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... The Fellowship Programme will provide 20 scholarships for civil servants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The Fellows will spend three months in the countries of the European Union, where they will gain work practice in the federal or state government agencies of the host countries, receive tailor-made training through specifically designed seminars and experience national/international and intercultural exchange. The programme will start ...

... Specific Privacy Statement. Please find below attached more information. The deadline for applying is September 6th. In the frameworks of its Enlargement & Integration Initiative, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is offering pre-paid travel and accommodation to researchers/experts from Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo*, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to participate in the 7th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, taking place on 18-19 October 2018 in Sofia/Bulgaria ...

... During the project I worked for over a year hand in hand with a small team of the Directorate for SMEs on: Reviewing international best practices in the design and implementation of voucher schemes, including a study trip to Slovenia. The feasibility of the implementation of a voucher scheme in Montenegro based on the current economic conditions, existing policy and institutional framework, the state of the local consultancy market, and the needs of export-oriented SMEs in Montenegro, analysed through a survey of 150 respondent firms. Examining alternative policy measures. Designing the scheme’s objectives and priorities while considering the potential risks ...

... WBs is the plan to balance countries’ contributions and grants in Horizon Europe. Western Balkan stakeholders welcomed the opportunity to discuss their advances in reforming WBs’ policy framework for research and innovation including notably the ongoing process of designing Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3). Currently, Serbia and Montenegro are preparing their entrepreneurial discovery processes to agree on RIS3 while the other WBs are in various stages of their smart specialisation processes. The Steering Platform took note of the recent R&I cooperation developments in/with the Western Balkans notably through cooperation in research projects, exchange programmes and ...

... nbsp; Pursuant to Article 11 of the Law on Innovation Activities (Official Gazette of Montenegro 42/16) and the Rulebook on detailed terms and procedure for approval and the manner of using the funds from the Budget of Montenegro for innovative programmes and projects of general interest (Official Gazette of Montenegro 81/16) THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE publishes a CALL FOR AWARDING GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS with total amount of EUR 1,000,000 allocated for grants for innovative projects (hereinafter: projects) under this Call I Subject of the Call The subject of the Call is ...

... Serbia, is still quite low (find here some data on WBCs in H2020). Balkan countries suffer from brain drain and are lacking R&I capacities: Serbia is the regional research power-house and it is doing reasonably well in Horizon 2020 (success-rate similar to the one of Hungary or Slovenia). Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina are performing close to the EU average (i.e. similar to Spain or to the Czech Republic) FYROM (or the newly-agreed "Republic of North Macedonia") and Albania have Horizon 2020 performances similar to those of Bulgaria and are following in the list. Adequate attention by ...

... providing valuable information on the reform efforts undertaken in both areas. The input provided shows the progress in the implementation of these reforms and helps the European Commission coordinate its EU assistance, so that these efforts are properly supported. Progress reports** on higher education reform: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo* Montenegro Serbia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Progress reports** on teacher training: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo* Montenegro Serbia The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia **The reports published above are not prepared by the European Commission. For pictures and all official information please refer to this website. The seventh meeting ...

The present study has been conducted under the European Commission’s initiative «Support to the Higher Education Reform Experts» (SPHERE) by a small team of experts. It discusses the research capacity of higher education institutions in the Western Balkans (WB). Provisional results of the study were presented at the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the “Western Balkans Steering Platforms on Education & Training & Research and Innovation”, 28-29 September 2017 in Belgrade. The study provides ...

... analysis of the current state of play, and the challenges faced by entrepreneurs and start-ups. The exercise will last for seven months, from June 2018 until February 2019, and will include two field missions to Montenegro by the experts, as well as a final event to present the results in Montenegro. For more information: Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility Specific Support to Montenegro Factsheet on the new PSF Specific Support to Montenegro On 21 June 2018, the Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility (PSF) Specific Support to Montenegro kick started in Brussels, Belgium. The Montenegrin government has asked for policy advice in building a friendlier environment and a supportive ecosystem for start-up enterprises in the country ...

... said. The members of the delegation were also Prof. Jürgen Debus, Medical Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology and Radiation Therapy at Heidelberg University Hospital, Prof. Herwig Schopper, initiator of the SEEIIST project idea and former long-time director of CERN, and Milena Milunović, First Secretary in the Mission of Montenegro to Brussels. Find more information and videos here Minister of Science of Montenegro, Sanja Damjanović met in Brussels with European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation at European Commission Mr. Carlos Moedas to discuss about financial support for the regional project of establishing the South-East European International Institute ...

... digital economy and bring the benefits of the digital transformation, such as faster economic growth, more jobs, and better services. Read below the official press release IP/18/4242: The Digital Agenda for Western Balkans: The Commission together with Ministers from six Western Balkan partners - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia – commit to: Investing in broadband connectivity: Good digital infrastructure is essential for the roll-out of broadband in the Western Balkans. Under the Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF), €30 million in EU grants will be made available to deploy broadband infrastructure in the ...

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... for science in Europe for the period of 2021-2027, which is 20 billion more than in Horizon 2020. Mid of June the Minister of Science Sanja Damjanović met with Vladimir Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre – JRC.to discuss on the Smart Specialization Strategy, which is being developed by Montenegro with the support of a JRC team. During the meeting, Director Šucha stressed that Montenegro had progressed the most in the process and that he believed that the end of the year was a realistic date for the finalization of the document. He also promised an additional expert team to ...

A recent leaflet providing an overview of Western Balkans' performances in Horizon 2020 so far. Data provided cover MSC actions, ERC grants, projects, funding, some success stories, etc. As Accession Countries, the Western Balkans will be further integrated into the European Research Area.

... agenda 2018 Factsheet Boosting Connectivity Factsheet Boosting Digital Connectivity Video – Connectivity agenda Factsheet - Six new flagship initiatives to support the transformation of the Western Balkans Factsheet - The way forward Factsheet - Economic relations – Investing in people, infrastructures and reforms Factsheet: EU Engagement in the Western Balkans Video stockshots – Western Balkans Factograph – Montenegro Factograph – Serbia Factograph – The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Factograph - Albania Factograph – Bosnia and Herzegovina Factograph – Kosovo Today's summit between the leaders of the European Union and the Western Balkans partners in Sofia confirmed the European perspective of the region and set out a number of concrete actions to strengthen ...

... interview process (almost 1,000 survey replies were received and more than 200 interviews were conducted in the Danube Region), and the analysis is still ongoing; however, what we can already see that the young project managers and administrators in WBC countries (in our case Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) claim to be much less well-versed in basics topics such as EU funding landscape, grant application writing or partner search and consortium-building than their counterparts in EU Member States within Danube Region. This is related to our other finding that both formal and non-formal training programmes are much less in ...

... follow as well as the possibilities for technical assistance from JRC. This year in April, national smart specialisation teams from WBC could for instance participate in a training event organised under the auspices of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). The teams from Serbia and Montenegro were trained on how to pursue the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) critical for the smart specialisation process. In September 2018, the SMARTEIZ project is organizing a conference titled: “Smart Specialization Strategies: Contemporary Challenges of its Design and Implementation”. To assess relative performance and potentials, a comparative analysis of the entire ...

... Economy, said that cooperation between science and economy was the foundation of economic development based on knowledge and innovations. According to Nikolić, the Strategy helps to encourage structural changes, place new products and services and acquire new skills, as has been recognized by the industrial policy of the Government of Montenegro, which has identified this concept as an opportunity to increase the number of jobs and the country’s competitiveness. One of the key partners in the development of the Smart Specialization Strategy is the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro, with which the Ministry of Science has very good cooperation, as ...

... there are other barriers in the way which could also hold back accession. Nevertheless, while the 2025 target represents a highly ambitious best-case scenario, it could serve as a powerful incentive for countries in the region to speed up their reform agendas. We do not completely rule out at least Montenegro and Serbia joining the bloc by 2025 or shortly thereafter. Direct Download wiiw Policy notes and Reports ...

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