AUTHOR=Amaldi Ugo , Benedetto Elena , Damjanovic Sanja , Dosanjh Manjit , Durante Marco , Georgieva Petya , Haberer Thomas , Plesko Mark , Ristova Mimoza , Rossi Sandro , Sammut Nicholas , Sapinski Mariusz , Schopper Herwig , Specht Hans , Voss Rudiger , Vretenar Maurizio , Wenninger Horst TITLE=South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics VOLUME=8 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.567466 DOI=10.3389/fphy.2020.567466 ISSN=2296-424X 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.