News archive - [Event Announcement]: South-East European Ministerial Round Table and Expert Meeting, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy), is convening in joint collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina the next edition of the Ministerial Round Table on Science and Technology and Innovation for South East Europe at the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on November 23, 2012. The event receives support from the State Secretariat for Education and Research SER within the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, the Austrian Development Agency and the Italian Government.

The Ministerial Round Table on Science, Technology and Innovation for South East Europe to convene on November 23, 2012 will focus on intensifying the STI system capacity and collaboration in the SEE region. The Round Table will be co-chaired by Sredoje Novic, Minister of Civil Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences. Ministers and high level officials, experts of science, higher education and research from 11 South East European countries will participate: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey.

The Expert Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation for South East Europe to convene on November 22, 2012 as a preparatory event to the round table will discuss the above-indicated STI system capacity in SEE and pay particular attention to the research infrastructures, statistical data, regional networks and communication of science.

Source: email by Rosanna Santesso, Programme Specialist, Science Unit, UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy)

Geographical focus
  • Albania
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Croatia
  • Montenegro
  • Republic of North Macedonia
  • SEE
  • Serbia
  • Western Balkans
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Cross-thematic/Interdisciplinary

Entry created by Danaja Lorencic on November 13, 2012
Modified on November 13, 2012