Sestanek članov projekta AVIATOR

lukam — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:49:42 +0000

AVIATOR Project’s members meeting lukam Fri, 09/26/2025 - 13:53 Inštitut za perutnino ptice male sesalce in plazilce AVIATOR Interreg raziskovanje Research

After the Opening Conference of AVIATOR Project, it’s member’s meeting took place.

Project’s members dealt in detail with the specific Project’s goals:

Improving knowledge, awareness and monitoring mechanism for protecting biodiversity in the Danube region;
Boosting the contribution of prevention models for biodiversity resilience;
Joint development of strategic approach and promotion of transnational knowledge transfer within the Danube region

The JEMS platform – the Joint Electronic Monitoring System for Programme Monitoring and Communication Portal – was also presented in detail. It is a tool that allows project applicants to create and submit application forms, as well as to report on the project implementation process.

Team members finished this session with questions and answers.

Otvoritveno srečanje projekta Interreg AVIATOR

lukam — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:39:45 +0000

Interreg AVIATOR Project Kick-Off Conference lukam Thu, 09/25/2025 - 13:48 Inštitut za perutnino ptice male sesalce in plazilce AVIATOR Interreg raziskovanje Research

The opening conference of the project “Adaptation and Increased Resilience of Birds through Awareness-Raising, Monitoring, Treatment and Raptor Protection Management – AVIATOR” was held in Belgrade on Tuesday, September 23. The project is funded by the European Union through the Interreg Danube Region Program.

The project aims to strengthen resilience, support adaptation, and improve the protection of raptor populations in the Danube Region in the context of climate change, through the development and testing of coordinated and harmonized measures across transnational ecological regions. These measures are designed to mitigate the negative impacts of infectious and parasitic diseases on raptor populations, as well as to reduce overall pressures on biodiversity and ensure the conservation of endangered species.

The conference opened with welcoming remarks from Dr. Branislav Kureljushić, Director of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, and State Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Željko Radošević.

Dr. Vesna Milićević, Project Manager at the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia, the lead partner of the project, also addressed the audience. She presented the AVIATOR project, its pilot activities, and the joint methodological framework for raptor protection.

Dr. Ljubiša Veljović from the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia shared results from the pilot vaccination program for raptors, while Károly Erdélyi of HUN-REN presented prevention and risk assessment models for protected areas.

The conference included presentations on the importance of raptor conservation, highlighting regional threats, the effects of climate change, emerging infectious diseases, and wildlife poisoning. Experts from Serbia and neighboring countries shared insights and research findings, stressing the need for collaborative action.

Fund for European Affairs and Development of the AP of Vojvodina outlined the project’s communication plan, while Dr. Dejan Laushević from the Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory in Podgorica spoke on “Mapping Local Stakeholders for Project Implementation.” The event concluded with Ana Vasić from the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of Serbia presenting the “Joint Methodological Framework.”

The AVIATOR project is being implemented with the participation of the following partner institutions from Europe:

Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety – Austria
University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Trakia University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine – Bulgaria
Association BIOM – Croatia
Institute of Dipterology / Association for the Promotion of Mosquito Control – Germany
Veterinary Medical Research Institute, HUN-REN – Hungary
Diagnostic Veterinary Laboratory – Montenegro
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Natural Sciences in Iași – Romania
Fund for European Affairs and Development of the AP of Vojvodina – Serbia
University of Ljubljana – Slovenia
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb – Croatia
Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development – Romania

The AVIATOR project has a total budget of €2.16 million, including €1.73 million in EU grant funding. Launched in 2025, the project will run until 2027.