The preliminary agenda of the workshop:

• 9:00 Mark Knell, Research Professor, NIFU, Oslo, Norway: Introduction to Innovation Policy Learning from Norway in Western Balkans.
• 9:45 Per Koch, Special Advisor, Innovation Norway, Oslo, Norway: Innovation Norway and Policy Learning in the Balkan context.
• 10:30 Zoran Aralica, Researcher, Institute of Economics, Zagreb: Nordic Influences in the Croatian Innovation Strategy.
• 11:00 Coffee Break
• 11:20 Panel Discussion: Innovation policy learning from Norway in Western Balkans. (Leader: Slavo Radošević, Professor, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK)
• 13:00 Lunch
• 14:00 Country Report presentation: Strengths and weaknesses of the National Innovation Systems of the Balkan countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia.
• 16:00 Coffee Break
• 16:20 Panel Discussion: Innovation policy learning in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Leader: Josef Pöschl, economist, WIIW Vienna, Austria)
• 17:30 Concluding comments

There is no cost to attend the seminar. To confirm your participation, please send an e-mail to nadja.salihovic@efsa.unsa.ba or phone at 033 565 870 no later than June 01, 2012.

Further information is provided in the workshop invitation attached below.