Montenegrin Science Promotion Foundation ‘Prona’, founded in 2004, is the first Montenegrin independent non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to extracurricular, informal science education, science promotion, and cultural exchange. Prona is also a leading think-tank for research and innovation policy in Montenegro. The long-term vision of Prona is Montenegro as a knowledge-based society and sustainable ecological state, while the mission is to set out a single, integrated, efficient national innovative system for generating, dissemination, and the application of scientific and technological knowledge. The PRONA’s aims include • Promotion of initiatives of strategic importance; • The popularization of science; • International culture exchange; • The promotion of young researchers and talented students; • Improving science-related information via various media; • Organizing expert and popular seminars, scientific conferences, tribunes, and lectures; • Participating in international scientific initiatives; • Encouraging cooperation with the Diaspora; • Encourage technological development; • Exchange of trainees, in more than 80 countries; • Empowering ecological, biotechnological and medical developmental projects; • Implementing other activities of interest for social development in Montenegro.
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