Serbian schools receive feedback on their children’s food preferences
Led by Strength2Food partner EUTA, during October 2018, children in 32 Serbian primary schools and their parents completed questionnaires on food preferences and attitudes towards food. Just over 4,000 children and over 3,000 parents completed questionnaires. Schools taking part in the project are now receiving feedback on the results of their children’s food preferences. In addition to an overall report on findings from the children’s food preference questionnaire, reports for individual schools are also being prepared. The overall report, together [...]
Broadcast of Strength2Food project on RTS2
The half-hour show dedicated to the Strength2Food project was broadcast on February 22, 2019, on the RTS2 channel in Serbia. She focused on working with primary schools in Serbia, including several interviewees participating in the project: Ratko Bojović, Steve Quarrie, Roberto Bassi, Ilaria Rossi, Beatrice Biasini. The show recorded by Dr. Aleksandra Šarković (editor of educational and scientific programs) on the RTS2 channel was created after the visit of the team from Barila and UniPR who demonstrated cooking techniques to [...]
Partner Barilla visits Serbia for demonstrations to school cooks
Three representatives of the BARILLA team, Roberto Bassi (chef) and Ilaria Rossi from Barilla Academia and Beatrice Biassini from Madegus, were in Serbia from 3rd to 5th December to give demonstrations of cooking and advice on meal nutrition to cooks from schools taking part in the Strength2Food project. Two primary schools were selected for the demonstrations: "Kosta Trifković" in Novi Sad and "Dositej Obradović" in Belgrade, chosen because of the availability of suitable facilities for giving demonstrations and the timing [...]
There is no shortcut to success
Our colleague Prof. Dr. Goran Stojanović with his team for nano and flexible electronics presents us microfluidic chips, sensors on paper that detect different bacteria, moisture, the correctness of meat and detect the correctness of drinking water and much more at the upcoming "European Night of Researchers" in Novi Sad. Read more about the numerous innovations developed at the Faculty of Technical Sciences with the help of EU funds and the Horizon 2020 program at the link.
Another date, another place, another Hybrid Forum, and another theme
Another date, another place, another Hybrid Forum, and another theme Another date, this time Tuesday, 4th June, and another place, this time Belgrade benefited from another Strength2Food Hybrid Forum in Serbia, and where better to hold it than in one of our schools taking part in the WP9 school meals pilot scheme. Thanks to the school’s director, Jole Bulatović, we had the school’s special events room available from 15:30 until 20:00 last Tuesday. So, while setting up the proceedings we [...]
Formal selection of schools in Serbia for the school meals pilot scheme
After extensive collection of background information on Serbian primary schools and well over 80 school visits since the start of Strength2Food, an initial list of 30 schools has been selected and formally notified by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development on 24th January, 2018. These schools represent the four regions of Serbia selected for study: Belgrade city, Novi Sad, a large area around Mionica - Bajina Basta - Loznica, and Arile - Ivanjica. Each school has been asked [...]