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In 1993 the European Union took the decision to open its borders to the new democracies of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Eight of them joined in 2004 and two more in 2007. However, the most ambitious European project ever has yet to be concluded. This book examines the state of play anno 2012. What have we learned from earlier accessions and how does this affect the perspectives of the remaining (potential) candidate countries? What explaines the much stricter conditionality of ...

After mapping the economic situation and the competitiveness of the countries in European neighbourhood, the paper proceeds to an analysis of the selected aspects of these countries’ competitiveness The economic impacts of existing agreements between EU Member States and neighbouring countries. A simulation of various scenarios covering free trade in goods between the EU and some of its neighbours is attempted. Where possible, the effects of bilateral agreements on the growth and productivity ...

... Providing think tanks from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia with training and networking opportunities, the TRAIN programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans. During a series of seminars, participants will receive training on the conduct and efficient communication of ...

... partner institutions: Ghent University - consortium co-ordinating institution (Belgium) Lund University (Sweden) Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria) University of Heidelberg (Germany) University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France) University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy) University of Zagreb (Croatia) Western Balkan partner institutions: Fan S. Noli University Korce (Albania) South East European University Tetovo (FYRO)Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje (FYRO)Macedonia University Luigj Gurakuqi of Shkodra (Albania) University of Belgrade (Serbia) University of Kragujevac (Serbia) University of Montenegro (Montenegro) University of Niš (Serbia) University of Novi Sad (Serbia) University of Prishtina (Kosovo) University of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) University ...

... The Fan Noli University is a university based in Korçë, Albania. It is composed of the following schools: Agricultural school (started in 1971) Teaching school (1992) Business school (1992) Nursing school (1994) Tourism school (based in Pogradec and started in 2009) The university was created as the Higher Institute of Agriculture of Korçë which had started in 1971. On January 7 ...

... The University of Shkodra, "Luigj Gurakuqi" today, with an uttermost physiognomy, is not only to show its values and to be presented as one of the most important institutions in high public education in Albania but also to show its motivation and engagement in applying its obligations as a high educational institution and to best serve to its students and other interested persons. The University of Shkodra, "Luigj Gurakuqi" offers wonderful possibilities in attending higher studies at university based on the roots and tradition of ...

The presentation included information about: available grants application procedure study and research plan selection procedure. The deadline for application is February 1, 2013 and all mobilities should start before December 31, 2013 (except for staff). From December 3-7, 2012 the Erasmus Mundus Project Basileus IV was presented in Albania and Kosovo*. www.basileus.ugent.be

... all population groups in the region. Participated countries in SEE Digi.TV project are: ERDF countries: Slovenia - Italy - Austria - Hungary IPA countries: Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Serbia - Montenegro - Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Albania Broadcasting services and ICT technologies importantly contribute to the development of the society thus the aim of SEE Digi.TV project is to speed-up digitalization of the broadcasting services, and to contribute to a wider use of ICT broadband services. As different stakeholders, especially broadcasters and industry will be ...

... The objective of the conference was to contribute to integration of statistical systems of the countries of the Western Balkans into a joint European statistical system through development, processing and distribution of statistics in the area of education on the basis of single standards and harmonised methodology. The delegations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia participated actively as did the representatives of Eurostat, Centre for Research in Education and Innovation (CERI/OECD), European Training Forum (ETF), National Educational Council of Finland, International Network of Educational Policy Centres, KulturContacta, UNICEF, Centre for Educational Policy and Belgrade ...

... Harvard/APA style. Relevant Dates 31 March, 2013 Deadline for proposals (extended abstract) 31 May, 2013 Reviews and notification of acceptance 15 September, 2013 Final version of accepted manuscript due to be submitted 31 October, 2013 Conference schedule and room assignments announced 5 – 7 December, 2013 Conference held in Tirana, Albania Please submit your abstract in all the three following email addresses: Konferenca2013@yahoo.com Konferenca2013@hotmail.com Konferenca2013@gmail.com All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Board of Scientific Advisors, comprised of leading scholars from well-established research institutions – accepted papers for presentation will be published in the proceedings. This ...

Views from any discipline within the social sciences and humanities are accepted (interdisciplinary studies are especially encouraged). Language: English Deadline for abstracts: Please send a one page (or less) abstract of the proposal chapter by January 31, 2013. Please include (Times New Roman 12, 1.5 spacing, medium margins): - The name of the proposed chapter - The abstract - Key words - A short biography of the author (several sentences only) Send the proposal page to the address ...

... The event recorded a massive interest resulting in participation of 114 young people from FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo*, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Ukraine, who formed 49 teams and presented their apps at the grand finale on the last day of the event. The Overall Winner at the event was the team of iDERMA (Croatia) who won S4S Fellowship, participation at Mobile Monday Budapest ...

This report also provides in-depth statistics about the composition of project consortia: 74.5% of all the grant agreements involve at least one SME and 11.1% of all the projects have an SME as its coordinator. The average EU contribution going to SMEs participating in thematic research projects so far has been about €275000 per project. When looking at FP7 in its entirety – including Research for the Benefit of SMEs and the Marie- Curie Actions – the conclusion is that of the about 91000 ...

At the end of October 2012 we have published the 100th issue of the e-newsletter of the Western Balkan countries INCO-NET. This was also a good opportunity to look back and think about developments achieved so far in the region in the fields of S&T and Innovation. Thus, we have issued a call in ...

... panels: 1) Gender Politics and Discourses 2) Media, Political and Social Discourses 3) New Social Disparities/Social and Economic Change 4) States, Networks and Informality 5) Migration, Diasporas and Remittances Papers to be presented can handle topics within the region in general or deal with the processes of change in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. All interested candidates should submit a single PDF file containing a short Curriculum Vitae (max. 1 page), an abstract of the proposed conference paper (max. 300 words) and a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page) by 19 January 2013 at the ...

The government developed the ‘Higher Education for All’ policy, as part of the Programme of the Government 2008-2012. The goal is for 25% of the population to receive higher education by 2012. To achieve this strategic goal and enable a larger group of students to enrol at universities, in 2008 the government opened a new university in Shtip, as well as new faculties in bigger cities with decreased or no tuition fees4. Source: EURAXESS The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte ...

The Report establishes the baseline for annual updates and for monitoring the European Research Area (ERA). It is based on qualitative and quantitative data. It also provides the basis for further analysis on the observed correlation between a lower degree of openness in terms of some of the indicators for the research profession used in this report and low performance on the Innovation Union Scoreboard2, and for identifying clusters of low-performing countries. The qualitative data comes ...

Starting from the six ERA dimensions described in the ERA Green Paper, the report then looks where we are today, and which direction the future is taking, given the policy context of Europe 2020. Involvement of stakeholders in further building the ERA is looked at by analysing their involvement in a number of existing ERA instruments, using a taxonomy of stakeholder roles and functions. The report has been written as part of the FP7 project Forward Visions on the European Research Area (VERA). ...

This report constitutes a formal deliverable, namely D6.1 “Outline of ERA elements and stakeholders”, of Work Package 6 “Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Strategy” of the VERA Project (Forward Visions on the European Research Area). The main objectives of this project are both to provide relevant strategic knowledge for the governance and priority-setting of the research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI) system in Europe, and to set up a strategic conversation across the ...

In the context of an economic downturn and the growing flexibilisation of the economy, qualification pro-cesses are also influenced by demographic pressures, including migration and the problem of the social inclusiveness of the deprivileged population which increasingly embraces young people. In this context, European policy developments in the area of VET in Europe1 address the following four main categories: 1. Curricular developments. 2. Stakeholders’ positioning and functions. 3. ...

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