Science Diplomacy
The fact that science is without borders is what makes it so useful as a diplomacy tool. The integration of Europe's scientific community played indeed a key role in developing an integrated European community. Science diplomacy has been very valuable in creating those connections between the European countries, first after World War II and later the Cold War. There is actually a long history of the relationship between science and diplomacy, however the term ‘science diplomacy’ is a pheno...
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... and the Western Balkans
The European Commission calls for the development of effective science diplomacy (SD) for Europe and support it through projects such as InsSciDE – Inventing a Shared Science Diplomacy for Europe which elaborates tools to help European SD emerge and blossom and S4D4C “Using Science for/in Diplomacy for addressing global Challenges” that implements activities for the benefit of European capacities, EU foreign policy goals and especially the development of solutions for global challenges.
Closer interactions between science and diplomacy is key to strengthening cooperation and addressing challenges in the Western Balkans region. It is namely through science diplomacy that bridges between countries can be built as seen in the case of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) that could be considered as the finest example of science diplomacy after CERN and SESAME. 
The recent adoption of the Trieste Declaration on Science provides a framework to promote shared actions in favour of international cooperation and science diplomacy. Additionally, the Science Diplomacy in CEI member states study suggests that both several aspects related to the concept of SD have emerged as possible areas of further research as well as an interest in building institutional capacities in the SD field.
