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... seven national innovation infrastructure reports provide an extensive and complex overview of the innovation infrastructures in the WBC region, covering several important aspects of the National Innovation Systems (NIS) and presenting the status quo of innovation institutions and programmes in the Western Balkan Countries (WBC). The reports identify in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo (UN Res. 1244), Montenegro and Serbia: Innovation-related key government institutions and Key programmes as well as Key innovation infrastructures such as Technology and Innovation Centres (TICs), Clusters, Technology and Science Parks (TSPs), Business Start-up centres (BSCs), Technology Incubators (TIs) and other related organisations. In addition ...

EDITORIAL The short-term outlook for the SEE economies has taken a significant turn for the worse in recent months. In its latest forecasts, published in October 2011, the EBRD significantly cut its forecasts for growth in the region in 2012 by an average of more than two percentage points relative to the July forecasts. The biggest reductions were in Albania, Romania and Serbia. The main reason is the worsening crisis in the eurozone, the effects of which are bound to be felt throughout SEE ...

... 2011 The University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business and University of Osijek, Faculty of Economics invite to the 2nd Scientific Conference with International Participation titled: ECONOMY OF INTEGRATIONS (ICEI) Integration Challenges and Prospective in SEE Countries to be held in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina on December 9-10, 2011. ...

Throughout the project, Norway has been identified as a role model – a country with desirable innovation practices. The workshop itself was organized with the aim of presenting the results of reports on the current situation within the national innovation system of the WB countries; namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. The second day included a guest lecture by Jadranka Švarc, PhD, on the topic Sustainability of the Innovation System in Croatia in terms of the Global Crisis and included a methodological workshop, describing the possibility of using data from the Community Innovation Survey. The ...

This two-day meeting, hosted by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat and the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will allow the European Commission to identify, together with the beneficiaries and the RCC Secretariat, strategic interventions in a number of priority sectors for the new 2012 programme as well as preliminary outlines for the programme in 2013. The programme supports regional cooperation in several key political and economic sectors ...

The conference was designed to raise awareness regarding promotion of entrepreneurship in education as a means of improving competitiveness and boosting employment opportunities in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This takes place in the context of broader EU support for initiatives that will help Bosnia and Herzegovina implement EU policies on lifelong entrepreneurial learning. A draft BiH strategy on entrepreneurial learning has been prepared, in which special attention is given to teacher training. Vesna Puratić, from the BiH Ministry ...

... the Global Economic Crisis in SEE – Launch Conference of the LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion Read more RECENT EVENTS High Profile Speakers Since the start of the 2011-2012 academic year, LSEE has hosted a number of high-profile speakers, including policy roundtables with the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Finance Minister of Montenegro and a public lecture by the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia. Read More Involvement in the Region LSEE has also significantly contributed to a number of important international commitments, including the 4th International Black Sea Symposium, the Summer School for Democracy in Belgrade ...

... and Social Change (social inclusion, inclusive market and value chain development, youth employability, migration and remittances, human capital, other); 3) "Managing Diversity” (national, ethnic and religious identities, gender, youth, minorities incl. Roma). Papers to be presented can revolve around the region in general or focus on specific processes in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Selected candidates will be able to present and discuss their work in one of the many methodological or thematic workshops to be defined based on participant selection. All interested candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae (1 page), an abstract of their proposed conference paper (max ...

On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. These reports have been provided by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in preparation of the Platform Meeting taking place in Sarajevo on December 1, 2011. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because further ...

... the project. Every 6 months, high level political dialogue meetings are organised linking the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the Western Balkan countries. The meetings are co-chaired by the European Commission, the EU Council presidency country (currently Poland) and a country from the region (for the upcoming meeting: Bosnia and Herzegovina). The meeting takes place on December 1, 2011 in Sarajevo and will bring together RTDI stakeholders from all over Europe (see link below to the event entry ...

The European Commission has specifically linked the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours to education and training. The development of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship is one of the eight key competences recognised at EU level in the Key Competences Reference Framework. This study is an attempt to get a first impression on the level and type of activities taken at practitioner level to include entrepreneurship in teacher education. It is a pilot study that might ...

... way. Difficult reforms were agreed upon, which lead to visa free travel in the Schengen area for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recently, there have been some positive developments on some requirements: the State Aid Law was adopted by the Council of Ministers. A Joint Interim Committee of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliamentary Assembly for implementation of the Sejdic-Finci ruling was established. Bosnia and Herzegovina now needs to build on these developments. As parliamentarians, it is your task to do that. You have a vital role to play in developing a shared vision for the future of the country, in the work which you carry out inside your parliaments, but also in reaching out to ...

... at the University of Belgrade and the Norwegian Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFUSTEP) and the Centre for Education Policy. The purpose of the Knowledge Base is to gather and systematize information and data on higher education and research in the Western Balkan countries, i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and to act as a resource centre for researchers, policy makers, as well as other stakeholders, such as higher education institutions, students, general public etc., from the Western Balkans and beyond. http://www.herdata.org ...

... nbsp; Tempus Information days for 5th Call for Proposals in WBC, 2011 & 2012 DATE LOCATION NTO/NCP CONTACT CONTACT DETAILS NOVEMBER 2011 8-9/11/2011 ALBANIA, Tirana Edit Dibra edibra@tempusalbania.edu.al 18/11/2011 SERBIA, Belgrade Marija Filipovic Ozegovic office@tempus.ac.rs 23/11/2011 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo Suad Muhibic suad.muhibic@tempusbih.com 28/11/2011 MONTENEGRO, Podgorica Vanja Drljevic tempuscg@t-com.me DECEMBER 2011 01/12/2011 KOSOVO*, Mitrovica Goran Lazic tempuskosovo@gmail.com 02/12/2011 KOSOVO*, Prishtina Kimete Canaj tempuskosovo@gmail.com For those who cannot attend in person, please find below two ...

Read about innovation and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The region hosts the most international river basin in the world, linking 14 countries and 115 million people. the Strategy provides specific opportunities. Work is already being done to make full use of the Danube's considerable research and innovation prospects, including smarter transport links, cheaper and more secure energy through better connections, and co-operation to minimise environmental risks and disasters. This issue ...

This deliverable outlines the results of a survey conducted as part of the WBC-INCO.NET project initiative to support innovation capacities in the WB region. The survey aimed to pinpoint both present and likely future research and market needs, as well as identify possibilities for collaboration in the region. The survey was carried out in two rounds, the second building on the results of the first. Two questionnaires were jointly designed by JRC-IPTS and Ivo Pilar. These addressed ...

Executive Summary The survey was carried out in two rounds, the second building on the results of the first. Two questionnaires were jointly designed by JRC-IPTS and Ivo Pilar. These addressed consecutively market and research stakeholders. Questionnaires aimed to identify research and innovation needs both of today and in the future in order to support the design of a joint action plan for the region towards 2030. A dedicated workshop shall take place in the near future with both industry and ...

... for 2020 and a National Renewable Energy Action Plan as requested by the EU acquis. The Energy Efficiency Law is not in line with EU requirements. Whereas in the 2010 progress report Albania was considered to have made good progress in the energy sector, advances in 2011 have been slow. Bosnia & Herzegovina The chronic political instability in Bosnia & Herzegovina, as discussed in an October 2011 article by Balkanalysis.com’s Lana Pasic, seems to have a negative impact on the reforms in the energy sector. The Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011 Progress Report (PDF) concludes that the country is still at an early stage of implementing the EU energy ...

... of the recent articles, interviews and briefings include Vlad Popovici on the energy sector in the EC 2011 Western Balkans progress report; an interview with Slovakia's ambassador to FYR of Macedonia, and another with the EULEX Operations Director by Chris Deliso; Lana Pasic on one year without a government in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Anita McKinna on justice issues in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244); Maria Neag's briefing with Turkey EU minister Bagis; Greek intelligence agency acquisitions by Ioannis Michaletos, Ante Raic on the idea of an ex-Yu football league, and Italy's Balkan investments by Matteo Albertini. For further information please contact: contact@balkanalysis.com Source ...

... Balkans, in close cooperation with the European Commission. The meeting gathered representatives of national institutions from all the Western Balkan beneficiary countries responsible for joint cross-border programmes, as well as representatives of EU Delegations from the region and the EC Directorate-General for Enlargement. Source: Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina On October 20, 2011, in Hotel Europe in Sarajevo, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina Renzo Daviddi and Director of the Directorate for European Integration Nevenka Savić opened the 12th Regional Coordination Meeting on IPA cross-border cooperation in the Western Balkans ...

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