Open Science Training Handbook
A group of fourteen authors came together in February 2018 at the TIB (German National Library of Science and Technology) in Hannover to create an open, living handbook on Open Science training. High-... read more
Documents
EIB Investment Report 2017/2018: from recovery to sustainable growth
The EIB Investment Report is designed to serve as a monitoring tool providing a comprehensive overview of the developments and drivers of investment and its finance in the EU. It combines an analysis ... read more
The European Investment Bank in the Western Balkans
In the late 1990s, EIB financing in the Western Balkans focused on urgent reconstruction and repairs to damaged bridges and railways, ports, airports and roads.Year after year, EIB has expanded this work... read more
How the Science Cloud could pay its way - Report by Science|Business
In April 2016, the European Commission announced a bold new initiative to pull European science fully into the age of the “cloud”. Its €6.7 billion European Open Science Cloud plan could change ... read more
Implementation Roadmap of the European Open Science Cloud
This Staff Working Document (SWD), released in March 2018, presents the outcome of the exploration of appropriate governance and financing mechanisms for the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) in... read more
Access to and preservation of scientific information in Europe
The report, published in June 2018, consolidates and presents the information reported by Member States in 2017 regarding their progress in implementing the 2012 Recommendation on open access to and preservation... read more
Realising the European Open Science Cloud
This is the first report and recommendations of the Commission High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud. This report aims to lay out a living guide for the realisation of the European... read more
IPR, technology transfer & open science
Thisis a conference workshop report by the European Commission. The workshop was a one day meeting, gathering stakeholders from the research, technology transfer and innovation ecosystem, including... read more
The Way Back: Brain Drain and Prosperity in the Western Balkans
Policy Brief by Alida Vracic published by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). The paper analysis how the EU should do more to promote circular migration as part of their ongoing pursuit... read more
[Theme in Focus] In Focus: Enhancing capabilities of WB countries’ research infrastructures and their socio-economic impact
We all know that innovation in science and technology is vital to solving economic and societal challenges. These solutions, by the way, require access to complex and costly Research infrastructures (... read more
Competitiveness in South East Europe: A Policy Outlook 2018
Future economic development and the well-being of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) increasingly depend on greater economic competitiveness. Realising the region’s economic potential requires a holistic... read more
The Impact of Regional Innovative Clusters on Competitiveness
Abstract EU's policy tendencies aimed at stimulating the development of competitive agglomeration are determining Member States to steer public measures to support associative forms such ... read more
Cluster Development Strategy in Serbia
This paper aims to present the development process of clusters in Serbia. The paper analyse also of cluster development strategy in some neighbouring Balkan countries. Regarding the development of industrial... read more
Smart Balkan Cluster Policy Declaration
The Cluster House Balkan Black Sea Cluster Network (hereinafter BBS ClusNet) participants of The 10th ECCP Greece Cluster Matchmaking Mission in Thessaloniki (13-14 September 2017),gathered on the values... read more
Cluster Management Excellence in the Danube Region
ESCA, the European Sercretariat for Cluster Analysis has released the study Cluster Management Excellence in the Danube Region, dedicated to the current status of cluster management excellence in Europe... read more
The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy
This Guidebook is the result of the collaboration of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy... read more
Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans
Regional cooperation in the Western Balkans has demonstrated its viability in the last two decades. This paper offers a short analysis of the general constellation and main players and mechanisms of cooperation... read more
The Credible Enlargement Perspective for the Western Balkans through the lenses of the Berlin Process
The Berlin Process (Western Balkans Summit) has kept enlargement on the EU agenda and the interest for the EU in the Western Balkans. This Process bridged a political (and even technical) standstill in... read more
The Western Balkans and the Berlin Process
This report draws on discussions at the workshop on “The Western Balkans and the Berlin Process” held at St Antony’s College, Oxford, on 13 June 2018, and organized by SEESOX in cooperation with the... read more
Smart guide to cluster policy
The objective of this Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is to promote the transition towards modern cluster policies by looking at what type of environment can be created and what institutions and support... read more
