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The Information Office of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries has published a country report reviewing the situation of Science and Technology in Serbia.The report is a compilation of main papers published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Southeast European Era-Net (SEE-ERA.NET), the Austrian Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Forschung, and several independent scholars on the issue of S&T in the Western ...

The Information Office of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries has published a country report reviewing the situation of Science and Technology in Montenegro.The report is a compilation of main papers published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Southeast European Era-Net (SEE-ERA.NET), the Austrian Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Forschung, and several independent scholars on the issue of S&T in the Western ...

The Information Office of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries has published a country report reviewing the situation of Science and Technology in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The report is a compilation of main papers published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the Southeast European Era-Net (SEE-ERA.NET), the Austrian Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Forschung, and several independent scholars on the issue of S&T in the ...

... 1. CEEPUS: What's in a name? CEEPUS is an acronym for "Central European Exchange Program for University Studies". 2. Who is a member? Currently there are 12 member countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia. 3. What is the legal basis? The legal basis for CEEPUS is an international Agreement signed by the member states and is open for accession. 4. What is the organizational structure? CEEPUS ...

Â“It was an interesting task to set these two factors into relation and to quantify and qualify the correspondence of existing programmes and RTD needs of WBC. The matrix allows the identification of major gaps, where the offered programmes do not meet the needs and it allows the definition of areas for improvement, areas where forces need to be joined, both at regional and EU level, in order to reinforce the integration of WBC into European RTD programmes and to support their development on ...

... membership to the EU and obtained candidate status, i.e. Turkey, Croatia and FYR of Macedonia. Only for Turkey and Croatia association negotiations have been opened. Potential Candidate Countries (PCC)Countries that have a European perspective, but whose request for membership has not yet been submitted or accepted (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia). Associated Countries (AC)Countries that have an association agreement with the EU either in the form of a bilateral S&T agreement granting association status (i.e. Israel and Switzerland) or in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding (procedure for enlargement countries) or ...

... link to TÃBITAK's website at http://see-science.eu/org/95.html Article published in eJournal winter 06/07.Authors: Fatih Sahin and Dicle Dogancioglu from TÃBITAK. Turkey is very close historically, geographically, and culturally to the Western Balkan region and has bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Agreements with Albania, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia (Turkey recognises the country with its constitutional name Republic of Macedonia), Serbia and Montenegro. Not only the Western Balkans but also other Southern European countries such as Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Greece are among Turkey's cooperation countries with effective bilateral running programmes ...

The project has also been enlarged by additional partners from Croatia and Albania. At the outset, one major aim was immediately addressed: the networking with stakeholders in the EU Member States. The project co-ordinator FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency) organised together with the ZSI (Centre for Social Innovation) a meeting of ERA WESTBALKAN+ with stakeholders from Austria (see picture). Article published in eJournal ...

... System Science and Environmental Management; Information and Communication Technologies; Transport and Urban Development; Individuals, Society, Culture and Health. The cooperation has an annual budget of around 20 million euro, but it facilitates research valued at a hundred times this figure. In recent years, the Balkan countries with the exception of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina have joined COST. Today, these countries are actively participating in nearly all the 200 running COST Actions. Thus, several hundred researchers from this region represent their countries in the Management Committees or are otherwise involved in the activities of the running Actions.In the framework of ...

... growth and research activities in the region.Since 2000, the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Development has funded almost 250 bilateral joint research projects, especially in the Balkan countries, with a total budget of 3,472,833 euros. The following budgets have been allocated: Albania: 984,855 euros, Bulgaria 380,667 euros, Montenegro 120,000 euros, Romania 1,168,318 euros, and Yugoslavia-Serbia 728,993 euros. Article published in eJournal winter 06/07.Author Nikos Sidiropoulos, General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) The strategic goal of Greece in the Balkans is to create the ...

... close interaction between policy-makers and statistical officers; raise awareness for evidence-based S&T policy making; and share experience and foster regional co-operation among policy-makers and statistical officers from SEE countries.The participants addressed are technical officials responsible for S&T statistics in the National Statistical Offices and Ministerial Officers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey, as well as high-level specialists from UNESCO, UIS, OECD, EUROSTAT, UNIDO etc.For information on the workshop, contact Iulia Nechifor at UNESCO. Article published in eJournal winter 06/07.Author: Iulia Nechifor, UNESCO. Link ...

This document explains the new approach to international research cooperation established in the Seventh EU RTD Framework Programme (FP7), it outlines how international cooperation is intended to work in the different Programmes. The Annex provides a non-exhaustive list of examples of dedicated international cooperation activities for 2007-2008 in the 'Cooperation' Specific Programme of FP7 Commission of the European Communities (2007): Commission Staff Working Document. A new approach to ...

... calls for proposals organised under FP7 and can be project coordinators. Participation as an Associated Country means that the national researchers have equal status as researchers from the 27 Member States. Consequently, they enjoy more opportunities than if they had remained a third country under FP7. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania are also actively considering their association to FP7. With regard to Kosovo, research institutions and scientists from Kosovo, pending the status discussions, are encouraged to actively consider research cooperation with EU partners under the special calls for third countries (see further SICA calls). Article published in eJournal winter 06/07 ...

The council regulation is the official document establishing the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). It assists the Western Balkan countries in their progressive alignment with the standards and policies of the EU. The regulation defines the scope, the framework, the components of the assistance as well as the rules for the components, management and implementation. Council Regulation 1085/2006 of 17 July 2006 establishing an Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) - OJ L 210, ...

The agenda is a rolling plan of action to enhance the participation and performance of the enlargement countries under FP7 and further integration in the European Research Area. The plan was adopted in Istanbul on December 8, 2006 and foresees a range of activities suggested for 2007 and 2008. Istanbul Agenda for Increased Participation in FP7 of EU Enlargement Countries (Candidate and Potential Candidate) (2007-2008). Plan adopted December 8, 2006 in Istanbul. TÜBITAK

... social work, sociology, human rights & public law, and journalism/media studies. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, or business. Candidates apply to teach outside their country of citizenship and must hold an internationally-recognized PhD or JD. AFP accepts applications for fellowship placements in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, and Ukraine." Source: e-mail from Phillip Watkins pwatkins@sorosny.org For applications and guidelines and ...

WUS Austria invites exceptional students from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo UNMIK, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, who study law, economics, political sciences, international relations, information technologies or related disciplines to take part at the at the Balkan Case Challenge 2007 Student Case Competition: Students participate in one of the four ...

The target group for the training seminar & conference participation grants are people interested in launching, carrying out or using Foresight activities in support to policy-making within the SEE countries (Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (including Kosovo), FYR of Macedonia).In addition to this target group also applications from other SEE countries as well as from Slovenia and Austria are possible (but without reimbursement of travel costs from the organisers). It will be organised by the organisers of the ...

This is the workprogramme 2007-2008 published for People Programme. European Commission C(2007)3123 of 29.06.2007: WORK PROGRAMME 2007-2008, PEOPLE CORDIS, EC

... to aid participation in FP7, they can be searched via a database provided by CORDIS, see /link/686.html. Source: CORDIS, as accessed in December 2006. Update on the Association Status By the year 2009, all Western Balkan countries have signed Memoranda of Understanding associating to the 7th Framework Programme: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia FYR of Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Only Kosovo/UNMIK remained on the list of International Cooperation Partner Countries. CORDIS offers services for specific user groups among which are also specifically researchers and organisations located outside the European Union. The service gives straightforward answers to questions such as ...

... The European Union has agreed to negotiate agreements with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia making it much easier and cheaper for their nationals to obtain visas to travel to the EU. All of these countries have expressed interest in joining the European Union, but for various reasons have not met criteria to become accession states, yet.The ...

... Understanding (MoUs) associating Turkey, Croatia and Serbia to FP7 are expected to enter into force as of January 1, 2007. Researchers in these countries will be able to receive Community funding once internal procedures have been completed and the MoUs have come into force, reports an article on CORDIS. Also Albania is expected to pay the "entry ticket" for association to FP7 ...

This report drafted by ICBSS in January 2006 deals with science, technology and innovation system in Albania. It describes the current situation regarding R&D investment, human potential, institutional capacity for S&T, as well as strategies, programmes and governance for R&D. ICBSS, International Centre for Black Sea Studies (2006): The Science, Technology and Innovation System in Republic of AlbaniaAvailable from: http://www.internationale-kooperation.de/index ...

This is the latest progress report published by the European Commission - DG Enlargement in November 2006 on the relations between the EU and Albania and the overall political, economical and social progress of Albania. The report also mentions the development of intellectual property law (page 28) and information society (page 36). Commission of the European Communities (2006): Albania 2006 Progress ReportAvailable from: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2006/Nov/al_sec_1383_en.pdfaccessed 09.11.2006 Internet http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents ...

... can be fundedWhat costs the funding can coverHow to submit applicationsHow the decisions on projects will be taken and informs about the National SEE-ERA.NET Contact Points. All 14 countries in the SEE-ERA-NET project have declared that they will participate with national financial contributions to this first pilot joint call: ALBANIA, AUSTRIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MONTENEGRO, ROMANIA, SLOVENIA, SERBIA. see-era.net (2006): Call Text of the SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call for a multilateral funding programme on Research and Thematic Network Projects as well as Summer Schools in/with ...

This is the latest progress report published by the European Commission - DG Enlargement in November 2006 on the relations between the EU and Serbia, and the overall political, economical and social progress of Serbia. The report also mentions the development of intellectual property law (page 28) and information society (page 33). Commission of the European Communities (2006): Serbia 2006 Progress Report;Available from: ...

This is the latest progress report published by the European Commission - DG Enlargement in November 2006 on the relations between the EU and BiH, and the overall political, economical and social progress of BiH. The report also mentions the development of intellectual property law (page 34) and information society (page 42). Commission of the European Communities (2006): Bosnia and Herzegovina 2006 Progress Report; Available from: ...

This is the latest progress report published by the European Commission - DG Enlargement in November 2006 on the relations between the EU and the FYR of Macedonia, and the overall political, economical and social progress of FYROM. The report also mentions the development of intellectual property law (page 28), science and research (page 50) and information society (page 31). Commission of the European Communities (2006): The FYR of Macedonia 2006 Progress Report;Available from: ...

This is the latest progress report published by the European Commission - DG Enlargement in November 2006 on the relations between the EU and Montenegro, and the overall political, economical and social progress of Montenegro. The report also mentions the development of intellectual property law (page 27) and information society (page 34). Commission of the European Communities (2006): Montenegro 2006 Progress Report; Available from: ...

... case of a Joint Call, the SEE-ERA.NET Steering Board has decided to create a new multilateral funding programme within the context of the SEE-ERA.NET network. All 14 countries in the SEE-ERA-NET project have declared that they will participate with national financial contributions to this first pilot joint call: ALBANIA, AUSTRIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, HUNGARY, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA, MONTENEGRO, ROMANIA, SLOVENIA, SERBIA. 2. What kind of projects will be funded? The SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call focuses on specific thematic areas: Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology: sub area “Sustainable production and management of ...

Two documents are uploaded - a draft strategy from the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia (2005) in English language and an official strategy of the Government of RS on Information Society in Serbia (2006) in Serbian language. The official document is an extensive analysis on objectives, goals and targets of the National Strategy for Information Society; institutional framework for the Information Society development; legislative framework; ...

... for prospective applicants and partners on proposals. Objectives of CIR-CE projects are: establishment and expansion of transnational business-driven innovation networks (including SMEs) between Austria and CEE/SEE countries for the development and implementation of innovation and for increasing and strengthening R&D cooperation and technology transfer.Potential partner countries include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, and Slovenia.While the majority of the projects in the first call in the year 2006 were 'Networking Projects', the second call, which is now open, is focused on 'Innovations Projects ...

... and participation of RTD keyplayers of the region in international partnerships. (Source: Website http://www.westbalkanresearch.net/, as accessed in November 2006) Update: In January 2007, the new project ERA-WESTBALKAN+ started its operations, continuing the work carried out in the previous 2 years and enhancing the cooperation with partners from Albania and Croatia. The principle objective of the project is to raise the quantity and quality of participations from the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) in the 6lh EU Framework Programme (FP6). In order to achieve this, the creation and support of the network of FP6-National Contact Points (Naps) in the countries ...

... the projects funded in previous calls. (ed) Article published in eJournal fall 2006 and modified in October 2007. The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices (ASO) Ljubljana and Sofia launch regular calls for proposals for projects in research cooperation and networking between Austria, the ASO countries (Slovenia and Bulgaria) and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia (including Kosovo ...

A very encouraging and truly sweeping speech was given by European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potočnik at the Conference "Why Invest in Science in South Eastern Europe?" in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on September 29, 2006. This "SPEECH/06/551" is available from the website of Potočnik's speeches http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/potocnik/news/speeches_en.htm. Potočnik, Janez: Why invest in science in South Eastern Europe? Speech held at International Conference ...

... meetings, for example the rental of venues, alongside with logistics and physical resources, e.g. consumables, printing costs, small equipment, and so forth. Gruber: How many countries are participating in the Pilot Joint Call? Sidiropoulos: All countries represented in the SEE-ERA-NET project participate in the Pilot Joint Call. They are: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. These countries contribute national funding to this Pilot Joint Call. It was a very pleasant surprise that the whole consortium joined forces in order to create this call for ...

... eJournal fall 06.Author: Evelyne Glättli, Swiss National Science Foundation Since 1990, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), together with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), has been conducting a programme of scientific cooperation with Eastern Europe. From the year 2000 onwards, Switzerland and the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia) have been cooperating in the framework of the so-called SCOPES-programme (Scientific Co-operation between Eastern Europe and Switzerland ...

... Steering Platform by the Western Balkan countries - as suggested by Commissioner Potočnik in his opening speech in Vienna - happened on October 18, 2006, in Königswinter/Bonn, Germany. Taking advantage of a meeting in the so-called “West Balkan Forum of SEE-ERA.NET”, the participants representing the relevant ministries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, discussed a proposal for the rules of procedure for the Steering Platform.On October 20, during the SEE-ERA.NET Steering Board Meeting, the results were presented to Tania Friederichs from the European Commission and Elke Dall from the ...

... the development and operation of the COBISS system and services (Co-operative Online BIbliographic System and Services), which represents the core of the library information system in Slovenia and of library information systems in some other countries linked in the COBISS.Net network (Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Albania). IZUM develops the Information system on research in Slovenia - SICRIS (Slovenian Current Research Information System), which not only includes data on research organisations, researchers and research projects, but also supports the development of similar systems (E-CRIS) in other countries. On the basis of consortium agreements with foreign e-resource providers, IZUM ...

... through direct accession to numerous international university associations and networks, as well as through bilateral agreements. The University of Montenegro has signed agreements on cooperation with the following universities: University in Bari, University “La Sapienza” in Rome, University in Foggia, Warsaw University – Poland, Moscow State University – Russia, University of Shkodra – Albania, University in Bremen – Germany, University in Oslo – Norway, University in Bergen – Norway, University in Tour – France, University in Bratislava – Slovak Republic, University in Granada – Spain and University “Charles SturtÂ” – Australia. Since 2002 a number of projects are being realized at the University of Montenegro within the European Union programmes: TEMPUS ...

... of interested institutions from non-COST member states without any geographical restriction. In the West Balkans, COST has the following member states: Croatia, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In the frame of its Near Neighbour scheme, COST stimulates the participation of re-searchers from the Western Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro), from Mediterranean countries and from European NIS countries. COST supports and funds the attendance of researchers from these countries for the participation in COST Actions (in accordance with COST Financial Rules and Proce-dures). As a precursor of advanced multidisciplinary research, COST plays a very important ...

The ERI SEE Secretariat acts as a regional platform for co-operation in the education area and serves as an interface between ongoing national reforms in South Eastern Europe and current trends and developments in the education sector at EU level.Interesting documents are the newsletters which are published twice a year and the workprogrammes. ERI SEE Newsletter No. 2 (February 2006). Available from: http://www.see-educoop.net/graz_2003/downloads/ERISEENewsletter2005.pdf, accessed: 13. October ...

In Albania the responsibilities for universities, research centres and research institutes are distributed among several ministries and the Academy of Science. The newly elected government of Albania has recently decided on a reform of the research system, especially with regard to its management aspect. The Ministry of Education and Science (MOES) of ...

... South East Europe The Austrian ‘Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung’ (GFF) published a book on 'Research and Development in South East Europe' – based on a collaborative research project which pursued the objectives to identify strengths and weaknesses in the R&D structure of national innovation systems in South East Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia including Kosovo/UNMIK and Romania) and to link the information to the Austrian innovation system and its current activities towards the region.Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Forschung (ed.): Research and Development in South East Europe. Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Wien ...

The Norwegian Cooperation Programme with the Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia-Montenegro) in Research and Higher Education. Norway and the Western Balkan countries have been cooperating in the fields of research and higher education since the year 2000. The programmes are managed by the Research Council of Norway and the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation ...

The report prepared by the specialists of the Interuniversity Center Dubrovnik offers the hypothesis of the future, which the South-East European (SEE) countries face in terms of their research and development (R&D) situation, by comparative analysis of Croatia with other SEE countries.Throughout history SEE has been the boarder among civilizations and periphery of Europe. Presently some countries in SEE are member states of the EU, some are candidates and some are in transition. This area ...

The report drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities contains the review of the political and economic situation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as of 2004 and recommends the measures and actions to be taken to enable the country to shift progressively its focus from the phase of stabilisation to that of association. Constrained by a difficult budgetary and economic situation, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has made steps to progress in Stabilisation and ...

The publication summarizes UNESCO’s experience and role in South-East Europe and outlines a proposal for future action in the region.The paper comprises extracts from the Director General’s speeches on South-East Europe as well as the reports presented by the Ministers or Representatives of Ministers of South-East European Member States. The paper also contains the main documents of the High-level Conference on Strengthening Cooperation in South-East Europe (held at UNESCO Headquarters on 4 and ...

The report presents assessment of the science and technology (S&T) status as of December 2004 of five Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia & Montenegro.The author highlights the fact that the objectives posed by EU on its way to the knowledge-based economy are fully relevant to the Western Balkan countries and their aspiration to become EU members in the future implies their adoption ...

The report provides a general overview of Croatia as a new candidate of EU Accession within the framework of the current status of scientific and technological development. The document contains the general information of the country, national economy and economic indicators as of 2003 as well as the history of the EU-Croatia relations.Substantial part of the report is dedicated to the science and technology (S&T) policy as far as its framework, role and objectives, indicators, coordination and ...

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