The core activity of expert accompanying program at this year’s Energy, Ecology and iSEC fairs is a three-day expert conference entitled “Chapter 27 – Where to Next” (the chapter referring to environmental protection during the course of the EU accession negotiation process), dedicated to organic connection between energy and environmental protection sectors. Multiple panels on the agenda include topics such as: The Role of Local Governments in Combating Climate Change; Environmental Protection and Energy – Challenges of NEC and IED One Year Later; Waste and Secondary Raw Materials; IT and Environmental Protection (“Digital Environmental Protection Transformation”) for the Purpose of Improving the Economy; Compliance with Waste Water Management and Environmental Protection Strategy in the Republic of Serbia; Sustainable Economic Growth in Context of Reducing Air-Pollution; Financing Environmental Protection Projects. The agenda also tackles the topic of solar power plants and construction alternatives.

Aside from the Chapter 27 conference, more than 20 analytical lectures, presentations and workshops on current topics adressing these issues will be hosted, such as Implementation of the Industrial Emissions Directive in Serbia, Water Quality Monitoring in Serbia ranging from Transboundary Movement of Waste in Serbia to Application of Heat Pumps in Public Buildings or Effects and Benefits of Applying the Circular Economy Concept to the Economy …

The accompanying iSEC program is predominantly based on its security aspects, which will find its rightly place in a roundtable discussion entitled “A Safe Culture in the Education System for Children and Young People”, as well as on presentation and analysis of “’Implementation of the Law on Private Security, Law on Detective Services, Law on Critical Infrastructure and Law on Communal Militia.”

The mission of this fair event, especially the mission of the professional accompanying program, would not have been possible without the professional and organizational support of the line ministries of the Republic of Serbia – Ministry of Mining and Energy, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Ministry of State Administration and Local Self-Government, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Defense – as well as without the assistance of other ministries, government agencies, Serbian Chamber of Commerce, professional associations, business organizations, academic, educational and research institutions, specialized media…

A detailed overview of these fair events