News archive - EC Communication on the Western Balkans
Recent communication from the European Commission (EC) on “Western Balkans: Enhancing the European perspective”, which was adopted on March 5, 2008, has provided new insights into the state of the art of cooperation.
Overall this communication gives renewed impetus to the enlargement process of the Western Balkan Countries (WBCs). The role research plays in facilitating the integration of the WBCs in the EU is very well underlined with a special reference to the Steering Platform for its structuring position in strengthening the research capacity in the region. Scholarships for WBC students are also on the agenda as well as opening up programmes to enable contacts between scientific and educational institutions. This communication should be considered together with the working document, which lists the actions taken so far and also envisages some new actions for the WBCs. The idea of regional centres of competence appears interesting.
links Communication from the Commission
For the full content see: http://www.wbc-inco.net/doc/3293.html and the working document http://www.wbc-inco.net/doc/3295.html.
Entry created by Elke Dall on April 30, 2008
Modified on May 4, 2008
