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The European Parliament today approved the regulation setting up Horizon 2020, the EU's research and innovation programme for 2014-2020, as well as its accompanying rules for participation and the future... read more
The RCC’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy was adopted today in Sarajevo this Thursday, at the Ministerial Conference of the South East Europe Investment Committee. Creation of one million new... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme and the European Fund for the Balkans jointly organized a conference on the topic of "Good Governance from a cross-sectoral perspective", in Zagreb on 7-8 November... read more
The new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - Horizon 2020 - and its first annual Work Programme will be adopted on 11th December 2013. The first call for proposals (first funding round) will... read more
Erasmus+, the new EU programme for education, training, youth and sport, due to begin in January, was approved yesterday by the European Parliament. read more
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions draft work programme was recently published. read more
Under the EU's 2014-2020 budget, Cohesion Policy will invest €325 billion in Europe's Member States, their regions and cities to deliver the EU-wide goals of growth and jobs, as well as tackling climate... read more
After the buzz triggered by the official Horizon 2020 for SMEs conferences in Brussels of the last two months and many other targeting the EU crowd over the past year, the end of 2013 and the... read more
In the period 2013-2015, the University of Trieste in cooperation with Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, BOKU Vienna (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences) and University of Novi... read more
The European Commission, together with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is launching a new online self-assessment tool for universities to measure... read more
The European Commission has today published its 2013 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. read more
The European Parliament has today given its consent to the EU budget 2014-2020. The budget as agreed includes nearly €80 billion for Horizon 2020, the EU's next research and innovation programme. This... read more
The Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership will be awarding 410 PhD studentships over a five year period to excellent research students in the arts and humanities funded by the AHRC. The DTP, a... read more
The first round of calls under the Smart, Green and Integrated Transport challenge of the new Horizon 2020 Framework Programme will be published at the end of the year. read more
Central European University is an English-language, graduate university with an urban campus located in the beautiful center of the thriving cultural capital--Budapest, Hungary. A university with... read more
The European Fund for the Balkans in cooperation with the European House (Hungary) is realizing the EFB Community Training Programme “Think and Act as a European” which is held both in Hungary and... read more
A new Eurobarometer survey shows that more than three quarters (77%) of Europeans think that science and technology has a positive influence on society. read more
The largest ICT conference in Europe, ‘ICT2013: Create, Connect, Grow’, has closed in Vilnius. The event had more visitors than any other event under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European... read more
In view of the launch of first calls for proposals under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, foreseen for mid-December, the European Commission has published the draft Work... read more
In conclusion of the high-level meeting between the EC and the Financial Institutions on 5 November, participants agreed to reinforce cooperation on investments in the Western Balkans, giving the Western... read more
On November 13, the European Commission adopted the 2013 national programme for Albania under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). The 82 million EUR programme will finance 19 programmes... read more
Work is one of the most essential aspects of life – both from the viewpoint of individuals and the society as a whole. It is a social practice where life-courses intersect with power hierarchies, ideologies... read more
Eurolimes, the Journal of the Institute for Euroregional Studies Oradea-Debrecen and "Jean Monnet" European Centre of Excellence, whose editors are professors Ioan HORGA (Oradea) and Istvan SULI-ZAKAR... read more
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle visited Tirana on November 11th to launch a High Level Dialogue on the Key Priorities with Albania, which is to provide valuable... read more
In order to be successful, the European Innovation Partnership (EIP) needs to involve a very large number of partners across the European Union and the entire raw materials value chain that will carry... read more
Closer regional cooperation of water, energy and environmental sectors on the sustainable use of waters; involvement of private sector in water infrastructure development; and introduction of a regional... read more
ScienceBusiness is organising a webconference on November 12th, from 17.00 to 19.00. Participation is free but you need to Register here to watch the live webcast. read more
European and International Financial Institutions have agreed to intensify their cooperation on key infrastructure investment in the Western Balkan countries and to jointly develop innovative financial... read more
The new €14 billion Erasmus+ education programme for 2014-2020, approved by the Culture and Education Committee on Tuesday, will enable over 5 million young people to go to other countries to study, train... read more
The 2014 Industrial Technologies conference is organised in Athens, Greece on April 9-11th 2014. The event takes place during the Greek Presidency of the European Council, and follows on from the ... read more
The 7th International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development (ICEIRD 2014) will take place in Nicosia, Cyprus on June 5-6, 2014. ICEIRD... read more
The EBRD and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) are spearheading efforts to improve the municipal infrastructure in the Western Balkans with the launch of a new fund, the Municipal Infrastructure Development... read more
The new Internet platform G2C Life Sciences provides access to cooperations, ranging from research to market maturity, through to sales and marketing.This free partner search facility is offered by VBU... read more
The European Commission will allocate additional funding under the EU's Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) to support the implementation of the 'First agreement of principles' governing the normalisation... read more
The list of members for the first Horizon 2020 Advisory Groups have been published by the EC. read more
Debate and discussion in relation to open access to publications and on open access to research data have taken place across a range of disciplines in recent years. The European Commission recommendation... read more
The EC has published the 2013 edition of the Researchers' Report, which is the second of three annual reports focusing on the profession of 'researcher' in Europe and the extent to which progress... read more
Ministers for Science and Technology, State Secretaries, Deputy Ministers and High officials from the 18 Member States of the Central European Initiative, as well as representatives of the European Commission... read more
University of Montenegro (UoM), Faculty of Electrical Engineering is an actor of excellence for education and research in the field of ICT in Montenegro. More precisely, this position is attained and ... read more
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The newly founded regional Centre for Advanced Studies in SSH - South East Europe was established at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. It is the first of its kind in Croatia and southeast Europe in general... read more
ILIRIA INTERNATIONAL REVIEW is an internationally indexed scientific journal, with German ISSN (2192-7081), published by ILIRIA College (Kosovo*) in cooperation with Felix – Verlag (Germany). The... read more
This inter- and multi-disciplinary one-day conference seeks to explore potential vistas for building a strong European Union – one that capitalizes on creativity, innovation and digital technologies while... read more
14 countries from Europe's Danube "macro region" gathered for this year's Danube Forum in Bucharest on Monday October 28. Hosted by EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn and Romanian Prime... read more
The JRC formally launched the Danube Innovation Partnership at a kick-off meeting on 29 October in Bucharest, Romania. The Partnership gathers universities and research centres, technology transfer offices... read more
How does an idea become a disruptive innovation? On Nov. 4, Dr. Ijad Madisch, CEO and Co-Founder of ResearchGate, will speak at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) on how he transformed... read more
EUROPE Ltd has been shortlisted for the tender: "Preparation of project pipeline and support to the ESF beneficiaries - Republic of Croatia" (EuropeAid/132480/D/SER/HR). The Contracting Authority is the... read more
The region of the Western Balkans has undergone numerous transitions in recent years. Conflict ridden societies were re-built, and semi-authoritarian regimes have changed towards democratic governance... read more
Yesterday the negotiations of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between the European Union and Kosovo* started in Pristina. read more
A new version of the Mr. Myer W. Morron’s FP7 Book was recently released by EFPC Ltd. and replaces drafts that were previously issues. read more
The University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” will organize the 14th edition University of Prishtina International Summer University (PISU). Professors who want to be part of the 2014 summer... 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.
