Serbia Accepted into the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe

13 November 2008

Serbia yesterday, November 12, became the second country in Eastern Europea, after Poland, to become full member of the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), announced Bo�idar Đelić, Vice-President of the Government in charge of European Integrations and Minister of Science and Technology.

Đelić added that this was a great day for Serbian science and computing, sending a strong message to Serbia software experts that the country is serious about joining the super-computing revolution of the 21st Century, greatly contributing to the national computer infrastructure.

He expressed, on the behalf of the Government, the gratitude to Spain, the hosting country of the PRACE cetnre, for the assistance it offered to Serbia in the process of joining the Partnership.

In Đelić`s view, Serbia will be involved in the major `Blue Danube` project over the next seven year, securing three million EUR for its implementation from the national budget, while the rest will be secured from EU funds.

He expressed his expectation that the PRACE membership will assist Serbia to confirm its capacity to become regional centre on climate changes, as proposed on last year`s Europe for the Environment Conference.

Dragan Popović, Director of the National Institute of Physics, explained that the national super-computing initiative will be applied in the fields of infrastructure, ICT technology development, human resources, reversing brain-drain, industry, simulation works and other areas.