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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
Towards Increasing Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities in Serbia
In order to improve development of research in the field of social sciences and humanities, the visibility of scientific work and results needs to be increased, policies that would discourage hyper production... read more
Cooperation on environment, circular economy and climate action enhanced between EU and Eastern partners
At the second Eastern Partnership (EaP) formal ministerial meeting on environment and climate change today in Luxembourg, the EU and the Eastern Partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia... read more
[Call Announcement] Innovative Training Networks – ITN under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action
The aim of the call is to train a new generation of creative and innovative young researchers with entrepreneurial potentials who are able to cope with existing and future challenges and transform their... read more
Competitiveness and Innovation in the Western Balkans: Interview with Jakob Fexer (OECD)
Mr. Jakob Fexer is a Project Manager in the OECD South East Europe (SEE) regional programme which recently released the OECD flagship publication Competitiveness in South East Europe: A Policy Outlook... read more
Conclusions of the Western Balkans Steering Platform on Research and Innovation and the Ministerial Meeting (Brussels, June 25, 2018)
The Western Balkans (WBs) Steering Platform (SP) on Research and Innovation was organised in Brussels in the morning of June 25th, 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by the European Commission (DG Research... read more
The Balkans’ role in sustainable rural development in the EU
Economic prosperity in rural areas is a major driver of cooperation in the Balkans, and thus necessary for the successful integration of the Western Balkan countries into the EU. This is one of the conclusions... read more
Third Austrian Council Presidency - RTI priorities
Starting on 1 July 2018, Austria is holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) for the next six months. read more
[Event Review] Steering Platform on Research and Innovation, 25 June 2018, Brussels
On 25 June 2018, this year's Steering Platform on Research and Innovation and Ministerial Meeting was held back-to-back with the Steering Platform on Education and Training. Ministers from Western... read more
Upcoming Austrian Presidency pages are online on ERA Portal Austria
Following the launch of the official website of the upcoming Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the ERA Portal Austria Presidency information pages on the Presidency in the field... read more
Conclusions of the 2nd Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting held in Skopje on March 21-22, 2018
The second Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting was organised in Skopje on March 21-22, 2018 within the framework of the European Commission’s Support for the Steering Platform (SP) on Research... read more
S3 in the Western Balkans: What Difficulties to Expect and How to Overcome Them
Western Balkan countries (WBC) are currently embarking on their process of drafting smart specialisation strategies (research and innovation strategies for smart specialisation or RIS3). This process ... read more
[Event review] Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans: Benefiting from EU Experience
Under the auspices of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), a training for national smart specialisation teams from Western Balkan countries... read more
Smart specialisation: How should Western Balkan countries "specialise"?
For many years, researchers have debated what kind of regional economic structure is more beneficial for growth. On the one side, some have argued that specialisation in selected industries is preferable... read more
New Pan European Research Infrastructure to support marine biology and ecology research
The European Commission has granted the status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), setting up a pan-European Consortium for... read more
Dedicated Information session for ESFRI RIs and ERICs on EOSC and long-term sustainability of Research Infrastructures
The European Commission organized a dedicated information session to clarify specific topics of the Horizon 2020 RI Work Programme calls, namely on the European Open Science Cloud and Long-term sustainability... read more
EIROforum publishes its position on the next European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
EIROforum, representing Europe’s eight large international research infrastructures and services providers, announced its key priorities for the ninth European Union Framework Programme for Research and... read more
EuroScience selects Trieste to organize ESOF 2020 and Leiden/The Hague for ESOF 2022
The EuroScience Open Forum 2020 will be hosted from 4 to 10 July 2020 in Trieste, Italy, and that ESOF 2022 will be organized by Leiden/The Hague, The Netherlands, in July 2022. read more
[Call Announcement] Commission launches EIC Horizon Prize for Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid
The European Commission has launched the first of six European Innovation Council (EIC) Horizon Prizes, on Affordable High-Tech for Humanitarian Aid. EIC Horizon Prizes are part of the European Innovation... read more
[Call Announcement] Commission launches €2 million Horizon Prize in Social Innovation
The European Commission launched on 27 November 2017 a Horizon Prize in Social Innovation to improve the mobility of older people. Submissions will be accepted until 28 February 2019 from any legal entities... read more
Danube Transnational Innovation Cooperation e-Tool (DTIC e-Tool)
The Made in Danube project developed an open access instrument to support the development and interconnection of bio-economy initiatives across the Danube Region. read more
Introduction: Cluster - What's that?
Keywords such as cluster, cluster policy, cluster initiatives, etc. are currently omnipresent in both the scientific and policy discourse. In times when innovation and competitiveness are seen as the ... read more
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