... big goalof EU expansion; the integration of further states, particularly that of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia. Finally, in July 2011 the European Commission announced that on the 1st of July 2013, Croatia will be the 28th member country to join the EU. But the accession of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia can only take place once their economic situation is improved and ethnic tensions reduced. In particular Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina struggle to adhere to the special regulations which are essential preconditions for further EU accession negotiations. For Serbia, this means facing its role in the ...
Deadline for submission: November 02, 2011 - if you are interested in taking part in the program, please contact Mr. Ljubisa Bojic ljubisa.bojic@positivecenter.org as soon as possible. Further information on project proposal is provided in documents attached below. More information on Research and Education Program. Monitoring Media Addiction Levels and Media Unreality Index to Create Reality-Centered Media is available here: ...
Eligible Countries of Research: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition to engaging in research in the region, the IARO fellowship gives scholars the opportunity to increase their ...
The Conclusive Summary report summarises the seven reports on mapping of the innovation infrastructures that have been prepared in summer 2011 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). This report provides a brief overview on the status quo of the innovation infrastructure landscape in the WBC countries as well as highlights the most noteworthy ...
... acquis. In the area of research and innovation, preparations for future integration into the ERA and the Innovation Union started but serious efforts remain to be made and close monitoring is required. EC Press Release: European Commission recommends moving onto next stages towards EU entry [news] Downloads Analytical Report (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (360K) Conclusions (79.11K) The overall conclusions on BiH in the fields interesting for WBC-INCO.NET read as follows: Bosnia and Herzegovina made some progress with the enforcement of competition rules. There was no progress in the area of public procurement, particularly regarding full alignment of the Public ...
The overall conclusions on BiH in the fields interesting for WBC-INCO.NET read as follows: Bosnia and Herzegovina made some progress with the enforcement of competition rules. There was no progress in the area of public procurement, particularly regarding full alignment of the Public Procurement Law. Progress continued in the area of intellectual property rights. There was little progress in the area of social and employment policies and ...
COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL This communication assesses the current state of the European Union's enlargement agenda, comprising the Western Balkans, Turkey, and Iceland. Based on the accompanying in-depth country analyses3, it takes stock of what these countries have achieved preparing for membership, where they stand today, assesses their prospects for the coming years and in this regard makes a number of recommendations. As in previous years, ...
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... on the priorities set out by the European Union. The European Commission also confirmed its earlier recommendation to open accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Visa-free travel to the Schengen area was granted to the citizens of two more Western Balkan countries in December 2010, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nevertheless, good governance, the rule of law, administrative capacity, unemployment and economic reform remain major challenges in the region. There are still problems concerning regional cooperation. In a number of countries, important reforms were delayed, often as a result of internal political developments and conflicts. There have been a number ...
... aims to map the transport research potential in all the New Member and Associated States. The West Balkan region is named as one of the key regions whose transport research is being assessed. Citizens of the following countries are therefore invited to attend this import workshop: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244 ...
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The Conference aims at encouraging business leaders and partners in government and civil society to work together in improving economy and social well-being in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while preserving the environment and offers a unique combination of events on sustainable use of natural resources, sustainable development of cities and towns and the corporate social responsibility models. The' conference also offers ideal opportunities for the representatives of business, government and civil society, to establish valuable new partnerships and ...
The workshop is a pre-Conference event of the TAIEX conference “Emigration Issues in the Western Balkans - joint approach to linking migration and development of the countries of origin“ of Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Department for Emigration/Diaspora. The rationale of the workshop is based on the fact that highly skilled professionals from the fields of science, technology, business etc. have emigrated from Southeast European countries in extremely high numbers this “brain drain” is a substantial systemic problem of science, education ...
Economic Institute Banja Luka, as the oldest scientific-research and consulting institution in the Republic of Srpska and one of the oldest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, was established in 1960. The status of scientific and research institution was acquired in 1972 and has been maintained ever since. During years of existence and work, various methods within the Institute have been developed and many projects have been carried out in all fields of economics and scientific-research work ...
The report is the second of a series realised within the SeeNet Programme by a research network coordinated by CeSPI (Italy) and composed of seven research organisations from South East Europe, including InTER who does the research on decentralisation and governance in Vojvodina. More about the SeeNet Programme is available at the website: www.see-net.org. This report is focussed on decentralisation. This issue is particularly relevant in Western Balkan countries, not only for the ...