At the meeting of the Scientific Board, held on 13 May 2008, Mirjana Radović-Marković, PhD was unanimously elected President and Srdjan Redžepagić, PhD, new Secretary of the Scientific Board of the Institute. All Scientific Board members expressed their deep gratitude to Jelica Minić, PhD, the former President, for her extreme efforts to keep Scientific Board functioning in the former period. Jelica Minić was elected the Head of an expert pool of the Regional Council for the cooperation of South Eastern European countries.