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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 tookplace on December 1, 2011 in Sarajevo and brought together RTDI stakeholders from all over Europe ...

... of €300). On the registration forms of the training workshop and/or the brokerage event (once they are available) please make sure you tick the option ECITL Conference Registration – reduced fee. *Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro,The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Serbia Contacts: FP7 Training Workshop contact: Ms. Christina MIARITI (SEERC): cmiariti@seerc.org Brokerage Event contact: Ms. Kelly VAVASI (GSRT): kvavasi@gsrt.gr, Evi Afentaki (GSRT): pafe@gsrt.gr WBC-INCO-NET is organising a Training Workshop and a Brokerage event with a focus on Transport. The events will ...

The Innovation Infrastructure reports are mapping national innovation systems and relevant stakeholders in the Western Balkan Countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro and Serbia) The main objective of these reports is to add to common understanding of the national innovation systems in the region and to map the innovation infrastructure and stakeholders. Thus, the reports aim to facilitate the identification of potential partner organisations for STI co-operations from the countries. To this end, the ...

Eu founded project. Vojvodina metal cluster - establishing cluster of metal producers in Vojvodina province, in Serbia. www.vmc.rs

... Smart Cities initiative" to help find more efficient ways to use energy and provide urban transport. The researchers from Western Balkan countries are eligible to apply for funds and benefit form this huge package of funding for research and innovation. Since Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, FYROM and Serbia have the Associated Country status in the FP7, the researchers and organizations from these countries can benefit from this funding on equal footing with researchers and organizations from EU Member States. The researchers from Western Balkan countries are encouraged to follow the WBC-INCO.NET website in order to be ...

ESFRI has been working since 2002 to spur the development, prioritisation and sustainable operation of valuable new and existing RIs; and it is working now to revise its ‘Roadmap’ of future work. In this report, ESFRI now proposes a 7-point vision for RIs and Europe 2020: 1. By 2020, the European Research Area will have full availability of the needed world-class, top-quality research infrastructures to inspire researchers in every major discipline. The ESFRI Roadmap prioritises 44 ...

... situation in ICT sector, and others. Focus of future activities wil be on establishment of a Project Office of the cluster and Cluster Academy, strengthening business relations abroad with the aim of creating new business opportunities, lobbying and strengthening Vojvodina ICT Cluster’s position of the strongest cluster in Serbia and as the top address for ICT sector in Serbia, as well as further development of partner relationships in Serbia and wider. Dialog of Business, Education and Government In organization of Vojvodina ICT Cluster, Informatics Association of the Serbian Chamber of Commerce, and Regional Chamber of Commerce from Nis, a series of round tables was started aiming to shed more light on problems in ICT sector of Serbia, and to ...

Please find here the quoted text of the newsletter: The country reports are almost finalised and the regional reports are being prepared. Four specific mode reports are being written concerning road, rail, aero and waterborne. Two regional workshops have been held in Serbia and Turkey. Four more are planned for the autumn in Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. Further information on the project is on the website: www.transnew.eu or from sian.evans@ncl.ac.uk TransNEW - Regional Workshop Serbia Hosted by UBMaF - the University of Belgrade, the theme of this workshop ...

... period 2011-2013. More follows Indicative IPA financial allocations for the period 2011-2013 Planned allocation in millions of euros (figures are in current prices) Croatia 430.00 Iceland 28.00 former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 304.76 Turkey 2586.90 Albania 257.73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 314.22 Montenegro 91.28 Serbia 587.00 Kosovo 203.61 Multi-beneficiary programme 520.97 Cross-Border Cooperation 214.28 TOTAL 2011-2013 5538.75 Background Since 2007, candidate countries and potential candidates have received focused EU funding and support through a single channel – the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, or IPA. The total pre-accession funding for the ...

At the 6th International ICQME Conference some of the vital issues of quality, management, engineering, education, and environmental protection will be discussed, and the participants will be from both the university and the commercial fields, which will contribute to a more productive exchange of ideas and experiences. CONFERENCE THEMES: 1. Benchmarking 2. Business Excellence and Quality Awards 3. Cleaner product 4. e - Quality 5. International standard ISO 14000 – ...

... communicators within South-East Europe (SEE) and share best practices; and to improve the quality of communication in science and technology in the SEE region as an overall objective of the initiative. Eligible countries Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Kosovo/UN Resolution 1244, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. Application Interested applicants should send their curriculum vitae and a motivation letter related to the quality of science communication in the South-East European Region, (in PDF format) to the UNESCO Venice Office (attention: Ms Rosanna Santesso; email: r.santesso(at)unesco.org ...

... programmes to be implemented by the beneficiary entities. The technical assistance is financed by the European Commission through a Multi-Beneficiary Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance project. The Ministerial Conference on Regional Strategy for Research and Development for Innovation for Western Balkans is planned to take place in November 2011, in Belgrade, Serbia. Source: RCC News by e-mail, www.rcc.int Zagreb hosted a preparatory meeting today for the Ministerial Conference on Regional Strategy for Research and Development for Innovation for Western Balkans, to be held in November 2011. The event was organized by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat, a press release ...

... Commission is organising a multi-country seminar on eHealth open to participants from all Enlargement and Neighbouring countries. This "by invitation only" seminar will gather 42 representatives of the following 22 countries (Enlargement countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/1999), Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey; Neighbouring countries - South: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia; Neighbouring countries - East: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine ...

... nbsp; Ms. Dusica Semencenko, Submission of papers; E-mail: dusica.semencenko@pupin.rs Telefon/fax: +381 11 2774452 More information is also available here: Tehnologija i drustvo Date: From: 29 August 2011 To: 1 September 2011 The 18th Conference Technology, Culture and Development will take place in Palic, Subotica Serbia (August 29 – September 1 2011) and the context of the conference this year will be: Western Balkan on the road to the European Union. Applications for taking part in the work of the Meeting should be sent by post or email no later than July 31, 2011. Registration ...

... enterprises (MSMEs). The project has a budget of EUR 2.7 million and is being implemented between March 2009 and December 2011. A project prolongation until March 2012 is currently being prepared. The next steps of the SEE-IFA network focus on action planning for new instruments and institutions in Croatia, Serbia, FYROM, Romania and Bulgaria as well as a funding assessment and the selection of pilot technologies for the patent fund. More inormation on past activities, project progress etc. is provided in the newsletter attached below. Source: Andrea Waclik, aws South-East European Co-operation of Innovation and Finance Agencies (SEE IFA - Network ...

... South East Europe 2011—the second subnational report in the series following Doing Business in South East Europe 2008—compares the ease of doing business, both within a single economy and across the region, among 22 cities from: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, and Serbia. The report focuses on national and local regulations that affect 4 stages in the life of a small to medium-size domestic firm: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property and enforcing contracts. World Bank http://www.doingbusiness.org/Reports/Subnational-Reports/South-East-Europe

... areas. No single city outperforms the others across the board. Across the region, it is easiest to start a business in Skopje (FYR Macedonia), deal with construction permits in Niksic (Montenegro), transfer a property title in Balti and Chisinau (Moldova), and resolve a commercial dispute through the courts in Zrenjanin (Serbia). It is most difficult to start a business in Pristina (Kosovo), register property in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and enforce a contract in Prizren (Kosovo). Dealing with construction permits is most burdensome in Belgrade (Serbia), while in Tirana (Albania) no permit has been issued since 2009. The wide variation in ...

... Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, media support of RTS and in cooperation with the Institute for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Serbia, continues the tradition of the organization of the competition for the best technological innovation in Serbia . Further information and registration (in Serbian language) is available at www.inovacija.org. Deadline for application is July 18, 2011 and the competition will take place in two categories: Implemented innovations and innovative ...

The Commission is proposing to increase the amounts provided for research and innovation, education and SME development. The proposal foresees to allocate €80 billion for the 2014-2020 period to the Common Strategic Framework for Research and Innovation ("Horizon 2020"), to be complemented by support for research and innovation in the Structural Funds. In the communication it is further stated that "the Commission's ambition for the next EU budget is to spend ...

... de . Sourc Davide Poletto, UNESCO Date: From: 23 August 2011 To: 3 September 2011 This multidisciplinary programme is addressed to young professionals and university master/PhD candidates students, possibly two, (women are encouraged to apply), from the following countries in South-East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as well as UNMIK/Kosovo. No fees will be required by selected participants. The organizer will cover local transportation, full board accommodation costs. Official language of the school is English. Deadline for application is July 15, 2011 ...

... are needed to build a track-record - and to adopt sound legislative amendments in the areas of conflict of interest and political party financing. On displaced persons, efforts need to be stepped up to provide them with legal status and to ensure respect of their economic and social rights. - I congratulate Serbia on the arrest of Ratko Mladić. This has removed a major obstacle on Serbia's path to the EU. However, there are still a number of key reforms for you to accomplish. I am aware this is a pre-election year, but it is also the year of the Commission's Opinion on ...

A summary analysis of the consultation, based on written responses and around 1300 online questionnaires that were submitted by interested individuals, companies, research institutes and citizens is available below. Further outcomes of the consultations as described below are available here. The written responses provided by over 750 associations, large organisations and others that provide in-depth views which are published on this website, organised by country. An interactive blog, where ...

... Memorandum of Understanding on the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The EU Strategy covers the Danube macro region, with a population of more than 100 million including parts of 8 EU Member States: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania and 6 non-EU countries: Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova ...

A comparative analysis of the innovation systems of WBC based on the national contributions presented at the First Innovation Dialog Forum (IDF) in Bečići, Montenegro (November, 8-9, 2010) and selected literature. A contribution to the task 8.1- Comparative analysis of the innovation capacity in the WBC with particular focus on joint cooperation needs.

An article about economic situation and transition effects 20 years after starting the process of transition in FYR of Macedonia. The FYR of Macedonia was one of the poorest republics in former Yugoslavia and now is one of the poorest countries in Europe. GDP per capita in terms of the purchasing power parity is about a quarter of the European average. After an exceptionally unfavourable period in 1995-1998 and the post conflict period 2001-20041, GDP growth rate in FYR of Macedonia start ...

... like to collaborate with. The 2030 timeframe has been set since an innovation-driven society takes time to flourish and ideas may require a long term incubation period. Please have in mind that this survey is aimed at respondents from WBC (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia and Kosovo/UN Res. 1244.) only. Thank you ...

... Date: September 23, 2011 On the September 23, 2011, the 2nd Open Seminar of Focus-Balkans will take place in Brussels. Participants will be members of the consortium as well as invitees coming from the Universities and Ministries important for the topic in 6 Balkan countries: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia ...

... Economics, Law, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Agrarian Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Literature and Communication Sciences. The minimum qualification required for participating is a bachelor degree. Scholarships and Fees Scholarships: only participants which are representatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and NGOs and with citizenships from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo Turkey, are eligible for scholarships that cover both the course fees and the board and lodging (in double or triple rooms). The candidates with citizenships from above-mentioned countries which are also currently representatives of CSOs will be automatically considered for scholarships. The scholarship covers accommodation expenses (board and lodging ...

The five-day International Summer EU Grant Academy for Research, Technological Development and Innovation focuses on the key skills and competences that each organisation needs to develop in order to build and increase its absorption capacity and establish a continuous process of obtaining grant funding for Research, Technological Development and Innovation: Identification and evaluation of project ideas Identification of project ideas suitable for grant funding Searching for appropriate calls ...

Please find attached presentations held at SP meeting in Ohrid and conclusions developed. The Steering Platform meeting took place in Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia on May 26, 2011. Ohrid

... originality of the work. Authors shall be under 35 years of age at the date of submission. Authors shall be citizens of one of the following countries:Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Ukraine. Proof of date of birth and citizenship must be provided upon application; authors shall also include a brief CV. In the case of coauthored work, each of the coauthors has to fulfill all the criteria. Previous winners of the Olga Radzyner Award, ESCB central ...

In order to discover the opinion of the researchers and research staff, working in Serbian R&D organizations on the general issues regarding the research career development and mobility, EURAXESS Serbia launched the Survey for identification of the obstacles for employment of foreign researchers. The survey was implemented online on the national EURAXESS portal and 102 invitations were sent to different organizations representatives, which were already involved or informed about EURAXESS initiative and activities in Serbia. Until the mid of May ...

South-East European Congress & Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy South-East European Conference & Exhibition “SAVE the Planet” Waste Management & Recycling, Environment At the exhibition 327 direct participants and represented companies from 32 countries showed their latest products and technologies in the sectors renewable energy, energy efficiency, waste management and recycling. Many of the foreign exhibitors were new ...

Focus of the presentation: Macroeconomic perspective induces innovation performance in the region; Critical infrastructure for knowledge development;SME development in the financial crisis; Perspective of the regional cooperation. Zoran Aralica;The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

... Selected Papers in the CCEDEP Journal:November 30, 2011 Further information about the conference is available at: CCEDEP Conference 2011. From: September 14, 2011 To: September 16, 2011 The First Climate Change, Economic Development, Environment and People Conference – CCEDEP will be held in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, September 14-16, 2011. Early Registration: Before July 15, 2011; Late Registration: After July 15, 2011

... CERN) announced that Serbia can begin formal discussions for membership. Accession to CERN is very important because this organisation is conducting the greatest scientific experiment in human history – the Large Hadron Collider accelerator, in which 40 Serbian scientists participate. Membership negotiations should last for approximately one year after which Serbia will get the status of associate member. Within two to five years, Serbia will become a full member of CERN. Financing of the national scientific project cycle 2011– 2014 The Ministry of Science and Technological Development (new name: Ministry of Education and Science) approved the final list of scientific projects that will be financed in the project cycle of 2011 ...

... to future cooperation such as strengthening cooperation with the JRC for enlargement countries and implementation of the Danube Strategy. The UNESCO and CEI mentioned also several possibilities for future cooperation. The Platform welcomed the presentation of the Strategy for the Danube Region by the Priority Area 7 Co-Coordinators from Serbia and Slovakia. All expressed interest in pooling research efforts to meet the objectives of the Strategy and asked which actions (e.g. ERA-NET or ERA-NET PLUS) the Commission could consider under FP7 or later to support the objectives of the Danube Strategy. The Platform welcomed the continuous support of ...

Conclusions of the 10th Meeting of Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries (Ohrid, May 26, 2011). Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries: Conclusions of the 10th Meeting of Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries, Ohrid, May 26, 2011. WBC-INCO:NET

... promotional activities. According to the Action Plan on EUREKA, Montenegro will set the conditions for joining the initiative in 2011, while funds for EUREkA projects will be available as from 2012. During the first three months of 2011, the government has signed bilateral agreements on scientific and technological cooperation with Serbia and Bulgaria, while signing with China is planned for May 2011. Strategy for the Development of SMEs 2011– 2015 The Strategy for the Development of SMEs 2011–2015, prepared by DDSME, was adopted in January 2011.Thedevelopmentof innovationcapacitiesin the SME sector is included as one of ...

The conference gathered 24 participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Romania who have worked in the following seven thematic sessions: Contexts of poverty Women and poverty Media specific discourse of poverty Role of media in poverty alleviation Politics of poverty Poverty online Social exclusion of Roma Opening the conference, Professor Ivana Zivancevic Sekerus, Vice Dean ...

Within the project "R&D Capacities" an Assessment Report was published depicting the situation regarding R&D at the universities participating in the project. "The present report is the output of the initial analytical work in the project ‘R&D Capacities’ carried out in 2009. On the one hand it reflects the situation at Western Balkan universities in the year 2009, on the other hand provides essential inputs for consecutive steps within the project: it ...

New publication issued by WUS Austria Sarajevo Office within the framework of the Conference “Austrian Support to Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina”. "The Austrian Development Cooperation and WUS Austria proudly look back at seventeen years of successful cooperation focused on support to Higher Education (HE) in BiH. The joint efforts encompassed a variety of different projects which all had one thing in common: the belief that sustainable prosperity needs the ...

... in the Western Balkans. The University of Fribourg, upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), manages the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP). It was established with the objective to advance Social Science research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. This partnership programme was created following a wide consultation process involving well-respected researchers and research institutions in the region, Switzerland and other European countries. The RRPP operates through three inter-related pillars: 1. The allocation of research grants for projects that deal with issues related to transformation in individual countries and ...

The Conference Language is English. Intending contributors should submit initially only abstracts. Electronicsubmission (in MS Word format) through e-mail is strongly recommended. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee before their acceptance for presentation. Abstracts should be approximately 250 words in length and should clearly quote the scientific contribution of the proposed presentation, the used methodology/approach and expected outcomes. Authors should include at the ...

... Although the government is obviously striving to make some progress in terms of gaining visa liberalization, the EU does not seem to be impressed. Not addressing the Kosovo status issue, the EU has recently accepted the role of mediator in a newly launched technical dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo (UN Res 1244). Unlike its Balkan neighbors, it remains the only country that has not yet specified where exactly it stands on the path towards EU integration. There is no visa roadmap, no Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), and, needless to say, no EU membership application. The European ...

This document, dated May 19, is the Serbian Position Paper on the next EU framework programme for research and innovation as a response to the EC Green Paper „From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding“. http://ec.europa.eu/research/csfri/pdf/contributions/post/serbia/government.pdf#view=fit&pagemode=none

This new initiative of the Organization is a result of a collective effort by the Secretariat and offers Member States and the public at large a comprehensive but easy-to-read account of UNESCO’s activities during the course of the past year. Source: Email from Tousnakhoff, P., UNESCO UNESCO (2011): 2010 UNESCO Annual Report http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001918/191870e.pdf

... be addressed first in the Region. In the frame of the Danube Strategy’s theme 4, “Building Prosperity in the Danube Region”, Priority Area 7 is dedicated to the Development of the Knowledge Society through Research, Education and Information Technologies and jointly coordinated by the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Slovakia. Miroslav Veskovic, the rector of the University of Novi Sad, comments on the Danube Strategy in his capacity as Serbian coordinator of Priority Area 7 ...

... the Danube Strategy With the endorsement of the Strategy by the Council, preparations for the implementation of the Strategy start immediately. Each of the eleven Priority Areas is coordinated by two Danube States; to give an example, the Priority Area for the Knowledge Society is coordinated by Slovakia and Serbia. It is now the responsibility of these coordinators and the other Danube countries, regions and stakeholders to agree on a work programme, to explore sources of finance and to identify the most immediate actions to help the region flourish and fully exploit its economic potential. The Commission supports the process ...

... the agri-food sector, following the ‘Triple Helix’ framework. In the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the OECD is assisting in the development of a horizontal, whole-of-government, policy framework for innovation. In Montenegro, the OECD is engaged in the design of a voucher scheme to support SME innovation. In Serbia, the OECD is working with government to develop a competence technology centre which would facilitate greater collaboration between industry and the public research community. Albania, Croatia and Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99 will have an opportunity to work with the OECD in 2012. The RCI will also establish working groups ...

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