First community engagement panel organized in Novi Sad

3 March 2026 - Reading time: 2 minutes

On Wednesday 25 February 2026 the Safeguard-DH project has organized its first community engagement panel in Novi Sad. The panel was organized in the Youth Digital Centre (DOC) in the city centre, thanks to the support and partnership with the Novi Sad City Library.

The project’s consortia team members Tamara Zavišić, Andrija Sagić, and Bogdan Trifunović, introduced the project and its objectives, presented the results of the Safeguard-DH Survey conducted in December 2025 and engaged the audience with a somewhat provocative topic “Cultural Heritage and AI: individual enthusiasm and collective (ir)responsibility”. 

This topic opened a fruitful discussion about the uneven AI development in Serbia in terms of its adoption among individuals and regulation of its usage by organizations such as cultural institutions, involving the audience, which represented members from the cultural institutions, IT sector, NGOs and citizens.

After almost 90 minutes of team presentations and debates with the audience, the participants concluded that there is an urgent need of greater involvement of general community, professional groups, and stakeholders in Serbia in dealing with the question of AI usage in an regulated, transparent, and ethical means. This will not be possible without necessary initiatives, such as Safeguard-DH, which will help in starting the process of informing the stakeholders and general audience. But the overall reach of such initiatives will produce visible changes and results only with the wider support and active engagement of all stakeholders.

The Safeguard-DH project is thankful to the Novi Sad City Library and its director Aleksandar Jokanović for their support. Safeguard-DH will organize its next panel in April, in the city of Čačak, which will be announced in due course.