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This is an reprot on science and research in the FYR Macedonia prepared by dr. Viktor Stefov, President of the Council for Science and Research; Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Macedonia... read more
This is a strategy prepared by the Government of the Republic of Serbia (written in Serbian language). It deals with questions connected to information society and its development in Serbia. It tries ... read more
The document presents basic information on BIHARNET - Academic and Research Network of Bosnia and Herzegovina. read more
This is the 2006 Progress Report for BIH by the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Union; analyses the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina... read more
This is the 2006 Progress Report for Macedonia by the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Union; analyses the situation... read more
This is a Microsoft Excel document that shows a list of TEMPUS Projects in SEE. It includes detailed project number, description of project subject area, project title, list of Balkan countries targeted... read more
This is the 2006 Progress Report for Serbia of the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between Serbia and the Union; analyses the political situation in Serbia in terms of ... read more
This is a strategy developed by USAID Serbia and Montenegro. The Strategy addresses the Republic’s development needs, while at the same time remaining in line with U.S. Government (USG) foreign policy... read more
This is an article written by Zorica Zarkovic, en editor of "Biznis i Finansije". It is written in Serbian language. The author writes, how according to the European Agency for Reconstruction the innovation... read more
This is a power point presentation conducted by dr. Jadranka Svarc from the Institute for Social Sciences “Ivo Pilar”, Zagreb and dr. Emira Becic from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of ... read more
This is a power point presentation held by Sara E. Farley about enhancing science technology and innovation for development. In the presentation many themes are discussed: a framework for support to Science... read more
This is a power point presentation made by a Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. At the beginning it gives some general information on... read more
This document is written by prof. dr. Djuro Kutlaca from the Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Science and Technology Policy Research Center. It describes patent activity in Serbia from 1921 to 1995. It starts... read more
The document consists of two components: Strategy and Action Planfor Information Society Development, whereas the Strategy comprises of the basic development directions divided in seven pillars (Infrastructure... read more
NISP is a document which should be integrated with the other development strategies in the state, supported by all political entities by a consensus, in order to provide for the implementation of all ... read more
This is a document made by the Council of Minister of BIH. It presents visions and sets goals to create an informatic society. Then basic principles and commitments are presented, and areas of develoment... read more
Strategy for Information Society development in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a document that provides a strategic guidelines and plan of actions for develoment of information society in BIH for the period... read more
Action Plan of Information Society Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a document that provides specification of concrete actions for development of information society in BIH, for the period 2004... read more
This is an action plan made by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. At first it presents information society development strategic priorities and initiatives... read more
A national ICT strategy aims to develop the information society both in stimulating competitiveness and in applying ICT for the benefit of the population. It supports more sustainable human development... read more
This is a report conducted by the BIH Ministry of Communications and Transport for the year 2005. It present an analysis of of BiH Society e-readiness. At first it presents e-readiness indicators and ... read more
This is a document by FIPA, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency. At first it tries to describe why to invest in ICT in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It presents FDI opportunities and foundations for the... read more
This report represents an exceptional effort in supporting the coordinated development of the Information Society in South-Eastern Europe. It provides a common knowledge base in area of ICT for development... read more
This is a report about supply of services in monitoring of South East Europe - telecommunications madey by EC. At first it presents a summary of status and recent developments (mobile networks, broadband... read more
This is a strategy conducted by the Government of Serbia. It outlines that - given the profound promises and pervasive impacts of ICT on national economies and global competition - Serbia needs to embed... read more
This document anlyses the impact of the support provided by the IS2WEB consortium for the 6th IST Call, drawing on the feedback gathered by telephone interviews conducted in its aftermath. The conclusions... read more
This is a strategic document adopted by the Government of the Republic of Croatia for the period 2006-2010. It presents a vision of the development of the Science and Technology sector in the Republic... read more
This is a programme of the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for period 2006-2013. It is written in Macedonian language. It sets the basic goals of the Macedonian Government for ... read more
This is a report conducted by SBRA in the framework of the project GREAT-IST. It describes the ICT Sector in target countries and in the region of South Eastern Europe. It also includes results in ... read more
This is a programme made by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia for the period of 2006-2010. It sets basic goals on different areas: economic development, labour market flexibility, tax system... read more
This is a national report made by Ms Nadezda Uzelac - coordinator of the Macedonian Bologna Group. It is presented in a form of an interview. At first a brief description of important developments, including... read more
This is a report made by prof. Dr. Marjan Gusev and M.Sc. Goce Armenski from University Sts. Cyril and Methodius. It includes an analysis of availability of e-government services in the Western Balkans... read more
This is a strategy decument of the Government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, developed by the Commision for Information Technology. At first the infrastructure in this area is described... read more
This is a report on the implementation of the European Charter for small enterprises in the Westen Balkans 2007. It is stressed that small enterprises are the backbone of the Western Balkan economies. ... read more
This is an overview of national research landscape conducted by the Government of Republic of Macedonia. At first, it provides some general information about the country (population, political structure... read more
This is a power point presentation held by Elene Georgievska at an UNESCO Worskhop in Skopje 2007. It deals with research and development indicators in the FYR of Macedonia. At first it describes institutions... read more
This is a power point presentation conducted by Tiago Santos Pereira from Centro de Estudos Sociais, Coimbra University Portugal, held at a UNESCO Workshop in Skopje 2007. It deals with S&T statistics... read more
This is a power point presentation made by Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch dealing with measurment of research and development. At first it states that we can not measure S&T directly, therefore we measure ... read more
This is a power point presentation held by prof. dr. Slavo Radosevic from University College London. It deals with knowledge based economy indicators and their relavance and applications to the SEE countries... read more
This is a power point presentation held by Ernesto Fernandez Polcuch at a UNESCO workshop in Skopje 2007. It deals with gender disaggregated S&T statistics and indicators. It gives an overview of women... read more
This is a power point presentation made by Edmond Agolli from the Albanian Ministry of Education and Science and Salvatore Bushati from the Albanian Academy of Science. It deals with science, technology... read more
This is a power point presentation made by dr. Emira Becic from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Croatia. It deals with science, technology and innovation indicators in Croatia. At first... read more
The non-profit think tank "Analytica" presented this report in May 2007 on the issue of visa facilitation. It discusses the agreements which are expected to enter into force starting from 1 January 2008... read more
This is a power point presentation made by Maja Bacovic at a UNESCO Workshop in Skopje in 2007. It presents the development of statistics of scientific research activities in Montenegro and available ... read more
This is a power point presentation held by prof. dr. Djuro Kutlaca from the Science and Technology Policy Research Centre of the "Mihajlo Pupin" Institute. It deals with science and innovation in Serbia... read more
"This Report was written by Tiago Santos Pereira of the Coimbra University in Portugal on the basis of a series of fact-finding missions and extensive discussions with national experts conducted, on behalf... read more
In the attachment, the services of Gallup Europe as pollster are described as well as their "Balkan Monitor".The Balkan Monitor provides reliable primary information, early warning indicators and comparable... read more
The document provides supporting material for the Green Paper on the European Research Area (ERA). It outlines the history and evolution of the ERA initiative, takes stock of actions implemented so far... read more
On April 4, 2007 the Green Paper on ERA was presented. It raises a number of questions on how to deepen and widen the European Research Area so that if fully contributes to the renewed Lisbon strategy... read more
In March 2007, the new Electronic Proposal Submission Service has been launched. It allows users to propose projects in the Seventh Framework Programme by creating the proposal online. The web-based applicationi... read more
Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.
