The Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, stated today in Novi Sad that Serbia is not a country of cheap labor, but of “intelligence, innovation and work”.
At the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the construction of the new building of the Biosens Institute on the campus of the University of Novi Sad, Brnabic said that “we are not laying the foundation stone for one building, but for something much more important than that – for further scientific progress of Serbia and its further positioning on the innovation map of the world, for further spreading the image of Serbia as a country that can offer intelligence, innovation and work, and not a country of cheap labor”.
She added that in that way, the Institute ceases to be a “tenant” and to “borrow premises in the Rectorate”.
She thanked the European Investment Bank and the European Union for supporting the project, which, as she said, is “very important because it can lead us to even more dynamic progress towards the European Union.”
Brnabic received the recognition “Honored Member of the Institute” from the director of the BioSense Institute, Vladimir Crnojevic.
The head of the European Investment Bank for the Western Balkans, Alessandro Bragonzi, emphasized that the bank wants to help everyone on the European path in the process of modernization.
The Deputy Head of the European Union Delegation to Serbia, Mateja Norcic Stamcar, emphasized that the Institute’s influence exceeds Serbia’s borders, because it will affect the region and the whole of Europe in the field of sustainable agriculture, which, as she said, is proof that the EU counts on Serbia.
The mayor of Novi Sad, Milos Vucevic, said that “a new institute will be built on the University campus, with many new jobs”.
“I am sure that the Biosens Institute will have the best working conditions and that the most successful young scientists will work here and do everything to have better yields, by improving the protection of the environment, which is a condition for progress in any country and in order dor our children to stay here,” Vucevic said.
The new building of the Institute will be located on a plot of 1,400 square meters, Novi Magazin reports.
