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![[Success stories] Qorraj the first Jean Monnet Chair...](11142/thumbnail/gazmend_qorraj__clanak_big.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Success stories] Qorraj the first Jean Monnet Chair...")
"I’m proud to hold a Jean Monnet Chair the architect of the European Union and I’m happy to promote his vision for the European Integration. At the same time I’m privileged to be the first Jean Monnet... read more
European competitiveness is at the centre of analysis of the yearly competitiveness report of the European Commission. Its main focus is on recent changes of the EU's productivity growth, which is ... read more
The European Commission published a guide for project participants "Communicating EU Research & Innovation". This short guide will assist participants and coordinators of Framework Programme projects... read more
Knowledge exchange—the sharing of information and experiences for customized learning—helps to lessen the knowledge divide, build consensus and coalitions for reform, and promote... read more
Five years ago, IFC was an institution focused on project finance, operating mostly out of Washington, D.C. Not today. We have since redefined development finance—by designing... read more
Science would stand still if young people never dared to become researchers: seeking the training they need, the skills they need, and the networks they need to push the boundaries ... read more
The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 is being released amid a long period of economic uncertainty. The tentative recovery that seemed to be gaining ground during 2010 and the ... read more
The presentation given during the seminar "SMART SEE: Thinking of the future based on the experience gained" held in Timisoara (Romania) on October 30th 2012 is now available. The aim of the... read more
The global Europe 2050 foresight report presents and quantifies three scenarios that identify the main pathways Europe could follow in the coming decades: the nobody cares scenario where Europe is ... read more
The 5th Newsletter presents the results of qualitative studies in six Western Balkans Countries in three chapters: 1. Market and consumers’ trends for organic products 2. Consumers’ attitudes... read more
The publication summarises 49 research projects on low-input and organic agriculture, co-funded by the European Commission under the 5th, 6th and 7th Framework Research Programmes, conducted or started... read more
This document has been written by Insititute for Territorial Economic Development - InTER's researches: Vesela Curkovic and Dragisa Mijacic within the scope of TRAIN Programme (Think Tanks... read more
Implementation in the Republic of Moldova of the components of the “knowledge triangle” – education-research-innovation is an imperative for the country’s development process. Given that education... read more
This report brings together the findings and conclusions of a study on Impact Evaluation (IE) commissioned by Department for International Development (DFID). It comprises an executive summary and ... read more
Macedonia is experiencing constrains in relation to science, technology and innovation policies which are similar to those of other South Eastern European countries since gaining independence. The ... read more
"The FOPER story started in 2003, when a consortium of forestry faculties and research institutes decided to bring to life Ilpo Tikkanen’s idea to establish an innovative capacity building program ... read more
![[Success stories] Unlocking researchers’ potential...](11047/thumbnail/Petreski_CH.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Success stories] Unlocking researchers’ potential...")
"I can still remember the first day at the University American College Skopje (UACS) as a research coordinator at that time. We set our goal to increase research and be ‘teach and research’ university... read more
"The success story of R&D RT-RK Institute dates back to 7th of April 2005 when it was founded as a company with only 3 employees, while by the end of 2008 it had 40 employees. Micronas NIT was ... read more
“AlfaNum” Ltd. was founded in 2003, originating from an existing project at the Faculty of Technical Sciences (FTN), Novi Sad, related to speech technologies. The co-founders of “AlfaNum” are FTN project... read more
"There aren’t many companies in the domestic market that operate independently for more than 10 years, all the while having continued growth in revenue and number of employees, as well as branching... 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.
