istraživanju i inovacijama, PA4ALL svoje aktivnosti temelji upravo na edukaciji zajednice o preciznoj poljoprivredi i njenoj primeni. Stoga nije iznenađujuće što PA4ALL kroz svoje projekte nastoji čak i da promeni nastavni plan i program u srednjoškolskom obrazovanju kako bi se u društvu negovalo znanje o preciznoj poljoprivredi. Tako se premošćuje jaz između javnog sektora i savremenih tehnologija koje menjaju način na koji se poljoprivreda danas doživljava.

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Podstičući viziju zajedničkog stvaranja i kreativne saradnje, PA4ALL ne samo da postepeno širi svoju mrežu, već i pruža podršku novim “živim laboratorijama” koje su se u međuvremenu pojavile u regionu. Osim toga, po principu koncepta “žive laboratorije”, PA4ALL planira da stvori i ojača novu mrežu stručanjaka čiji će fokus biti oblast agroekologije, novi koncept koji podstiče ključne promene u načinu na koji poljoprivredna proizvodnja utiče na okolinu.

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Kako bi poljoprivreda u Srbiji pratila svetske trendove i koncept precizne poljoprivrede bio implementiran na što bolji način, PA4ALL se zalaže za povezivanje naučne zajednice sa krajnjim korisnicima, industrijom, vladinim sektorom i drugim relevantnim učesnicima. Jedna od metoda koja se koristi u svrhu promocije samog koncepta “žive laboratorije” u naučnim krugovima je RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation) - Odgovorno istraživanje i inovacije. Ona uključuje angažovanje svih zajednica u oblasti nauke i inovacija, zajedničko stvaranje novih rezultata koji će doprineti transformaciji društva i unapređenje sistema obrazovanja, što je upravo i glavni cilj PA4ALL-a.

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Institut BioSens dodaje kariku koja nedostaje u čitavom lancu vrednosti time što:

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-  Promoviše upotrebu naprednih IKT tehnologija lokalnim poljoprivrednim proizvođačima uz konstantnu asistenciju u cilju poboljšanja njihovih performansi, uz poštovanje propisa o zaštiti životne sredine;

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- Razvija sinergiju sa kompanijama koje pružaju podršku razvoju sektora poljoprivrede u regionu (proizvođači đubriva, pesticida, pružaoci konsultantskih usluga), koji trenutno predstavljaju najagilnije i najmotivisanije igrače, s obzirom na činjenicu da imaju direktan pristup poljoprivrednim proizvođačima i jasne motive za uvođenje usluga zasnovanih na naprednim tehnologijama pored usluga koje već pružaju;

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-  Podstiče lokalni IKT sektor da menja princip na kom funkcioniše, te da svoju strategiju zasnovanu na sprovođenju operativnih aktivnosti za evropske kompanije, koje koriste prednost relativno niske cene rada inženjera, pomeri ka strategiji zasnovanoj na kompetitivnim snagama čitavog regionalnog ekosistema i eksploataciji sopstvenih rešenja (proizvoda) sa značajno većom dodatom vrednošću.

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-  Uvođenje predmeta iz oblasti informacionih tehnologija u poljoprivredi u srednje poljoprivredne škole i obrazovanje mlađih generacija o implikacijama koje proizlaze iz Agtech-a podići će svest o uskoj povezanosti tehnologije i poljoprivrede danas i stoga poljoprivredu učiniti privlačnijom za mlađe generacije.

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