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From Fragmentation to Cooperation: Tertiary Education, Research and Development in South Eastern Europe
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19. Aug. 2008
The objective of this paper is to analyze the situation in Balkan countries, outline the directions for policy reform in tertiary education and research and development, and identify options for World Bank support to these countries, both through national projects and different types of regional collaboration. Tertiary education and research and development contribute to economic growth and competitiveness by providing highly skilled graduates prepared to take up their role in an open economy ...
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Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries (Ljubljana, June 13, 2008)
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19. Aug. 2008
The Meeting of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries was held in Ljubljana/Slovenia on June 13, 2008. It was organised under the auspices of the Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology. The presentations held at the meeting as well as the WBC country reports can be downloaded at http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/document/5930.html The minutes had been approved by the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries at its ...
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From Fragmentation to Cooperation: Tertiary Education, Research and Development in South Eastern Europe
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19. Aug. 2008
... document/14206.html The full working paper is available in English, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian and Macedonian. Authors: Toby Linden and Nina Arnhold with Kirill Vasiliev The World Bank’s working paper, published in June 2008, examines the challenges that Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia face in order to have a labour force with a significant pool of people with tertiary education qualification. These people, however, will be needed to meet increasing demand for highly-skilled labour and support economic growth ...
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Albania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - National Strategy for Development and Integration
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5. Aug. 2008
This Poverty Reduction Stategy Paper focuses on Albanian macroeconomic and structural outlook. The paper also covers social policies undertaken in support of growth and poverty reduction. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are usually prepared by member countries in broad consultation with stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. The report accompanied by consultation Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty ...
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South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, new structural funds period 2007 - 2013
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4. Aug. 2008
... SEE Programme is one of the two spaces defined in the current CADSES (Central, Adriatic, Danubian and South-Eastern European Space) transnational cooperation area. The second defined space is the Central Europe Programme (CENTRAL). The proposed eligible area for SEE comprises: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, fYR Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, parts of Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Moldova and parts of Ukraine. The new Programmes have a focus on the Lisbon and Gothenburg objectives and the urban dimension. The SEE Programme is directed toward the development of adequate strategies of future development of cities, so to say, to ...
The report deals with the legal surrounding conditions for doing business in SEE. It covers the 22 cities in seven economies in South East Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). It benchmarks the following four elements of regulation: starting a business, obtaining licenses, registerin property and enforcing contracts. The report covers capitals as well as other cities and allows comparisons both within a county and across the region. The report was directed by FIAS, a multidonor ...
This document contains 111 frequently asked question regarding economic development in Montenegro. The document was compiled by Montenegrin Investment Promotion Agency, among the answers general presentation of Montenegro and Montenegrin Investment Promotion agency can be found as well as the description of advantages Montenegro offers to the foreign investors. Montenegrin Investment Promotion Agency (2007). 111 Frequent Questions. Podgorica: Montenegrin investment promotion ...
In a speech provided by the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Montenegro, the Commissioner Janez POTOČNIK talks about the opportunities that the European Research Area offers to Montenegro. He argues that research cooperation has an important part to play in preparing the ground for accession to the EU and raises the question what changes the association status actually brings to Montenegro. Furthermore he refers to the importance of the 7th Framework Programme for Research, the Pre-Accession ...
The European Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potočnik, held a speech at the UNESCO Policy Forum on South Eastern Europe Higher Education, Science and Innovation in Budva (Montenegro) on July 3, 2008. In this speech Potočnik stresses the need to strengthen the knowledge triangle (education, research and innovation) in Europe in order to increase Europe's competitiveness and to speed the transformation into a knowledge-based society. Speech: Progress and the Knowledge Triangle, ...
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INCO-NET Projects: Supporting International Science and Technology Cooperation with Major Regions of the World
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29. Jul. 2008
The launch of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research (2007-2013) places a renewed emphasis on international cooperation in Science and Technology. Within the Capacity Programme one main activity of International Cooperation is the bi-regional coordination of S&T cooperation, including priority setting and the support of the S&T policy dialogue, the so-called INCO-NET projects. This booklet presents the activities of the first six INCO-NET projects which have been selected ...
