The Science and technology park of Montenegro participated in the international Eusair Youth POPRI 2025 competition, held on May 6 and 7 in Georgioupolis, Crete, as part of the 10th EUSAIR Forum – a European Union initiative for the Adriatic-Ionian region.

The competition, which brings together young innovators from the region, was organized by the Primorska technology park in cooperation with STEP-C and other technology parks from the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region.      

The Eusair Youth POPRI 2025 competition was held in two categories:

• The high school student category, with a total of 6 teams from the region;
• The student category, with a total of 8 teams from the region;

STP Montenegro had representatives in both categories:

The student category was represented by the VirtuGuardians team, winners of the SkillsUP student startup program. The team members are:

• Anđela Raičević, a student at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering;
• Vladimir Fatić, a student at the Faculty of Architecture;

The high school category was represented by the Dominusi team, winners of the EqualHack hackathon organized by STP Montenegro in cooperation with the Council of Europe. The team members are:      

• Maša Radulović, a student at JU Gymnasium “Stojan Cerović” from Nikšić;      
• Vuk Žižić, a student at JU Gymnasium “Stojan Cerović” from Nikšić;

The representative and mentor of the teams from the Science and technology park of Montenegro was Vladan Mašanović, associate in the Programs activities sector.

The partners in this program were the following institutions:

1. Primorska technology park (Slovenia)
2. Local Economic Development Agency Auleda Vlore (Albania)
3. ZICER (Croatia)
4. Science & Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) (Greece)
5. Science and Technology Park of Montenegro (Montenegro)
6. CKM – Center for Knowledge Management (North Macedonia)
7. Republic of San Marino Innovation Institute (San Marino)
8. Business Incubator Novi Sad (Serbia)
9. Innovation Center Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
10. CONFCOOPERATIVE FVG (Italy)