... on the participations and collaborations of EU Member States. This Flash provides insights on the participation of non-EU countries, i.e. third countries, to Horizon 2020, based on their status in Horizon 2020: Associated countries: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine. Non-associated third countries: countries that are not EU Member States and not associated to the Framework Programme. The cut-off date for the analysis data recorded in the Common Research Data Warehouse (CORDA), is 1/1/2019. Projects under Public-to-Public Partnerships, EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities ...
... region to ERA and Innovation Union. This study provides a comprehensive map of all state structures, adopted national strategies, legislation and budget dedicated to the areas of research and education, offering a clear view of current situation in all Western Balkan regions in general, focusing on Albania and Kosovo, including Serbia’s positive experiences. In addition, through a regional angle it tackles the factors that hinder the absorption of EU funds in education and research. Being a first of its kind, by comparing the WB countries current situation through qualitative and quantitative data gathered and analysed, the study serves as a ...
... region to ERA and Innovation Union. This study provides a comprehensive map of all state structures, adopted national strategies, legislation and budget dedicated to the areas of research and education, offering a clear view of current situation in all Western Balkan regions in general, focusing on Albania and Kosovo, including Serbia’s positive experiences. In addition, through a regional angle it tackles the factors that hinder the absorption of EU funds in education and research. Being a first of its kind, by comparing the WB countries current situation through qualitative and quantitative data gathered and analysed, the study serves as a ...
Find below all issues of 2018 newsletters.
WBC-RTI.INFohas prepared several newsletter issues in 2018. Thematic articles were drafted while relevant stakeholders contacted and in some cases also interviewed.
The Danubius Award was created in 2011 by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) to honor persons with extraordinary scientific achievements and output in relation to the Danube Region. Within a rotation system in one year achievements in the fields of humanities, social and cultural studies are awarded, in the following year achievements in the fields of life sciences. 2019 it is envisaged to ...
... and marketing of agricultural and fishery products" are currently operational in Montenegro You can see the details of the national IPARD programme in force and the related information http://www.ipard.gov.me For details of the application process, please contact the IPARD Agency at: http://www.ipard.gov.me Serbia Measure 1: "Investments in physical assets of agricultural holdings" and Measure 3 "Investments in physical assets concerning processing and marketing of agricultural and fishery products" are currently operational in Serbia. You can see the details of the national IPARD programme in force and the related information http://www.minpolj.gov ...
... help with the aim of making their agricultural sector and rural areas more sustainable aligning them with the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy and EU standards. IPARD also helps set up good governance for rural development. The current candidate countries and beneficiaries are Albania, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. For the period 2014-2020, the total indicative allocation for the IPARD programmes has been 1.1 billion EUR as follows: Albania- 39 million EUR, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: 15 million EUR, Montenegro: 39 million EUR, Turkey: 801 million EUR. The actual amounts are decided annually in the ...
... Serbia has benefited from several NATO SPS activities since it has joined that Programme in 2007, including projects on defense against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents and counter-terrorism, and raising the profile of women in peace and security. NATO SPS projects have contributed to many scientific areas in Serbia and ...
Minister Joksimovic stressed that the package is aimed at important development projects and sustainable development of Serbia. “The most important part of this package, worth €49.6 million, is intended for the gas interconnector between Serbia and Bulgaria. That is one of the most important projects that will contribute to Serbia’s energy diversification, supply stability and strengthening of the gas infrastructure. That is of utmost importance ...
... of informing the interested public on the achievements of the outgoing presidency, and priorities of the upcoming. The panel discussion was moderated by Ms Milena Lazarević, CEP Programme Director, while the following panellists joined the debate on this topic: H.E. Mr Sem Fabrizi, Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia, H.E. Mr Nikolaus Lutterotti, Ambassador of Austria to Serbia, H.E. Oana-Cristina Popa, Ambassador of Romania to Serbia, Prof. Tanja Miščević, Head of the Negotiating Team for Accession of Serbia to the EU, and Mr Srđan Majstorović, Chairman of the CEP Governing Board. Mr Fabrizi emphasized that the EU wants to preserve the spirit of enlargement in the coming period. Commenting on whether Serbia should be satisfied with the number of opened chapters during 2018, he commented that it is ...
... between social sciences and different domains of society, including policy institutions. Evidence-informed policy-making is today a term more commonly used in discussions and an expanding practice, and PERFORM has contributed significantly to that”, said Dr Dietz. After four years of supporting the social science research communities in Serbia and Albania, the project will end its mandate on 31 December 2018. Ms Ursula Läubli, Director of the Swiss Cooperation Office, said that the project contributed to strengthening the social science research system by increasing capacities of researchers at universities and institutes to provide high quality research. In order to ...
... discussed bilateral relations under the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the state of play of the implementation of the agreement. There was also an exchange of views on developments in the Western Balkans. Joint press statement following the fifth meeting of the Stabilisation and Association Council between the EU and Serbia Source The Stabilisation and Association Council reviewed the state of EU-Serbia bilateral relations ...
... from the EU, it still maintains its presence and doubles its support to reforms in the Western Balkan, and Poland, as the next country holding the EU Presidency, will focus itself on conflict resolution and connectivity boosting. economic cooperation, security and youth cooperation among FYR of Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more details. please visit the source page A presentation of the policy paper “2018 Western Balkans Summit: 3 key takeaways from London”, authored by Zoran Nechev and Ivan Nikolovski from the Institute of Democracy “Societas Civilis” – Skopje (IDSCS), Jelena Minić form European Movement of Serbia ...
Ctizens of Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia can travel to the EU without a visa since December 2009. For citizens of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, this is possible since the end of 2010. All countries have taken measures to address irregular migration, however further efforts are needed to improve ...
The preparatory meeting tackled several aspects of the 2nd WB Digital Summit that is to take place in Belgrade, Serbia on 4-5 April 2019. The participants discussed logistical, administrative and content details as well as potential side events. The first Western Balkans’s Digital Summit, supported and co-organised by the RCC together with the host government, and in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and German Federal Ministry ...
... the region and the EU. For more information visit the source page “EU and Western Balkans in 2019”, organised by European Fund for the Balkans (EFB), Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) and European Western Balkans (EWB), took place on 14 December in Belgrade, Serbia. This high-level event gathered more than 30 most influential opinion makers from the region and EU to discuss on predictions about the trends and dynamics of policy developments in 2019 ...
... Professionals in the Western Balkans – Round II (YPS 2018), the action implementing two training programmes in EU academic institutions and a regional exchange component for early career civil servants from the six countries of the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Kosovo*, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). Applications were open until 13th September 2018 ...
... submit key national accounts data in accordance with European System of National and Regional Accounts (ESA) 2010 and other relevant requirements together with the required detailed description of the methodology used. Source Delegations of Montenegro and Serbia have opened new negotiating chapters at their twelfth and ninth Accession Conference in Brussels, respectively. Montenegro has opened Chapter 27 – Environment and Climate Change, while Serbia has opened Chapter 17 – Economic and monetary policy and Chapter 18 – Statistics ...
The Social Innovation Community presents some country profiles related to the Social Innovation. Find below those from WBC.
Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
FR of Macedonia
Serbia
https://www.siceurope.eu/countries
... of EU effort in this field, reflected through the work of Council of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA), organization that gathers social data archives across Europe. In addition, we analyze the current practice of data archiving in Western Balkan countries and possibilities to build the prototype of DDA in Serbia according to the European standards. by Aleksandra Bradić-Martinović and Aleksandar Zdravković (Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia) Find more information and the document here ...