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IEHEI Offers Master Courses in International Studies and Journalism - Summer Schools Also Available
The “Institut européen des hautes etudes internationales” (IEHEI) in Nice, France invites graduate students and young professionals to apply for its Master programme 2010/11. A summer university... read more
EU Reaffirms Committment to WBC at Sarajevo Summit
Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, and Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle have participated in the European ... read more
OECD Innovation Strategy Presented at 2010 Innovation Summit
The OECD has published its Innovation Strategy in May 2010, providing analysis and policy guidance on a broad range of issues from education and training policies, to policies that provide a conducive... read more
OECD Publishes Innovation Strategy
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has just published and presented its innovation strategy. It advocates an approach which takes into account the interplay of different policy... read more
Olga Radzyner Award for Scientific Work on European Economic Integration Offered to Young Economists from CEE and SEE
The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian National Bank) has established an award to commemorate Olga Radzyner, former head of the Foreign Research Division, who died in a tragic accident in August... read more
University of Montenegro Seeks Expert on Food Safety for REGPOT Project
The Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Montenegro is seeking an expert in the field of food safety and quality control to participate in the FP7-REGPOT project AgriSciMont. The EU Funding scheme... read more
RCC Secretary General Hails Messages of EU-Western Balkans Meeting in Sarajevo
“The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) strongly supports political meetings, statements and decisions that lead to a new era of relations in South East Europe, based on trust, dialogue and tolerance... read more
[Event Announcement] Educating Europe – Educational Sciences go FP7 and Beyond
The aim of the European conference "Educating Europe – Educational Sciences go FP7 and Beyond" is to highlight educational research topics within the "Socio-economic sciences and Humanities” (SSH) priority... read more
Intel Challenge Europe Competition Open for Applications from the WBC
The Intel Challenge business plan competition is open to students and young researchers in the fileds of development of technologies that may include, but are not limited to the areas of wireless computing... read more
Apply Now for the Soros Global Supplementary Grant Program
The Open Society Institute’s Network Scholarship Programs (NSP) is pleased to offer supplementary grants to students from select countries of Eastern and Central Europe, the former Soviet Union, ... read more
[Event Announcement] 16th EARMA Annual Conference ”Grand Challenges in Research Management and Administration in Europe”
The 16th Annual Conference of the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) will take place at the University of Ljubljana from 20 t0 23 June 2010. The main theme of the... read more
Swiss-Moldovan Cooperation Project on Scientific Diaspora launched
On April 30, 2010, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (ASM) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have officially launched a joint research project aiming to “Connect the scientific... read more
UNESCO Publishes Report on Science and Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic Countries
The UNESCO Office in Venice and Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (BRESCE) just published the seventh volume of the Science Policy Series focused on Science and Education Policies in Central... read more
[Event Announcement] 6th EREF-2010
The 6th EREF-2010 will take place on June 7 to 8 in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The Forum is co-organised by the Slovenian Government and the Municipality of Nova Gorica, under the high auspices of the Committee... read more
[Event Announcement] X Triennial International SAUM Conference on Systems, Automatic Control and Measurements
The X Triennial International Conference SAUM 2010 will be held at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, on November 10–12, 2010. Deadline... read more
Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology Offers Mobility Subsidies
The Hungarian National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) invites applicants for supporting the mobility of researchers working on R&D projects within the framework of bilateral R&D cooperation... read more
New Master Programmes from the International Hellenic University
The International Hellenic University (IHU), located in Thessaloniki, has designed two new, specialist postgraduate programmes, starting in October 2010: the Master of Science in Energy Systems and the... read more
[Event Announcement] Deadline for Applications for Funding WBC participants for Brokerage Event on Nanotechnologies and New Materials has been extended
Deadline for applications for funding WBC-NMP brokerage event has been prolonged to 28 May 2010, Firday. The event will be held on 18 June 2010, in Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey, on the new call of EU FP7 Nanosciences... read more
Apply Now for the “Green Talents” Competition 2010
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is calling for talented young scientists from around the world specializing in the area of sustainable development to apply for the competition... read more
Commission Outlines Action Plan for Digital Agenda
Implementing the ambitious Digital Agenda for Europe unveiled today by the European Commission would contribute significantly to the EU's economic growth and spread the benefits of the digital era to ... read more
Follow-Up of the 'Trust Researchers' Petition
So far, more than 12,500 researchers have signed the 'Trust Researchers' petition, asking for a simplification of FP rules. The signatures will be handed over to the European Parliament on June 8, 2010... read more
Lisbon Goals: Croatia and Montenegro Outperform Lowest-Ranked EU Members
The most recent assessment of the progress made by EU Members in reaching the goals of the Lisbon Strategy shows that, as expected, the key objectives were not met so far. However, Croatia and Montenegro... read more
SEENET Programm Calls for WBC Research Institutions to Establish Network
In the framework of the SEENET Programme, a trans-local network for the cooperation between Italy and South East Europe, the Center for International Policy Studies CeSPI has launched a call to select... read more
CERES Research Fellowship Programme Offers 11 Post-Doctoral Fellowships
CERES is promoted by the CEI through its Executive Secretariat as Programme Coordinator in cooperation with 5 Programme Partners (partner institutions) located in Trieste, Italy. These institutions cover... read more
Expert Group for FP7 Midterm Evaluation Established
When adopting the rules for the 7th Framework Programme, the European Commission decided to establish an expert group of evaluators in 2010, which would be intrusted with the mid-term evaluation of FP7... read more
[Event Announcement] FP7 Information Day for the Public Private Partnerships 'Energy-efficient Buildings, Factories of the Future and Green Cars'
In order to support the preparation of proposals, the Directorates General for Research, Information Society and Media, Energy, and for Mobility and Transport of the European Commission are holding a ... read more
Research Commissioner to Remove all Major Bottlenecks to the “Single Market for Research and Innovation”
Research and Innovation Commissioner Maire Geoghegan-Quinn recently promissed to remove all major bottlenecks to the free flow of knowledge and to the emergence of a “Single Market for Research ... read more
[Event Announcement] WBC-INCO NET Brokerage Event on FP7 NMP for Western Balkan Countries
WBC-INCO.NET project organizes a brokerage event for participants from Europe and Western Balkan Countries on EU FP7 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials & New Production Technologies on 18 June... read more
ERI SEE to Develop into an International Organisation
The 12th Meeting of the ERI SEE (Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe) Governing Board and Consultative Body was held on April 8 to 9, 2010 in Zagreb, Croatia. It focused on the development... read more
[Event Announcement] Summer School on Regional Cooperation
The 7th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation will take place in Pécs, Hungary from July 25 - August 1, 2010 under the title "The Western Balkans: Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects &... read more
Participate in the GNSS Living Lab Prize
The European Satellite Navigation Competition awards the best ideas for innovative satellite navigation applications. It is open to companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, ... read more
Digital Library 'Europeana' Back on the Web
Europeana, launched by the European Commission and the EU's culture ministers in November 2008, is a multimedia library, museum and archive gateway website with Web 2.0 features. It offers direct... read more
RRPP Publishes New Country Assessments in the Field of Social Sciences
The Regional Research Promotion Programme has recently published three new reports on Social Sciences in the Western Balkans. The reports have been compiled by local partners, supported by the Swiss Agency... read more
SEERA-EI Project Coordinates eInfrastructure Development in SEE
A new ERA for eInfrastructures in South East Europe has begun with the launch of the European project SEERA-EI (South East European Research Area for eInfrastructures). SEERA-EI kicked off in Athens on... read more
WBC-INCO NET Brokerage Event on FP7 NMP for Western Balkan Countries
WBC-INCO.NET project organizes a brokerage event for participants from Europe and Western Balkan Countries on EU FP7 Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials & New Production Technologies on 18 June... read more
Geoghegan-Quinn on the Simplification of Research Funding
Speaking at a press conference on April 29, the EC's Research Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn quoted the text of the "Trust Researchers" petition that funding of European research should ... read more
Statistics on University Cooperation Between Austria and the WBC Published
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research, Club International Universitaire and the Austrian Rectors' Conference have established a new web portal on international university cooperation... read more
New EU Industrial Policy Should Focus on Innovation
The December 2008 European Council called for a European Plan for Innovation that could be presented in autumn 2010. The unferlying paper on the future innovation policy is now available and open for... read more
[Event Announcement] The Western Balkans: Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects
The 7th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, to take place in Pécs, Hungary, will deal with "The Western Balkans: Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects". Its aim is the establishment... read more
FP7 Budget to Increase by 13.8 Percent in 2011
Boosting economic recovery, investing in Europe's youth and in tomorrow's infrastructures are the priorities of the 2011 draft budget adopted by the Commission on 27 April 2010. R&D spendings... read more
National Coordinators from SEE Discuss New Strategy for Regional Cooperation Council
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) national coordinators from South East Europe met today to discuss the draft organization’s strategy for 2011-2013, with the aim of its finalisation and subsequent... read more
Scoop Project Launches News Alert Service on SSH Research for Policy
A News Alert Service on "Socio-economic and Humanities Research for Policy" has been launched by SCOOP project, an initiative supported by FP7. read more
Call for Application: Grants for Research Stays at the University of Vienna
For students of Universities in Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, who are presently enrolled in a Master- or PhD-Programme in the field... read more
EC Launches New Health Care Initiatives
The EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, launched a series of new health care research initiatives last week. The European Commission has earmarked €21 ... read more
EU Establishes Sub-Group of 'Innovation Commissioners'
The European Commission will formally establish a subgroup of at least eight EU commissioners with a stake in innovation policy this week. The committee, chaired by the EU's commissioner for research... read more
Spain Supports EU Integration of Western Balkans
Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos began a tour of the Balkans on Tuesday as a representative of the Spanish EU presidency. He said that Spain is ready to continue to provide... read more
Call for Papers on eAccessibility
The objective of the forthcoming edition of the ePractice Journal (tenth edition) is to showcase the state of the art, present examples of best practice and highlight the challenges of eAccessibility ... read more
[Event Announcement] Meet4Cleantech - Clean Technology Partnering Event
The Meet4Cleantech matchmaking event will take place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 2, 2010. It will provide participants with information and networking sessions for business, innovation and research... read more
Danube Region Conference Taking Place in Vienna and Bratislava
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, will put the spotlight on the development of a European Strategy for the Danube Region, as closing speaker of a major conference, taking place... read more
