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The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) brings together public authorities, private companies, projects, NGOs and consumers to promote initiatives to save energy and move towards renewables for clean... read more
The European Commission has published a review of proposal evaluation processes in the EU’s framework programmes. The study aims at informing the development of proposal evaluation processes in Horizon... read more
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The Creative Economy Conference aims at recognizing and promoting the Creative Economy as a transformative vehicle for sustainable development. This Conference, co-organized by the Ministry of Planning... read more
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On this course, participants learn how to contribute to the development of inclusive vocational training systems and programmes designed to overcome the barriers faced by disadvantaged groups and individuals... read more
Are you an organisation based in Albania or Montenegro? From today until 30 June, you can apply for #researchfunding through this bottom up call, with no thematic restrictions ! read more
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The European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) will again be an online conference in 2022. Following an extensive consultation, many regular EUBCE participants support holding this high-level ... read more
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The northeastern Serbian city of Novi Sad officially became European Capital of Culture on January 13 after a yearlong delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The European Capital of Culture designation... read more
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Manifesta 14 Prishtina to open from the 22nd of July until the 30th of October 2022 Manifesta, the European nomadic biennial, has announced Pristina, capital of Kosovo*, will be the host city for the... read more
Supporting digital skills and inclusion in VET. read more
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The Central-Eastern European Initiative for Knowledge-based Agriculture, Aquaculture and Forestry in the Bioeconomy – BIOEAST – offers a common political commitment and shared strategic research and innovation... read more
WBC-RRI.NET is seeking good practices of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) from and for the Western Balkans. read more
The TeRRItoria - Horizon 2020 project aims to position regions and local authorities as places for science governance, education, public engagement, ethics, and open access. The Final TeRRItoria... read more
Mayors and municipality representatives from the wider Balkan region met in Istanbul on 29-30 November 2021 at the kick off meeting of the B40 – Balkan Cities Network where they signed a Declaration. read more
EC News Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia signed on 6 December, alongside Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and... read more
Several research centres and individual researchers have already joined the Skills Lab Network of Experts, which was launched on 21 October 2021. The Network is open to all researchers, research institutes... read more
The Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mila Carovska, kindly shared with us her view about the Western Balkans Agenda for Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, ... read more
This is the question addressed by the BLUEAIR project ("Blue Growth in the Adriatic-Ionian Region"), which brings together eleven partners from eight countries: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina... read more
Are you interested to hear more about EIT and KICs and see how you can get involved in numerous opportunities offered by the community? read more
Professor Giorgio Parisi, Physics Nobel Laureate 2021, recently intervened at a jointly organised ICTP-SISSA colloquium, on 22 October 2021, to give the talk “The Value of Science”. His speech ranged... read more
The upcoming Fourth Conference in Balkan Studies organized by the French Association of Balkan Studies (AFEBalk) will be held at the MUCEM, in Marseille between June 30 and July 2, 2022. read more
Everyday Peace Indicators, an NGO registered in the US, is hiring three Mostar-based facilitators - two local and one lead facilitator - to conduct focus groups using EPI's unique peace research methodology... read more
With the project Mapping Serbian PhDs in Diaspora, the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade is conducting a survey of highly educated experts abroad. read more
The agricultural sector is of strategic importance for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The adaptation of smart agricultural water management is becoming a country’s priority due to overall increase of water... read more
Invitation to virtual symposium on November 17-19, 2021. At this event, chapter proposals for an upcoming edited volume will be discussed on the subject of 'The Lines We Draw: US-Mexico and EU-West Balkans... read more
CfP: Popular Music, Populism and Nationalism in Contemporary Europe University of Oldenburg (Germany), 07–09 April 2022 Organisation: Prof. Dr. Mario Dunkel, Reinhard Kopanski, ... read more
The Balkan History Association and the Institute of Balkan Studies and Centre of Tracology at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences are preparing a volume dedicated to parks in Balkan capitals – their stories... read more
PhD students researching transitional justice issues are invited to submit a paper for a PhD Workshop on Transitional Justice in the Western Balkans. This workshop will bring together doctoral... read more
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington (Seattle) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Slavic and global literary... read more
On 21 October 2021, the European Commission published five foresight reports in support of the EU missions which resulted from the work of the Mission Boards. read more
In the context of the European Parliament plenary vote on the EU budget for 2022, the European University Association (EUA) has published a statement calling on the Council to revert the proposed cuts... read more
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) is looking to appoint external experts to assist in the evaluation of grant applications, projects and tenders, and to provide opinions and advice in specific cases. ... read more
What is the role of regional democracy in the multilevel polity of the EU? In the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe, we bring European policy makers, academic experts, and European citizens... read more
The European Commission has published a foresight study which sets out possible scenarios for research and innovation policies in the Western Balkans by 2035. The scenarios were developed in a co-creation... read more
Original Call text: The CEI-Executive Secretariat (CEI-ES) is proud to announce the launch of the 2nd edition of the Call for Ideas and Award Competition “IMAGINE” Active ... read more
The V4+WB Network of Research Managers and Administrators (RMA) project, which is funded by the International Visegrad Fund, aims to strengthen the network of RMAs from Visegrad Four (V4) and Western ... read more
i-Portunus is a scheme funded by the European Commission that supports the mobility of artists, creators and cultural professionals, implemented by consortia of cultural organisations. It funds ... read more
Businesses can now get EU funding and support for innovation projects that will help them develop and expand into other countries – in Europe and beyond. The funding is available through the EU's Horizon... read more
The Bronze Age brought back to life: exploring Europe’s remarkable cultural heritage. The most extraordinary portfolio of Bronze Age artisanship in Europe comprises work from El Argar (south-... read more
Breaking down barriers through books; the group of refugee writers fighting against fear politics. The crossing of borders for artists, books and ideas is more important than ever before. ‘... read more
A large number of proposals were submitted for the first calls of Horizon Europe - Teaming for Excellence (Stage 1) and Horizon Europe - Twinning for Western Balkans. The deadline for submissions was ... read more
The GS OSES at Universität Regensburg will admit three PhD candidates and two Pre-doctoral researchers to its program, beginning April 1st, 2022. The deadline for submission is November 28, 2021. read more
On 6 October, at the EU-Western Balkans Brdo Summit, the leaders of the European Union and its Member States, together with Western Balkans leaders launched the ‘Western Balkans Agenda on Innovation, ... read more
The Summit came after over 19 months of fighting a pandemic. The EU and its Member States have stood by the Western Balkan partners, demonstrating their solidarity with an unprecedented package of €3.... read more
The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, a UN-affiliated intergovernmental organization in Vienna, has a vacancy for a researcher to work on a broad range of issues on labour market... read more
21 October 2021, 6 PM (CET), Online : Historical Transformations from Via Militaris to Autoput (Eds. Florian Riedler and Nenad Stefanov) A discussion with the editors and contributors of the book introduced... read more
At the European Union-Western Balkans Summit in Brdo pri Kranju, on 6th October 20121, leaders reaffirmed the region’s European perspective and commitment to the enlargement... read more
The European Commission has published a guidance document on gender equality plans. This guidance document supports organisations to meet the Gender Equality Plan (GEP) eligibility criterion of Horizon... read more
A number of European research and innovation (R&I) stakeholder organisations have published an open letter addressed to the EU institutions, in which they express the need to include R&I stakeholders... read more
Call for Proposals 26th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) https://www.asnconvention.com Sponsored by the Harriman Institute, Columbia... read more
The Hungarian Historical Review invites submissions for its second issue in 2022, the theme of which will be Austria-Hungary and the Balkans – from the perspectives of New Imperial History The deadline... 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.
