Abstract
The South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) was proposed in 2016 at the World Academy of Art and Science, with the objective of building a facility for charged particle cancer therapy for the South Eastern European countries. SEEIIST will offer the world-class research needed to reduce or even revert the brain drain that is causing a shortage of talent and economic losses in South East Europe. There is no particle therapy in South-East Europe in spite of a growing number of cancers being diagnosed. The facility beam time will be shared 50:50 between treating patients and performing research with a wide spectrum of different light ions beyond the presently used protons and carbon ions, which will make the facility unique in the world. SEEIIST Project is presently in a Conceptual to a Design Phase, implemented with the support of the EU and the involvement of CERN and GSI. The next phase of the project realization will include a final technical design for the facility, a structure and a business plan for the organization and the definition of conditions for the site selection.
Highlights
The South Eastern (SEE) region consists of the countries that are EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Slovenia), as well as of the countries that are aspiring for membership in the near future (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia)
The SEE countries have recently consolidated their forces to set up a large-scale competitive research infrastructure–the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST2)
Technical capacity in parallel to the design and construction of the SEEIIST facility. This effort will be supported by collaborating with the European Network for Light Ion Hadron Therapy (ENLIGHT)10, established nearly 20 years ago to strengthen EU-particle therapy (PT) in clinical research, in R&D for technology and in education and training, based on the principle of open collaboration
Summary
The SEE region consists of the countries that are EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece and Slovenia), as well as of the countries that are aspiring for membership in the near future (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). The region suffered from an extensive brain drain of the young and prosperous scientists. The region once featured intensive research and technological development and made significant scientific contributions on the European scale. SEEIIST Porject recover this tradition, i.e., to catch up with the EU current excellent research and to revert the brain drain, is to establish a large-scale internationally competitive research infrastructure in the SEE region. To meet this goal, the SEE countries have recently consolidated their forces to set up a large-scale competitive research infrastructure–the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST2)
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