... future for the West Balkans At the opening ceremony of the meeting on April 13, Jerzy Buzek declared that, “The EP remains strongly committed to the European future of the Western Balkans.” The President reminded that in 2010, the EU abandoned the visa requirement for citizens of Montenegro, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and visa liberalisation for Albania and Bosnia Herzegovina. “once all the conditions are met, the people of Kosovo can count on our support to also get visa – free travel in the EU,” he added. Mr Buzek welcomed that Serbia ...
... a different country to the researcher’s employer. RMGs are open to many countries, but EURAMET particularly encourages applications from researchers in EURAMET countries which are not yet participating in the EMRP: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, and Serbia. This aims to support EURAMET member countries building and furthering their capacity in metrology. RMG allowances include research & development allowance, contribution to the Guestworking Organisation’s overhead, living allowance, travel allowance and family allowance (where applicable) RMGs must be between 1 and 18 months (typically 6 months); and ...
... The five countries agreed to ask for more IPA funding prior the membership which would allow them accelerate EU-related reforms. In exchange, post-accession assistance would decrease. Source SETIMES/BCSDN Email Alert Nr. 228. On April 4, EU aspirants Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia adopted a common stance regarding pre-accession assistance (IPA ...
... for the future. Also universities from the Western Balkans participated. So it is noted on page 80 for example Cuts up to 5% have been observed in many countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic (where the cut is estimated at 2-4% of public funding), Croatia, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Source: European University Association EUA EUA
... significant impact on the lives of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) is the Visa Facilitation Agreement with the European Union (EU) which, at the end of the last year, entered into force in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who thus joined The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia that entered the visa-liberalized regime a year earlier. The decisions on visa free access are based on the progress made by the countries concerned in implementing major reforms in areas such as strengthening the rule of law, combating organised crime, corruption and illegal migration, and improving their administrative capacity ...
... ways of improving competitiveness, entrepreneurship, innovative potential, research and technological development; • To get acquainted with the principal obstacles to investment while, at the same time, developing specific resource- based mechanisms to facilitate trade and investment in the region. Venue: Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, Novi Sad, Serbia Number of ECTS credits: 3 Language of instruction: English Further information: http://eng.fimek.edu.rs/summerschool/summer_school.html. Source: Information provided by organisers. Date: From: 22 August 2011 To: 29 August 2011 The purpose of this course is to focus on building capacities for strengthening regional ...
... of the region's challenges know no borders: flooding, transport and energy links, environmental protection and security, all require a united approach. The strategy concerns mainly 14 countries of which 8 are Member States (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and 6 are non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). Organisations representing civil society and private companies are also involved in the implementation of actions and projects, and achievement of precise targets. The strategy is based on a new working method based on a “macro-regional” approach, following in the footsteps of ...
... Martonyi, announced which countries and regions will coordinate the priority areas of work for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region... What’s the issue? The Danube region covers parts of 8 EU countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and 6 non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). The region is facing several challenges: environmental threats (water pollution, floods, climate change) untapped shipping potential and lack of road and rail transport connections insufficient energy connections uneven socio-economic development uncoordinated education, research and innovation systems shortcomings in safety and security Better coordination ...
... from 15 Central and Eastern European countries in the framework of networks consisting of at least three higher education institutions from at least two different contractual countries. At present the following countries take part: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, FYR of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia. Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244) with the University of Prishtina is also eligible for participation. Moldova will join the CEEPUS network as of 2011/2012. Conditions for application for students Students must have studied at least two semesters of the field of study for ...
... to this debate by providing options and potential solutions to the issues raised in the 5th Cohesion Report launched by the European Commission in November last year. Please click on the following links to... access the draft programme find out more about the planned workshops read more about travelling to Serbia and visa requirements download the registration form. Source: Information provided by the Serbian Ministry of Economy and Regional Development Date: From: 10 May 2011 To: 12 May 2011 The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia, in cooperation with the Serbian European Integration Office and ...