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Summarising the recommendations of the White Paper, priority should be giving to the following activities: 1. strengthening strategic reform processes with regard to the national research and innovation systems in the Western Balkan countries and contributing to their sustainability through institution and capacity building. 2. assuring a high level of participation of the Western Balkan countries in the 7th EU Framework Programme on Research and Technological Development and Demonstration ...
... stressed that economies of the Balkan countries are developing thanks to the shift to market economy and benefits of the EU integration process. He said that countries in the region must cooperate better, particularly in the SME sector, which holds a considerable potential for progress, and added that SMEs in Serbia create 60,000 new jobs every year. The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development has devoted this annual conference on SMEs to challenges and opportunities which governments in the Balkans are faced with, and it aims to provide further stimulus to SME development with greater international cooperation. Two aspects are ...
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Strengthening the Strategic Cooperation Between the EU and Western Balkan Region in the Field of ICT Research
Project
16. Nov. 2007
... The main contribution of the SCORE project will be the development of ICT Strategic Research Agendas for the participating Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) and a Policy Paper with “Recommendations for shaping EU scientific co-operation with the Western Balkan Region in the field of ICT research: 2007-2013” that will enable EU RTD policy-makers to define realistic research policies and agendas for the region. SCORE Objectives are: Develop ICT Strategic Research Agendas for the Western ...
In October 2007, short impact studies for Tempus in the Western Balkan countries were published by DG Education. Those can be downloaded here. They cover a brief overview on the higher education system, participation of the countries in Tempus and also a brief assessment of the impact. DG Education (2007): Tempus Impact Studies. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/tempus/news_en.html. Accessed: 14.11.2007. DG Education ...
... on higher education reform and Bologna process issues. Tempus has also supported the development of the legislative instruments necessary for the implementation of the Bologna process. The more recent Tempus projects reveal that the governmentas well as the universityis using Tempus to implement reform. Impact of Tempus in Serbia Tempus has contributed to a harmonisation of higher education in terms of unifying curricula, improving teaching methods, and capacity building. It has also provided opportunities to improve soft skills and to acquire knowledge on new or different processes. Work has also started on student assessment methods. Most projects have led ...
The SCORE project is running an Open Consultation to find out what are the ICT research priorities for the period 2007 – 2013 in each of the following Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia. SCORE is an EC funded project that aims to contribute to the shaping of EU ICT research policy in the Western Balkan region, in a way that meets the interests and actual needs of regional ICT stakeholders. Its main contribution will be the development of 4 country-specific ICT Strategic Research ...
... scientific information in south eastern Europe: access to specialised international literature is essential to revitalise scientific infrastructure and to ensure that universities in the region can compete and attract academics from other countries to collaborate in joint research projects. With over 130 members in faculty, research and university libraries throughout Serbia, KoBSON provides access to approximately 30,000 full-text journals across all disciplines, including a sizable number of open access titles. “We recognised that before scientists and researchers can publish in prestigious international journals, they must have access”, says Biljana Kosanovic, National Library of Serbia and country co-ordinator for eIFL.net ...
The annual strategy document includes also a summary of the progress made over the last twelve months by each candidate and potential candidate: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UN Security Council Resolution 1244). In addition, the 2007 progress reports were published, where the Commission services monitor and assess the achievements of each of the candidate and potential candidates over the last year. The so-called "enlargement package" contains also proposals to the Council for ...
SEE-ERA.NET invites to attend the South East European Conference on Innovation, which has the objective to prepare the field for the participation of SMEs and other innovation related structures into the future planned SEE-ERA-NET innovation activities, aiming at: Raising awareness on the potential of joint innovation activitiesDefining the scope of joint innovation activities, building on common interests of the innovation stakeholders by addressing their specific needsDeveloping specific ...
... and with the close co-operation of the European Commission Delegation in Sarajevo. Participants include Ministers of Transport and Communication or of Information Society from the Parties in the Stability Pact’s electronic South East Europe (eSEE) initiative – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania and UNMIK/Kosovo. In addition senior officials of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, UNDP and the EC as well as the Secretary General of the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC), the future successor organisation to the Stability Pact are also participating. In their individual presentations, Ministers from all ...
