Agenda

09:35 - 09:45 - Welcome remarks and introduction

• Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I
• Carla Matias dos Santos, Portuguese EU Council Presidency
• Xhavit Rexhaj, Kosovar* Deputy Minister of Education and Science, WB Co-chair
• Filip Van Depoele, EC DG EAC
• Liliana Pasecinic, EC DG JRC

09:45 - 10:55 - Western Balkans Agenda on Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport

• DG R&I, DG EAC, DG JRC, DG NEAR (10 min)
• WB6 progress reports / latest R&I developments (3 minutes per WB6)
• EU Member States (5 minutes)
• Int. organisations: COST, EIT, EUREKA, CEI, RCC, Berlin Process (15 min)
• Q&A, general discussion (20 min)

10:55 - 11:00 - Technical Break
11:00 - 11:45 - Researchers’ mobility in the Western Balkans

• MSCA: Cooperation in researchers’ training and mobility: opportunities for Western Balkans’ researchers and organisations, Stephanie Demart, EC DG EAC (10 min)
• Study on researchers’ mobility: Elke Stewering, International Service Facility (ISF) (10 min)
• Interaction with the WB6 and other stakeholders (20 min)
• Discussion

11:45 – 11:55 - Update from the ISF

• Ulrike Kunze and Desiree Pecarz, ISF (10 min)

11:55 - 12:00 - Concluding remarks and next steps

• Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I