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The EC has announced a new Health for Growth Programme for 2014-2020, which will support and aid delivery of actions that encourage innovation in health. The proposed budget for the programme is &euro... read more
The Council of the European Union announced on 22 November that EUA would be asked to assist in the process of certifying diplomas issued by Kosovan and Serbian universities in order to facilitate ... read more
The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan countries was held on December 1, 2011 in Sarajevo, BiH, co-chaired by the Polish Council Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European ... read more
European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo held an information day about the Tempus programme and provides an event review in the form of a youtube film. read more
The conference "Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher Education" will take place from September 17-19, 2012 in the OECD headquarters in Paris, France. It constitutes a unique opportunity for policy ... read more
The Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology of the Central European Initiative (CEI) took place in Trieste, Italy, on October 19, 2011 under the Serbian Presidency of CEI. read more
EVAL-INCO is a database of evaluators which is used to facilitate the assessment of proposals for research projects, submitted in the context of the Joint Calls of regional ERA-NETs like SEE-ERA.NET PLUS... read more
EVAL-INNO is a project funded under the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme running from May 2011 until April 2014. The key objective of EVAL-INNO is to strengthen regional as well as... read more
The National Research Council adopted “Guidelines for Evaluation of Research Institutions in Kosovo” based on best practices for benchmarking RTDI institutions from accession countries. read more
The Improved SME Competitiveness and Innovation Project (ICIP), in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, organised a very successful workshop ’Innovation Support Dialog... read more
The Education and Research Network of Albania (ANA) The Project on the “Creation of an Inter-University Service Center and a Telematic Network” aims at improving and strengthening the Albanian... read more
Running from 2009 to 2013 and funding 23 joint research projects, SEE-ERA.NET PLUS is one of the key multilateral funding activities in the S&T domain. read more
Building on the existing collaboration in the area of research, development and innovation between the EU and the Western Balkan Countries, the World Bank and the EU signed an agreement to implement a... read more
As an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course, MARIHE is supported by the Erasmus Mundus Programme of the European Commission. High potential candidates from all over the world can apply for an Erasmus Mundus... read more
New Program to Create Innovation Support Network in BiH The USAI D-Sida FIRMA Project has launched an initiative to develop an Innovation Business Network (IBN) in Bosnia and Herzegovina to improve and... read more
“Accelerating Innovation in Croatia” The Business Innovation Center of Croatia (BICRO) is an Agency specialised in the development and implementation of governmental supporting programs for... read more
5th RENAISSANCE Civitas+ Conference The 5th RENAISSANCE Civitas+ conference and annual meeting was held in Skopje on September 7, 2011. The conference was entitled “Clean urban transport solutions... read more
Darko Petrušic Appointed Deputy Minister for Science Darko Petrušic earned his M.Sc. degree in London, majoring in Information Engineering, and was declared the best student in his generation. His areas... read more
“Synchrotron Trieste meets Serbian Scientists” The Ministry of Education and Science in cooperation with the Italian Embassy in Belgrade and the Central European Initiative organised a meeting... read more
As of October 2010, WBC-INCO.NET entered a new, enhanced phase, putting a special emphasis on innovation-related activities. In this context, several reports have been prepared so far. read more
On 30 November 2011, the European Commission is expected to adopt the formal proposal for “Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014 to 2020”. This new ... read more
From September 19 to 21, 2011 the “Challenge Social Innovation” Conference took place in Vienna, co-organised by NET4SOCIETY (the Network of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities National... read more
With the following press release, the European Commission has presented an €80 billion package for research and innovation funding, as part of the drive to create sustainable growth and new jobs... read more
Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Running from 2014 to 2020 with an &... read more
Please find attached the November issue of the SEE Spotlight presenting some recently published articles and papers, discussing recent economic developments in South East Europe and analysing the "... read more
The University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics invite to the 2nd Scientific Conference with International... read more
The objective of the project “Food Production and Renewable Energy Sectors Clustering Potentials in the Cross-Border Area” – FRESC was to map opportunities for development of clusters... read more
Centre for Strategic Economic Studies "Vojvodina-CESS" of the Government of AP Vojvodina presented the "Strategy for Export Improvement of the AP Vojvodina 2011-2015". The need... read more
Serbian National Agency for Regional Development, in cooperation with the Belgrade Fair, is organizing the X International Trade Fair of Entrepreneurship BUSINESS BASE 2011 B2B Event which will be ... read more
The international conference "The Paradox of the Bologna Process – Education, Mobility and Employment in the Danube Region" will take place in Vienna on December 5-6, 2011. Registration... read more
In an effort to harmonize and improve quality management within genetic testing laboratories the European project EuroGentest (a coordination action under FP7) organizes an interactive workshop in Istanbul... read more
The workshop "Innovation Policy Learning from Norway to WB countries (WBinNO)" was held on October 11-12 at the Institute of Economics in Zagreb, marking the completion of the first stage of... read more
The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) has signed an agreement for closer cooperation with the Academies of Sciences of the Danube region Member States. The signatories are the Bulgarian... read more
More than 70 participants, representing beneficiaries from the Western Balkans and Turkey, took part in the latest Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) Multi-Beneficiary Programme Coordination... read more
The South East Europe Ministerial Conference of 2011 will bring together Ministers and High-level representatives from South East Europe to endorse a new 2020 Vision for South East Europe. It will also... read more
As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs, in cooperation with the European Training Foundation and the RS Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises organised a conference... read more
From 6-9 June 2012 the 11th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems (CRIS 2012) will be held in Prague. The theme of the Conference is: "e-Infrastructures for Research and ... read more
On December 5-6, 2011, the European Commission is holding its first Innovation Convention following the adoption of the Innovation Union Flagship initiative in October 2010. This major event will gather... read more
The London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), European Institute, LSEE – Research on South Eastern Europe publishes a regular newsletter which we would like to share. LSEE was formally... read more
In the context of the preparation of the ICT Work Programme 2013, the last Work Programme of the Framework Program 7, the Unit INFSO D2 responsible for Networked Media Systems is pleased to launch a ... read more
Every 6 months, high level political dialogue meetings are organised linking the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the Western Balkan countries. The meetings are co-chaired by the European Commission... read more
IEEE Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing 2012 will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, June 24 - 27, 2012. The Call for Papers has just been launched (deadline for submission is January... read more
At the Policy Stakeholder Conference "EU-Eastern Europe / Central Asia Cooperation in Research and Innovation: The way towards 2020" organised by the INCO-NET EECA and the Polish presidency... read more
Since 2006, the European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF), co-organised by EUA, ENQA, EURASHE and ESU, has become the premier event for quality assurance (QA) in Europe with some 400 participants from across... read more
BALWOIS 2012, the 5th International Scientific Conference on Water, Climate and Environment, will be held in Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia from May 28 to June 2, 2012. A call for abstracts is currently... read more
The International Science and Technology Conference, ISTEC 2011, will take place at Istanbul University, Turkey, from 7 to 9 December 2011. Deadline for abstracts is November 30, 2011. read more
On 19 January 2012, a consortium led by WIFO in partnership with the European Commission will organise a one-day workshop on “Social attitudes toward fostering entrepreneurship... read more
The main goal of the I-SEEMob project is to contribute to the enhancement of the career development of R&D personnel in the European Research Area by examining the existing legal and research... read more
The EC has published a staff working paper on the first experiences relating to governance and processes in the pilot European Innovation Partnership (EIP) in the area of Active and Healthy Ageing, which... read more
The Fifth Call for Proposals under Tempus IV has been published on 4 November 2011, with a deadline for submission of applications of 23 February 2012. 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.
