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Joint Declaration reinforcing the Central and Eastern European/Western Balkans technological entrepreneurship ecosystem
New declaration signed during Startup Europe Summit read more
Research infrastructure in the Danube region: consultation on recommendations and guidelines
ResInfra@DR project's consultation event in Budapest read more
Western Balkans Economic Report published by the World Bank
The World Bank's most recent report on the Western Balkans economies includes research and innovation as well as broader economic trends read more
Climate Action and Greening the Economy - H2020 opportunities
H2020 open calls in the Societal Challenge 5 cover a wide range of topics covering topics from contributes for implementing the Paris climate agreement, finding solutions to cope with the impacts... read more
2019-2020 Balkan Science Journalist Workshops
A series of three workshops on science journalism is being organised by science journalists and by the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commision, that provides funding covering all costs... read more
Serbia’s budget fund for energy efficiency to quadruple to over EUR 4 million in 2019
According to Balkan Green Energy News Serbia’s budget fund for improving energy efficiency in 2019 will be worth RSD 500 million (about EUR 4.22 million), which was the fund’s overall value over the past... read more
Serbia is ready to increase the use of biomass as fuel
According to a roundtable recently organized by UNECOOP with the support of the Association of the Cement Industry of Serbia (CIS) and the Faculty of Applied Ecology – Futura, Serbia’s cement industry... read more
Serbia a and Bosnia and Herzegovina among countries to improve green transition scores
The countries are among those that improved their 2018 scores in the area of green transition compared to 2017, while the scores of Albania, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo* and Montenegro, remained unchanged... read more
Goal of 44% share of renewable energy in 2020 for Bosnia's Federation
Bosnia's Federation government targets a 44% share of renewable energy in the entity's electricity mix in 2020. This was recently reported by SEE NEWS and "Renewables Now" platforms. read more
University associations call for research excellence and cooperation as core elements of Horizon Europe
On 8 November 2018 several European university associations released a position statement on Horizon Europe focusing on the issues of excellence and cooperation. read more
R&I Impact and Evaluation discussed ar Conference in Vienna
At the conference "Impact of Research and Innovation Policy at the Crossroads of Policy Design, Implementation and Evaluation“, speakers from all over the world discussed the role and importance ... read more
Tackling brain drain and promoting innovation in the Western Balkans
Improving perspectives for young researchers in the Western Balkans read more
World Bank: Public Investment Boosts Growth in Western Balkans
Recently a press release by the World Bank was issued and focuses on "higher but fragile" growth in Western Balkan countries which is supported by public investment and spending. read more
Western Balkans agree to step up the work on research infrastructure
Six Western Balkan (WB6) economies agreed to step up their work on research infrastructure in the region. read more
Social Innovation Trainings by Made in Danube in Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia
Results of social innovation – new ideas that meet unmet needs – are all around us. Social Innovation has furthermore been increasingly perceived as answer to the rising number of societal challenges ... read more
Press Release from First World BioEconomy Forum
During the Forum it was announced that future EU budget doubles to Euro 10 billion. read more
European list of strategic research infrastructures expands into bioeconomy and other new areas
Biotechnology, food and nutrition, material testing, holocaust and natural environment are among the topics covered by the six new pan-European research infrastructure projects that were announced today... read more
Linking Bioeconomy with United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations released 17 Sustainable Development Goals that communities all over the world have to meet. The BBI Public-Private Partnership published a series of BBI JU projects that have met the... read more
A new bioeconomy strategy for a sustainable Europe (press release focused on action plan)
On October 11 the Commission has put forward an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy that serves Europe's society, environment and economy. read more
