Mrs. Milica Katic gave introduction about the Balkan Institute and their work. She provided definition of disasters and emergencies, and arguments the Balkan and its perspectives.

The lecture was about the priorities that need to be handled in this region, the problems and the possible cooperation in the spirit of the Smart Defence. According to Mrs. Katic:

• The Smart Defence initiative is aimed at encouraging nations to adopt bi-lateral and multinational approaches to the provision of defense capabilities;

• Financial imperatives and, with these, industrial market imperatives are today's issues;

• Countries of the Balkans region can manage so much more together than acting only on their own.