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The conclusions on Croatia state in relation to the WBC-INCO.NET focus the following: Croatia is meeting the commitments and requirements arising from the accession negotiations and is in ... read more
The overall conclusion on Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fields interesting for WBC-INCO.NET read as follows: Little progress was made by Bosnia and Herzegovina in improving the functionality and... read more
The overall conclusions in the area of science and research state merely: There has been limited progress in research and innovation policy. No progress was made towards integration into the European... read more
European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) has published the first publication in a series that aims to create an inventory of practices emerging from our Knowledge and Innovation Communities... read more
This report highlights the need to grapple with the huge deluge of data created by modern technologies in order to preserve the principle of openness and to exploit data in ways that have the potential... read more
The European IPR Helpdesk has just released a new fact sheet to introduce you to trademark searching using the most relevant databases at the European and International level. There are many good... read more
The European IPR Helpdesk has published a new fact sheet dedicated to transnational negotiations. Negotiating intellectual property (IP) transactions is not an easy task and can be extremely demanding... read more
The European IPR Helpdesk has published a new fact sheet dedicated to foreground. There are many reasons why SMEs, universities, research centres and other entities participate in the Seventh Framework... read more
The European IPR Helpdesk has issued a new fact sheet on the benefits that standardisation can bring about within European projects. This document, developed in collaboration with CEN (the European... read more
The European IPR Helpdesk has released a new fact sheet on “How to manage confidential business information” with the aim of pointing out the importance of confidentiality for businesses and give hints... read more
One year after the launch of the Strategy, Commissioner Johannes Hahn has visited several countries in the region to assess progress on the ground. Launched in June 2011, the EU Strategy for the... read more
This new Eurydice report provides a detailed overview of the national public fee and support systems in place across European countries. The report contains key points which enable readers to have ... read more
At the request of the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE), one of the policy working groups of the Parliament presented a study on September 3rd 2012 on “The Attractiveness... read more
SIGMA Paper No. 48 examines the performance of Western Balkan countries in professionalising their civil service. It assesses the degree to which these countries' civil service systems 'fit' the European... read more
The CEI Ministerial Conference on Renewable Energy in a Bio-based Economy: The Option of Next Generation Biofuels was held on September 20, 2012 in Trieste, Italy. Ministers, EC high-level officials... read more
Ministers, State Secretaries, Deputy Ministers and/or their Representatives from Member States of the Central European Initiative, together with High Officials from the European Commission, attended... read more
The Fifth FP7 Monitoring Report covers the implementation of the Framework Programme in the years 2007-2011. It is based on the FP7 Monitoring system, which was designed as an internal management tool... read more
Boosting innovation is one of the cornerstones of the EU 2020 strategy for growth and employment adopted by the European Council. ‘Innovation Union’ is indeed the first flagship initiative mentioned... read more
In this Communication, the European Commission summarises the results of a first stocktaking of research and innovation in the EU transport sector. It reviews the shortcomings of Europe’s transport... read more
Publication Projects in support of international research and innovation cooperation presents all coordination and support action projects of international cooperation which have been supported under... 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.
