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The third Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting took place in Saraejvo on March 26-27, 2019 within the framework of the European Commission’s Support for the Steering Platform (SP) on Research... read more
This Monitoring Flash sheds light on the state of play of international cooperation under Horizon 2020 after 5 years of implementation. This evidence base should inform policy discussions on the Commission... read more
The Conference (Bucharest, 14-16 May 2019) represents a chance to hear and discuss about recent and future priorities for cluster policies and developments to support an innovative, sustainable industrial... read more
This regional study is prepared within the project “Creating synergy in Western Balkans for strengthening education, research and science”, supported by Western Balkan Fund. It is implemented by a team... read more
Part of the instrument for pre-accession assistance (IPA), designed to support reforms in countries in the process of joining the EU, IPA rural development programmes (IPARD) focuse on rural areas... read more
To get funding under IPARD, an application needs to be sent to the national IPARD agency. read more
The NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme offers funding, expert advice and support to promote practical cooperation between NATO member states and partner nations based on scientific research... read more
As of 1 January 2019, Romania will take over the presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) from Austria. This presidency comes at a period of increased attention on the enlargement to the Western... read more
The Faculty of Security-Skopj organizes its tenth international scientific conference "The Great Powers influence on the security of small states" in June 2019. Each year the Faculty organizes... read more
The WB Digital Summit is part of the Digital Integration component of the Multi-annual Action Plan for a Regional Economic Area (MAP REA) in the Western Balkans, agreed by the region's leaders in Trieste... read more
The Western Balkan Six (WB6) kicked-off negotiations on an Agreement, which will enable common and shorter procedures for recognition of professional qualifications for Doctors of Medicine, Dentists, ... read more
Looking back at the important progress made in the region in 2018, leaders agreed with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, on the need to build... read more
Visa-free travel brings important benefits for Europe and its partners, reinforcing social, cultural and economic ties. It also comes with responsibilities to ensure that the progress achieved during ... read more
The 7the meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) South East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) Strategy’s Monitoring Committee took place in Vienna on 19.12 marking the beginning of the new SEE 2020 monitoring... read more
PERFORM project held its final event on December 18, 2018 presenting the results achieved over the past four years in close collaboration with its partners. read more
“EU and Western Balkans in 2019”, organised by European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and European Western Balkans (EWB), took place ... read more
A presentation of the policy paper “2018 Western Balkans Summit: 3 key takeaways from London”, authored by Zoran Nechev and Ivan Nikolovski from the Institute of Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje (... read more
Sinisa Marcic is Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina). read more
The Stabilisation and Association Council reviewed the state of EU-Serbia bilateral relations. read more
European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Minister for European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic signed in Brussels a portion of the Instrument for Pre... read more
Minister of Science, Dr. Sanja Damjanović, presented today the scholarships for doctoral research, grants for innovative projects and European Social Survey and awards for scientific achievements in 2018... read more
Key WBIF stakeholders attended the 19th WBIF Steering Committee meeting on 06 December 2018 in order to discuss strategic developments for the Framework as well as approve more than €200 million ... read more
Upcoming technical R&I meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platform on Research and Innovation read more
EU flagship event on industrial policy in February 2019 read more
The Regional Cooperation Council established a Regional Working Group of high-level representatives of South-East Europe (SEE) ministries responsible for environment, water resources, land, energy and... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) partnered with the Brussels-based think-tank Friends of Europe (FoE), with the support of the European Commission, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, United Nations Development... read more
The European Union has so far provided grants of €1.68 million through the WBIF to support the Health and Education Sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina by expanding the Clinical Centre to a Medical Campus... read more
The Ministry of Science has approved 17 scholarships for doctoral research this year, for which it has allocated funds in the amount of about EUR 700,000. read more
Learning workshop in Sofia read more
New declaration signed during Startup Europe Summit read more
ResInfra@DR project's consultation event in Budapest read more
The World Bank's most recent report on the Western Balkans economies includes research and innovation as well as broader economic trends read more
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
Improving perspectives for young researchers in the Western Balkans read more
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
European Commission - Press release Strasbourg, 6 February 2018 The Commission adopted today a strategy for 'A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with the Western ... read more
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
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
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