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End of November 2012 the Mobile AppCamp in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia brought together developers and start-ups with business incubator managers, accelerators, investors and international tech experts... read more
An EU competition for assistants in the research sector has been launched. Registrations can be done via the EPSO website until January 22, 2013 (12:00 CET). Most of the posts available will... read more
EC press release, 18 December 2012 – The EU has earmarked EUR 21.3 million to support Montenegro on its way towards the EU accession. The funds will focus on key reform areas, including strengthening... read more
The European Commission has approved the last pre-accession and transition assistance programme for Croatia. The €46,8 million programme will focus on strengthening administrative capacity for an efficient... read more
Targets of the DaNet conferences include Communication and dissemination of the EUSD, Creating common statements of the NGO’s to the governments and EU institutions, Development... read more
In the frame of its capacity building activities, the project WBC-INCO-NET organises a training workshop on Smart Specialisation for South East European countries in Belgrade, scheduled to take place... read more
The Erasmus Mundus Joint/Double Doctorate in Interactive and Cognitive Environments(EMJD ICE) fourth Call for Application is now open, with expected deadline in January 13, 2013, offering 8 granted... read more
EC press release: Brussels, 21 December 2012 -The European Commission announced that it has allocated €171,6 million to support Serbia's efforts to implement its EU reform agenda. The funding ... read more
Interested young researchers and scientists are invited to apply to participate at the RRPP Annual Conference that will take place in Belgrade, Serbia from 23-26 May 2013. The main objectives of... read more
The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Belgrade on 6 December 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Serbia... read more
The youth unemployment rate is close to 23% across the European Union – yet at the same time there are more than 2 million vacancies that cannot be filled. Europe needs a radical rethink on how education... read more
The First Edition of the ERA Fabric Map has been published. This ERA fabric map gives a snapshot of the ERA today. It looks at the division of responsibilities between EU and Member States, and at ... read more
![[Document Announcement] The EU Industrial R&D Investment...](11323/thumbnail/2012_cover.gif/maxwidth/100 "[Document Announcement] The EU Industrial R&D Investment...")
The European Commission has published its 2012 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The Scoreboard is based on a sample of 1500 companies, the world's top investors in R&D and equivalent... read more
The conference "Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE IV)" will be held on June, 5-7 2013 in Cork, Ireland. The conference will address the Innovation Union context of the 'Capacities' work programme... read more
![[Event review] 13th Steering Platform meeting, Belgrade...](11272/thumbnail/DSCN0366.JPG/maxwidth/100 "[Event review] 13th Steering Platform meeting, Belgrade...")
The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Belgrade, 6 December 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Serbia... read more
![[Event Review] Success stories presented at the WBC...](11297/thumbnail/Petreski.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] Success stories presented at the WBC...")
WBC-INCO.NET General Assembly was held in Belgrade on December 5, 2012 focusing this year on the developments achieved so far in the region in the fields... read more
With the support of DG ELARG, a workshop was organised on November 6-7, 2012 in Brussels to inform enlargement countries (Iceland, Turkey and the Western Balkans) of the latest developments in EU research... read more
On December 17, 2012 in a presentation to around 150 international media in Brussels, Ireland's 2013 EU Presidency priorities were announced by the Tanaiste (Deputy Prime Minister), Eamon Gilmore T... read more
The European Union held a first round of accession talks with Montenegro and approved one of the 35 chapters of its application for membership, which premier Milo Djukanovic has made his top priority... read more
The Center for Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe and the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory of the University of Belgrade are issuing a call for papers to be published in the ... 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.
