Health | COVID-19 emergency
On 30 January, the World Health Organisation declared the Corona Virus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern while, on 11 March, it characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. Worldwide countries started to declare state of emergency and approved first set of emergency measures and support operations.
The EU and its member states, for instance, are working together to reinforce national healthcare systems and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. They are also taking action to mitigate the socio-economic impact of COVID-19. At the same time, the EU Commission announced immediate support of up to €38 million for the Western Balkans to tackle the health emergency and the reallocation of €374 million from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance
This page intends to give you an overview of the common response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
News
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Participants, including R&I projects, organizations and individual researchers, engaged in COVID-19 related research, will therefore be invited to network and engage in a discussion around...
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How to navigate covid news without spiraling
"As the pandemic changes so quickly, there’s a better way to think about getting and sharing the information you need" - Mia Sato wrote an article about the challenges of the quick-paced science communication...
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[Call Announcement] CfP: Political Participation in Central and Eastern Europe During the Pandemic
Conference taking place on 3-4 November 2021, Sodertorn University Stockholm. The conference is intended to take place face to face. Depending on the COVID-19 regulations, it may be hosted in a hybrid...
Events
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Empowering R&I collaboration to respond to the socio-economic challenges of the coronavirus pandemic
Global networking event for the R&I community to strengthen the capacity for research and innovation ! Participants, including R&I projects, organizations and individual researchers...
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Conference: Political Participation in Central and Eastern Europe During the Pandemic
The conference is intended to take place face to face. Depending on the COVID-19 regulations, it may be hosted in a hybrid or completely on-line format. There is no conference fee.
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Postponed to 2021 as a physical event, the 1st Global Transdisciplinarity Conference commenced in fall 2020 with a series of virtual pre-meetings with a selected group (invitation only) of international...
Calls
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CfP: Political Participation in Central and Eastern Europe During the Pandemic
Conference taking place on 3-4 November 2021, Sodertorn University Stockholm. The conference is intended to take place face to face. Depending on the COVID-19 regulations, it may be hosted in a hybrid...
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Call for Application | Green Talents Award 2021
The submission period for the Green Talents Competition 2021 is open now. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has held the prestigious “Green Talents – International Forum for...
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Submissions of papers for the Third Annual Conference on European Studies is open. This Conference will bring together economists and political scientists to address European socio‐economic issues.
Documents
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The scientific, technological and societal conditions for the end of the COVID-19 crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world as we know it. Europeans and European businesses are finding their resilience tested to the limit. Importantly, for us at EU level, resilience is not...
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Getting Stronger After COVID-19:Nearshoring Potential in the Western Balkans
The COVID-19 pandemic threw global supply chains into disarray, decimating foreign direct investment and generating uncertainty unlike anything since World War II. It is unclear what global production...
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2020 Strategic Foresight Report: Charting the course towards a more resilient Europe
President von der Leyen’s political guidelines set a strategic long-term direction to achieve the transition towards a green, digital and fair Europe. They lay out a path for Europe to become the first...
Links
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Common Regional Market - website
The Western Balkans Common Regional Market – a catalyst for deeper regional economic integration and a stepping stone towards EU Single Market At the Sofia Summit on 10 November 2020, the leaders of...
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European Research Area corona platform
The platform is a one-stop shop providing comprehensive information about funding opportunities in relation to Coronavirus at European Union and national level. It offers continuously updated information...
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Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF)
The Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) supports socio-economic development and EU accession across the Western Balkans through the provision of finance and technical assistance for strategic ...
Projects
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The Western Balkans Science Engagement Programme
The Western Balkan Science Engagement Programme (SEP) aims to contribute to resilience of states, communities and citizens across the Western Balkans to the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse impacts, ...
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Increasing Civic Engagement in the Digital Agenda
Main goal of the project is toIncreasing the engagement of the civil society organizations (CSOs) in the shaping and implementation of the Digital Agenda in the Western Balkans (DAWB).
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Advancing Anticipatory Behaviours in Dynamic Human-Robot Collaboration
Recent technological progress in robot physical interaction permitted robots to actively and safely share with human a common workspace. Thanks to these technologies, Europe nowadays leads the robotic...