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The International Helmholtz Research School of Biophysics and Soft Matter (IHRS BioSoft) is a research school at Forschungszentrum Jülich for biophysics and soft matter that is ... read more
RCC press release: Ambassadors of Germany in Belgrade, Podgorica, Prishtina, Sarajevo, Skopje and Tirana, accompanied by colleagues from the foreign ministry, discussed political situation in Western... read more
EC press release, 7th March, 2013 - The key priorities for the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in the EU integration process were discussed at a meeting of Commissioner for Enlargement... read more
The SEE River Project aims to reach a common agreement on river corridor management for harmonisation of both, development and conservation interests. To make target groups aware of the project... read more
The 2013 International Conference on Education and Educational Technologies (EET 2013), will be held on the Rhodes Island (Greece) on 16 - 19 July, 2013. read more
Deadlines are approaching as for the EC consultations on research and innovation in ICT-driven public sector innovation and on future research priorities in Cloud Computing, Software and ... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme management (RRPP) initiated an online survey among the programme’s participants in December 2012 with the intent of gathering solid data for an internal evaluation... read more
The Western Balkans Investment Framework, following its 9th call for proposals, received a total of 21 applications. read more
Ten awards of 30,000 EUR for innovative “research alumni strategies." - The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is inviting German universities to develop strategies for more intensive collaboration ... read more
The City of Zagreb, the Development Agency Zagreb and GFS Institute are organising the 1st international conference ZAGREB FORUM 2013 on CREATIVE Cities and EUROPE, in Zagreb (Croatia) on the&... read more
Greece supports the creation and development of innovation clusters in thematic sectors presenting existing or potential competitive advantage for the country. read more
The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), a nonprofit, non-political, scholarly society, is the leading private organization in the world dedicated to the advancement... read more
Hosted by MEP Maria Eleni Koppa, EP’s Rapporteur on Enlargement, in cooperation with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and SOLIDAR, the conference was held on March 6th... 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 European Parliament hosted a five-day conference on “EU Science: Global Challenges, Global Collaboration” (ES:GC2), 4-8 March, in Brussels. The conference brought together science policymakers, ... read more
The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences is organizing a two day conference “Modern Science as a Human Endeavour” to be held in Vilnius on 14-15 November 2013. This is a Lithuanian Presidency of the Council... read more
WBC-INCO.NET is organising a workshop on the commercialisation of research results in the field of AgroFood in the WBC with the support of the University of Novi Sad. The event will take place back... read more
14 Youth Centres and two Resource Centres of the University of Prishtina, signed contracts for award of grants for this year, as part of Kosovo* Youth Development Project, implemented by MCYS and the... read more
In the framework of the VERA project - Forward Visions on the European Research Area (ERA), the so called ERA Fabric Map has been developed. read more
Be part of the ERA futures thinking process, stay informed on ERA news, have a say on ERA’s future! You are kindly invited to register to VERA project webpage , join VERA project... read more
The colloquium, which was held from February 15-16, 2013 in Sarajevo, was organised by the Human Rights Centre of the University of Sarajevo and the RRPP LCU in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The seminar ... read more
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso announced on Wednesday (27 February) the creation of an advisory group on science and technology, 13 months after the appointment of the Commission... read more
This policy brief contains specific recommendations for the improvement of social sciences research in Kosovo*. The policy brief is the outcome of the conference on “The role of social sciences in ... read more
Slovenia's 90-seat parliament voted 55-33 to dismiss Janša's ruling coalition after just a year of trying to navigate through the worst economic and political crisis in 22 years of independence. ... read more
The first edition of the Strategica international academic conference, Bucharest, Romania, June 27-28, 2013, seeks to question the impact the nowadays technologies and strategies have... read more
The promotion of European Standars in Development of Information Society was held on February 22, 2013 in Belgrade Chamber of Commerce. read more
The first meeting of the Competitiveness Council (internal market, industry, research and space) during Ireland’s Presidency was organised on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th ... read more
On February 18, 2013 Professor William Molle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ecorys lead a seminar. The topic of the lecture was "EU Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 – Views and Proposals from the... read more
On February 19, 2013 an official closure of the EU-funded project: “Technical Assistance for strengthening the capacity of the institutions to manage and implement the operational programmes” was organised... read more
A panel discussion and an award for best achievement in cooperation in South East Europe were central elements of the marking of the fifth anniversary of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), in ... read more
The NISPAcee conference is designed for professionals to share new ideas, refresh current practices, network with other participants, and welcome new professionals. The conference is organised... read more
According to what published by ScienceBusiness, the picture is becoming clearer on funds available for European research in the Horizon 2020 programme. The figures have emerged not from any official... read more
A second call for papers was issued recently by the International Conference " RESEARCH AND EDUCATION - CHALLENGES TOWARD THE FUTURE " (ICRAE 2013) organized by the Faculty of Education Sciences, University... read more
The second newsletter by the BALCON project was recently issued. read more
The Centre of Research Excellence for Advanced Cooperative Systems (ACROSS) is launching an open call for 8 Post-Doc positions. read more
The Eighth SEEDI conference on Digitisation of cultural and scientific heritage will be held in Zagreb on May 15-16, 2013. The aim of the Conference is to present and exchange experiences in different... read more
EC press release: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) received the first tranche (payment) worth €50 million from the Macro-Financial Assistance provided by the European Union. read more
The WorkingGroup on Investment Policy and Promotion (WGIPP) is a standing Working Group of the RCC’s SEE Investment Committee (SEEIC) created to unite expertise and efforts in putting the SEE, ... read more
On December 14, 2012 researchers of the Regional Research Promotion Programme supported research project Youth– Actors of Social Change organised a panel discussion on the status of young people in... read more
On February 8, 2013 the LCU office in Albania organised a workshop entitled, “The State of Social Science Research in Albania”, with 30 researchers from the country in order to address the best practices... read more
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) - is organising the 4th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation (CONCORDi... read more
IPR continues its series of web-based training courses with two more webinars in March and from now on IPR will offer two to three webinars per month. read more
Building on the success of the seven previous Doctoral conferences which totally attracted more than 700 research papers from countries all over the SE European region and beyond, we are pleased to... read more
The EVAL-INNO project (Fostering Evaluation Competencies in Research, Technology and Innovation in the SEE Region) will organise the first RTDI evaluation training course on 18-22 March 2013 in Sofia... read more
The team of the NORGLOBAL project "European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans" is pleased to announce the second open conference on higher education and research in... read more
EC press release (13/02/2013): The fight against youth unemployment, currently nearly 24% in the European Union, will be at the forefront of discussion at the Council for Education, Youth, Culture... read more
The European University Association has published a new report which examines the development of ‘full costing’ in European universities. read more
EC Press Release - 12 February 2013 The Commission presented today the first report on the progress achieved by Kosovo in fulfilling the requirements of the visa liberalisation roadmap. read more
As Croatia's EU membership approaches, Commissioner for Regional Policy Johannes Hahn calls for a clear strategy for EU investments in growth and innovation. read more
The University of Graz is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Interdisciplinary Joint Master’s Programme in South-Eastern European Studies. 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.
