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An interview with Đuro Kutlača and Lazar Živković, Mihajlo Pupin Institute POLICY ANSWERS also provides and coordinates capacity building and pilot actions in the Western Balkans to contribute to the... read more
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POLICY ANSWERS supported a special panel session entitled ‘EU Initiatives and synergies for a smart and green future’ at the regional Economic Conference Montenegro 2022. The Chamber of Commerce ... read more
Danube Strategy Flagships are projects or processes that contribute to the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), have a clear macro-regional dimension and a multi-level governance... read more
In October 2022, the European Commission published a factsheet about R&I as a key driver in accelerating the transition towards a sustainable and circular bioeconomy. The factsheet "Research and Innovation... read more
An interview with Simon Schmitz, Task Leader, DLR Projektträger, Germany This interview is part of a series that shall inform interested readers about the concrete initiatives and outcomes of the “... read more
The European Commission’s ‘Action plan on the digitalisation of the energy system’ lays the groundwork for building an integrated energy system that can support the growing interconnectedness of the market... read more
The partners of the POLICY ANSWERS project have had the chance to present in several of the Joint Research and Innovation Committee meetings in the Western Balkans already. On October 17, our colleague... read more
POLICY ANSWERS is supporting a special panel session entitled ‘EU Initiatives and synergies for a smart and green future’ at the upcoming regional Economic Conference Montenegro 2022. The Chamber of... read more
On September 21, representatives of the EU Delegation and the European Commission Directorate General for Research and Innovation visited Riinvest Institute as the local partner of the POLICY ANSWERS ... read more
A second year in a row, the Capital City of Podgorica in cooperation with ICT Cortex organized a public call for support to the start-up community in the ICT sector. The aim of the Call was to provide... read more
The Austrian journalist Alois Pumhösel covered our project based on interviews with project partners in an article originally published in German at Der Standard on 10.9.2022. Economies such... read more
POLICY ANSWERS is planning a set of dedicated, carefully selected activities in order to support change and increase impact on the ground in the Western Balkans (WB). These will foster participation in... read more
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The first call for proposals is going to be offically launched in September 2022. For your convenience, we have published the new applicants' manual presenting the main rules, requirements... read more
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The 13th Days of Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences (BHAAAS), the largest annual scientific and educational conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held in Sarajevo... read more
The European Commission has signed an agreement with Goethe-Institut to implement a new €21 million mobility scheme for artists and cultural professionals: Culture Moves Europe. read more
The POLICY ANSWERS project is currently busy preparing Capacity Building Programmes for each of the Western Balkan economies under the leadership of the Institute Mihaijlo Pupin for this work package. ... read more
On 29 June 2022, the ETF hosted another in its series of Learning Connects discussions. The latest instalment brought an international panel together to discuss Impact investment for skills and societies... read more
An interview with Emilija Andonova and Gabriela Kostovska Bogoeska, Foundation for Management and Industrial Research We aim to present herewith some of the work in the "POLICY ANSWERS" project through... read more
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Capacity building is one of the five functions that UNESCO performs to fulfil its mandate. As such, one of the top priorities for implementing the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible... read more
On 5 July 2022, the Commission adopted a New European Innovation Agenda to position Europe at the forefront of the new wave of deep tech innovation and start-ups. It will help Europe to develop ... read more
Bregu: We hope Butterfly Innovation Award will shine a light on the regional innovation community and its undiscovered potential RCC supports research & innovation in the Western Balkans: Six winning... read more
On 27 and 28 June 2022, the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Culture, Research and Innovation, Education and Training took place in Tirana, Albania, with the participation of... read more
Commissioner Gabriel launched the new Western Balkans Ministerial Platform for Culture. © European Union, Florion Goga read more
Recordings of the public events and photos of the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platfroms on Culture, Research & Innovation, and Education & Training on 27-28 of June 2022... read more
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The Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Culture, Research and Innovation, Education and Training was organised in Tirana on June 27-28, 2022 with participation of the respective Ministers... read more
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The project POLICY ANSWERS presented the Western Balkans Info Hub to the invited researchers who wanted to create new or join already selected COST Actions. The aim of the online session was to inform... read more
POLICY ANSWERS team members Slavica Tutnjevic and Dragan Dragomirovic from the Faculty of Philosophy University of Banja Luka (UNIBL) held a working meeting with the deputy minister of science and technology... read more
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On 11 May, the Regional Cooperation Council organised a meting for regional actors presenting on different activities by the international community. POLICY ANSWERS coordinator, Elke Dall, informed about... read more
WBC-RRI.NET started in 2021 to promote the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation in the Western Balkans. The project is coordinated by the University of Novi Sad, Prof. Goran Stojanovic. We asked... read more
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On 29 November 2021, the European Commission launched a much-anticipated new tool to support the cultural sector through an online guide for EU funding. It aims to gather all available funding information... read more
The Commission today announced the 100 EU cities that will participate in the EU Mission for 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030, the so-called Cities Mission. The 100 cities come from all 27... read more
Deadline for applications: continuously possible Students and early-stage researchers from Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CEE/SEE) or Bavaria have the possibility to apply for grants for... read more
The fourth Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting took place in Vienna on June 9-10, 2019 within the framework of the European Commission’s Support for the Steering Platform (SP) on Research... 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.
