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... PRESS RELEASE NO: 2019/ECA/31 " Growth for the Western Balkan region is estimated to strengthen to 3.5 percent for 2018, according to the latest Western Balkans Regular Economic Report, Higher but Fragile Growth. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia are estimated to grow at rates between 2.5 percent and 4 percent. While employment also rose in five of the six countries in the region, the 91,400 new jobs created between July 2017 and July 2018 were significantly fewer than the 214,000 added one year ...
... Slow Food in 2010 to give a voice to small-scale food producers and rural communities, and to support them in upgrading their production from homemade to artisan, advocating for their social and political recognition, and supporting their access to markets. 100 participants (from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia) at the fifth edition of Terra Madre Balkans (21-23 May 2018) share the opinion that the integration of the Western Balkan countries into the EU is a major political goal that will ensure stability and development in the region. The conference built on the human dimension ...
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Serbia a and Bosnia and Herzegovina among countries to improve green transition scores
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16. Nov. 2018
... sustainable market economy, looking to see whether they are competitive, well-governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated. Read the whole article here The countries are among those that improved their 2018 scores in the area of green transition compared to 2017, while the scores of Albania, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo* and Montenegro, remained unchanged, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Transition Report 2018-19 and article by Balkan Green Energy News ...
... The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. The Western Balkans – composed of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo – is a complex region facing significant energy challenges. The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. Electricity systems in many parts of the region remain fragile and in need of investment ...
... to benefit from the greater use of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures by providing a combination of financing instruments, technical assistance and policy support to create a sustainable market for energy efficiency in the Western Balkans. The countries targeted are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. ___ In June 2012, the Steering Committee of the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) approved a €23.35 million grant to the EBRD to establish the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme for the Western Balkans. The WBIF is a joint initiative of the European Commission together with the ...
... fostering renewable energies predominantly through the provision of dedicated financing to businesses and households via partnering with financial institutions and direct financing. The Green for Growth Fund is currently active in nineteen target markets including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine. GGF is a unique public-private partnership established in December, 2009 to promote energy efficiency in its target region and to reduce CO2 emissions. GGF's investments seek to achieve a 20% reduction in energy consumption and/or a 20% reduction in CO2 ...
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WBC National roadmaps for lignocellulosic biomass and relevant policies WBC for a bio-based economy in 2030
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14. Nov. 2018
This is a result of the S2Biom Fp7 funded project (D 8.3a) under responsibility of the Imperial College London (Calliope Panoutsou et.al.,). Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina FYR of Macedonia Kosovo Montenegro Serbia ___ S2Biom project has been supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme and have been running from September, 2013 until November, 2016. The research work in the S2Biom project covered the whole biomass delivery chain - from primary biomass to end-use of non-food products, and from logistics ...
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Conference: Balkan and European union — a five-year cycle of the Berlin Process held in Montenegro
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9. Nov. 2018
It is one of the most important economic events in the region. The two-day conference contributed to strengthening regional cooperation in the ongoing process of European integration of the countries of the region. The conference was opened by the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović, Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz and president of the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro Vlastimir Đukanović, while the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkan countries, in a special panel, have discussed the region’s economic and European perspective. More than 600 participants were announced among representatives international financial ...
... of national RIs and their links to the European RI Roadmap. Participants also discussed policy options to increase collaboration between existing Research Infrastructures and researchers from the WB6. The current status of the mapping RIs in the region was presented by the representatives of the individual WB6 economies. Montenegro has embarked on a revision of the national Research Infrastructure Roadmap in light of strategic developments at the national level; Serbia is in the final stage of the process of preparation of their first RI Roadmap to be completed this year; The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has formed ...
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One year from the conceptualization of the Regional Economic Area to its implementation
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9. Nov. 2018
... progressive deepening of the socio-economic integration of WB6 within the region and with the EU. In this context, REA should be considered as an important milestone for the preparation of WB6 EU accession. Currently, the speed of EU accession process of WB countries has been relatively slow. Despite Serbia and Montenegro, identified as countries for a possible membership in 2025, for other countries such perspective seems to be far away. In this context, REA will accelerate the economic development and EU accession process of WB6 by supporting their efforts in terms of harmonizing and complying with the EU standards. In this ...
