ANALYSIS OF THE MONITORING AND CONTROL SECTOR IN MONTENEGRO
FEBRUARY 2012
OVERVIEW OF THE
MONITORING AND CONTROL SECTOR
IN
MONTENEGRO
FEBRUARY 2012
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ANALYSIS OF THE MONITORING AND CONTROL SECTOR IN MONTENEGRO
FEBRUARY 2012
BALCON project identity
Title:
“Boosting EU-Western Balkan Countries research collaboration in the
Monitoring and Control area” (Contract No 288076)
Duration:
September 1, 2011 – August 31, 2013 (24 months)
Website:
http://www.balcon-project.eu
International Environment and Quality Services North Greece Ltd
Coordinator:
(Q-PLAN N.G., Greece, www.qplanng.gr)
Person responsible:
Mr Iakovos DELIOGLANIS
+30-2310-411-191 - delioglanis@qplan.gr
BALCON is a Support Action funded by the European Commission under the
FP7-ICT programme aiming to:
Project Overview:
 reinforce the research cooperation between the academic and industrial
communities from the EU and the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) for the
design, development and implementation of systems and applications for
Monitoring and Control (M&C);
 facilitate the preparation of joint R&D initiatives;
 promote the research capacity and achievements of competent WBC
research actors; and
 foster collaboration and bring into contact researchers from EU and WBC.
1. Q-PLAN North Greece Ltd (www.qplanng.gr) - Greece
2. Inno TSD (www.inno-group.com) - France
3. European Embedded Control Institute (www.eeci-institute.eu) - France
Consortium:
4. School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (www.etf.bg.ac.rs)
– Serbia
5. Croatian Institute of Technology (www.hit.hr) - Croatia
6. Agency for Electronic Communications (www.aec.mk) - FYROM
7. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Sarajevo (www.etf.unsa.ba)
– Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Table of Contents
1.
NATIONAL PRIORITIES AND POTENTIAL ................................................... 1
2.
SPECIAL AREAS OF INTEREST ................................................................. 2
2.1 Transport ............................................................................................ 2
2.2 Energy................................................................................................. 3
3.
EXISTING COLLABORATIONS IN THE M&C AREA ......................................... 4
4.
SUMMARY ......................................................................................... 5
ANNEX I: REFERENCES ............................................................................. 6
ANNEX II: RESEARCH TEAMS ACTIVE IN THE M&C DOMAIN ............................... 7
Important notice
This document outlines the BALCON partners’ analysis on the Monitoring and Control sector in
Montenegro, which was elaborated during the first semester of the project (September 2011 –
February 2012).
For more information, comments or recommendations contact:
Mr Iakovos DELIOGLANIS (delioglanis@qplan.gr, +30-2310-411-191)
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ANALYSIS OF THE MONITORING AND CONTROL SECTOR IN MONTENEGRO
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1. National priorities and potential
Montenegro places a strong emphasis on scientific and technical development, as prerequisites for
sustainable growth. National priorities across all fields are placed along the counties socio-economical
needs and potentials [1]:
 Ecology: Montenegro adopted a declaration announcing itself an ecological state, underlining the
importance of green and eco-friendly technologies. Under this priority, in the domain of M&C is the
research related to smart traffic management, green electricity, and energy efficiency.
 Tourism: Tourism is one of the major sectors in the Montenegrin economy. For sustainable growth,
Montenegro needs systems and solutions for water and waste water management,
communications, and transport management.
 Agriculture: Sustainable development of agriculture and food production is increasingly dependant
on technology. In this sense, there is a need for process quality control strategies.
 Energy research and development activities are primarily foreseen to be directed towards the full
utilization of energy potentials, the renewable energy sources, as well as the
improvements in the energy efficiency.
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2. Special areas of interest
2.1
TRANSPORT
Montenegro is among the least developed countries in Europe with respect to the road network
development [2]. The total road network is about 6,900 km, out of which 850 km are main roads, 950
km are regional roads, and 5,100 km are local roads. The total length of the railroad tracks is 250 km.
Much of this infrastructure is situated on bridges and in tunnels [2]. Therefore, Montenegro has a strong
need for an extensive development in the transport sector.
Montenegro has set six strategic goals for the development of the transport sector [3]:

Safe and secure transport – development of the transport sector, while ensuring a safe and
secure transport for all participants and maintaining environmental preservation.

Quality and maintenance of the transport infrastructure – enabling for shorter travel to the
most economic distances in Montenegro.

Effectiveness of the transportation system – ensuring efficient, responsible, and economically
viable use of the transport infrastructure.

Economic development – maximizing the potential development of all regions of Montenegro.

Environmental protection – protection of the environment against the negative impacts of the
traffic.

Integration into the Trans-European networks.
In term of research activities, a number of projects have been, or are being realized (Table 12). These
projects are either targeted at the influence of motor vehicles on the environment, or intermodal
modes of transportation.
No.
Project Title
Principal
Investigator
Institution
1
State of in-use motor vehicles in Montenegro, with respect to
energy efficiency and environmental pollution.
UNIVERSITY
MONTENEGRO
OF
2
Definition and optimization parameters for the valorization and
development
of
transportation
systems
and
tourist
destinations in their mutual cohesion. Case Study: Montenegro
and its Transport - Tourist orientation
UNIVERSITY
MONTENEGRO
OF
3
Optimum connections of marine and continental transportation
systems
UNIVERSITY
MONTENEGRO
OF
4
PORTUS Project. Creating a common strategy of Adriatic ports
in order to
create conditions for attracting flows of goods
from the Far East
Port of Bar, Bar
5
APLOMB Project. Formation of the Adriatic logistic network
operators.
Port of Bar, Bar
6
Possibilities of biodiesel, made from waste cooking oil,
application in motor vehicle fleet in Montenegro, and its
influence on exhaust emission.
Institute
for
transportation, Podgorica
7
Current state of gasoline and diesel oil quality in Montenegro,
and its influence on conditions of exhaust gasses aftertreatment equipment as well on total vehicle fleet.
Institute
for
transportation, Podgorica
8
Possibilities of traffic accidents prevention in Montenegro.
Table 1:
Prof.dr
Vuc
Đorđije
Institute
for
transportation, Podgorica
Active and completed research projects in Montenegro related to the transport
sector
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ENERGY
In the electricity production and consumption domain, Montenegro has a total installed capacity of 870
MW, and an annual production of around 2750 GWh. Primary sources are hydro plants and coal powered
thermal plants. Annual consumption of electricity in MNE amounts to around 4,500 GWh, leaving
Montenegro heavily reliant on electricity imports.
In order to alleviate this problem, Montenegrin energy strategy foresees the following lines of
development [4]:
Revitalization and optimization of existing production, transmission and distribution structures, with
the objective of achieving secured and regular supply of users on already reached production level
Construction of new electricity sources, including most efficient technologies for energy
transformation, therefore minimizing environmental pollution and eliminating the deficit.
Furthermore, following Montenegro’s orientation towards being an ecological state, the strategy places
emphasis on making use of renewable energy sources and eco-friendly technologies.
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3. Existing collaborations in the M&C area
Related to the specific field of M&C, intuitions from Montenegro do not show a significant involvement in
EU based projects. On the national scale, a number of projects are being funded:
No.
Project Title
Principal
Investigator
Institution
1
Design of specialized hardware for processing
high no stationary one and multidimensional
signals of time-variable percolation
Dr. Veselin N.
Ivanovic
UNIVERSITY OF
MONTENEGRO
2
General time-frequency distribution: application
in multimedia systems and hardware realization
UNIVERSITY OF
MONTENEGRO
3
Analysis performances OFDM relay in OFDM
cooperative diversity systems
UNIVERSITY OF
MONTENEGRO
4
Management of Switched reluctance motor by
FPGA chip
5
New concept in development of WHC system
Table 2:
Dr. Vladan Vujic
UNIVERSITY OF
MONTENEGRO
UNIVERSITY OF
MONTENEGRO
List of recent FP7 projects related to the M&C domain (Montenegro)
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4. Summary
The following table provides a summary list of the areas of interest and topics for research and
development in the domain of monitoring and control for Montenegro.
No.
Topic
1
ICT for energy efficiency
2
Monitoring, control and integration of renewable energy
sources
3
Transportation Safety
4
Intelligent Transportation Systems
5
Intermodal transportation optimizations support
6
Environmentally friendly transportation
7
Ecosystem monitoring and integrated control
8
Food production process monitoring and control
9
Water management systems
Table 3: Summary of topics in line with Montenegro priorities, needs and capacities
Source: BALCON consortium (2012)
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ANNEX I: References
[1] Strategy for Scientific-Research Activity of Montenegro (2008-2016), Government of the Republic of
Montenegro, 2008
[2] D. Nikolic, R. Vujadinovic: Transport Research Sector in Montenegro, University of Montenegro, 2009
[3] TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF MONTENEGRO, Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and
Telecommunications, Government of the Republic of Montenegro, 2008
[4] ENERGY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF MONTENEGRO BY 2025, Government of the Republic of
Montenegro, 2007
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ANNEX II: Research teams active in the M&C domain
Important notice: The following table offers an overview of research teams from Montenegro active in the design, development and implementation of
systems and applications for Monitoring and Control. The list is not exhaustive and, thus, can not be considered that it fully represents the research capacity of
the country. It aims to offer a glimpse of the sub-areas in the broader field of Monitoring and Control where competent research teams from Montenegro are
active.
Team
Areas of Expertise
Centre
for
Telecommunications,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
University of Montenegro
Digital modulations Computer networks
Time Frequency Signal Analysis
Group,
Faculty
of
Electrical
Engineering,
University
of
Montenegro
Adaptive filters, time-frequency analysis
Website
Contact
www.etf.ac.me
Prof Milica Pejanović-Đurišić
www.cftmn.com
milica@ac.me
www.etf.ac.me
Prof. Zdravko Uskoković
www.tfsa.ac.me
zdravko@ac.me
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