Steering Platform on Research and Innovation for Western Balkans
The Steering Platform on Research and Innovation for Western Balkans (WB) was established in 2006 to facilitate the interaction between the Western Balkans economies, the EU Member States, the candidate and potential candidate countries and other states associated to the Framework Programmes for RTD and the European Commission.
The Platform´s main objective is to support the enhanced integration of the WBs in the European Research Area. Therefore it is a strategic body to deal with European, multilateral and regional issues of Science, Technology and Innovation policies in and with the WBs. It acts moreover as an information exchange centre, clearing house for joint ideas and activities, and coordination forum for needs, suggestions and proposals of the WB to the European Commission, the EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries and the countries associated to Framework Programs such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe and vice versa.
In this spirit, the Platform continues and intensifies the progress achieved under the EU-Balkan Countries Action Plan on Science and Technology since 2006. 2017-2021 a new scheme for the support of the SP meetings was introduced, supported by the European Commission via the International Cooperation Support Facility of the European Commission. Within this facility, plans included the organisation of two Steering Platform meetings in 2017 and in 2018, as well as three thematic meetings including the preparatory meetings for the SP. The Steering Platforms have regularly been a focus for this Information hub (for example here 2015, here 2016, here 2017, here 2018, here 2019, etc.).
The most recent meeting was held from 15-16 February 2023 in Skopje.
Some SP-related articles are available below. Please note that some of them are not public but restricted to SP members only.
News
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Ensuring a Smooth Policy Dialogue
POLICY ANSWERS is responsible for managing the Secretariat of the Western Balkans Steering Platforms. These platforms are strategic bodies that deal with European, multilateral, and regional issues related...
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New Growth Plan for the Western Balkans adopted to accelerate economic convergence with the EU
Commission presented on 8 November a new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans including €6 billion in grants and loans to accelerate economic convergence with the EU.
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What the 2023 Enlargement Package says on Education and Culture
The European Commission released the "2023 Enlargement package" that assesses the progress of economies, including those in the Western Balkans and Turkey, towards EU membership. This assessment focuses...
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Events
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RM Roadmap co-creation process and demonstration session
Get involved in the co-creation process concerning the research management ecosystem! The RM Roadmap project invites research managers from 40 countries across Europe to join its event and discuss...
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The European Commission, the Swedish EU Council Presidency and North Macedonia on behalf of the WB region are co-chairing the next physical meeting of the Steering Platforms on Education and Training...
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Butterfly Innovation and Business Forum
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing the second regional Butterfly Innovation & Business Forum. It will host a number of inspiring speakers from the wider region to present at the...
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Organisations
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Balkan Institute of Science and Innovation of the Université Côte d’Azur
Université Côte d’Azur (UCA) is a research-intensive university relying on a strong ecosystem of higher education and research institutions (Observatory of the Côte d’Azur, CNRS, INRIA, etc.), that: ...
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Open Data in Europe and Central Asia
Open Data in Europe and Central Asia (ODECA) is a platform to support government representatives, civil society activists, tech activists and citizens that care about and work with open data. ...
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European Open Science Policy Platform
The mandate of the Open Science Policy Platform is to: advise the Commission on how to further develop and practically implement open science policy, in line with the priority of Commissioner Moedas...
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Calls
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The European Innovation Council (EIC), in partnership with the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT), is pleased to announce the launch of the 3rd cohort of the EIC Women...
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Community of practice in citizen engagement for knowledge valorisation - Expression of interest!
Join new communities of practice to co-create two codes of practice for knowledge valorisation To support the implementation of the Council Recommendation on the guiding principles for knowledge...
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RCC: Nominations for Western Balkans women entrepreneurs of the year 2022 open
RCC launched the Western Balkans Women Entrepreneurs of the Year recognition last year under its Women Economic Empowerment Agenda Sarajevo – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is happy to announce...
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Documents
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Factsheet – The EU accession process step by step
Every year, the Commission provides an Enlargement Communication, which outlines its recommendations regarding the Enlargement process, and dedicated reports, which provide a detailed assessment of the...
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Factsheet – The new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans
The Growth Plan will be implemented through a new financing instrument: The proposed €6 billion Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. The Plan is based on 4 pillars: Enhancing economic...
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2023 Enlargement Package: Key findings of the 2023 Report on Serbia
In the autumn of each year, the European Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the Western Balkans and Türkiye...
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Links
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Working Group on women’s economic empowerment in the Western Balkans
Creating new opportunities for women in the regional labour market is crucial for sustainable economic development in the Western Balkans. This is more important than ever given the economic impact of...
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Here you can explore courses related to education, sustainability, entrepreneurship, technology, circular economy in the context of innovation. The range of courses and programmes is predominantly European...
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European research opportunities, jobs and funding
As a young researcher, you need to plan your next steps carefully. Here are a few things that might help you with your career in research The European Union has ambitious plans to grow its research...
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Projects
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The RM-ROADMAP project will be led by the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), in collaboration with key network organisations, institutes and research-active companies...
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EU4DigitalSME project, which is jointly financed by the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMZ) focuses on establishing...
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Universities for huMAN-centered Entrepreneurship
The UMANE project aims to foster institutional change, and develop innovative services and methodologies to support human-centred innovation and entrepreneurship within the universities of the consortium...
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