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... in 12 out of 31 countries. This is the case for natural sciences in only two countries (Estonia and Italy), and for engineering and technology in only three countries (Croatia, Greece and Romania). Generally, the proportion of women researchers is the lowest in the agricultural sciences, with the exception of Serbia. Serbia displays the opposite trend: 24 % of women researchers in the higher education sector work in agricultural sciences. Largest proportion of women supporting staff within the business enterprise sector in Serbia (48%), the lowest in Macedonia (1%) Within the business enterprise sector in almost all countries, the proportion of women occupying ...

... deadline will be rejected. Source: CBIB+ The EU-funded multi-beneficiary project ‘Cross-Border Institution Building (CBIB+) Phase II’ has launched a contest to award three prizes for research papers in relation to the cross-border cooperation programmes between beneficiary countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia ...

... Austria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Serbia and Slovakia are joining forces to support cross-border multilateral co-operation the Danube Region. Using their existing bilateral agreements the countries have indeed decided to launch a pilot call allowing researchers from at least three of these countries to work together through supporting the mobility of researchers among the participating countries ...

... link: https://issuu.com/costprogramme/docs/2015_annual_report COST is an intergovernmental framework consisting in 36 Member Countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and a Cooperating State (Israel). This allows researchers from these countries to embark upon networking opportunities by participating in science and technology networks called 'COST Actions'. https://issuu.com/costprogramme/docs/2015_annual_report ...

... from countries with established bioenergy markets (Austria, Germany). The following specific objectives and activities will contribute to the overall objective: 5 villages have developed the institutional set-up and energy management concept for becoming a bioenergy village up to investment stage for physical infrastructure with at least one bioenergy village in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Macedonia. The local market uptake of bioenergy value chains are to be proven by signing of letters of commitment. Mobilization of 62 GWh/y heat and power based on solid biomass in at least 5 target villages. The individual biomass value chains will include the production ...

... over many other countries, while China is making swift progress. In addition, the EU is catching up with Japan and the United States, but is still losing ground to South Korea. The Report includes also analysis about non EU Member States as Switzerland (CH), Israel (IL), Iceland (IS), Norway (NO), Serbia (RS), Turkey (TR), the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK), and Ukraine (UA). http://ec.europa.eu/DocsRoom/documents/17822 Hugo Hollanders, Nordine Es-Sadki, and Minna Kanerva

The European Innovation Scoreboard – previously Innovation Union Scoreboard – provides a comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU Member States, other European countries (including Serbia and FYR of Macedonia), and regional neighbours. It assesses relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and helps countries identify areas they need to address. The European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) Interactive Tool allows for custom comparisons of performance scores. Visualise country profiles comparisons, as well as correlations between scores ...

... at educational institutions in the Republic of Slovenia for individual level of education, more precisely for: – Master studies (second level), – Doctoral studies (third level). Under this Call the following states are perceived as Western Balkans states: Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro Kosovo* FYR of Macedonia Serbia The scholarship is granted for: living costs: in the total amount of EUR 8.400,00 for each study year; and tuition fee: the maximum granted amount of yearly scholarship for tuition fee for an individual year of study shall amount to 100% of tuition fee, but not more than ...

This fifth meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training (WB PET) was held in Sarajevo and included representatives from the governments of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia. Representatives from the EC included staff from the Education and Culture and Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations Directorates-General. 2016 was the first time Ministers reported on developments in teacher training, following the recommendations of the study on reforming teacher education and training. The study had been presented at the 2014 meeting ...

... would increase their contribution as well. For example, students from our department are involved in projects implemented by the Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB), a Swedish non-governmental organisation. They organise summer schools in the region by involving a group of young researchers who are going to restore cultural monuments in Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, etc. This would be a good example and I think that they are doing a good job. Prof. Puto, thank you very much for this interview! *This interview was conducted by Ines Marinkovic, WBC-RTI.info project coordinator. *Interview with Mr. Artan Puto, Professor of Albanian history at Tirana ...

The Project builds on the successes of the Innovation Serbia Project (ISP), which was also implemented by the Innovation Fund in the period 2011-2016. Innovation Serbia Project was financed from 2011 EU IPA funds and administered by the World Bank. Objectives The objective of the Project is to stimulate collaboration between public research and development (R&D) sector ...

... Germany, Greece, Austria and Slovenia, are participating in implementation of a three year EU Tempus project “Mastering innovation in Serbia through development and implementation of interdisciplinary post-graduate curricula in innovation management” with aim of improving higher education. The main goal of this project is to strengthen the innovative capacity of Serbia through the modernization of higher education in Serbia and to provide quality human resources. MAIN http://www.main.uns.ac.rs ...

This program is part of the EUR 6.9 million Serbia Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer Project, which is financed by the European Union from its IPA pre-accession funds in the amount of EUR 4.9 million, and co-financed by the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian private sector in the amount of EUR 1 million each. It is implemented by ...

... Bianchini from the University of Bologna and Professor Asim Mujkić from the University of Sarajevo. The Master Programme promotes the development and realization of young generations of officials for state management, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations, for universities and think-tanks in Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as in the countries belonging to the EU, the rest of Europe, and worldwide. The programme consists of two semesters with three terms: The First Term is taking place at the University of Sarajevo, CIS Center for Interdisciplinary Studies from November to mid-June. The Second Term is designated ...

This report identifies groups of regions and countries with common energy technology interests based on a set of technologies included in the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) of the European Union. Through a series of illustrative maps, the report maps energy priorities, focusing on sustainable technologies, under the framework of the smart specialisation concept. It identifies groups of regions and countries with common energy technology interests based on a set of ...

Improving connectivity within the Western Balkans, as well as between the Western Balkans and the European Union, is a key factor for growth and jobs and will bring clear benefits for the region’s economies and citizens. The Western Balkans Six (WB6) has made the connectivity agenda one of its highest priorities, with a special emphasis on the preparation and financing of concrete regional infrastructure investment projects, but also on the implementation of technical standards and soft ...

"Albania in the Berlin Process: Current Achievements and Upcoming Challenges for the Paris Summit” is a publication of Cooperation and Development Institute / ShtetiWeb with regards to the participation of the civil society to the Berlin Process. This publication is the first of the Berlin Process Series, an initiative of Cooperation and Development Institute aiming to document, analyze and monitor Albanian participation in the Berlin Process. The publication is a follow-up ...

This Working Paper aims to document and analyze the progress Albania has achieved in implementing the commitments taken in the framework of the so-called Berlin Process as stated in Vienna Summit in August 2015, and the challenges ahead to the upcoming Summit of Paris of July 4th, 2016. It also provides recommendations for the national institutions involved in the planning and prioritizing phases of the connectivity projects. The Working paper is prepared by Cooperation and ...

The aim of the conference is to initiate debate and provide solutions to some of the identified problems in the contemporary societies. With respect to this, the participants will find opportunities for presenting new research, exchanging information, and discussing current issues. The abstracts with maximum length of 300 words should be sent on the contact e-mail address: conference2016@eccfp.edu.mk. The abstracts must be written in English and should contain: Title of the paper, authors, ...

... or bbn.pco@gmail.com with "EFEA 2016" as the subject of your email. Source: EFEA Environment-Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA) is a forum for bringing academics, scientists, engineers and industry together to discuss the recent developments in environment friendly energies and their applications. EFEA2016 will be held in Belgrade, Serbia from September 14-16, 2016 and is the fourth event in the EFEA series, following EFEA 2010 in Ghardaia, EFEA 2012 in Newcastle and EFEA 2014 in Paris. http://soe.northumbria.ac.uk/efea2016/index.html Belgrade

... targeted policy guidance to support efforts towards fulfilling the Copenhagen economic criteria. In this context, Participants agreed that the elements of the 2015 policy guidance which had not yet been fully implemented remained valid and needed be addressed by policymakers in the Western Balkans and Turkey. [1] Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Turkey are candidate countries for EU accession. [2] The conclusions of this dialogue are without prejudice to EU Member States' positions on the status of Kosovo. Representatives of the EU Member States, the Western Balkans and Turkey, the ...

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of investment, integration, and structural and policy deficiencies. These structural features have led to policy challenges in particular after the crisis of 2008-2009. Which are: investment- and export-led growth, which implies slower growth of consumption than ...

The 2nd JSC-WBP focused on improving science, research and higher education systems in the Western Balkans (WB) in the light of integration into the European Union (EU), emphasising three areas of discussion: institutional and systemic change, quality assurance in different areas, and concrete ideas for implementing positive change. Key Recommendations Build a social and political culture appreciating the relevance of science for open society and economic development. Involve scientists in ...

... organizations was also held in Paris on 4 July in the morning. Source: French Ministry of Foreign Affairs On 4 July, France hosted the third summit on the Western Balkans. Eleven countries were invited: the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) and the five EU countries (Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy and Slovenia ...

... Affairs and International Development Building on the previous Berlin (28 August 2014) and Vienna (27 August 2015) Summits, France welcomed in Paris on 4th July 2016 the Heads of government, Foreign ministers and the ministers of economy of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, as well as Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Italy and representatives of the European Union and the International Financial Institutions ...

... the International Maritime Museum (foyer) on 12 September 2016, starting at 19h. Eligibility criteria: 1. The applicant (as individual or as a company) must be established in an EU Member State or in an Associated Country (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, FYR Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey). 2. The submission consists of a complete application written in English 3. The applicant (individual or representative of the company) can be selected as winner of the "Woman of the Year in the Blue Economy" award only if she is of female gender 4. The applicant (individual ...

If you are interested in promoting the impact of transnational volunteering, discussing challenges and benefits of transnational volunteering and developing perspectives for the future on the background of the current socio-political and economic climate in Europe, celebrating 20 years of the European Voluntary Service programme, networking with participants coming from different organisations involved in transnational volunteering, doing all of this with participants coming from all over ...

... 381 38 609 901 +381 38 609 902 www.fes-prishtina.org contact(at)fes-prishtina.org FES Macedonia St. “Borka Talevski” 42/6 1000 Skopje Macedonia +389 2 309 3 181 +389 2 309 3 182 +389 2 309 3 180 www.fes.org.mk contact(at)fes.org.mk FES Serbia Dositejeva 51/1 11000 Belgrade Serbia +381 11 3283 285 +381 11 3283 271 www.fes.rs fes.bgd(at)fes.rs Source: FES Dialogue SOE http://www.fes-soe.org/about-us/dialogue-southeast-europe ...

... of the talks will be published in three international journals. Other contributions will be distributed in a Book of Proceedings. The conference was co-financed by the CEI Cooperation Fund. Source: CEI Over 120 persons from 25 countries, including 8 CEI Member States, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine, attended the "First International Conference BelBI 2016" in Belgrade on 20-24 June ...

... is based on partnership with Ministry for Education and Sport of Republic of Serbia, Ministry for Science, Technology and Development, Advanced School for EE and Advanced PTT School and also the companies from the area of Info-Communications. Until now the cooperation is established with various companies including Ericsson, EUNET, PTT Serbia, Telekom Serbia a.d., Mobtel, Teri Engineering, Telegroup, CYPTT. This tri-sector collaboration has already resulted in several projects, with more on the way. Source: NGO Equal Opportunities http://www.e-jednakost.org.rs/site/en ...

... ministers is organised by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) and Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). Launched in 2012, the EU’s initiative for cooperation in education with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia has encouraged regional cooperation and communication, exchange of good practices in the region and the EU and pooling of resources. It also provides a follow-up in terms of joint projects, studies and events. This year it will focus on identified priorities, higher education and teacher training. The Head of the ...

The Danube River is an international waterway flowing 2860 km across Europe from the heights of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald) down to the Black Sea delta. In its passage, the second longest European river crosses 22 geographical meridians, joining 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine. The Danube drainage basin extends into nine more countries. The International Conference on Bridges in Danube Basin has become a traditional international event in bridge engineering, initiated by Prof. Miklós Iványi and organized periodically each third year in different Danube countries: 1992 on a ship ...

... title IPA II Multi-country Action Programme for Connectivity for 2015-2016 Financing 22.020401 Multi-country programmes, regional integration and territorial cooperation Contracting Authority European Union, represented by the European Commission on behalf of and for the account of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia CONTRACT SPECIFICATION Number and titles of lots One lot only Maximum budget EUR 9 354 000 Scope for additional services The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project in duration and/or scope subject to the availability of funding up to the estimated amount of approximately EUR ...

... Serbian and English. Registration fee for participation in the conference is *20 Euro*. The free accommodation will be provided for a limited number of participants. There are a lot of opportunities for finding accommodation in apartments (http://www.belgrade-shortstay.com/ ), hotels and hostels (http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/serbia/belgrade/) in Belgrade, near the venue of the conference. (You can ask for assistance) For further information you can write at: ffff@f.bg.ac.rs Dr Nada Sekulić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade wu.wei@orion.rs Marija Radoman (doctoral student, research assisstant ...

... in the rules of contest. Source: CBIB+ The EU-funded multi-beneficiary project ‘Cross-Border Institution Building (CBIB+) Phase II’ will publish a contest to award three prizes for research papers in relation to the cross-border cooperation programmes between beneficiary countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia), financed under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (2007-2013 IPA ...

... title IPA II Multi-country Action Programme for Connectivity for 2015-2016 Financing 22.020401 Multi-country programmes, regional integration and territorial cooperation Contracting Authority European Union, represented by the European Commission on behalf of and for the account of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia CONTRACT SPECIFICATION Number and titles of lots One lot only Maximum budget EUR 9 354 000 Scope for additional services The Contracting Authority may, at its own discretion, extend the project in duration and/or scope subject to the availability of funding up to the estimated amount of approximately EUR ...

... Serbian and English. Registration fee for participation in the conference is *20 Euro*. The free accommodation will be provided for a limited number of participants. There are a lot of opportunities for finding accommodation in apartments (http://www.belgrade-shortstay.com/ ), hotels and hostels (http://www.hostelbookers.com/hostels/serbia/belgrade/) in Belgrade, near the venue of the conference. (You can ask for assistance) For further information you can write at: ffff@f.bg.ac.rs Dr Nada Sekulić, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade wu.wei@orion.rs Marija Radoman (doctoral student, research assisstant ...

This project will help strengthening regional cooperation in the field of Employment and Social affairs. The objective is to improve the employment/labour market and social reforms in the Western Balkans through different types of activities: experience exchange of the ESRP, capacity building, regional meetings and exchange of good practices. It will be important to identify future needs for the support and to ensure the sustainability of the reforms. Potential problems could occur in the frame ...

The National Report on the Status of Women and Gender Equality (NRSWGE) in Albania is the first national report serves as the substantive basis to analyse the overall situation of women and men in Albania. Nine policy areas of key importance to gender equality are covered: national development indicators, demographics, legal frameworks and institutional mechanisms, health, education, work, entrepreneurship and property rights, social policies and social services, political representation and ...

... organised on May 12-13, 2016 in Novi Sad and Belgrade under the umbrella of the “Civil Society Forum of the Western Balkans Summit Series”, as a joint initiative of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and ERSTE Foundation, supported by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), Delegation of EU in Serbia and the Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technology, and in close cooperation with the European Movement in Serbia – Local Council in Novi Sad and the Center for Regionalism. It is part of the Western Balkans Summit Series Forums initiative, which intends to contribute to the greater role, visibility and impact ...

... innovation outcomes across the region, even after the end of PACiNNO. Source: PACINNO Pacinno is a collaboration platform that connects into a single regional innovation system researchers and academic institutions, policy makers, and innovative companies of the eight countries belonging to the Adriatic region (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). PACINNO http://www.pacinno.eu ...

... for the future”, and “Better labour market governance - a shared responsibility”. The “Employment and Social Affairs Platform” (ESAP), is a regional project financed by the European Commission to the tune of 3 million Euro and will be jointly implemented by RCC and ILO in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The project aims to strengthen regional cooperation and institutional capacities of national administrations, employers’ and workers’ organisations, enabling them to develop and effectively implement labour market and social policy reforms in their EU enlargement process. Source: RCC The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and ...

... CoolHeating is to support the implementation of "small modular renewable heating and cooling grids" for communities in South-Eastern Europe. CoolHeating transfers knowledge from partners in countries where renewable district heating and cooling examples exist (Austria, Denmark, Germany) to countries where there are less examples in the sector (Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina). Core activities, besides techno-economical assessments, include measures to stimulate the interest of communities and citizens to set-up renewable district heating systems as well as the capacity building about financing and business models. The outcome is the initiation of new small renewable district heating and cooling grids in 5 target ...

... sustainable, smart and inclusive growth of agriculture, the Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, also known as the BioSense Institute, has been founded to focus multidisciplinary, game-changing and needs-driven research and disseminate it to a global ecosystem of forward-looking stakeholders. BioSense cross-fertilizes two most promising sectors in Serbia: ICT and agriculture. Multidisciplinary research is performed in the fields of micro and nanoelectronics, communications, signal processing, remote sensing, big data, robotics and biosystems, with a common goal to support the development of sustainable agriculture and create a positive impact to the lives of people. Bio-Sense advances and integrates all ...

... send an e-mail at cgs@innovationfund.rs. The public call for proposals for this program is open from June 21st to September 23rd 2016 at 17:00 hours. Financing for this Program is provided by the European Union in the amount of EUR 2.4 million and the Republic of Serbia in the amount of EUR 1 million. Source: IF The Collaborative Grant Scheme Program is designed to incentivize private-sector companies and public-sector R&D organizations to engage in joint scientific research and development projects with the goal of creating new commercially viable products and services, as well as innovative ...

... Beneficiaries eligible for this instrument are consortia of up to five members consisting of at least one private sector small and medium sized entreprise (SME) founded and operating in Serbia with annual revenue of at least EUR 200,000, and one public sector scientific research and development organization registered in Serbia. Steffen Hudolin of the EU Delegation in Serbia said goal was to increase competitiveness of Serbian economy and recalled the EU has been supporting innovative sector in Serbia since 2011. “I am really happy to see this project lift off the ground. Our goal is to support the scientific community in establishing better ties with companies and enhance ...

... as human rights, justice, democracy and public policy, as well as other important issues of human coexistence. CAS – SEE has received the support of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, and the collaboration has been confirmed by a number of scientific institutions in the region (Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Turkey). The CAS’ vision is to create a publicly relevant hub for high-level academic research that stimulates public discourses on topics with high societal relevance. This vision rests upon promoting freedom of research by means of offering an enabling space for innovative intellectual and scholarly reflection. More ...

... all aspects of human life, science, technological development and innovations play an important role in stimulating economic development. Innovations are considered to be the main factors for a stable knowledge based economy, which became the basis of competitiveness and dynamic growth. Therefore, with the establishment of this fund, Republic of Serbia is looking to better position itself in the regional and the global race for innovative technologies. The intention of the Fund is to contribute to the overall development of innovations through various financial instruments, particularly by fostering the establishment of new and strengthening the existing companies, by positioning them to ...

... Bank as a Multilateral agency in bringing forward analytical work and pilot interventions for the benefit of governments and other partners in the countries of transition. The proposed program aims at promoting gender equality by strengthening the knowledge base and evidence on gender disparities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia, in order to inform government, donor and civil society interventions. Immediate target group of the analytical and dissemination work by the World Bank are: Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Serbia Donor agencies in these countries Civil society organizations The generated findings shall contribute to improve the situation and ...

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