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Do you agree that the administrative burden and the financial regulation of European research funding should be simplified? A group of scientists across Europe argues that the funding of European research... read more
A conference on Technology and East-West relations will be held in Sofia from June 17 to 20, 2010, supported by the European Science Foundation. The early registration deadline is May 19, 2010... read more
This workshop addresses the financial rules and practices of the Cooperation and Capacities Programmes of FP7. Framework Seven (FP7) brings with it extensive financial rules, which cover everything ... read more
Each year the European Science Foundation (ESF) supports approximately 50 Exploratory Workshops across all scientific domains. The focus of the scheme is on meetings aiming to open up new directions... read more
The European Commission is preparing to table proposals on June 2 to lift visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. read more
Based on the success of the first edition of European Academy in 2009, the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) is organising the second session of the European Academy 2010 to take place... read more
Interested young researchers and scientists (MA and PhD candidates) are invited to apply to participate at the RRPP Annual Conference that will take place in Albania from 25 till 26 June 2010. For those... read more
The department of physics of the Georgian Technical University is looking for project partners for joint projects in the fields of applied and basic researches and construction of new devices. read more
The TOBI project (Tools for Brain Computer Interaction), coordinated by the Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is looking for an additional industrial partner to join the project for about... read more
An open information day on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and health research will be held on 8 June 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Organised by the Research Directorate-General of the European Commission... read more
Since 2008, Western Balkan countries (WBC) have been full members to the EU's Framework Programmes. A campaign has now been launched to overcome inherent barriers and shortcomings that inhibit more active... read more
The South East European Research Centre invites applications for studying towards a PhD degree of the University of Sheffield, through the Doctoral Programme of SEERC. The deadline for applying... read more
The Directorate-General for Regional Policy, in partnership with the Regional Studies Association, invites early career researchers in the area of European regional policy to present their research... read more
The 2010 edition of the Regions for Economic Change annual conference will focus on research and ICT and climate change. The conference purpose is to discuss key themes, to network and to exchange good... read more
The Center for Strategy and Competitiveness launched a new video series “ON CLUSTERS” in cooperation with the European Cluster Observatory, covering the most important aspects of cluster... read more
Universum Institute for Economic and Social Studies and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung invite senior undergraduate and graduate students (master and PhD students) to the international conference entitled &... read more
Under the terms of a new code which came into force on Monday, April 5, people applying for a short-stay Schengen visa should wait no longer than two weeks for a consular appointment and should receive... read more
The SEE Annual Conference 2010 will take place on September 21-22 in Thessaloniki, Greece and aims to be the key territorial cooperation event of the year in South East Europe area. Under the title... read more
A WBC-NMP brokerage event on the forthcoming FP7 Call on Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies (NMP) will be held on 18 June 2010, Friday in İzmir, Turkey, bringing... read more
The 16th Meeting of the CEEPUS ( Central European Exchange Program for University Studies) Joint Committee of Ministers has taken place in Montenegro on March 25, 2010 in Budva, Montenegro, the country... read more
The European Commission will publish its new 'Research and Innovation Plan' ahead of an autumn meeting of EU leaders in Brussels, Euractiv reports. The plan, first floated last year as the European ... read more
What are the performance factors that strengthen participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the health and biotechnology fields? The KAPPA-Health (‘Key performance factor assessment... read more
The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI) at the University of Trento has 70 open PhD positions in the ICT area, almost all of them covered by scholarship. The deadline for... read more
Spain has promised to make progress on the European research infrastructure roadmap during its time in the EU Council Presidency. 'Major research infrastructures are fundamental for tackling the social... read more
The Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne would like to inform our readers about the call for applications for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Disaster Risk Reduction/Vulnerabilities and Capacities... read more
The Open Society Institute's Network Scholarship Programs is pleased to announce the Global Supplementary Grant Program (GSGP) for the 2010-2011 academic year. GSGP offers supplementary grants to enable... read more
In an effort to support the integration process in Southeast Europe, the fifth Southeast Europe and the EU "Leadership Development Programme" supports 30 young people from the countries of... read more
The International Symposium for Health Information Management Research - ISHIMR 2010 - will take place in Thessaloniki in October under the theme “Innovations in eHealth and Health Informatics&... read more
A Conference on the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region will take place in Vienna and Bratislava on April 19-21, 2010. The aim of the event is to offer a discussion platform for all interested... read more
Following an technical and trade agreement between two companies in the sector - Bosnia's Grizelj and Italy's Evolut - an italo-bosnian centre for new robotics technologies has been set up in Sarajevo... read more
The European Commission has re-launched it's website on energy research, offering a more public-oriented and user-friendly structure, fully updated with the most accurate information, plus a portal on... read more
Spain and Italy are currently co-organising with an EU – Balkans summit planned for Sarajevo in June, 2010. The high-level meeting of European Union and Balkan officials is expected to to "... read more
ICT 2010 will host dozens of networking sessions designed to facilitate contacts between researchers and innovators, engineers and investors from all fields of digital innovation. "This... read more
In her first speach to the European Parliament, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, the newly appointed Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, discussed a number of points raised by MEPs regarding EU-funded... read more
The ministers responsible for higher education in the countries participating in the Bologna Process (currently comprising 47 states, including the Western Balkans and several international organisations... read more
The leaders of the post-Yugoslavia states plus Albania will meet on Saturday (20 March) for the first time in 18 years in Brdo, near the Slovenian capital Ljubljana. EU Council President Herman Van ... read more
In 2009, the European Commission conducted a public stakeholder consultation in order to collect ideas and suggestions for the planned Communication on simplification in 2010. The Commission has received... read more
On the occation of the launch of the European Higher Education Area in March 2010, the European University Association EUA has published the latest in a report series contributing to the discussions... read more
The conference “How can EU do better in the Balkans?” on Friday, March 19, 2010 is organised in the framework of the IV Edition (2009 – 2010), Southeast Europe and the EU – Leadership... read more
The fellowship programme is looking for up to ten talented and dedicated young researchers who must be residents of a Western Balkans country. It aims at contributing to the capacity building and professional... read more
Euroscience, a pan-European association of individuals interested in constructing scientific Europe "from the bottom-up", annually confers a "European Young Researchers’ Award"... read more
Euresearch, the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are jointly organising the conference "Crossing Borders: Conference on Research Infrastructures in ... read more
The Euro-Balkan Institute's Department of Gender Studies within the framework of the Regional Network for Gender and Women's Studies in Southeastern Europe and supported by the RRPP is announcing the ... read more
The organisers of the sixth JTEL Summer School (www.jtelsummerschool.eu/) call upon interested researchers to provide input, such as lectures or workshops, at the sixth JTEL Summer School for PhD students... read more
The role of public research institutes in technological development of the Western Balkan countries is instrumental to upgrading the competitiveness of the region, participants of a two-day South East... read more
The King Baudouin Foundation offers grants of annually 10.000€ to five universities in the Western Balkans to organise activities to inform about and to promote studying abroad among students, ... read more
Ideal-ist has already opened its online partner search tool for the 4th Call of the ICT Policy Support Programme, offering a great opportunity for proposers to find partners for their project idea. Deadline... read more
The 5th European Quality Assurance Forum, ‘Building bridges: making sense of QA in European, national and institutional contexts,’ will take place on November 18 – 20, 2010 and will ... read more
The Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers is now open for submissions of applications by (non-German) researchers with above average qualifications who at the beginning of their academic... read more
European research ministers have made a commitment to increase investments in research and development (R&D) and create a culture of trust in scientists. The ministers were gathered in the Spanish... 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.
