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MAKS is currently positioned as an upstream and applied-technology platform within innovation ecosystem, developing the confidence, practical skills and technical culture from which future engineers, researchers, innovators and founders can emerge.
MAKS presently builds practical capability before young people reach formal research, engineering careers or entrepreneurship.
Current work creates a progression pathway:
Early Robotics → Applied STEM → Competition → Engineering Projects → Innovation Capability
The focus is not only attendance. It is the ability to build, test, present and improve real technical systems.
The programme past year reached 60+ learners across three delivery points locally. It provides entry-level experience in robotics, coding, teamwork and technical problem-solving.
A seven-participant pilot in 2025 expanded into a structured applied-STEM programme reaching 31 participants in 2026. nationwide.
International contact.
Total 18 students 2 medals + 1 top-four result
These results demonstrate progression from first-entry participation to medal-winning and top-four performance.
Applied entry level educational space systems payloads with radio telemetry.
Communications functional demonstrator using optical transmission, photosensing, optical filtering, microcontroller timing and browser monitoring.
Environmental technology originated water-monitoring concept transferred to partners for external implementation and public presentation.
Motion monitoring beta-tested embedded hardware-and-software platform with sensing, BLE, alarms, logging and export.
Engineering learning builds Rover and basic aerial-systems prototypes.
Strong local and national impact: the 2026 Educational & Technology Fair reached the full local primary-school network and inclusion-group participation. Connected presenting teams from all three regions of Montenegro.
International visibility and contact/marketing.
Building stronger pre-founder infrastructure: environments where young people can move from interest in technology to practical engineering capability.
MAKS past work filled this gap by providing;
low-barrier access to robotics and coding
progression into electronics, fabrication, sensing and communications
competition pathways
public demonstration of working technical systems
early experience with teamwork, testing, presentation and iteration
encouraged teachers to become actively involved participants
mobilise the local community
strengthening cooperation among all relevant stakeholders at the local and national levels
international visibility & contact
networking, encouragement and support for local entrepreneurship