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... on developing a favourable regulatory framework for SME’s has made substantial progress through Albania’s participation, since 2003, in the European Charter for Small Enterprises process. The following EU candidate and potential candidate countries have already joined the CIP: Croatia (October 2007) the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (October 2007) Turkey (February 2008) Montenegro (March 2008). Background information: The CIP programme, which runs from 2007 to 2013 with a budget of 3.6 billion, contains the following 3 pillars: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Framework Programme (EIP): EIP fosters the competitiveness of enterprises for example by providing co-guarantees and co-investments ...

The European Research Council (ERC) published a "guide for grant holders", which shall serve the ERC funded scientists and guest institutions as a practical assistance for the administration of the ERC fundings.The manual contains two documents:The first document describes diferences and synergies between the specific ERC financial agreements and the normal FP7 financial support agreement. The second document is a legally not binding handbook of references for the financial management of the ...

... free one-stop-shop listing resaerch jobs and funding opportunities in Europe. The service is free of charge. EURAXESS Services is a network of more than 200 centres located in 35 European countries. A team of well informed staff is at your disposal across Europe. Also in Croatia, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia. EURAXESS-Links is a networking tool for European researchers in the US. It provides information about research in Europe, European research policy, opportunities for research funding, for international collaboration and for trans-national mobility. More information available on: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess At the beginning of June, the new webportal EURAXESS ...

... independence in 2006 - then one evaluator from Montenegro and one from Serbia was reported additionally). As expected the biggest two states from the region had the most evaluators for FP6. Furthermore, evaluation per country shows that Albania had in 4 years only 5 evaluators, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3, FYR of Macedonia had alltogether 2 evaluators. In the given years, the region represented less than 0.5% of the evaluators for FP6 projects. In 2003 the list indicates 5451 evaluators for FP6, and 21 from the WB countries, in the year 2004 the total number increased to 6385, while there were still ...

The following attachments include Constituent document of the Task Force Fostering and Building Human Capital of the Regional Cooperation Council Overview on the membership structure Overview on the stakeholders of regional cooperation Task Force TFBFHC

This report is an attempt to summarise the findings, conclusions and recommendations presented during the activities undertaken by the IRE Working Group on Effective Regional Innovation Systems (ERIS). The report offers a bird’s-eye view on regional innovation systems concepts, structural elements, internal interactions, and barriers. Critical factors identified by the ERIS Group members that affect the success of the innovation systems are examined. The issue of multilevel governance is also ...

Please find here the presentations held hat the Steering Platform meeting in Ljubljana on June 13, 2008. - MHEST (organiser) and the individual presenters

... be hired to support the AC status, funds from CARDS are available for support to implement association, INCO-NET organised a workshop in Sarajevo in May with 100 researchers interested, NCPs inform regularly on FP and international cooperation, a strategy on state level is to be developedmain activities in FYR of Macedonia: 3 new laws have been adopted: on higher education, on scientific and research activities and on technological development, the laws bring about a sum of novelties and better financial support, prioritiy areas were identified and a board of ethics as well as an external agency of evaluation established, a national ...

... networking among key players should be ensured. - Create policies and instruments to facilitate innovation development and offer more support programmes for establishing innovation infrastructure. E.g. Albania, FYROM and Montenegro need to implement technology and science parks, strategy for business incubators is still missing in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. - Improve the coordination of programmes supported by donors and support more effectively areas, which are not based in the capitals or areas closed to them. - Support systematically staff capacities of the institutions dealing with innovation and offer continuous training and other capacity building activities. - Assure increased support for research and ...

This is the final report of the FP6 project WATERWEB ("Water Resource Strategies and Drought Alleviation in Western Balkan Agriculture"). Project Period: 01/04/2004 to 31/01/2008The project has fullfilled its objectives in all workpackages. The main results of all those work packages are described in this final summary report. The main strategic objectives of the projects were:- to contribute to development in the Western Balkans (WB) by introducing strategic water management for drought ...

EUREKA is an intergovernmental network, gathering 38 members including the European Commission, created to support leading edge industrial R&D and promote cross-border cooperation. The Ministerial Conference meeting will focus on the EUREKA revised strategy, the accession of former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to EUREKA, and EUREKA key projects. “For more than 20 years EUREKA has contributed to the competitiveness of European industry and the fostering of trans-national cooperation. Collaboration between EUREKA and the European Commission goes back just as long, and in recent years clearly obtained a new dynamic and élan”, the ...

... cover 100 % of the regions’ energy demand by renewable and locally available sources. Target Regions: All regions are located in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas. Greece: Milos Island, Cyclades Islands Germany/Austria: Achental, Bavaria/ Leukental, Tyrol Italy: Mountain Community of Limina, Calabria Serbia and Montenegro: Kragujevac-Knic Region FYR of Macedonia: Podbelasica Region Albania: Bregu Region Project Results: A common methodology for the integrated investigation of the regions’ energy demands. DOIRES (The Software for the definition of the optimum combination of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems (IRES)) Software Model for defining the optimum local combination of RE technologies according to the ...

... year and a half. The project, co-funded by the European Commission, has a budget of 1.2 million EUR and comprises three components: EU-Western Balkan Chamber partnerships; a survey on Foreign Direct Investment; and participation in EUROCHAMBRES' Academies. Chambers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are eligible ...

The document is a catalogue of all specific targeted research projects (STREPs) and coordination actions projects (CAs) supported under the specific programme “International Cooperation - Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area” of the 6th Framework programme. Each project is identified by its objectives, its activity area and the expected results and includes the list of all participating organisations and contact persons. European Commission (2008): International Cooperation ...

... Area Period: 01/01/2005 to 31/12/2007 Budget from EC: EUR 699 118 Coordinator: Walter W. Wenzel, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU) TRABOREMA Concepts for integrated transboundary water management and sustainable socio-economic development in the cross border region of Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) and Greece Period: 01/06/2004 to 31/05/2007 Budget from EC: EUR 1 000 000 Coordinator: Jürgen Wolfbauer, University of Leoben LPAMS Production process for industrial fabrication of low price amorphous-microcrystalline silicon solar cells Period: 01/10/2004 to 31/03/2008 Budget from EC ...

... gr Project co-ordinator: Gorgias Garofalakis ETAT garof@etat.gr ipet@etat.gr EU contribution: 570,864 WBC partners: Sustainable Economic Development Agency (Albania), Agency for International, Scientific, Educational, Cultural and Technical Cooperation (Montenegro), University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture (Serbia), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Skopje (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Directorate for International Cooperation (Croatia) FOOD-N-CO cooperation network of national contact points with a special focus on third countries in the areas of food quality and safety and food, agriculture and biotechnology Contract n° ...

... from this, in April 2008, the BAFN team produced several reports that are likely to be of interest to researchers and policy-makers in this field. A position paper has been produced setting out the scientific fields considered priority areas for the agri-food sector in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. It stresses that capacity building, modernising research infrastructures, developing incentives for the purchase of equipment and researcher mobility are all key areas for development. The reports go on to recommend the following areas for further development: biodiversity, including the conservation of genetic resources and indigenous species; food safety ...

The ERA WESTBALKAN+ initiative is supporting the Western Balkan Countries (WBC), i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia in participating in the 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7). This partnering event encourages researchers from WBC to find mainly suitable Greek partners for a consortium during the fourth/fifth open call in the thematic priority "ICT" (the next call is expected to be published in November 2008 ...

... euro's in total for 2 weeks. Besides an extensive academic program, exciting leisure activities such as parties, excursions, public debates, field trips and more will be organized. The deadline for application is the May 30, 2008. For more information please see: http://www.my-program.org & SPARK. International Summer University Macedonia 2008 ISUM 2008 will be held July 7-20, 2008. This year it will be organized in Ohrid, a beautiful resort also known as 'the pearl of the Balkans'. 12 courses will be offered in the fields of Law, Economics, Business & Public Administration, Gender, Education Science and Teacher Training. Students ...

... the new era of longer-term sustainable Grid Infrastructure in Europe. The initiative is coordinated by the Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) and the project consortium consists of representatives from Albania (Polytechnic University of Tirana), Armenia (IIAP-NAS-RA), Bosnia-Herzegovina (University of Banja Luka), Bulgaria (IPP-BAS), Croatia (RBI), F.Y.R. of Macedonia (UKIM), Georgia (GRENA), Hungary (MTA-SZTAKI), Moldova (RENAM), Montenegro (University of Montenegro), Romania (ICI), Serbia (University of Belgrade), Turkey (TUBITAK), as well as the European Centre of Nuclear Physics (CERN) in an advisory role. In order to ensure the necessary critical mass, thirty regional Research and Academic institutions have been selected ...

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