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SEECEL has issued a new publication entitled ‘Building Capacities: Entrepreneurial Learning and SME Skills. Insights from the Small Business Act for Europe Process in South East Europe and Turkey. ... read more
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RTDI Evaluation The complexity and heterogeneity of innovation systems in different European and Western Balkan countries requires strategic intelligence to design, implement, and monitor research... read more
This policy brief focuses on institutional support and education for young researchers. It is based on survey results, which included 356 doctoral students in the field of social sciences and humanities... read more
The subject of this study is status and working conditions of the young researchers in humanities and social sciences in Serbia, and in particular support mechanisms that are available to them. The key... read more
The aim of this study is to provide an overview of how PhD students perceive and evaluate different aspects of doctoral programs, as well as programs of informal education. The central part of the ... read more
Generally, establishments can choose among different cooperation partners for innovation. However, the choice of a particular partner is pivotal to the success of any cooperative arrangement for innovation... read more
European Commission has developed a quick guide which facilitate identification of suitable Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions for a particular profile. read more
The main objective of the RTDI Programme evaluation Guidelines published by EVAL-INNO is to support the organisations in the South-East european countries, responsible for commissioning RTDI programme... read more
Evaluative thinking (ET) is an increasingly important topic in the field of evaluation, particularly among people involved in evaluation capacity building (ECB). Yet it is a construct in need of clarification... read more
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Strategizing on RTI in the Balkans Which strategy is being followed in research and innovation in the Western Balkan countries? Are there too many strategies and how well interconnected are they? Are... read more
The European Commission has published its ex-post evaluation of the 7th Framework Programme (FP7), the EU's research funding programme between 2007 and 2013.The evaluation is based on a report by an independent... read more
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Introduction There is a long history of outmigration from Southeast European countries, creating large population groups residing abroad (mostly in EU countries and USA) and are usually referred to... read more
The goal of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), is to improve living conditions in the region and bring competitiveness and development back in focus, ... read more
EUSAIR is based on a communication by the European Commission published in 2014, accompanied by an Action Plan. Other key documents include a summary brochure, supportive analytical documents and Q&... read more
A series of documents has been published in relation to the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The most important is the strategy "communication" from the European Commission in 2010 which was complemented... read more
This publication has been produced within the framework of the research project "Connecting the Scientific Diaspora of the Republic of Moldova to the scientific and socio-economic development of the home... read more
Abstract: In the past decades, many countries around the globe faced the consequences of the brain drain phenomenon. Bosnia and Herzegovina is not an exemption in this regard. As the prospects for... read more
This Study was conducted under Government of Montenegro’s five-year project entitled “Higher Education and Research for Innovation and Competitiveness” (HERIC). This Study examines available data to assess... read more
The Brain Gain Program (BGP) was a project implemented by WUS Austria and financed by the Austrian Development Coopera on (ADC) from 2002 until 2011. The main aim of the project was to open up the higher... read more
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1 Introduction As we have discussed in the last WBC-RTI.info newsletter, several studies so far confirmed that all WB countries need not only to increase investment in research in... 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.
