REPORT
for the follow up project titled “Capacity Building for Analysis andReduction Measures of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Serbia”
Experts from Japan visit, February 2015

Dr. Vladimir P. BEŠKOSKI
Prof. Dr. Takeshi NAKANOFebruary 2015,
BELGRADE, SERBIAMEMBERS OF THE EXPERT GROUPFROM JAPAN WHO VISITED SERBIA IN FEBRUARY 2015
1. Prof. Dr. Takeshi NAKANO, Osaka University and Hyogo Environmental Advancement
Association (professor)
2. Dr. Yasuhiro KANDA, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental Sciences (director of theInstitute)
3. Dr. Shunji HASHIMOTO, National Institute for Environmental Studies (researcher)
4. Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA, Hyogo Environmental Advancement Association (researcher)

ACTIVITIES REALIZED IN SERBIA PRIOR ARRIVAL OF EXPERTS
FROM JAPAN1. Meeting with the dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade (FCUB) wasscheduled for Wednesday, February 11, 2015 (10:00h).
2. Official letter of invitation for the Japanese experts workshops scheduled for
Tuesday, February 10 and Wednesday, February 11 at FCUB, was produced and distributed
to more than 200 e-mail addresses of the colleagues working in the field of environmental
protection from University of Belgrade, Pancevo city government officials and Industry(Annex I).
3. Official letter of invitation for the Japanese experts workshops scheduled forThursday, February 12, Tuesday at Pancevo city City Hall, was produced and distributed tomore than 100 e-mail addresses of the colleagues working in the field of environmental
protection from Pancevo city, high schools in Pancevo and representatives from the Pancevo
City Industrial zone (Oil Refinery, Petrochemical company and Fertilizer company (AnnexII).
4. In collaboration with colleagues from Center for the Promotion of Science to more than5000 e-mail addresses in Serbia (universities, government officials, industry, NGO's)
invitation was sent for the prof. NAKANO lecture scheduled for Thursday, February 12(18:00 - 19:30h) (Annex III).
5. Laboratory for the installation of GCxGC/MS system was prepared - the walls arewhitewashed and painted, electrical installation replaced and renewed, new tables werepurchased.
6. GCxGC/MS instrument was delivered at the FCUB February 6, and installation was started.

ACTIVITIES REALIZED IN SERBIA DURING VISIT OF EXPERTS
FROM JAPAN

1stday, Monday, February 9, 2015 (10:00h-16:00h)
ACTIVITIES PLANNED•••••

Departure from Osaka Kansai International Airport (23:20h, TK 047; TK 1081).
Arrival at Belgrade and accommodation at hotel Majestic(http://majestic.rs/ ) (Airport "Nikola Tesla", Belgrade, 8:40).
Visit to Danube river and some of the environmental hot spots in the vicinity of Belgrade
Acclimatization and adaptation from the flight.
ACTIVITIES REALIZEDColleagues from Japan had arrived according to the plan, Monday February 9th. Prof. NAKANO,Dr. KANDA and Dr. INAOKA, flight number TK 1081, 8:40h and Dr. HASHIMOTO flightnumber TK 1083 19:20h. All colleagues were accommodated in Hotel Majestic in Belgrade (Fig1). Upon arrival, visit and inspection of the laboratory for GCxGC/MS was conducted (Fig 2).
Colleagues from Shimadzu company (instrument supplier) were connected the main parts of theinstrument and first tests were started. Because of weather conditions visit to Danube river andsome of the environmental hot spots in the vicinity of Belgrade was postponed for next day,February 10th.

Fig 1. Arrival of Prof. NAKANO, Dr. KANDA
and Dr. INAOKA at the Hotel Majestic inBelgrade.

Fig 1. Visit and inspection of the laboratory
were GCxGC/MS will be installed.

2nd day, Tuesday, February 10, 2015 (10:00h-16:00h)
ACTIVITIES PLANNED••••

Meeting with the representatives of JICA Balkan office.
Visit to University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry. Meeting with the representatives ofthe Project members from Serbia. Discussion and selection of the members of the new teamfrom Serbia who will participate in the 2015 training in Japan. Inspection of the laboratory
where GCxGC/MS will be installed.
Report about activities in Japan and Serbia during 2014 and progress in realization of actionplans of the former participants.
Workshop - "Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry inEnvironmental Sciences and POPs analysis" - Shunji HASHIMOTO.
ACTIVITIES REALIZED

From 10:00h to 11:00h meeting at JICA Balkan Office. At the meeting representatives of JICA
Balkan office in Serbia Mr. Toshiya ABE, resident representative of the JICA Balkan Office andMr. Ryohei ANZAI welcomed colleagues from Japan Prof. Takeshi NAKANO, Dr. Yasuhiro
KANDA, Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA, Dr. Shunji HASHIMOTO and Serbia Dr. Vladimir P.
BESKOSKI as well as Mr. Masahiko OTSUKA translator Japanese/Serbian language (Fig 3).
They all expressed mutual satisfaction regarding past and ongoing activities and future
perspective of the grassroot project. Prof. NAKANO had presented activities planned for thisvisit.
At the meeting held in FCUB with the representatives of the Project from Serbia, it wasdiscussed about the members of the new team from Serbia who should participate in the 2015
training in Japan. It was proposed that from University of Belgrade Prof. Miroslav VRVIC andProf. Branimir JOVANCICEVIC should participate in the training (Fig 4). At the meeting,former participants of the training held in 2014, Dr. Mila ILIC and Dr. Jelena MILIC, hadreported to Project leader about activities in Serbia during 2014 and progress in realization oftheir action plans.

Fig 3. Meeting in JICA Balkan office (fromleft to right): Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA, Mr.
Masahiko OTSUKA, Dr. Shunji
HASHIMOTO, Dr. Yasuhiro KANDA, Prof.
Takeshi NAKANO, Mr. Toshiya ABE, Dr.
Vladimir P. BESKOSKI and Mr. Ryohei
ANZAI.

Fig 4. Meeting at FCUB with the Projectmembers from Serbia and discussion about
realization of action plans.

After the meeting, workshop - "Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass
Spectrometry in Environmental Sciences and POPs analysis" was given by Dr. Shunji
HASHIMOTO (Fig 5). Comprehensive GCxGC/MS was installed and testing of device wascontinued (Fig 6).

Fig 5. Dr. Shunji HASHIMOTO holding aworkshop titled "Comprehensive TwoDimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass
Spectrometry in Environmental Sciences andPOPs analysis"Fig 6. Installed Comprehensive GCxGC/MSADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES REALIZEDAfter the workshop, visit to Danube river and some environmental hot spots in Belgrade wasrealized. Four locations were visited: marina "Dorcol" (MD), Cukaricki rukavac (CR), Usce (U)and Zemun quay (ZK) Fig 7. Photos from the experts visit are given in Fig 8-11.

Fig 7. Map of Belgrade city with marked locations

Fig 8. Visit to marina "Dorcol"

Fig 9. Visit to Cukaricki rukavac

Fig 10. Visit to Usce - confluence of rivers
Sava and DanubeFig 11. Visit to Zemun quay

3rd day, Wednesday, February 11, 2015 (10:00h-17:00h)
ACTIVITIES PLANNED•••

Meeting with the members of the Project from University of Belgrade.
Workshop - "How to sample soil samples" - Jun-ichi INAOKA.
Workshop - "How to sample air samples" -Takeshi NAKANO.
ACTIVITIES REALIZED

From 10:00h-10:30h courtesy call with the dean of the FCUB was organized. At that meeting, Dr.
KANDA, director of the Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Environmental Sciences and Prof. dr.
Branimir JOVANCICEVIC, dean of FCUB expressed enthusiasm and particularly emphasized
importance of collaboration between two institutions from Serbia and Japan. Prof.
JOVANCICEVIC gave introduction about history of education in Serbia and University ofBelgrade (Fig 12).
After courtesy call, meeting with the representatives of the members of the Project from
University of Belgrade was held (Fig 13).

Fig 12. Courtesy call for the experts fromJapan

Fig 13. Meeting with the members of theProject from University of Belgrade

In the next three hours, two workshops were held:••

Workshop - "How to sample soil samples" - Jun-ichi INAOKA (Fig 14).
Workshop - "How to sample air samples" - Takeshi NAKANO (Fig 15).

Fig 14. Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA holding aworkshop "How to sample soil samples"Fig 15. Prof. Takeshi NAKANO holding aworkshop "How to sample air samples"

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES REALIZEDIn the afternoon, acceptance inspection for GCxGC/MS was organized. Upon installation,
standard test were run and chromatograms which confirm proper installation were obtained. Itwas agreed that the tests continue until the end of the week. After that, meeting with the directorof Shimadzu branch office in Serbia Mrs. Jelena LAZIC was organized. On that meeting thecontract for GCxGC/MS procurement was signed between two parties (Fig 16-17). Director ofthe Shimadzu branch office from Croatia Mr. Gordan TOMAC also attended the meeting.

Fig 16. Prof. NAKANO and Mrs. LAZIC
signing the contract

Fig 17. Members of the Project andrepresentatives of the Shimadzu company

4th day, Thursday, February 12, 2015 (9:30h-19:30h)
ACTIVITIES PLANNED••••

Meeting with the members of the Project from Pančevo city
Lecture in Pančevo city "Environmental Pollution Control in Hyogo, Japan" - Yasuhiro
KANDA
Workshop - "How to sample soil samples" - Jun-ichi INAOKA
Lecture "POPs distribution in environment and humans" - Takeshi NAKANO (18:00 - 19:30
Belgrade - in organization of Center for the Promotion of Science)
ACTIVITIES REALIZEDIn the premises of the Pancevo city administration building, meeting with the members of theProject from Pančevo city was held from 10:00 - 11:00h (Fig 18-19). On that meeting it wasdiscussed about realization of Action plans of Mrs. Olga SIPOVAC and Mr. Vladimir DELJA
former participants of the training held in Japan in 2014. Also it was discussed about soil
sampling in Pancevo and analysis of the sample extracts in Serbia and Japan. These results will
be of great importance for Pancevo city residence and all stakeholders in Pancevo area. Also it
was discussed about the members of the new team from Pancevo city who should participate in
the 2015 training in Japan. It was proposed that from Pancevo Mrs. Biljana DJORDAN and Mrs.
Vesna PETKOVIC BOROVNICA should participate in the training.
After the meeting Dr. KANDA gave the lecture titled "Environmental Pollution Control in
Hyogo, Japan" (Fig 20).
Following the lecture two workshops were organized: "How to sample soil samples" - Dr. Junichi INAOKA (Fig 21) and " POPs distribution in environment" - Prof. Takeshi NAKANO (Fig22). In the audience, representatives from Pancevo industrial zone (Petrochemical and Fertilizercompany), local high schools, NGO's and representatives of the local community were present(Fig 23). Local TV station from Pancevo city recorded the event and produced TV report for
their viewers (http://rtvpancevo.rs/Vesti/Lokal/analiza-kvaliteta-zemljista-15-godina-poslebombardovanja.html ) (Fig 24).

Fig 18. Meeting with the members of theProject from Pančevo city

Fig 19. Experts from Japan and members of theProject from Pančevo city and FCUB

Fig 20. Dr. KANDA giving the lecture"Environmental Pollution Control in Hyogo,
Japan"

Fig 21. Workshop - "How to sample soil
samples" - Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA

Fig 22. Workshop - " POPs distribution inenvironment" - Prof. Takeshi NAKANO

Fig 23. In the audience representatives fromPancevo industrial zone, local high schools,
NGO's and representatives of the local
community were presentFig 24. Prof. NAKANO is giving interview for TV Pancevo(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eydxESsSbjM#t=43)
In the afternoon from 18:00-20:00 in the Science club premises of the Centre for the Promotionof Science (CPS) Prof. NAKANO held a lecture titled "POPs distribution in environment andhumans". The lecture was interactive and followed with questions, discussion and commentsfrom the audience. Before the lecture director of CPS Mrs. Aleksandra DRECUN give short
introduction to experts from Japan about the CPS (Fig 25-28).

Fig 25. Experts from Japan and director of CPS

Fig 26. Dr. BESKOSKI is introducing Prof.
NAKANO to the audience at CPS

Fig 27. Prof. NAKANO is giving lecture atCPS

Fig 28. Joint photo after lecture in CPS

5th day, Friday, February 13, 2015 (09:00h-17:00h)
ACTIVITIES PLANNED••Acceptance inspection for GCxGC/MS.
Visit to some of the environmental hot spots in the vicinity of Pančevo and collection of thesoil samples.
ACTIVITIES REALIZEDNew chromatograms from the GCxGC/MS systems were acquired and new test were conducted.
Service certificate is obtained from the company Shimadzu (Annex IV) as well as Standard
Installation Completion Report (Annex V).
Three locations were visited southeast from Pancevo industrial zone and soil samples werecollected from the villages Starcevo and Omoljica (Fig 29-31). Soil sampling was conductedwith suggestions of Dr. INAOKA.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES REALIZED
Before starting soil sampling campaign experts from Japan and FCUB had visited Institute"Tamis" in Pancevo city and discussed about possible collaboration in the future (Fig 32).

Fig 29. Sampling location 1 - Pancevo

Fig 30. Sampling location 2 - Omoljica

Fig 31. Sampling location 3 - Starcevo

Fig 32. Meeting in Institut "Tamis"

In the evening (20:20h) Dr. Shunji HASHIMOTO had left the Belgrade with the flight numbered
TK 1084 (Fig 33).

Fig 33. Departure of Dr. HASHIMOTO from Serbia
ACTIVITIES PLANNED
6th day, Saturday, February 14, 2015 (09:00h-20:20h)•••••

Visit to Agricultural High School in Vršac
Lecture for the high school students and professors "How to reduce and prevent POPspollution"- Takeshi NAKANO (30 min)Lecture for the high school students and professors "Reintroduction of the Oriental White
Stork and Hyogo Safe Brand of Agricultural Product" - Yasuhiro Kanda (20 min)Departure from Airport "Nikola Tesla" Belgrade (20:20h, TK 1084; TK 046).
Arrival at Osaka, Kansai Int. Airport

ACTIVITIES REALIZED
From 10:00-15:30h delegation from Japan and FCUB had visited Agricultural High School inVršac. At the meeting with the school director, it was emphasis importance of education for thehigh school students regarding environment protection and preservation as well as healthy foodproduction. At the school cultural and artistic program was prepared for the celebration of Feb 14,
school day (Fig 34-36).
At 20:20h Prof. Takeshi NAKANO, Dr. Yasuhiro KANDA and Dr. Jun-ichi INAOKA had left
Serbia (Fig 37).

Fig 34. Agricultural High School in Vršac

Fig 35.Addressing of Prof. NAKANO

Fig 36. Exchanging gifts with hosts

Fig 37. Departure from Serbia

Belgrade, February 14, 2015

Dr Vladimir P. BEŠKOSKI, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, University of BelgradeProf. dr. Takeshi NAKANO, Research Professor, Osaka University