The first General Meeting and Conference of the COST Action CA22155 "Network for forest by-products charcoal, resin, tar, potash (EU-PoTaRCh)," organized by the Institute of Ethnological Research, Prague, Czech Republic, took place from 5 to 7 March 2024. At this event, our colleague Dr Nataša Jović-Jovičić, Principal Research Fellow at ICTM, was awarded for the best poster presentation.