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Up to the deadline on October 12, 2007 only six EU Member States transposed legislation on the researchers' visa into national legislation. Update: As at December 11, 2007, the following 10 Member States... read more
The Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro has dedicated a week in September to a very important topic within the scope of European Research and Higher Education Areas – mobility of students... read more
The European Commission's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) was presented in Skopje on December 19, 2007. FYR of Macedonia and Croatia are the two non-EU members that have joined... read more
Albania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on December 17, 2007 with the European Commission allowing it full participation in the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) as of January... read more
A high level conference on ‘increasing investment and competitiveness in South East Europe’ will be held in Belgrade on February 11-12, 2008. The conference will be attended by ministers of economy of... read more
Climate change is a problem of global character and tackled in several different themes within the 7th Framework Programme. read more
Slovenia, from July 2007 till June 2008 takes over the reigns of EUREKA, the European network for market-led research and innovation. The priorities of the Slovenian Chairmanship are: preparation and ... read more
The 4th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education "Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development" will take place March 31 - April 2, 2008. A call for... read more
The South East European Conference on Innovation (November 29-30, 2007) was organised by the Southeast European Era-Net (SEE-ERA.NET), under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, General... read more
A needs list was published for the “Herman Potocnik-Noordung Award for donations within the framework of RTD collaboration with Western Balkan Countries“ - potential donors are invited to identify some... read more
The Information Office developed and promoted the “Needs/Offer Matrix” earlier in 2007 and has received positive feedback on its usability. It covers the funding schemes available and how ... read more
The European Commission is currently preparing the launch of the new TEMPUS IV programme. TEMPUS IV and the first call for proposals should be presented in January 2008. In this article you will find ... read more
Vision of Science in Serbia The main ambition of the Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia (MS) is to allow for the best possible influence of research and development activities on the economy and... read more
The WEB-MOB project (a Specific Support Action financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme) started operating in September 2005, with the objective of developing guidelines ... read more
Janez Potočnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research, visited Sarajevo on October 4-5, 2007. During his visit he met representatives of the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to ... read more
At the beginning of November 2007, see-science.eu was able to access the database of the European Commission for information on the participation of the Western Balkan countries in the first calls of... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) aims at strengthening research capacities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo/UNMIK, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia... read more
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices (ASOs) currently promote two different open calls for proposals both with the deadline of January 31, 2007: 1) "South Eastern Europe’s Scientific Response... read more
Three recently published books/reports published are featured in the eJournal fall/winter 07 and recommended to the readers: Why invest in science in SEE?Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2007SEE... read more
In order to strengthen the National Contact Point network for FP7 in the Western Balkan countries, a training workshop on international networking will take place in Brussels January 28 – February 1, ... 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.
