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This multidisciplinary programme is addressed to young professionals and university master/PhD candidates students, possibly two, (women are encouraged to apply), from the following countries in South... read more
FP7 orientation papers with proposed priorities for NMP research 2012 (Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new production technologies) - Cooperation, Theme 4; for Transport research including... read more
The FP7 - Autumn Academy, 5-day intensive course is being organised due to great demand received after the Summer Academy. The success of this type of course has proven that there is a... read more
The annual meeting of the Western Balkans Forum took place in Luxembourg on June 20, focusing on the European perspective of the region. The Foreign Ministers of the EU and the Western Balkans discussed... read more
On June 10, 2011 the outcome of the consultation on future EU research and innovation funding was discussed at a major conference in Brussels.The consultation was based on a European Commission Green... read more
On June 20, 2011, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Republic of Hungary signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The EU Strategy covers the Danube macro... read more
A number of energy related Calls for Proposals under FP7 are planned to be published on July 20, 2011. The Information Day in Brussels on July 07, 2011 will address these calls and provide guidance... read more
The next round of calls proposals for transport research under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will be published end of July 2011. In order to support the preparation of project proposals, the ... read more
Faculty of Law (University of Zagreb) announces the Call for applications for postgraduates studies. Deadline for applications: September 1, 2011. read more
On June 23, 2011, the Commission launched the "smart specialisation platform" to support regions and Member States in better defining their research and innovation strategies. As there is... read more
2-day practical seminar specially designed for Turkish organisations with the objective of providing practical information empowering them to win EU projects. Experienced project managers, ... read more
Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn made a statement on the outcome of the competition to name the future EU funding programme for research and innovation: Horizon... read more
Welcome to the WBC-INCO.NET online survey on innovation needs in the region of the Western Balkan Countries (WBC): http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/ipm/forms/dispatch?form=WBCINCOresearch In this survey... read more
A summary of key points from discussions at a workshop on the future of Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) including IPA funding (Instrument for Pre-Accession) is now available - as a point of view ... read more
Preparations are well underway for the 6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2011) being held at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland, and UK on the September 15... read more
Scientists, researchers and engineers from all over the world, interested in the synthesis, ignition, combustion and detonation of energetic materials with applications for propulsion, demolition, ... read more
Qualified international long-term key experts to consult on the establishment of centres of excellence in Montenegro are being sought. The deadline for submitting the offer is Tuesday the 28th June. read more
ICT Spring is a worldwide two days event (June 28 to 29) which brings together more than 1.500 ICT executives from Europe, America, Africa and Asia. ICT spring focuses on Innovation and its lifecycle. ... read more
The University of Graz (Austria), the University of Bologna (Italy), the University of Primorska (Slovenia), and the New Bulgarian University (Bulgaria) announce the call for applications for the joint... read more
The CEI International Summer School "Beyond Enlargement. The Wider Europe and the New Neighbourhood" will take place in Faenza, September 4-17, 2011. Deadline to apply to the XVII edition... read more
Over the five days of July 11 to 15, 2012, Dublin will host the Euroscience Open Forum, Europe’s largest general science conference. ESOF2012, taking place under the motto "Where Creativity... read more
On June 9, 2011 two info-sessions took place in Brussels, both with the aim to promote the opportunities for European researchers of doing Health research in Third Countries. read more
At the invitation of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Ministers responsible for Cohesion Policy met in Gödöllő on May 20, 2011 to discuss the future of Cohesion Policy. read more
The International Summer EU Grant Academy for Research, Technological Development and Innovation is a result of a series of seven EU Grant Academies since 2008, organised by RR & CO. Knowledge Centre... read more
The summary of the Scientix European Conference held in Brussels on May 6-8, 2011 has been published. It recapitulates the conference presentations and talks and highlights the main topics discussed. ... read more
The Universities of of Graz, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje are pleased to announce the call for applications for the new Interdisciplinary Joint Master's Programme in South-Eastern European Studies. This... read more
The FP7 - European Summer Academy is being organised again for the fourth year in a row due to great demand. Participants at the European Summer Academy will learn the differences of FP7, ... read more
Europamedia is organising a conference and networking event on the FP7 MidTerm Evaluation to take place on June 16 to 17. The event will provide participants with the opportunity to share their business... read more
For the first time in FYR of Macedonia, YES Foundation is organizing the Startup Weekend in Skopje, from June 24 to 26, an event licensed by the organization Startup Weekend from Seattle, Washington. ... read more
ORA Award for scientific work on European economic integration offered to young economists from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Submission deadline: October 10, 2011 The Oesterreichische... read more
"Today is a historic day for Croatia and for the European Union", President Barroso said in his statement on June 10, 2011, following the European Commission's proposal to the EU Council of ... read more
A high-level workshop on the Danube Strategy and Space Technologies will take place on June 16 in Brussels. The workshop comprises two parts: A political part presenting the macro-regional approach and... read more
ZSI looks for qualified international long-term key experts in the field of R&D and innovation capacity building for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The scheduled commencement date of the project is October... read more
The seventh edition of the South-East European Congress and exhibition on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy and the forum “Save the Planet” (Conference and Exhibition) on Waste Management... read more
The EC and the Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia are in the process of finalising an agreement for the FYR of Macedonia to join the Intelligent Energy Europe II (IEE II) Programme within the... read more
The Government of the Republic of Croatia adopted the new national Strategy of Clusters' Development 2011-2020. The Strategy is available in Croatian language only. More information and download at: Ministry... read more
The WIRE 2011 Conference takes place in Debrecen, Hungary from June 7 to 9, 2011 as an event of the Hungarian EU presidency. WBC-INCO.NET will be attending the event as an exhibitor and will promote selected... read more
Radovan Fuchs, Minister of Science, Education and Sports and his Russian colleague Andrey Fursenko, Minister of Science and Education signed on May 27, 2011 in Moscow an Agreement on Cooperation in ... read more
The focus of this year’s Forum (taking place on June 6 to 7 2011 in Maribor, Slovenia) will remain on development and better use of human capital. Therefore it will assess how Bologna Process... read more
The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna, IDResearch Ltd (IDR), Pécs the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs and the BOKU University... read more
The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Ohrid on May 26, 2011. The meeting was co-chaired by the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union,&... read more
WUS Austria announces the successful organization of the conference “Austrian Support to Higher Education in BiH” on May 23-24, 2011 in Sarajevo. read more
On May 25 and 26, 2011, the third Annual RRPP Conference "Social, Political and Economic Change in the Western Balkans" was held in Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. About one hundred researchers... read more
On May 7, 2011 the Department of Media Studies and the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad organized the conference, Media, Poverty and Social Exclusion, as part of the project, "Media Discourse of... read more
The digital platform ProFemina (www.pro-femina.eu), with two special numbers and the remaining archive of journal issues, is the result of the RRPP project: Towards Transformative Politics: Intersecting... read more
The documentation from past and current EC co-funded South East European (SEE) initiatives is now available here. This is an attempt to share the knowledge gained during the last decade and ... read more
The PROMITHEAS Network is organising the 4th International Scientific Conference on "Energy and Climate Change" to take place from October 13 to 14, 2011 in Athens (Greece). The Scientific... read more
The third Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will be held in Montenegrin town of Becici near Budva, on June 28, 2011. It will be co-organised by the South-East European Cooperation... read more
The 2011 Southeast Europe Management Forum in Opatija, taking place on June 9 and 10, is especially targeting business and government leaders who are interested in connecting and exchanging ideas and... read more
We would like to inform our readers that a webstream of on the Common Strategic Framework for EU research and innovation funding on June 10 will be provided by the European Commission. Furthermore, registration... 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.
