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The Second Annual Report of the Regional Innovation Monitor has been published on September 5, 2012. The report builds upon the findings of last year's report, draws upon the 50 regional reports... read more
In the framework of the project “European Integration of Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans”, a literature review report on the existing knowledge on higher education and research... read more
To support future strategy, EAG members completed five orientation papers to help the Commission assess experience from the NMP fields with a view to the future, with some recommendations on how innovation... read more
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) has published the 2012 IP Facts and Figures. This publication includes data on patents, utility models, trademarks and industrial designs and it... read more
The EC has adopted its Communication on „A Reinforced European Research Area (ERA) Partnership for Excellence and Growth‟, which sets out concrete steps that Member States should take in order to achieve... read more
A new publication on cultural diversity offers vital orientation for teachers and students coping with an increasingly pluralistic Europe. Resulting from the EU-funded ACCEPT PLURALISM project, the... read more
The report contains the main findings of the seventh survey on R&D investment business trends based on 187 responses of mainly large companies from the 1000 EU-based companies in the 2011 EU Industrial... read more
The ICT Statistical Report for Annual Monitoring 2011 (StReAM) contains an analysis of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) funding under FP7. read more
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) has published a paper on women, research and universities. It provides an overview of current knowledge regarding gender equality in universities... read more
The Commission in its Communication "Current situation of key enabling technologies in Europe" SEC(2009)1257 that explains why advanced materials, nanotechnology, micro- and nano-electronics, ... read more
On July 17, the European Commission has published a Communication on "a Reinforced European Research Area Partnership". It is based on a public consultation (autumn 2011) and on an analysis... read more
Global Innovation Index 2012 measures capabilities of 141 countries including the Western Balkan countries INSEAD, a leading graduate business school with three campuses on two continents, and ... read more
The report, which reflects the framework of the Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué, is the result of a joint effort by Eurostat, Eurydice as well as by Eurostudent and has been overseen by the Bologna... read more
Starting with April 2012, every month WBC-INCO.NET presents and promotes projects of interest and relevance in particular for the Western Balkan region, but not exclusively - thus SEE or Danube region... read more
Abstract: This paper presents the evaluation of carbon emission characteristics of low calorific Kolubara open pit mined lignite. The samples of Kolubara Basin coal were carefully selected... read more
Abstract The necessity of the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as formulated in the Kyoto Protocol, imposes the need for improving environmental aspects of existing thermal power plants... read more
Documents below are Commission communications related to regional innovation as well as working documents and policy briefs that introudce the concept of Smart Specialisation. read more
This guide has been conceived as a methodological guidance for policy-makers and implementing bodies on how to prepare for and how to design, draft and implement a national/regional research and innovation... read more
The RIS3 KEY for self-assessment was developed by Joanneum Research Graz, in co-operation with and funded by BMWF, in the context of project “Drafting and Implementing Smart Specialisation Strategies... read more
The report provides statistical data on ERA-NETs and ERA-NET Plus actions and the funding they have received under FP6 and FP7. The data for the number of ERA-NETs for 2012 and 2013 are based on proposals... 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.
