15th Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries - presentations
The 15th Steering Platform on Research for Western Balkan countries was held in Zagreb, Croatia on December 11 and 12, 2013. read more
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[Call for Papers] CRIS 2014 - deadline extended
The 12th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems (CRIS) "Managing Data Intensive Science - The role of CRIS in realizing the Digital Agenda" will be held in Rome form 13... read more
EVAL-INNO Call for participation: Give your opinion!
In the framework of the EVAL-INNO project, the assigned external evaluators are assessing the communication and dissemination efforts as well as the outreach of the project’s activities. The partnership... read more
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[Event Review] - 15th Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries
The 15th Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Zagreb on 11-12 December 2013. The meeting was co-chaired by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union... read more
Financial Helpdesk Newsletter #45 just released with updates on EU - Horizon 2020
A new edition of the Finance Helpdesl Newsletter is available. Covered topics are: FP7 Micromanaging to continue into H2020? H2020 News H2020 Personnel Costs Marie Sklodowska-Curie in H2020 Upcoming... read more
SEE 2020 strategy dependable mechanism of regional economic growth (Interview to Goran Svilanović)
The region of South East Europe (SEE) may progress only if we work together diligently on transforming our economies into more open, competitive and interconnected ones, said the Secretary General of ... read more
EU industrial leadership gets boost through eight new research partnerships
The European Commission yesterday launched eight contractual Public Private Partnerships (cPPPs) of strategic importance for European industry. The partnerships will leverage more than €6 billion of investments... read more
[Event Review] Research and entrepreneurship partnership for the growth and internationalization of SMEs in Danube Region
On 27-28 November nearly 300 participants gathered in Zagreb for an international conference on "Research and entrepreneurship partnership for the growth and internationalization of SMEs in Danube Region... read more
[Call for Applications] Post-doc opportunities, Ireland
The Irish Government has just opened a post-doctoral scheme, which is open to applicants of any nationality. Applicants must be within 5 years of graduation and must be finished their PhD including... read more
Commission launches pilot to open up publicly funded research data
Valuable information produced by researchers in many EU-funded projects will be shared freely as a result of a Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020. Researchers in projects participating in the... read more
[Event Review] 9th WBIF Steering Commitee Meeting
The Steering Committee is the highest decision making body in the WBIF. It takes all decisions related to the Joint Grant Facility including project approvals and provides strategic guidance for the WBIF... read more
RCC Secretary General to interact with regional press via Twitter on SEE 2020 strategy
SARAJEVO – The Secretary General of the Regional Coopration Council Goran Svilanović will be available for Twitter interview on the official RCC account @rccint and via hashtag #SEE2020 on Wednesday, ... read more
[Upcoming Webinar] HORIZON 2020 Webinar
An HORIZON 2020 Webinar is offered by INCONTACT-One World, on the 18th of December 2013. read more
Horizon 2020 launched - first calls published with €15 billion over first two years
The European Commission presented yesterday the calls for projects under Horizon 2020, the European Union's €80 billion research and innovation programme. Worth more than €15 billion over the first two... read more
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: €800 million to support research careers, training and mobility in 2014
The European Commission yesterda published the first tranche of funding 'calls' for research grants totalling €800 million in 2014, under the new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Part of the... read more
Panel debate on online media regulation in South East Europe to be held in Belgrade tomorrow
SARAJEVO/BELGRADE – A panel debate on findings of the Academy on Media Law in South East Europe: Online media regulation – Where does regulation end and overregulation start? will take place in Belgrade... read more
[Call for applications] PhD position: religion and violence on the Balkans (1848-1914)
The Leibniz Institute of European History in Mainz (Germany) invites applications for a four-year PhD position within the Emmy Noether Research Group ‘Battles over Belief: Religion and Violence in Catholic... read more
[Call for articles] The Yearbook of the Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade
The editorial board of the Yearbook of the Faculty of Political Science - University of Belgrade is pleased to welcome submissions for the 2014 issue of the journal. read more
EXECUTIVE MBA IN AGRIBUSINESS AND COMMERCE
University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture published a call for admission of students in academic year 2013/14 to Postgraduate university specialization EXECUTIVE MBA IN AGRIBUSINESS AND COMMERCE... read more
[Event Review] European Nanoelectronics Forum: Innovation for growth
'Innovation for growth' was the theme of the last European Nanoelectronics Forum, jointly organized by EUREKA nano-electronics funding instrument CATRENE, the ENIAC Joint Undertaking and the... read more
IMI published indicative topics for its upcoming 11th Call
IMI will launch its 11th Call for proposal most probably in December 2013 read more
Open Position: Academic Officer for the American Research Center in Sofia
The American Research Center in Sofia seeks a dynamic scholar for a 2-year, full-time position as Academic Officer for Balkan Studies. This Academic Officer will help develop academic programs at ARCS... read more
Upcoming Webinar - How to maximise your profits with IP
The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) is organising free webinars on the importance of intellectual property for business and how companies can benefit from it. read more
Call for institutional partnership RRPP Local Coordination Unit (LCU) Albania period: February 2014 – September 2016
The RRPP Management, implemented by the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is launching a call for partnership with an institution/organisation in Albania that is interested to act as its ... read more
Internship Available Under the Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund - Young Researchers Programme
Under the Visegrad-Balkan Public Policy Fund - Young Researches Programme, the Pontis Foundation (Slovakia), the Association of Czech Non-governmental Organizations - DEMAS (Czech Republic), the Foundation... read more
WBC-INCO.NET meeting series - Zagreb, Croatia
WBC-INCO.NET is organising a series of meetings next week in Zagreb, Croatia. read more
EC Commission welcomes EU Member States' adoption of Horizon 2020
The European Commission yesterday welcomed the adoption by EU Member States of Horizon 2020, the next EU research and innovation programme. With a budget of nearly EUR 80 billion euro over seven years... read more
EU-Serbia: inclusivity important in accession process
Following his meeting with Dragan Djilas, leader of the Democratic Party from Serbian Commissioner Štefan Füle said: "Today I met the leader of the Democratic Party from Serbia, Dragan Djilas. Mr Djilas... read more
[Event Review] Can EU = Entrepreneurship Union? New Approaches to Helping SMEs Growth
It’s a fact: ambitious entrepreneurs have a harder time in Europe than in some other parts of the world – but things are changing. In this Webcast conference by ScienceBusiness, participants... read more
[Event Review] Friends of Europe conference: 'Western Balkans: Fast lane, slow lane'
Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy "Enlargement: Need for bold visions" - speech given at the Friends of Europe conference: 'Western Balkans: Fast... read more
Getting economic recovery back-on-course - by Igor Luksic, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro
Dynamic economic growth has brought Montenegro - and virtually all other Western Balkan countries - more investment, higher living standards, decreased unemployment, and stability of public finance. Montenegro... read more
Horizon 2020 – the EU's new research and innovation programme
The new EC Programme for research and innovation in a nutshell: read more
[Document Announcement] EU's Financial Report 2012
The 2012 Financial Report by the European Commission shows that 94% of the total EUR 135.6 billion of the EU 2012 budget was dedicated to beneficiaries across Europe such as researchers, students, small... read more
[Call for Papers] Fourth International Conference on Food Studies
The Fourth International Conference on Food Studies will be held from 20 to 21 October 2014 in Prato, Italy. In a time of growing public interest in diet, health and nutritional research, the Food... read more
[Event Announcement] Seminar on Fast Track to Innovation (Horizon 2020)
One of the novelties will be the launch of a full-scale pilot to test a 'Fast Track to Innovation' instrument aiming to speed up the time from idea to market and to increase the participation of industry... read more
[Event Review] WIDER Project: Steering Committee and Innovation Fair in Barcelona
The Steering Committee Meeting and the Innovation Fair of the project WIDER (“Green growing of SMEs: Innovation and development in the energy sector in MED area”) took place in Barcelona (Spain) on 18... read more
[Event Review] After Croatia – Re-energizing the EU enlargement policy on the Balkans
On November 25th, the suspense European future of the Western Balkans was discussed in the policy dialogue in Brussels which was organized and supported by the European Fund for the Balkans and hosted... read more
News about the Infoday on ERA-NET Cofund under Horizon 2020
On the occasion of the launch of Horizon 2020 an infoday dedicated to the ERA-NET Cofund actions is organised as follows: Date: 16 January 2014 (11:00 to 16:30) Venue: European Commission, ... read more
[Event Review] Developmental Effects of Remittances in the Western Balkans
Held on 4 November 2013 in Skopje, the main goal of the conference was to present the final research results of the RRPP–funded research project To Consume or Self-Employ: Evidence from the Use of Remittances... read more
[Event Review] - Development of Functional Media Institutions in Western Balkans - A Comparative Study
The Center for Research and Policy Making (CRPM) held a promotional event in Skopje on November 7th, wherein the policy brief on the comparative study “Development of Functional Media Institutions in ... read more
Experts sought for Horizon 2020
The European Commission needs independent experts for Horizon 2020, the new €79 billion EU research and innovation programme. The call for applications was launched on November 22nd. As well as attracting... read more
Final call for papers for the inaugural European Conference on Social Media ECSM 2014
This is a Final call for papers for the inaugural European Conference on Social Media ECSM 2014 which is being held at the University of Brighton, UK on the 10-11 July 2014... read more
Latest Horizon 2020 work programmes on Industrial Leadership released
The latest work programmes regarding Horizon 2020’s pillar Industrial Leadership, which the Eurostars programme will also be part of, has been released on the European Commission’s website. read more
[Call for Papers and Projects] LINK 2014 “Learning Innovations and Quality” Conference
LINQ 2014 will continue the discussion began during the previous conferences in Rome and Brussels with the its motto: “Changing the Trajectory: Quality for Opening up Education”. This year, LINQ is teaming... read more
Final Report of the 2nd Academy on Media Law in South East Europe
Media professionals, practicing media lawyers, legislators/parliamentarians, government officials, members of media regulatory and self-regulatory bodies, civil society and academia from South East Europe... read more
[Call for Papers] 2014 University-Industry Interaction Conference on "Challenges and solutions for fostering entrepreneurial universities and collaborative innovation" in Barcelona
Just two weeks are left till the proposal/abstract submission deadline (2nd of December 2013), the University-Industry Interaction Conference organizers are happy to confirm a wide variety of... read more
Address by RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, at the South East Europe Investment Committee Ministerial Conference
The opening address has been delivered at the conference held on 21 November 2013. read more
COSME: € 2.3 billion to foster the competitiveness of SMEs over the next seven years
The European Commission welcomed today's adoption of the programme COSME by the European Parliament. read more
EP Plenary debate on Horizon 2020
European Commission Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Speech: read more
Horizon 2020 approval by Parliament a boost for European research and innovation
The European Commission today welcomed the European Parliament's adoption of Horizon 2020, the next EU research and innovation programme. With a budget of nearly EUR 80 billion1 euro over seven years... read more
