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Building up on the last year’s initiative, the European Union Special Representative Office once again created the opportunity for young members from political parties from across BiH to actively engage... read more
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The United Nations launched a new initiative to recognize exceptional young people who are leaders in the effort to end poverty, combat climate change and reduce inequalities. read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are launching on 29 June 2016 the “Employment and Social Affairs Platform” (ESAP) project at a one day Conference... read more
A new grant-scheme programme for supporting research and development projects in Serbia was launched on June 21st at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. read more
Below please find the details to the latest publication of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw): Improving Competitiveness in the Balkan Region – Opportunities and Limits by ... read more
The AdMaS Centre (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic) would like to participate in SwafS-03-2016-2017 support to research organisations to implement gender equality plans. read more
BRUSSELS – With today’s conference ‘Better future for the youth in the Western Balkans’ – organized with the support of the Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs – Slovenian members of the European Parliament... read more
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) has a long tradition of supporting science and academic research. In this spirit, the OeNB has introduced the Olga Radzyner Award, which is bestowed on excellent... read more
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The Conference “Supporting the development of bio-based economy partnerships in the Danube Region through a triple-helix approach” will take place on 19 July 2016 (all day). read more
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The registration is now open for the 2nd International Network for Government Science Advice Conference. Jointly organised by the European Commission and the International Network for Government... read more
If you have an idea that you believe can change the world related to IT, health technology, natural resources & agriculture, mobility, business products & services, art & design and other ... read more
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Continuous progress in life-sciences, medicine and biotechnology has provided us access to new ways of treating, preventing and even curing human diseases. As the impact of these advancements on individuals... read more
The Call for the next generation at the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, University of Arts in Belgrade has been launched and COD is willing to provide a full scholarship for the academic... read more
If you are CSO in WB - you can use BCSDN Newsletter/Email-Alerts also to inform others about your activities, events, publications etc.. New Email Alert is just out now! Balkan Civil Society Development... read more
Altea France in association with CIFE, YIHR and CBM are pleased to announce upcoming programme funded generously by the French-German Youth Office (OFAJ) “Dialogue across Borders - Overcoming... read more
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Macro-Regional Innovation Week will take place in Trieste on 26-30 September 2016. Innovation is not a phenomenon that occurs in a vacuum, it is intimately linked to local conditions and eco-systems... read more
Regional network of the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, the Center for Balkan Cooperation LOJA and the Franco-German Youth Office are pleased to announce the call for application for three seminars... read more
In February 2016 Serbia launched the results of its Gender Equality Index making it the first non-EU country to produce an assessment of how equal women and men are in the various fields of society by... read more
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Created in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards program identifies and supports eminent women in science throughout the world. Each year, five Awards Laureates are recognized... read more
The GENDER and TRANSFORMATION: WOMEN in EUROPE Workshop invites speakers to submit proposals for Friday afternoon talks for the academic year 2016-2017 at the NYU Center for European and Mediterranean... read more
The purpose of the contract is to provide support services to the technology transfer and innovation in the countries of the Western Balkans. This will be achieved by adopting a holistic capacity building... read more
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The Gender Summit is a platform for evidence-based and consensus-led dialogue between scientists, policy makers, gender scholars, and key stakeholder groups in science endeavours. The 2016 Gender SummitEurope... read more
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The Danube Summer School series was initiated in 2014 in order to strengthen the links of young academics and professionals along the Danube Region. The Danube Summer School is a short term study program... read more
SMEs and entrepreneurs from Bosnia and Herzegovina will now be able to participate in COSME, the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Programme, under the same conditions... read more
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The activity will take place in Pristina, Kosovo*, on 3-8 October 2016 and provides youth work practitioners with a space to explore and critically reflect different approaches towards Europe through... read more
The Slovenian Evaluation Society in cooperation with Croatian Evaluation Society (represented by Institute of Economics from Zagreb) are organising the first regional training for evaluators "Evaluating... read more
The Enlargement Day is an event dedicated to raising awareness of the local and regional dimension of the enlargement process. During the event, the CoR's members of the Working Groups and Joint Consultative... read more
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More than 160 persons participated at the conference “Building a Western Balkans Alliance for Work-Based Learning” held on May 18, 2016 in Vienna. The presentations held during the conference as well ... read more
The Joint Strategic Foresight, as a first event of the new program Regional Policy Academy (RPA) which is co-organised by the European Fund for the Balkans and the Belgrade Centre for Political Excellence... read more
On the occasion of the 3rd intergovernmental summit of Western Balkans and EU countries to be held in Paris on the 4th July 2016, applications are accepted from civil society actors to participate... read more
The Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bonn) in cooperation with the Association for European Studies (Vienna) and in association with the Franz Vranitzky Chair for European Studies (University of Vienna... read more
Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) is organising a BESTPRAC Training School on "Administration of research funding: dealing with several funding sources (for non-university research organisations in inclusiveness... read more
Offering directions and providing opportunities for innovation and cooperation among diverse actors on regional markets was the main objective of the international conference PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT FOR... read more
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Open Science is a key priority of the Dutch Presidency and the Open Science Conference took place on 4 and 5 April 2016 in Amsterdam. read more
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The Danubius Award was created in 2011 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) and the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) with the intention to... read more
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Aims of the project Promoting and encouraging young scholars to engage with Central and South East Europe; Presentation of research by young scholars to a wider public; Exchange among young ... read more
"D4B - Designed for Business 2016", an international matchmaking event organized by the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments HAMAG - BICRO, will aim at fostering collaboration between... read more
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje in partnership with the National Center for Development of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Learning in Skopje and... read more
Bilateral donor funding refers to the donor country’s Government aid to recipient country in a Government-to-Government or a Government-to-NGO/Civil Society partnership. It is part of the Official Development... read more
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The 28th EAEPE Annual Conference will take place in Manchester on 3-5 November 2016. The conference theme is inspired by the historical legacy of the Industrial Revolution that has made Manchester a pre... read more
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In light of this year’s conference theme “Industrialisation, Socio-Economic Transformation and Institutions”, the goal is to contribute improving sustainability models to timely inform the climate policy... read more
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On 12 and 13 May 2016, more than 600 participants attended in Dubrovnik (Croatia) the 1st Forum of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR), jointly organised by the European Commission... read more
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The Civil Society Forum Belgrade, as part of the Western Balkans Summit Series was officially closed. The Belgrade Forum was realized as a joint initiative of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and... read more
Organisations wishing to apply for Key Action 2: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices - Capacity Building in the field of youth are invited to submit applications on-line to the... read more
The refugee crisis and the fight against terrorism have made the EU and Western Balkans realise first-hand how interdependent we have become. Now is the time for enhanced engagement with the Western Balkans... read more
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“In a context of deteriorating expectations of the EU candidate countries towards the enlargement process, the refugee crisis in the Balkans has contributed to broadening the communication channels, reconnecting... read more
Governments from the Balkans need to improve their cooperation if they want to increase foreign investments, said participants at the Sarajevo Business Forum. Governments from the Balkans need to improve... read more
The Civil Society Forum Belgrade, as an important CSOs initiative which will serve as a basis for formulating a set of messages that will be communicated at the Western Balkans Paris Summit will be held... read more
Paris, 28 April 2016 - South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL) participated at the conference Launch of the SME Policy Index for the Western Balkans and Turkey 2016. The conference... read more
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The Second meeting on Donor Coordination in the Western Balkans, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), took place on March 23rd in Sarajevo. The meeting brought together all the major donors... 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.
