Montenegrin Science Promotion Foundation ‘Prona’, founded in 2004, is the first Montenegrin independent non-profit non-governmental organization dedicated to extracurricular, informal science education, science promotion, and cultural exchange. Prona is also a leading think-tank for research and innovation policy in Montenegro. The long-term vision of Prona is Montenegro as a knowledge- based society and sustainable ecological state, while the mission is to set out a single, integrated, efficient national innovative system for generating, dissemination, and the application of scientific and technological knowledge.

The PRONA’s aims include

– Promotion of initiatives of strategic importance; 

– The popularization of science; 

– International culture exchange;

– The promotion of young researchers and talented students;

– Improving science-related information via various media;

– Organizing expert and popular seminars, scientific conferences, tribunes, and lectures;

– Participating in international scientific initiatives;

– Encouraging cooperation with the Diaspora;

– Encourage technological development;

– Exchange of trainees, in more than 80 countries;

– Empowering ecological, biotechnological and medical developmental projects;

– Implementing other activities of interest for social development in Montenegro.