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... 24 February 2017 and participants that would require and are eligible for reimbursement** need to register before 9 February 2017. Please note that the places are limited and we will confirm your registration at the beginning of February 2017. (**Nationals from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey may apply for waiving accommodation and travel costs. However, given budget restrictions, this will be granted on a case by case basis and those concerned will be notified with the acceptance letter.) "*This designation is without prejudice to positions ...

This Working Paper aims to investigate and provide a robust and thorough understanding of the recent migration outflow originating from Albania during 2014 - 2015, the push and pull factors that caused it, their experience abroad and the profiles and perspectives of the returnees. The Albanian migration wave of 2014 and 2015 strikes by it “normalcy”. If in the previous migration waves, leaving Albania to claim asylum abroad was very dangerous, today this endeavor is planned as an almost ...

... continue increasing the level of investment in research, in particular in the private sector promote participation in the EU’s Horizon 2020 research programme; adopt a 2016-2020 programme for higher education and scientific research and take actions to strengthen research capacity in line with the European Research Area priorities. Kosovo* Preparations in education and research are at an early stage. During the reporting period, there has been no progress in the area of education and some progress in the area of research. The quality of education still needs to be considerably improved. As last year’s recommendations have not been ...

... Enterprise Developments in the Balkans, edited by an editorial board comprising experienced social enterprise scholars from the United Kingdom and Italy. The project has been implemented by five partner organisations: “Reactor – Research in action”, “Konekt” and “Public” from Macedonia, “Partners Albania” from Albania and “Center for Peace and Tolerance” from Kosovo. One of the main goals was to establish the Balkan Social Enterprise Research Network, a regional network of organisations, institutions and individuals who work in the field of social enterprise and social economy. It will serve as a platform for regional cooperation, knowledge and information sharing, discussions, debates, and creating ...

... in order to promote the importance of Open Science and to become familiar with the concept of Open Research Data (ORD) since applying this principle will be more and more decisive for obtaining fund in Horizon 2020 from 2017. As of October 6-7, 2016 Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, joined the European Open Science Agenda that aims at improving access to research results for business use and innovation, as well as quality and impact of research results. “The Open Access policies promote competitiveness and therefore promote the importance of quality ...

... and analysis. Only by empowering local non-governmental actors and strengthening participatory democracy at the national and local level, can the same pressure on the governments to continue implementing the often painful and inconvenient administrative reforms be maintained post-accession. WeBER is implemented in the Western Balkans in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The WeBER methodology comprises a combination of activities aimed at improving the capacity of civil society organizations in the Western Balkans to participate in PAR, creating venues for their dialogue with the governments on PAR (WeBER Platform), as well as creating the evidence for meaningful dialogue ...

“The European Union finds itself in the midst of multiplying crises. The possible secessionist crisis triggered by Brexit is the latest manifestation of Europe’s fragility and of the declining attraction of integration. An increasing lack of unity, caused by an inability to overcome divisions and reach consensus, is becoming evident in the EU’s approach to ongoing financial and refugee crises. The same could be argued for enlargement policy — which has slowed dramatically, owing to lack of ...

... Participant institutions: University College London (UK), Institut za Etnologiju I Folkloristiku (Croatia), University of Maribor (Slovenia), Center for Intradisciplinary Applied Social Research (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Center for Emprical Cultural Studies of Southeast Europe (Serbia), Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje (Macedonia), Qendra e Kerkimive Historike dhe Antropologjike (Albania), Social Research Kosovo (Kosovo), Rigas Stradina Universitate (Latvia) INFORM inaugural workshop London Case studies: „There is no free (informal) lunch! Cost of informal networking of entrepreneurs in WB“, Efendic dr Adnan and Hysa dr Armanda THE MIGRATIONS (interactions between diaspora in EU and other countries and political and economic practices in localities of origin ...

... was made in the area of customs, especially in fighting corruption, collecting revenue and reducing the administrative costs of exports, but Kosovo* should step up the fight against the informal economy and tax evasion. The energy sector continues to face problems, with no progress having been made on decommissioning the Kosovo A power plant or refurbishing Kosovo* B, and very little progress made on renewable energy. Key dates June 2003: Thessaloniki Summit; the EU perspective for the Western Balkans is confirmed February 2008: Kosovo* unilaterally declares independence July 2010: The International Court of Justice concludes that Kosovo*'s declaration of independence did not violate general international law ...

... Belgrade and Pristina and the parties agreed to extend the scope of the agreement to pre-university education. Education remains a high risk sector for corruption and political influence, especially in higher education. Kosovo* has taken limited action to develop its research and innovation capacity. The quality of post-graduate programmes is very limited. The budget for research remains insufficient and is still below 0.2% of GDP. The law on scientific research activities is not being properly implemented due to lack of funding. Kosovo ...

... Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "On 1 April 2016, the EU-Kosovo* Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) entered into force. This is the first contractual relationship between the EU and Kosovo, acomprehensive framework for closer political dialogue and economic relations. Kosovo* has faced serious domestic challenges, which have hampered EU-related reforms in some areas. It should now focus on implementing the SAA, guided by the European Reform Agenda, to further strengthen its rule of law and reform its economy. Kosovo* has delivered on wide-ranging rule of law reforms, allowing the Commission ...

... candidate country in 2012. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the EU entered into force in September 2013. Accession negotiations were launched in January 2014. The first four negotiating chapters were opened during the reporting period, including chapter 35 dealing with normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo* and the rule of law chapters 23 and 24. Serbia remained committed to its strategic goal of EU accession. It continued to implement the SAA, although a certain number of compliance issues remain. It is implementing an ambitious political and economic reform agenda. Serbia played a constructive role in the ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "In June 2014, the European Council granted Albania candidate status. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) has been in force since April 2009 and Albania has implemented smoothly its obligations. Regular political and economic dialogue between the EU and Albania has continued through the relevant structures under ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the EU entered into force in April 2004. The European Council granted the status of candidate country to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in December 2005. The Commission recommended for the first time to the Council to ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Montenegro and the EU entered into force in May 2010. The European Council granted the status of candidate country to Montenegro in December 2010. Accession negotiations were opened in June 2012. EU and NATO accession are the two key foreign policy priorities of Montenegro. ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The EU initiated in December 2014 a renewed approach to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which provides for the re-sequencing of the conditionalities in order for the country to progress towards the EU and address the socio-economic challenges it faced. Following the adoption of a written commitment to reforms by the Bosnia and ...

... bilateral issues and the legacies of the past. The signature in June of a joint declaration with Croatia tackling certain bilateral issues was a positive development. Such an approach is key for reconciliation, peace and cooperation in the region, and should be pursued consistently. Regarding the normalisation of relations with Kosovo, Serbia remained committed to the implementation of the agreements reached in the EU-facilitated dialogue. Progress was limited, also due to the electoral process in Serbia and the domestic situation in Kosovo. However, momentum was regained in August 2016 with the start of the work on the Mitrovica bridge and freedom ...

... Transparency and non-discrimination in state advertising in the media should be ensured. The revised Code of Ethics for Journalists must be effectively and uniformly applied across the media community. Montenegro continued to play a constructive role in regional cooperation. It ratified its border agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina and with Kosovo. Economic criteria Montenegro ismoderately preparedin developing a functioning market economy.Some progress was made to strengthen the functioning of the financial and labour markets, as well as on improving the business environment. Investments in infrastructure and tourism support economic activity. However, rapidly rising public debt and high fiscal deficits, together ...

... covers the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey. Accession negotiations have been opened with candidate countries Turkey (2005), Montenegro (2012) and with Serbia (2014), but not yet with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (a candidate country since 2005) nor Albania (candidate status in 2014). Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo are potential candidates. For detailed findings and recommendations on each country see: Strategy Paper: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2016/20161109_strategy_paper_en.pdf Albania: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3636_en.htm Bosnia and Herzegovina: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-16-3637_en.htm The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: http://europa.eu/rapid ...

RCC-led regional Working Group on Open Science comprised of officials from Ministries in charge of science from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia got invited to attend regular meetings of the National Points of Reference of the EU member states in early October this year and this meeting was the first time ever that the RCC and representatives from the region could actively take ...

The draft report, presented at the SEE 2020 Governing Board meeting held on 30 May 2016 in Pravets, Bulgaria, reflects the status of implementation of the RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy. The report was a subject to final consideration of the SEE 2020 Programming Committee at their meeting on 29 September 2016. Please read also "the South East Europe 2020 – A review of progress", an article by Sanjin Arifagic, RCC’s Coordinator of SEE 2020 Strategy published on 29 September 2016. ...

The South East Europe 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020) was adopted by the ministers of economy of seven South East European economies on 21 November 2013. Inspired by the EU’s 2020 Strategy it seeks to boost prosperity and job creation and to underscore the importance of the EU perspective to the region’s future through coordinated cooperation across a number of important policy dimensions. The adoption of SEE 2020 was a clear recognition by the national governments of the need for a ‘change of gear’ ...

... politics agree on rule of law as a legitimizing principle for the exercise of state authority, there is no uniform European standard for institution-building or monitoring activities by the EU in this area. With focus on the reform of the judiciary in five case study countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, this empirical research investigates the EU's transformative power with regard to the effectiveness of rule of law and judicial sector reform in its infancy. It analyses the depth and limitations of EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans and presents policy recommendations intended to ...

... increase employability of new graduates. The conference was a follow up on the last Ministerial meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training (WB PET) in July 2015, where the six Ministers of education from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia) agreed to support the establishment of a regional network of alumni. Around 90 participants, including students and alumni, National Erasmus+ Offices from the six countries of the WB PET, and representatives of youth organisations, attended the conference in Podgorica and discussed the modalities and next steps for ...

... know-how and capacities (for adapting occupational standards and curricula and for modernising actual teaching) and the Improvement of Infrastructure for practice oriented training and learning (mainly through the provision of equipment to selected VET schools). Source: ALLED This project will support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of Kosovo* in reforming the education system to link education with labour market needs, and to reflect the European Framework of Key Competences. The project will contribute to further increase the alignment of education with the needs of the labour market in Kosovo*. In order to achieve this, the project will support ...

The Western Balkan countries do not have an advocacy strategy aimed at promoting and speeding up their EU accession. Although there is growing awareness of the need for such a strategy, it has transpired that the WB government institutions have only communication strategies targeting specific groups within their national borders: decision makers and initiators/multipliers of public awareness of the EU accession process, youth, or opponents of integration. However, these strategies have not ...

The Western Balkan 6 (WB6) Advocacy Group which was established on 29 September 2016, launched the portal www.wb6.info in order to better communicate with its target groups and interested public. CSOs from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia have initiated the forming of this group to facilitate and accelerate the accession of the entire region to the European Union. One of the Group's main priorities will be to change the region's negative image. Its aim is to alert to the relevance of ...

WB6 Advocacy Group is an initiative of Western Balkanthink tanks coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, aimed at accelerating and facilitating the European Union enlargement towards the Western Balkans. Established in September 2016, the Group grew out of two successive projects– the European Integration of the Western Balkans: Can the Visegrad Countries Serve as Role Models, Belgrade ...

AAB is the first non-public higher education in Kosovo. AAB College was established after the war in Kosovo when new socio-economic and cultural circumstances appeared for Kosovo citizens by breaking so the settings of a long monopoly of education in our country. In its beginnings our institution has offereddifferent study programs in the field of Art and Mass Communication continuously expanded with study programs in other areas and thus becoming the academic relevant center in the country ...

Youth is often perceived throughout the Western Balkans as the generation of citizens that should play the role of the agent of change in the region. Considering the embedded potential, regional youth cooperation is on the spotlight of the ‘Berlin Process’ and officially materialized during the Paris Summit 2016, with the signature of the joint declaration on the establishment of the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) of the Western Balkans. With the intention of maximizing RYCO’s role, ...

WBF is an international organization established by the governments of the Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia, the first as such to be headquartered in Tirana. The Fund’s main structures are: the Council of Foreign Ministers, the highest decision-making body, the Senior Council, the Secretariat and the Executive Director. The launch of the Western Balkan Fund with its seat in ...

WBF is an international organization established by the governments of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. The governing bodies of the Fund are the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Council of Senior Officials, the Executive Director and the Secretariat. The seat of the Fund Secretariat is in Tirana. WBF will finance small and medium projects with the ...

... Source: Regional Cooperation Council - RCC]: Under auspices of the RCC representatives of Ministries in charge of science from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia agreed to appoint national points of reference for the Open Science by the end of the year. Participants also formally established the Working Group on Open Science and outlined directions in which they will operate in the coming period by producing ...

... founded in 2007 through the project of opening of business centers and incubators 2007-2010 . The project was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands was conducted by the Dutch NGO SPARK . As part of the same project similar centers in Bitola (Macedonia ), Kragujevac ( Serbia ) , Pristina and Mitrovica (Kosovo ) were established. BSC Bar is part of this regional network and it collaborates with other centers at the regional level . In the year 2009 in order to achieve sustainability if the Center project management was transferred to local partners who in October of the same year registered the Foundation Business ...

... writing and implementing advocacy projects Experience in writing and implementing IPA projects Good command of English (speaking, writing) Experience in working in civil society sector Preferable to have experience in cooperation with public insitutions, media, expert and general public# Source: TACSO ORCA (Serbia), on behalf of consortium of partners: AKTIV (Kosovo*), FLOROZON (FYR of Macedonia), CZIP (Montenegro) i IEP (Albania), announces Call for Trainers & Consultants for training of CSOs for advocacy and organisational development and coaching for writing project proposals ...

This study deals with open data demand created by civil society organisations (CSOs) in the context of the limited supply of open data in Serbia. Who Demands Open Data in Serbia? This study deals with open data demand created by civil society organisations (CSOs) in the context of the limited supply of open data in Serbia. On one hand, it demonstrates that civil society interest in open data is currently restricted to a particular niche of CSOs. On the other, it points to the ...

Almost three years after adopting the South East Europe 2020 Strategy, the region is inching towards some of its 2020 targets. While the results have been mixed, efforts vested by the governments are in most part real. But will they be enough to convince the skeptical and largely pessimistic citizens? In November 2013 the governments of South East Europe came together to adopt the SEE 2020 Strategy, a joint effort to boost job creation in SEE and reinforce the region’s EU perspective. Inspired ...

... numerous successes and become one of the leading drivers of the ICT industry and ICT community in Kosovo*. Striving towards the development of the ICT industry, STIKK implemented numerous projects aimed to promote the ICT sector of Kosovo*, improve its regulatory framework, implement research and industry specific analysis, and facilitate professional development of sector’s constituents. STIKK currently accounts for 125 +members, which represents 90% of the whole ...

... be granted (May 2017 – May 2018). More information about conditions for applying can be found in Guidelines for applicants with accompanying annexes or at this Web page. The Call is opened until 10 October 2016 at 16 hours for all CSOs from Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, FYR of Macedonia and Kosovo* active in different aspects of sustainable agriculture. Source: TACSO ORCA (Serbia), on behalf of consortium of partners: AKTIV (Kosovo*), FLOROZON (FYR of Macedonia), CZIP (Montenegro) i IEP (Albania), announces a Call for granting, coaching and training for strengthening advocacy capacities of CSOs, for sustainable agriculture in the Western Balkans. ...

... about socio-economic benefits of sustainable agriculture, biodiversity conservation and animal welfare will be conducted. Importance of cooperation between CSOs, decision makers and scientific institutions in creating and implementing policies and regulations will be emphasized. Project is implemented by consortium of CSOs from Albania (Institute for Environmental Protection – IEP), FYROM (FLOROZON), Kosovo* (NGO AKTIV) and Montenegro (Center for Protection and Research of Birds – CZIP), led by Organisation for Respect and Care of Animals – ORCA from Serbia. Beside partner organisations, the following 15 associate partners – public authorities, scientific institutions and CSOs – from the Western Balkans countries are included in the project: Serbia – Group ...

... and Innovation and an important part of the ‘Skills and Mobility’ flagship in the implementation of the RCC’s South East Europe (SEE) 2020 development strategy. The meeting was held back to back with the working meeting where the WISE founders - government representatives of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia discussed future steps towards establishment of WISE Secretariat. RCC used this opportunity to update the participants on the SEE2020 implementation in the R&D and innovation area. In addition RCC also presented its priority actions in the next period focusing ...

The publication features twelve case studies of innovative SMEs with insightful international activity and a comprehensive analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of European policy measures and infrastructure seeking to enhance such internationalisation. It is the first EU official study exploring explicitly and exclusively international cooperation in the field of innovation from a European SME perspective. The study identified four principal challenges when ...

... social working environments; Experience in PCM (project cycle management) in complex international projects; Experience in organisational/institutional development, result based monitoring and reporting; Experience in the field of (Higher) Education is an asset; Experience in the field of quality assurance is an asset; Detailed knowledge of the region and especially Kosovo* is an asset; Demonstrated work experience with international institutions, agencies and experts, as well as grant management experience are an asset; Source: zsi.at For a project which supports the development of higher education and research in Kosovo*, World University Service - Austrian Committee (WUS Austria), as lead of a consortium ...

The publication presents the results of a series of piloting activities implemented by higher education institutions in South East Europe and Turkey to engage in entrepreneurial learning. The specific objective of the SEECEL pilot project framework was to incorporate entrepreneurial learning into existing study programmes and/or develop awareness of and aspirations for entrepreneurship among students of non-business studies at 15 partner higher education institutions in the region. "It ...

Research and innovation are key to building a prosperous future for the EU. They therefore figure prominently in the Europe 2020 strategy and the European Semester process and underpin progress towards the 10 priorities of the Juncker Commission, from providing a new boost to jobs, growth and investment, to developing the digital single market and developing the Energy Union. The EU has fantastic strengths. It is open, diverse, and hosts excellent institutions. With Horizon 2020, the Union ...

... Tirana State University, Faculty of Archaeology and Cultural Heritage; Mr. Vlado Matevski, Professor at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje and Vice President of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts; and with Prof. Nexhat Daci, former President of the Academy of Sciences of Kosovo*. They shared with us some first impressions just after the conference and congratulated the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for the excellent organisation of the conference. Prof. Vlado Matevski: “It is a very important event to support further development of science in Western ...

This book brings together some of the key conceptual insights behind Open Innovation, Open Science and Open to the World and highlights actions that are already taking place or are being prepared. There are few forces in this world as engaging and unifying as science. The universal language of science maintains open channels of communication where other foreign policy approaches are not viable. The chapter ‘Open to the World’ sets out the gains the EU can make by maintaining its presence at ...

A REGIONALSTUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMITMENTS FROM THE 2015 VIENNA WESTERN BALKANS SUMMIT. This study analyses the extent to which the governments of the Western Balkan countries, i.e. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia, are fulfilling their commitments under the Berlin Process with respect to the two declarations adopted at the 2015 Vienna Summit, in the field of regional cooperation and resolution of bilateral disputes and the establishment of the Regional Youth ...

... assessment of joint pain, back pain and the new NICE guidelines, acute joint pain and its management including pre and postoperative pain treatment, and all aspects of treatment of chronic joint pain now and in the future. Participants from Category B Countries (among others: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia FYR, Montenegro, Serbia) and Category C Countries (among others: Albania) can benefit from a reduced Congress Fee. Source: EFIC The European Pain Federation, EFIC®, is proud to announce its First Topical Seminar, on the theme of Acute and Chronic Joint Pain. 2016 is the European and Global ...

SEE-6 Economic Outlook is a biannual publication in English that gives an overview of economic trends and short-term forecasts for the six countries of Southeast Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia. Each issue also provides an analysis whereby these countries are compared from the perspective of one current economic topic. The second issue places a special emphasis on two analyses: the analysis of the economic aspects of ...

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