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"EU Member States have sent very positive signals that could trigger the start of the final round of negotiations on the next financial period (MFF 2014-2020) between the Member States and the European... read more
The 5th meeting of the EU-Albania Association and Stabilisation Council was held yesterday and according to the statement by Commissioner Štefan Füle the meeting turned out to be very... read more
The European Commission and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued today joint reports on the progress in European integration made by Serbia and Kosovo, three days... read more
Today the European Commission adopted a proposal that would allow Kosovo to participate in EU programmes, according to the EC press release IP/13/348. If the Council agrees, and once the agreement... read more
The EAIR Forum 2013 will take place from Wednesday 28 August till Saturday 31 August 2013 at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Registrations have opened and are available here... read more
The €1,000,000 project to strengthen Industrial and Intellectual Property rights (IPR) in Albania came to an end today. Since May 2011, the European Patent Office has supported the General Directorate... read more
The negotiations were concluded and the "First agreement of principles governing the normalisation of relations" was initialled by the two Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo* today. Belgrade... read more
The guests of the show discussed why it is necessary to connect research with public policies, especially in terms of economic and societal growth and development. The claim is that scientific research... read more
CALL FOR PAPERS - 8th Annual South East European Doctoral Student Conference Monday 16th & Tuesday 17th September 2013 (Thessaloniki- Greece) http://www.seerc.org/dsc2013... read more
The South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme is organising the Annual Conference on 19 June 2013 in Bucharest (Romania) under the title “SEE achievements in view of the new programmes ... read more
The two-day training event on Smart Specialisation, jointly organised by WBC-INCO.NET with financial support of Central European Initiative (CEI), took place on 11-12 April in Belgrade, Serbia. Smart... read more
The statistics about the proposals that were submitted under the FP7 - ICT Call 11 are available. 614 proposals were submitted in the following categories: Nano-electronics, photonics, ... read more
Research project - Impact of International Criminal Tribunals on Media, Political Discourse and Institutional Reform read more
Are you a woman who founded or co-founded a company and who received - at some point in her career - support from the EU's research framework programmes or the Competitiveness and ... read more
On 5 April 2013, the RRPP LCU Kosovo convened all members of the core working group engaging the policy dialogue initiative on “Strengthening Research Capacities in Social Sciences in Kosovo”. ... read more
Following the December General Affairs Council, the presentation of four documents was foreseen for today: 1) a Commission report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 2) two ... read more
The European Commission issued today a report on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's progress in implementing EU-related reforms and on steps taken on good neighbourly relations and on the '... read more
Register now for the SME conference under the Irish EU presidency! On behalf of Enterprise Ireland and in name of the Irish presidency of the EU, the European Commission is pleased to invite you... read more
EUREKA, the European initiative uniting 40 innovation agencies across Europe, currently has six open calls for projects in research and development. International projects in all technological... read more
A number of research seminars are coming up over the next few months s organised by the Academic Conferences and Publishing International at the University of Reading, Reading, UK.The following... read more
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund will organize a series of informative seminars titled “New Opportunities for Bosnia... read more
The Embassy of the Republic of Poland to Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the International Visegrad Fund will organize a series of informative seminars titled “New Opportunities for Bosnia... read more
The conference, that was organised on 12th and 13th March 2013 in Vienna, started with keynotes by Graciela Chichilnisky (Columbia University) and Jan Rotmans (Erasmus University... read more
The City of Zagreb, the Development Agency Zagreb and GFS Institute organised the 1st international conference ZAGREB FORUM 2013 on CREATIVE Cities and EUROPE, in Zagreb (Croatia) on the... read more
WWWforEurope would like to announce a competition for papers relating to sustainable development and socio-ecological transition in Europe. A Best Paper Award will be presented at the ... read more
The Journal of European and International Affairs (JEIA) is a peer-reviewed international journal published by the Research Institute of Development and European Affairs (RIDEA). It aims to publish... read more
The EC has published a draft orientation paper on the area of “Cloud Computing, Software and Services” with a view to the development of the first Horizon 2020 work programmes. read more
The European Commission is preparing an innovation platform which will provide small and medium enterprises (SME) with a guided tour through the whole innovation cycle. Innovation... read more
The EC’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) has set up a new ICT expert advisory group in preparation for Horizon 2020. This group is called the CONNECT... read more
The Conference is organised by the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with several other Institutions. A Call for papers is open until 30th April 2013. read more
This conference was held on 19-20 March 2013 and focused on how assessment and evaluation frameworks and practices implemented by schools and educational systems can best promote the acquisition... read more
On April 8, 2013 the representatives of WBC-INCO.NET and representatives of "Western Balkans Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation" technical assistance project met in Vienna in order to further... read more
The meeting, organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, provided representatives of the ministries of science from South East Europe (SEE), the European Commission, the World ... read more
On April 10, 2013 the 6th Regional Dialogue Meeting within the WBC-INCO.NET project took place in Vienna. This event serves for the WBC as a forum of regional information exchange while inputs on different... read more
Máire GEOGHEGAN-QUINN, the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science attended today the Hannover Messe Trade Fair and gave the following speech about how Horizon 2020 will provide... read more
There is no better way for Kosovo to approach the European Research Area than with a strong ICT foundation. read more
Androulla Vassiliou, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth attended the European University Association Annual Conference/Ghent (Belgium) and... read more
The Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN), in cooperation with the Regional Research Promotion Program (RRPP) and the Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe at the University of Fribourg... read more
Based on data from the CORDIS database via a new website, European Research Ranking, the Scilogs -Balkan Science Beat recently published the following article. read more
The Institut européen·European Institute (IE·EI) in Nice invites graduate students and young professionals to apply for its Master programme 2013/14. The deadline for application is June 30, 2013. read more
The European Commission has released the first progress report on the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region, two years after it was first launched. It details significant achievements in tackling... read more
The "Environmental Technologies" Unit in DG Research and Innovation is organising a workshop on issues regarding the commercialisation of products or project results developed by multi-national consortia... read more
The deadline for papers in view of the International Conference "Good governance in developing countries" was extended to 21st April 2013. read more
Although the proportion of female researchers in Europe is increasing, the under-representation of women in scientific disciplines and careers still persists. This is the message of the latest edition... read more
The general Model Grant Agreement was adopted by the European Commission on 10 April 2007 to be used in research projects funded under the 7th Framework Programmes (EU and Euratom Treaties). This... read more
The theme of this year’s EARTO (European Association of Research and Technology Organisations) conference is “New Horizons for 2020 and Beyond: Croatia and South East Europe in the European Union”. ... read more
Every summer since 1945, the European Forum Alpbach has been taking place in the mountain village Alpbach in the Tyrol (Austria). In 2012, more than 4000 participants from over 60 countries attended... read more
Joint Technical Secretariat of the Cross-Border Program Croatia-Serbia, in cooperation with Operating Structures and with the support of the Contracting Bodies of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) for the Western Balkans has recently published research results of the two-year-long RRPP regional research project “Brain Circulation and the Role ... read more
The University American College Skopje presented preliminary results from the project, “To Consume or to Self-Employ: Evidence From the Use of Remittances in Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo... 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.
