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... PRESS RELEASE NO: 2019/ECA/31 " Growth for the Western Balkan region is estimated to strengthen to 3.5 percent for 2018, according to the latest Western Balkans Regular Economic Report, Higher but Fragile Growth. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia are estimated to grow at rates between 2.5 percent and 4 percent. While employment also rose in five of the six countries in the region, the 91,400 new jobs created between July 2017 and July 2018 were significantly fewer than the 214,000 added one year ...

... Slow Food in 2010 to give a voice to small-scale food producers and rural communities, and to support them in upgrading their production from homemade to artisan, advocating for their social and political recognition, and supporting their access to markets. 100 participants (from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia) at the fifth edition of Terra Madre Balkans (21-23 May 2018) share the opinion that the integration of the Western Balkan countries into the EU is a major political goal that will ensure stability and development in the region. The conference built on the human dimension ...

... sustainable market economy, looking to see whether they are competitive, well-governed, green, inclusive, resilient and integrated. Read the whole article here The countries are among those that improved their 2018 scores in the area of green transition compared to 2017, while the scores of Albania, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo* and Montenegro, remained unchanged, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s (EBRD) Transition Report 2018-19 and article by Balkan Green Energy News ...

... The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. The Western Balkans – composed of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo – is a complex region facing significant energy challenges. The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. Electricity systems in many parts of the region remain fragile and in need of investment ...

... to benefit from the greater use of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures by providing a combination of financing instruments, technical assistance and policy support to create a sustainable market for energy efficiency in the Western Balkans. The countries targeted are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. ___ In June 2012, the Steering Committee of the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) approved a €23.35 million grant to the EBRD to establish the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme for the Western Balkans. The WBIF is a joint initiative of the European Commission together with the ...

... fostering renewable energies predominantly through the provision of dedicated financing to businesses and households via partnering with financial institutions and direct financing. The Green for Growth Fund is currently active in nineteen target markets including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine. GGF is a unique public-private partnership established in December, 2009 to promote energy efficiency in its target region and to reduce CO2 emissions. GGF's investments seek to achieve a 20% reduction in energy consumption and/or a 20% reduction in CO2 ...

This is a result of the S2Biom Fp7 funded project (D 8.3a) under responsibility of the Imperial College London (Calliope Panoutsou et.al.,). Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina FYR of Macedonia Kosovo Montenegro Serbia ___ S2Biom project has been supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme and have been running from September, 2013 until November, 2016. The research work in the S2Biom project covered the whole biomass delivery chain - from primary biomass to end-use of non-food products, and from logistics ...

It is one of the most important economic events in the region. The two-day conference contributed to strengthening regional cooperation in the ongoing process of European integration of the countries of the region. The conference was opened by the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović, Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz and president of the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro Vlastimir Đukanović, while the Prime Ministers of the Western Balkan countries, in a special panel, have discussed the region’s economic and European perspective. More than 600 participants were announced among representatives international financial ...

... of national RIs and their links to the European RI Roadmap. Participants also discussed policy options to increase collaboration between existing Research Infrastructures and researchers from the WB6. The current status of the mapping RIs in the region was presented by the representatives of the individual WB6 economies. Montenegro has embarked on a revision of the national Research Infrastructure Roadmap in light of strategic developments at the national level; Serbia is in the final stage of the process of preparation of their first RI Roadmap to be completed this year; The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has formed ...

... progressive deepening of the socio-economic integration of WB6 within the region and with the EU. In this context, REA should be considered as an important milestone for the preparation of WB6 EU accession. Currently, the speed of EU accession process of WB countries has been relatively slow. Despite Serbia and Montenegro, identified as countries for a possible membership in 2025, for other countries such perspective seems to be far away. In this context, REA will accelerate the economic development and EU accession process of WB6 by supporting their efforts in terms of harmonizing and complying with the EU standards. In this ...

... Europe: A Policy Outlook 2018. Mr Fexer confirmed us that Smart specialisation has an important role to play in the Western Balkans’ further economic development and added that the process is a demanding one but will itself prove fruitful through the extensive public-private dialogue that it entails. Although Serbia and Montenegro started their smart specialisation journey a few months earlier and are currently more advanced, all Western Balkan governments seem to have recognised the value of the cmart specialisation exercise and are now starting theirs. Along the way, all six economies will face challenges. Their smart specialisation processes will need to ...

... The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has identified a first value project to be presented at the meeting - a collaboration on exchange of educational and other data essential for starting the Openness agenda and build prosperity of citizens of the WB6 (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). The project addresses the essential challenge of research and innovation in the knowledge economy that lies in the knowledge/technology transfer from R&D to the commercial world. The operation of this innovation value chain is not well-developed in Europe, and particularly underdeveloped in Western Balkans ...

... Source A final S3 conference titled “S3.me – Smart Specialisation: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness” was held in Podgorica in September to present the final results of the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process. The event was organized by the Ministry of Science, in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy, Chamber of Economy of Montenegro, Montenegrin Employers Federation and Montenegro Business Alliance. In such an occasion the progress of Montenegro in the process of adopting the Smart Specialisation Strategy has been recognised by the European Commission. The goal of adopting the Smart Specialisation Strategy is to develop projects that will be supported by the EU, with a focus on applying innovations in production processes; the transformation of good ideas into ...

... by the European Commission, which was also announced by Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation at ICRI 2018. Source The project of the South-East Europe International Institute for Sustainable Technologies, which envisages the implementation of hadron cancer therapy with research in biomedicine, was presented Minister of Science of Montenegro, Dr. Sanja Damjanović, at the renowned ICRI - International Conference for Research Infrastructures 2018 in Vienna ...

... from the day of Public Invitation announcement. The Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education, on the basis of applications, will establish and publish the Experts List on its website within eight days from the expiration of the application deadline, until 7th of October 2018. The Government of Montenegro has established the Agency for Control and Quality Assurance of Higher Education at a Government session in November 2017. In line with its mission of raising higher education quality in Montenegro, the Agency intends to create a representative list of domestic and foreign experts. The Public Invitation text and Application ...

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... Japan and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office are implementing the youth exchange “Western Balkans meet Japan: A Bridge into the Future”, on 30 October to 7 November 2018, and invites 17 undergraduate or graduate students aged from 20 to 30 years old, coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, to apply for a great opportunity of personal and professional growth. Introduction The program aims to deepen participants’ understanding of Japan and its policy, to increase knowledge and promote mutual understanding through intellectual and cultural exchange, and build a basis for future friendship and cooperation between Japan and ...

The Berlin Process (Western Balkans Summit) has kept enlargement on the EU agenda and the interest for the EU in the Western Balkans. This Process bridged a political (and even technical) standstill in the enlargement process, which started in 2014 and ended in 2018. It served as an inspiration and provided substance to the new incentive offered by the European Commission to the Western Balkan countries in February 2018 - ‘A credible enlargement perspective for and enhanced EU engagement with ...

... from the EU and the Balkan Med region, active in the sectors of creative and cultural industries, smart cities, the circular economy, mobility and automotive. Clusters came from all over Europe (Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, UK, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania, Sweden) and the Balkan Med region (Serbia, Montenegro, FYROM, Albania). On the first day, the ECCP delegation was hosted by the Centre for Research and Technology – Hellas (CERTH). The day started with introductory remarks from Dr Ulla Engelmann, the Head of Unit for Clusters from DG Grow, who highlighted several new policy initiatives notably the forthcoming ESCP’s ...

... fpn.bg.ac.rs. Tuition Fees UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ Tuition fees are waived for Austrian/EU students. Tuition costs approximately €745 per semester for citizens of other states but can usually be fully refunded upon successful completion of each semester for citizens of Albania, Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. For enquiries about the admission procedure, tuition fees and refund process at the University of Graz please contact Ulrike Krawagna, ulrike.krawagna@uni-graz.atat the Office for International Relations. Please note that the University of Graz does not provide financial support – no scholarships are ...

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