The results of the 20th JEMS Training Programme were traditionally summed up at a round table with the JINR Directorate, which took place on 18 February. The current Training Programme brought together representatives of scientific and educational institutions of Armenia, Serbia, and Slovakia at the Institute’s site. For the first time, a representative of Northern Macedonia participated in the Training Programme.

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JINR Director Academician Grigory Trubnikov addressed participants and highlighted that the Institute considered the creation of a favourable environment in Dubna one of its priorities from the point of view of science and social life to attract talent. “I hope that the JEMS Training Programme has “opened a window” to Dubna for academic exchange,” the Institute’s Director said. Grigory Trubnikov also commented on state of the art at the Joint Institute, innovative research, and the development of the new Seven-Year Plan.

It is important to note that the initiator of the 20th Training Programme was Coordinator of the Serbia-JINR cooperation and Member of the Governing Council of the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences (Serbia) Ljupčo Hadžievski. Thus, the participation of Serbian colleagues in the Training Programme was another step towards Serbia obtaining the status of a full-fledged JINR Member State. Ljupčo Hadžievski highlighted that the Serbian government had read the report on cooperation between Serbia and JINR, the approval of the Government and the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development of the country had been received. “We hope to present the letter of the Serbian government at the session of the JINR Committee of Plenipotentiaries,” Professor Hadžievski said.

Representatives of the North Balkan countries are consistently expanding their participation in the JEMS programme. So, for the first time, a representative of Northern Macedonia, Mimosa Ristova, took part in JEMS. In confirmation of Grigory Trubnikov’s words about the expansion of academic exchange, a representative of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje announced plans to hold a seminar to tell students about what she had learned during the week of the Training Programme, as well as to become an ambassador of JINR student programmes. The representative of Macedonia invited the Joint Institute to join the SEEIIST project (South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies) the idea of which is to create an international scientific infrastructure in the countries of this region for the treatment of cancer patients. In addition, Mimosa Ristova expressed her intention to contact the relevant Ministry of the country to discuss the partnership development with JINR.

Representatives of Yerevan Physics Institute Ruben Dallakyan, Armen Tumasyan, and Arthur Mkrtchyan highlighted that the JEMS Training Programme had opened new avenues for cooperation with colleagues from JINR, including in the field of high energy physics, accelerator physics, detector development, etc. It was noted that JINR’s cooperation with Armenia on life sciences had enhanced over the past six months. Samvel Harutyunyan, Advisor to the Director of the Joint Institute, Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Armenia in JINR is coordinating the JINR’s programme in this direction. Participants from Armenia noted the importance of the planned opening of the JINR Information Centre in Yerevan Physics Institute, which will be the first JINR Information Centre based on a research organization.

Representatives of Serbia noted a wide field for cooperation with the Institute. The scope of Serbia’s already existing joint work with the DLNP and FLNP Directors can expand joint research on the environment and cultural heritage sites. In addition, Elena Radovanovic (University of Belgrade) in her comment noted the value of student programmes of the Joint Institute since five of her students were already participating in the INTEREST online project, and students were planning to participate in the Summer Student Programme.

Director of the Institute for Information Technologies (University of Kragujevac, Serbia) Zoran Marković and Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University Marija Stanić found many areas for cooperation with the Joint Institute and expressed their willingness to share the knowledge gained during the Training Programme with their students and colleagues. Peter Horváth from Komensky University in Bratislava (Slovakia) supported the idea to spread the information about the Institute.

Martin Homola, as a specialist in computer science and a representative of the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science of Comenius University, participated in the JEMS Training Programme at the invitation of Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Slovakia Fedor Šimkovic in order to expand the existing Slovakia-JINR cooperation in computing. “It will be the right step for the University to tell our colleagues in Slovakia about the research carried out at JINR in this area,” Professor Homola emphasised.

Many of the JEMS-20 participants noted the special atmosphere prevailing at the Training Programme. “I felt at home,” Professor Stanić highlighted in her comment. A proposal was also made to improve the JEMS programme. Participants noted that due to the rich programme, it would be useful to do some kind of “homework” before the Training Programme in order to have a first idea about the Institute and the research carried out at it. Such an approach will help to facilitate learning new information and make the work of participants at the Training Programme even more effective.

A ceremony of awarding Training Programme certificates to participants took place at the round table.



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