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The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Board discussed today the first draft of the new, three-year Strategic Work Programme of the organisation for the period 2011-2013. The strategy defines future RCC... read more
Ministers of Education from the 46 Bologna Process signatory countries will gather with key stakeholders, including EUA, for a special anniversary conference next month to mark the official launch of... read more
The European Commission has launched today the Europe 2020 Strategy to go out of the crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. The Commission identifies three key drivers for growth, to be implemented... read more
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has introduced a new funding instrument - the “International Exploratory Workshops”, allowing for researchers working in Switzerland to organize... read more
The Open Society Institute's HESP Academic Fellowship Program (AFP) is expanding its cooperation with university departments in the social sciences and humanities. AFP is seeking departments interested... read more
The University of Prishtina is organising the 10th edition of the Prishtina International Summer University (PISU) to take place from July 12-23, 2010. PISU will be offering wenty credited courses... read more
ORPHEUS - the Organisation for PhD Education in Biomedicine and Health Sciences in the European System - will be holding its fifth Conference from April 8 to 10, 2010, in Vienna under theme “The... read more
The CITSEE (Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia) project, based at the University of Edinburgh, would like to inform WBC-INCO.NET network about its recently... read more
Prof. Nowotny, former ERC vice-President and vice-chair of its Scientific Council, takes office as ERC president as of today, March 1, 2010. read more
The Research Council (NRC) of of Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/1999) has recently approved the draft of the Reserach Program 2010-2015 in its meeting held on February 11, 2010 and put it in public discussion... read more
The Centre for Advanced Training in Rural Development (SLE) at Humboldt University Berlin has launched the short-term training programme SLEplus: Berlin Training for International Development Cooperation... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) Western Balkans funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) launched a call for proposals, open to researchers from Serbia. The proposals... read more
More than 400 participants from 19 countries gathered in Ulm, Germany on February 2 for the first conference on the development of an EU Strategy for the Danube region. The conference included four ... read more
European Union’s new Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, proposes to find a new name for the successor to the 7th Framework Programme (FP7) ScienceIBusiness... read more
Intelligent Energy Europe supports EU renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, encourages the uptake of proven intelligent energy solutions and thus helps reach the 2020 targets. The programme... read more
In support of the EU enlargement and integration, the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) promotes the integration of organisations and experts from the two new Member States Bulgaria and... read more
The Faculty of Organisational Sciences at the University of Belgrade is organising the 12th International Scientific Symposium SymOrg 2010 on the topic "Organisational Sciences and Knowledge Management... read more
The Research Platform South Eastern Europe (http://www.fpsoe.de) welcomes papers on case studies and essays on the theoretical conceptualisation of “area studies” that contribute to a fruitful... read more
The 6th Joint European Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning will take place from Monday, June 7, 2010 to Friday, June 11, 2010 in Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia. The summer school aims to encourage ... read more
At an informal council in the Spanish town of San Sebastián, EU ministers approved the so-called Donostia Declaration, defining the role that European science has to play in economic recovery and stating... read more
Following the latest bimonthly update to Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Reuters, ScienceWatch.com has produced a listing of the scientists, institutions, countries, and journals that have achieved... read more
A workshop on importance of air transport for the economic and social development of South East Europe will open in Sarajevo tomorrow, February 11, under the auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council... read more
The Faculty of Science and Mathematics (PMF) Niš is organising an event under the title "Excellence in Basic and Engineering Sciences and Education (EBES2010) - Physics and Mathematics in SEE"... read more
The Australian Institute of High Energetic Materials would like to invite researchers to submit abstracts the scientific conferences and symposia that are organised under the administrative leadership... read more
Spain's Minister for Science and Innovation, Cristina Garmendia, supports turning Research, Development and Innovation into a key to economic recovery in Europe. As part of the EU Presidency... read more
The Triple Helix VIII Conference will deal with the triple helix in the development of Cities of Knowledge, Expanding Communities and Connecting Regions”. The Triple Helix approach is based on the... read more
The projects WINS-ICT and ICT-WEB-PROMS aim to strengthen cooperation in scientific research level between EU and Western Balkan countries, deepening bi-regional relations strategy in the field of information... read more
Est-Ovest, a non-profit, Italian-based abstracted and peer-reviewed quarterly online journal, is calling for papers on competitive growth of the Adriatic/Danube/Black Sea region in the new global economy... read more
Organisers are calling for papers on the theme of the workshop on Europeanisation and Enlargement to take place in Bucharest on June 11-12, 2010. Deadline: February 10, 2010. read more
On February 1 and 2, 2010, a first stakeholder event is taking place in Ulm (Germany), marking the launch of the consultation process to draw up the first EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Drawing closely... read more
A large number of Summer University Courses in various disciplines will be held at the Central European University in Budapest in June and July, 2010. read more
Since its emergence in 2004, web 2.0 has rapidly moved from a purely socializing tool to a key professional application. In the government context the so-called government 2.0 is now moving from a set... read more
The European University Association (EUA) has recently launched a programme called EUIMA – Full Costing, which aims to raise awareness about full costing as a strategic management tool for universities... read more
The European Commission and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation are pleased to announce the 2nd European Conference on Corporate R&D (CONCORD-2010), focussing on Corporate R&D &ndash... read more
The Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union has published its programme for January to June 2010. Among others, it promisses to work to move ahead in the development of the European Research... read more
The Conference on the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region in Budapest on 25-26 February 2010 is the second of a series of events organised in the framework of the preparation of the EU Strategy... read more
The European Research Council has published the results for the 2009 Advanced Grants call. As regards the second call ERC Starting Grant 2009 outcome: an Albanian national is among the grantees (top 237... read more
The ERSTE Foundation is calling for submissions in the frame of "PATTERNS_Researching and Understanding Recent Cultural History. The aim of PATTERNS is to research and understand recent cultural ... read more
Recognizing the need to understand technology in the context of development, the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India, (IISc) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland... read more
Three research grants for young scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are currently available for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the former Yugoslav Republic... read more
In cooperation with ZSI in Vienna, the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana is announcing a call for proposals for projects in research cooperation and networking between institutions... read more
The "FP7 Call for Developing the Research Potential of the Research Entities in the Regions of WBC" (FP7-REGPOT-2010-5) targeted at developing the research potential of research entities established... read more
SEE-ERA.NET PLUS called for Expressions of Interest and received in total 190 applications. Out of those, 163 were eligible and evaluated by two evaluators. Last week, successful applicants of the... read more
The Summit Economic Forum (SEF) is the annual flagship event of the Central European Initiative, serving as a platform to support and promote the CEI strategy of fostering regional cooperation, European... read more
Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, the commissioner-designate for research, innovation and science, adressed the members of the European Parliament in a three-hour confirmation hearing on January 13. Among others... read more
With the start of its six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, Spain has particularly pledged to drive forward the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA). As Science ... read more
The eChallenges e-2010 Conference will take place on October 27-29, 2010 in the city of Warsaw, Poland. The deadline for the submission of extended abstracts is February 26, 2010. read more
TAFTIE, the European Association of leading national innovation agencies, is calling for excellent speakers /trainers/facilitators for the TAFTIE Academy. The call is open until January, 25 at 12 hrs. read more
After almost a year and a half from launching the activities on FP7 project “SER-MORE: Development of Serbian Network of Mobility Centres”, Serbian EURAXESS network became fully operational... read more
The first Joint PhD Symposium on South East Europe aims to facilitate an exchange of knowledge and ideas by brining together young scholars working on topics related to South East Europe. The Symposium... 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.
