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COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Croatia 2010 PROGRESS REPORT accompanying the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Enlargement Strategy and Main Challenges 2010... read more
COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT. ANALYTICAL REPORT accompanying the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Commission Opinion on Albania 's application for membership... read more
This COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL deals with the EU Enlargement Strategy and its main challenges during the period 2010-2011. read more
Written by a team of independent experts who are each covering the country or region from which they hail, the UNESCO Science Report 2010 analyses the trends and developments that have shaped scientific... read more
On this page you find progress reports on recent developments regarding cooperation in science, research, technology and innovation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download... read more
This short brochure gives an overview on the opportunities for SME s to participate in the European Commission's reseach funding programmes. read more
Innovation is a key component of the Europe 2020 strategy aiming at achieving a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The “Innovation Union” is starting to switch from a conceptual idea... read more
The current synopsis gives a brief information on the projects selected so far within the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development (2007-2013) - Theme 8 “Socio-economic... read more
The Council of the European Union has formally invited the Commission to implement a number of measures under the 7th Framework Programme, including acceptance of usual accounting practices and of the... read more
This document accompanies the Commission Communication ‘Innovation Union: Transforming Europe through Research and Innovation’, which launches the flagship initiative on research and innovation... read more
This is the communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions outlining the Innovation Union, a Europe... read more
This guide is the most recent stage of the process of identifying needs and developing appropriate support. It builds on the work undertaken in our earlier publication “Scientific evidence for policymaking... read more
"Welcome to the entrepreneurial economy: small firms are playing an ever-increasing role in innovation, driven by changes in technologies and markets.Whilst some spin-offs and high growth firms... read more
"A practical method for preparing your project and formalizing your FP7 application in the framework of the Seventh Framework Programme - 20 pages of operational advice". read more
The Global Competitiveness Report’s competitiveness ranking is based on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), developed for the World Economic Forum by Sala-i-Martin and introduced in 2004. ... read more
List of beneficiaries of the SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme's First Call read more
Internationalisation is vital for SMEs to prosper in an increasingly competitive world and could contribute to sustaining employment, according to a recent study. The survey maps the level of internationalisation... read more
In this article, the authors investigate the existing evidence on innovation produced by innovation surveys in developing and emerging countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. They review ... read more
Europeanization has by now become the most used and fashionable term found in social sciences. The application of the concept and the model(s) of Europeanization are thus no longer restricted only to ... read more
The aim of this report is to monitor the participation of SMEs in the Cooperation Programme within the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7). The report also covers the SME participation in the Capacities... 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.
