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Publication: "Analytic Assessment of the current R&D Situation at Universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro"
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2. Jun. 2011
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 ...
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Publication: “15 + years of Support to Bosnia and Herzegovina Higher Education through ADC WUS Austria Collaboration”
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2. Jun. 2011
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 ...
Sanja Vlahović, the Minister of Science of Montenegro, underlined the importance of social science research for the development of Montenegro and shared some interesting and comparative information about the current status and possible future of science and research development, especially in light of the EU-integration processes. Ralph Friedländerfrom the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation spoke about the Swiss contribution to the development of the region in general and social ...
... RCC Newsletter. Date: 28 June 2011 from 00:00 to 00:00 The third Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will be held in Montenegrin town of Becici near Budva, on June 28, 2011. It will be co-organised by the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Chairmanship-in-Office of Montenegro and the RCC Secretariat ...
... 29, 2011) follow this link: http://www.balkanalysis.com/kosovo/2011/05/29/kosovo%E2%80%99s-visa-liberalization-troubles-trying-to-get-to-heaven-before-they-close-the-door/ balkanalysis.com discusses in a recent article the visa problems of Kosovar citizens (UN Res 1244). For them a smooth, visa-free border-crossing is possible in only five countries: Albania, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Haiti (the last one is doubtless not the common destination for Kosovars). Other countries either do not let the citizens of Kosovo enter their territories without a valid visa, or do not recognize their ‘blue’ passports at all (thus not approving their entry whatsoever – Serbia ...
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
... Innovation are particularly engaged in innovation policies. It is envisaged to involve many other development stakeholders in the Ministry’s innovation-related activities for further dialogue and consultation. Montenegrin Directorate for Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (DDSME) DDSME has an important mission in the overall socio-economic progress of Montenegro, especially in the fields of entrepreneurship and SME development. Among others, DDSME is responsible for the definition of an SME strategy, the preparation and realisation of SME development projects and programs, the coordination of programs, measures and activities related to SME development and the observation of financial support for SMEs ...
... industry and the research community to identify and develop three partnerships between business and public researchers in 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 ...
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Enlargement Countries Joint Response to the EC Green Paper on Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU R&I Funding
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20. May. 2011
The European Commission has recently launched a process of consultation to receive opinions from a wide array of stakeholders ranging from research and business communities to government and civil society organizations for the structuring of the future research and innovation landscape in Europe. The Green Paper “From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding” presented by the European Commission on 9 February 2011 ...
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Enlargement Countries Joint Response to the EC Green Paper on Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU R&I Funding
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20. May. 2011
The Joint Response of Enlargement Countries addresses the issues in the Green Paper “From Challenges to Opportunities: Towards a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research and Innovation Funding” published by the European Commission on 9 February 2011. The Green Paper manifests the very initial orientations of the public programming for research and innovation in Europe after 2013. With the Green Paper, the European Commission has launched a process of consultation to receive opinions from a ...
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Research cooperation with the Western Balkans: A tool to facilitate integration.
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19. May. 2011
This document provides an overview of the ongoing research cooperation between the EU and the Western Balkans. It also explains why the EU countries engage in research with this region and how they do it. The real impetus for engaging in research cooperation with the Western Balkan countries came from the European Council meeting in Thessaloniki in June 2003. There, heads of state and government reiterated that the future of the Balkans lies within the EU. Ministers of science also endorsed a ...
The SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme provides a framework for the development and implementation of projects around the South East Europe area. By means of joint activities carried out at a transnational level between the 16 beneficiary countries, the Programme works to make the SEE region more competitive and better integrated. This brochure gives an overview on the SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme. Source: SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme. SEE (2011): "DEVELOPMENT ...
The implementation of the first generation of transnational cooperation projects financed through the South East Europe Programme began in 2009, after more than one year of preparation and selection. The 40 innovative projects help the integration process of the area and contribute to making South East Europe a more competitive place. The projects benefit from the exchange of experience and the joint work on new and interesting ideas, while developing new opportunities for the region. The total ...
In Montenegro, Electrical engineering studies began in 1961 in Titograd as a department of the Belgrade Electrical Engineering Faculty, and two years later the Engineering Faculty with Electrical Engineering Department was founded. Nowadays, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Podgorica represents a modernly designed teaching-scientific institution which organizes independently or in cooperation ...
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Progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries (November 2010 - May 2011)
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17. May. 2011
On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download.
These reports have been provided by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in preparation of the Platform Meeting taking place in Ohrid on May, 26 2011.
The two year ICT-WEB-PROMS project aimed at increasing capacity of stakeholders in the Western Balkan countries (WBC) to fully participate in European ICT research and in the European Research Area by creating and supporting strategic partnership between stakeholders in the EU and the WBC while providing access to relevant knowledge. The four key objectives were networking of WB and EU countries in the area of ICT, increasing the capacity of organizations from WBC to create ICT technology and ...
The Final Report of the project aims to provide a roadmap for subsequent researchers in the Western Balkan region. The nine page document outlines the results achieved by the ICT-WEB-PROMS project, the problems encountered and the needs identified in the WBC. The report furthermore issues recommendations for the European Commission, national governments and stakeholders and outlines the lessons learnt for future activities in the region. Further project documents and deliverables can be ...
Current Panorama INFOREGIO issue covers the EU Strategy for the Danube region.
WBC-INCO.NET and SEE-ERA.NET projects are in focus on page 16 as new research contacts partnerships for cooperation with SEE. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/panorama/pdf/mag37/mag37_en.pdf
... As component II of the European Union's new financial Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), this is the first cross-border programme on the border between the pre-accession countries of the Republic of Albania and Republic of Montenegro, for the period 2007-2013. The global objective of the Programme is to promote cooperation between people, communities and institutions on the bordering areas, aiming at sustainable development, stability and prosperity in the mutual interest of citizens of the two countries. The specific objectives of the Programme are: Promotion of economic ...
... This cross-border programme for the period 2007-2013 between the pre-accession countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Montenegro will be implemented under the centralised management. The overall objective of this IPA cross-border programme is to foster the joint sustainable development of the crossborder area, its economic, cultural, natural and human, resources and potentials by strengthening the capacities of human resources and joint institutional networks among local communities and ...
