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Abstract This report provides an analysis of the state of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Research and Development activities in the European Union. This is the fourth report of a series... read more
"Die inzwischen vierte Schwerpunktausgabe des ITB infoservice erscheint im Kontext der am 24. Juni 2011 unter ungarischer Ratspräsidentschaft vom Rat der Europäischen Union verabschiedeten Donauraum... read more
Innovation in public services is going to prove crucial to the UK's ability to meet the social challenges of the 21st century. However, at the moment, the UK does a poor job of developing innovations ... read more
This report examines how social innovation happens in NGOs, the public sector, movements, networks and markets. Following on from ‘Social Silicon Valleys: a manifesto for social innovation&rsquo... read more
The full report can be downloaded from the Regional Innovation Monitor website with the following link: http://www.rim-europa.eu/index.cfm?q=p.reportDetails&id=15138 The research for this report ... read more
The Innovation Infrastructure reports are mapping national innovation systems and relevant stakeholders in the Western Balkan Countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo... read more
ESFRI has been working since 2002 to spur the development, prioritisation and sustainable operation of valuable new and existing RIs; and it is working now to revise its ‘Roadmap’ of future... read more
ESFRI supports a coherent and strategy-led approach to policy making on new and existing pan-European and global research infrastructures. In line with this mission, in November 2004 the Competitiveness... read more
Innovation Strategies for a Global Economy Development, Implementation, Measurement and Management Fred Gault Professorial Fellow, UNU MERIT, The Netherlands and Professor Extraordinaire and ... read more
Preface Focusing on economics, the first section of this publication addresses the impact assessment of the research and innovation on competitiveness, economic growth and employment creation. This... read more
The issue of synergies between the Framework Programme (FP), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP), and the Structural Funds (SF) has been on the agenda at European level for several... read more
The World Bank published the second subnational report in the series Doing Business in South East Europe on June 28, 2011. The report can be downloaded from the worldbank website http://www... read more
An article about economic situation and transition effects 20 years after starting the process of transition in FYR of Macedonia. The FYR of Macedonia was one of the poorest republics in former Yugoslavia... read more
A comparative analysis of the innovation systems of WBC based on the national contributions presented at the First Innovation Dialog Forum (IDF) in Bečići, Montenegro (November, 8-9, 2010) and selected... read more
After the reform of the scientific system of higher education and research and according to the new Law, the Academy of Sciences is considered as the elite scientific institution in Albania. ASA ... read more
This publication presents a synthesis of European and national forward-looking exercises in the fields of science, technology and innovation. It answers to the two following questions: "What recent... read more
On 9 June, the European Commission released its Innovation Union Competitiveness Report 2011. The Report builds on the Innovation Union Scoreboard and includes a factsheet detailing each country's research... read more
In order to discover the opinion of the researchers and research staff, working in Serbian R&D organizations on the general issues regarding the research career development and mobility, EURAXESS ... read more
Focus of the presentation: Macroeconomic perspective induces innovation performance in the region; Critical infrastructure for knowledge development;SME development in the financial crisis; Perspective... read more
The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the new national Strategy of Clusters' Development 2011-2020. The Strategy is available in Croatian language only. More information available at: Ministry... 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.
