Summer school called “The green energy is future – we are learning about it, it belongs to us!” was held in Niksic, Montenegro, from 19thto 23rd June. In total, 30 pupils from the third grade of electrotechnical high schools from Montenegro and 11 teachers attended this event. This school was organized by the University of Montenegro (Faculty of Electrical Engineering with the help of Faculty of Philosophy). Very important partners for organizing this summer school were EPCG (Montenegrin national energy company), Ministry of Education of Montenegrin Government and Center for Vocational Education.

The summer school opening ceremony was on 19thJune in Faculty of Philosophy, Niksic. Coordinator of UoM TRANSIT Project team, and also Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, prof. Sasa Mujovic held the opening speech. Also, Mr Miomir Vojinovic, minister of education, and Mr Nikola Rovcanin, EPCG executive director, stated they were honored to participate in such event. During the first working day, 20th June, the participants had the opportunity to see the equipment and interior of hydropower plant Piva in Montenegro. The second working day, 21stJune, was dedicated to presentations and lectures. At first, member of UoM TRANSIT project team and teaching assistant at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mihailo Micev, had an introductory presentation about Faculty of Electrical Engineering and TRANSIT project. Mihailo has presented main goals and objectives of the TRANSIT project, as well as introduced partner institutions in the project. Furthermore, he talked about activities of the TRANSIT project and the main focus groups, highlighting that the pre-university student groups are very important for the project. During the technical presentation, Mihailo Micev held the presentation about energy storage systems, called “Energy storage systems – how to store energy?”. Furthermore, three more presentations by teaching assistants from Faculty of Electrical Engineering were held:

· Vladan Durkovic – “How to get electrical energy from Sun?”

· Lazar Scekic – “Using wind energy – from windmills to wind power plants.”

· Milos Jelovac – “Electric power in Montenegro – energetic transition.”

In the afternoon part, the teaching assistant from Faculty of Philosophy had two workshops:

· “Stress and techniques to overcome it.”

· “Communication and non-violent solving of conflicts.”

Later that day, the quiz was organized for pupils in order to examine the knowledge they adopted after the presentations and lectures of that day.

The third working day, 22nd June, was reserved for visiting wind power plant Krnovo and hydropower plant Perucica, both in Montenegro. Finally, on the 23rd June the participants left the venue.

Students completing the test in the summer school

Mr Miomir Vojinovic, minister of education in Montenegro

Mr Nikola Rovcanin, executive director of EPCG

Prof. Sasa Mujovic, UoM Transit team leader and Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering