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University of Belgrade Kumanovska bb 11000 Belgrade Serbia http://www.amres.ac.rs Slavko Gajin +381 11 3031257 slavko.gajin@rcub.bg.ac.rs http://www.amres.ac.rs Academic Network of Serbia(AMRES) is one of the country’s most advanced computer networks, connecting more than 150 institutions with over 150.000 active users. The backbone of ...

Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics Visegradska Str. 33 18000 Niš Serbia http://www.pmf.ni.ac.rs Pavle I. Premović + 381 18 514 882 pavle.premovic@yahoo.com http://www.pmf.ni.ac.rs The Laboratory for Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry & Astrochemistry performs a study on the trace (heavy) metals present in various geological materials including fossil fuels, soils and groundwaters. For ...

Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops Maksima Gorkog 30 21000 Novi Sad Serbia http://www.nsseme.com Jordana Ninkov +381 21 48 98 461 jordana@ifvcns.ns.ac.rs http://www.nsseme.com The Laboratory for Soil and Agroecology is an integral part of the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, which was founded in 1938. The Laboratory is a ...

Faculty of Occupational Safety Čarnojevića 10A Niš, Serbia http://www.znrfak.ni.ac.rs PhD Jasmina Radosavljević + 381 18 519 703 jasmina.radosavljevic@znrfak.ni.ac.rs http://www.znrfak.ni.ac.rs The Faculty organizes and conducts scientific research through basic, applied, and developmental research in the accredited fields. Professional work (the application of knowledge) is conducted ...

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering Bul. kralja Aleksandra 73 11000 Belgrade, Serbia http://www.grf.bg.ac.rs/ Ms Snezana MARINKOVIĆ +381 11 3370 102 sneska@imk.grf.bg.ac.rs http://www.grf.bg.ac.rs/ Main activities of Faculty of Civil Engineering are education and research in the field of structural, hydraulic, transportation and environmental engineering, as well as in ...

The EDIF will also work closely with Western Balkan governments to build policy maker capacity in successfully designing and implementing policy reforms for IHGSMEs. The OECD Investment Compact has led the preparatory work for this pillar by identifying country-specific reforms that will enhance the regulatory framework for high-potential firms and foster the development of venture capital financing in the region. This reform prioritisation work, which started in March 2012, involved a review ...

Astronomical Observatory Volgina 7 11160 Belgrade Serbia http://www.aob.rs Istvan Vince +381 11 2419553 ivince@aob.rs http://www.aob.rs The Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade is one of the oldest scientific institutions in Serbia. It was founded in 1887. Eight instruments procured from Germany, on account of the First World War reparations, were mounted ...

Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering Vojvode Stepe 444a, POB 23 11010 Belgrade Serbia http://www.imgge.bg.ac.rs Branka Vasiljević +381 11 3975 744 vasiljb@eunet.rs http://www.imgge.bg.ac.rs The major activities of the Institute are oriented towards fundamental research in molecular biology, molecular genetics, recombinant DNA technology and biotechnology. In the field of fundamental research, Institute's projects ...

... Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade http://www.chem.bg.ac.rs Dr. Branimir JOVANČIĆEVIĆ +381112184330 bjovanci@chem.bg.ac.rs http://www.chem.bg.ac.rs The Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade (FCUB) is centrally located in Belgrade and Serbia, and that way it is perfectly suited for interactions with local universities, research institutes and industry, as well as institutions and industry in the region of the Western Balkans. A total of 23 000 square meters are owned by the FCUB, which comprises of research and training facilities, as well ...

Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Nis Visegradska 33 18000 Nis Serbia http://www.pmf.ni.ac.rs Prof Dr Gordana STOJANOVIĆ +381 18 533014 gocast@pmf.ni.ac.rs http://www.pmf.ni.ac.rs The Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics is scientific and educational institution that provides academic studies and develops scientific research and proficient work on natural sciences and ...

... for daily coordination of joint operations. http://www.frontex.europa.eu Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis (WB-ARA) 2012 has been prepared by the Frontex Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) in cooperation with the competent border-control authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The joint analytical activity is an integral part of the Frontex-led Western Balkan Risk Analysis Network (WB-RAN) in which all the mentioned Western Balkan countries actively participate ...

Organizing Committee would like to invite all potential authors and participants to submit abstracts (up to 100 words), not later than February 28th 2013. The official Conference languages are English, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian. The conference fee for authors and participants is 150,00 EUR (including members of the Scientific Committee, and session chairmen). Papers should be prepared on the following topics: 1. Quality in Bussines 2. Quality in Education 3. Quality in Public Sector 4. ...

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 Belgrade on December 6, 2012. On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. The previous reports can be accessed at http://wbc-inco.net/object/document/10054, ...

Contact: Bratislav Stoiljković, MBA, Chief Commercial Officer Email: bratislav.stoiljkovic@cimgrupa.eu "The ReFLEX Story started in 2009 when the idea arose to prepare an R&D project proposal which will focus on small and medium-sized enterprises by providing a business process management solution suitable for their specific needs, aiming at turning them into flexible, agile and responsive-to-changes entities. The project idea was based on the identified common problems of SMEs, dominantly ...

This Deliverable follows-up on Deliverables D2.10 and D2.12 (including update) reporting on the thematic priorities defined in the first and second phases of the identification and consultation process from 2008 – 2011 (ICT, AgroFood, Health, Transport, Environment, Transport II and Social Sciences and Humanities). It gives the regional research priorities in the field of Energy for the Western Balkan countries. Thus, D2.43 provides the results of the consultation process in the field of ...

The topics presented in the report are important because many of the drivers of and the challenges to the recovery of industrial demand and employment are to be found outside Europe. The new industrial markets outside the EU are key to European competitiveness, particularly in the context of the recovery. More importantly, however, they are crucial for European industrial competitiveness in the long term. This is because the emerging industrialised economies are increasingly competing with ...

... Novic, Minister of Civil Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences. Ministers and high level officials, experts of science, higher education and research from 11 South East European countries will participate: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey. The Expert Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation for South East Europe to convene on November 22, 2012 as a preparatory event to the round table will discuss the above-indicated STI system capacity in SEE and pay particular attention to the research ...

... March 25; 2013 – Registration announcement. April 25; 2013– Final program announcement. May 15; 2013 – Early registration deadline. 4th – 7th June – International Working Conference Source: email by prof. dr. Vidosav Majstorovic The main objective of the 7th Total Quality Management Conference which will be held on June 4-7, 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia is to provide an international forum around the world for the exchange of knowledge, experience, research results and information about various aspects of the state-of-the-art and the future development of total quality management. The scope of the Conference covers philosophical, scientific and practical concepts concerning research, development and application of ...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 is being released amid a long period of economic uncertainty. The tentative recovery that seemed to be gaining ground during 2010 and the first half of 2011 has given way to renewed concerns. The global economy faces a number of significant and interrelated challenges that could hamper a genuine upturn after an economic crisis half a decade long in much of the world, especially in the most advanced economies. ...

Five years ago, IFC was an institution focused on project ﬁnance, operating mostly out of Washington, D.C. Not today. We have since redeﬁned development ﬁnance—by designing innovative ﬁnancial products and advisory services, emphasizing clients, and maximizing our impact. Today, we are the world’s preeminent development institution focused on the private sector, with offices in nearly 100 countries. Key to that transformation: a ...

Apart from those presentations given during the plenary sessions, two workshops were organised covering one of these thematic objectives "Strengthening research, technological development and innovation" and "Enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs". The conclusions gained during the seminar are being collected in a document as a valid input for the preparation of the next round of programmes in the area, considering the legacies of the current programming period to be maintained and the ...

... Institute of Economic Sciences (founded in 1958) is a non-profit academic think-tank institution, owned by Republic of Serbia with 53 years of significant researches and analyses in various fields of economic sciences. IES field of activities is very broad, starting from macroeconomic studies elaboration, projections, forecasting, to international economic relation analysis, world economic and trade surveys, studies and strategies on economic, regional, and sustainable development, sector economic policies ...

... This paper argues for the necessity of a comprehensive impact assessment of EU financial assistance to Serbia to-date, with the parallel goal of designing better instruments for measuring impact, and thereby contributing to improved policy design for the country’s socio-economic development and future EU accession. The paper explores the scale of EU assistance in Serbia, giving an overview of the history of EU development cooperation over ...

The survey on consumers’ attitudes, expectations and behaviours towards traditional food is innovative in the Balkans and highlights some interesting results. Generally, Balkan consumers express a positive attitude towards traditional food. In order to explain consumers’ behaviour towards traditional food, it can be said that there are different types of consumers giving more or less importance to components considered as traditional. Thus, the future supply of traditional foods should ...

This publication includes also the presentation of the FOCUS-BALKANS project (Focus on food consumers in the Balkans). This project focuses on the important challenge of filling knowledge gaps and rebuilding networks. The general objective of the FOCUS BALKANS project is to improve competencies and understanding in the field of food consumer science in the Balkans countries. This will result in a stronger participation of WBC scientists in projects related to food consumer science and an ...

... characteristic of the products) and pressures (society also called interpersonal determinants). Source: Focus-Balkans FOCUS-BALKANS is a small collaborative project financed by the 7th Framework Programme FP7. It covers six different countries in the Western Balkans region: Slovenia as a EU-member State, Croatia as associated country and Bosnia, Montenegro, FYRoM and Serbia as ICP countries. The general objective of the FOCUS-BALKANS project is to improve competencies and understanding in the field of food consumer science in the Balkan countries. This will result in a stronger participation of WBC scientists in projects related to food consumer science and in an increased number ...

... Contact: Stevan Jokić, Prof., Senior researcher in Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinča Institute, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia sjokic@vin.bg.ac.rs Scientific literacy for all children - Renewed Pedagogy for the future "Having in mind the science teaching in Serbian schools and the bad results of our students in the PISA test, we had the vision to change the situation in science education and founded our project ...

... Ph.D., EFI, FOPER II Coordinator (2009-2013) Doni Blagojevic, M.Sc., Fac. of Forest. Banja Luka, BIH, Focal Point (2007-2009), EFI, Project Officer (2009-2013). Dijana Vuletic, Ph.D., CFRI. Croatia, Focal Point (2004-2009). Silvija Krajter, M.Sc., CFRI. Croatia, Focal Point (2009-2012). Prof. Dragan Nonic, Ph.D., Fac. of Forest. Serbia, Focal Point (2004-2006). Nenad Petrovic, Ph.D., Fac. of Forest. Serbia, Focal Point (2006-2012) and MSc Coordinator. Radovan Nevenic, Ph.D., Inst. of For. Serbia, Focal Point (2004-2012). Prof. Dr. Hajri Haska, Ph.D., FPRI-Agency, Albania, Focal Point (2004-2011). Prof. Dr. Leonida Peri, Ph.D., Fac. of Forestry Sciences, Albania, Focal Point (2004-2012). Prof. Dr. Mersudin Avdibgovic, Ph.D ...

... more than 10 years, all the while having continued growth in revenue and number of employees, as well as branching activities in line with modern trends in the IT industry. From a small company Belit has grown into one of the leading companies in the field of software development in Serbia, consistently building his professional reputation. Today, Belit is a company with a young and dynamic team of over 30 employees and associates. Partnership agreements with IT market leaders such as Microsoft, Oracle, Abbyy and other, numerous references from state institutions, public sector, industry and EU projects, IT Mark and ISO ...

Contact: Dr. Aleksa Zejak Email: Aleksa.Zejak@rt-rk.com "The success story of R&D RT-RK Institute dates back to 7th of April 2005 when it was founded as a company with only 3 employees, while by the end of 2008 it had 40 employees. Micronas NIT was founded in 2001 as a spin-off company from the Faculty of Technical Science, University of Novi Sad with 94 employees. It seized to exist when its partner company Micronas sold its consumer electronics division to Trident Microsystems, Inc. in ...

Contact: Dr. Aleksa Zejak Email: Aleksa.Zejak@rt-rk.com "The success story of R&D RT-RK Institute dates back to 7th of April 2005 when it was founded as a company with only 3 employees, while by the end of 2008 it had 40 employees. Micronas NIT was founded in 2001 as a spin-off company from the Faculty of Technical Science, University of Novi Sad with 94 employees. It seized to exist when its partner company Micronas sold its consumer electronics division to Trident Microsystems, ...

... Macedonia (SCTM) had its 22nd Congress in the Ohrid lake beauty and medieval town-pearl. No matter that nominally Macedonian, the event was international. Not only that two out of three of total 240 attendants were foreigners from 26 countries, but so were the lecturers (Plenary, Invited and Key-Note). UK, USA, Serbia, Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina were presented with one or more lecturers. Besides the 20 oral presentations, some 300 posters were presented, divided into sections such as analytical chemistry, bio-, food- and pharmaceutical chemistry and technology, electrochemistry, environmental chemistry, inorganic chemistry and technology, metallurgy ...

Key findings: Morocco improved its business regulation the most compared to other global economies, climbing 21 places to 94, by simplifying the construction permitting process, easing the administrative burden of tax compliance, and providing greater protections to minority shareholders. Since 2005, Morocco has implemented 15 business regulatory reforms. Besides Morocco, 11 other economies are recognized as having the most improved ease of doing business across several areas of regulation as ...

In this interview Atilla Havas, PhD discusses about advantages of the Foresight methodology for research and innovation activities, what the Foresight experience of the region is so far and what he expects from the implementation of the FORSEE project for the region in the long run. Main advantage of the Foresight, according to Attila Havas, is that it can be applied practically at all policy domains. "Another major advantage of foresight is that participatory processes align the actors around ...

... making it easier to do business in 3 or more of the 10 topics included in this year’s ease of doing business ranking. Twenty-three economies meet this criterion: Benin, Burundi, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Georgia, Greece, Guinea, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lao PDR, Liberia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan. Source: Doing Business Report 2013 Many countries in the region have been actively reforming their business environment, driven by the demands of the EU accession process and by a desire to attract foreign investment - says Valentina Saltane ...

... and protecting investors. The aggregate ease of doing business rankings are based on 10 indicators and cover 185 economies. Macedonia ranks 23 out of 185 countries listed in the report for the ease of doing business, followed by Montenegro in 51st place, Croatia in 84th place, Albania in 85th place, Serbia in 86th place and Kosovo* in 98th place. Bosnia and Herzegovina is in 126th place ...

... The total area of BIC is 2400 m2, divided into 14 independent units, squaring of 50 m2 to 250 m2. BIC is member of the SENSI network - Network Business Incubators and Start Up Center of Southeastern Europe. BIC Vranje is one of the founders of the Business Incubator Association of Serbia and Serbia united 22 incubators in order to joint action and support. Source: BIC Vranje www.bicvranje.org.rs

... support business start-ups in Užice. The project is supported through the USAID, who allocated USD 15.000 for purchasing of the equipment. The Regional Centre invested USD 5.000. The project is a part of the Community Revitalization through Democratic Action - Economic (CRDA-E) Programme, which is implemented in Western Serbia by International Relief and Development (IRD). The services provided cover mainly assistance to businesses and entrepreneurs, legal and administrative support, technical assistance, mentoring, training seminars, and participation at promotion actions. Contact Person: Milan Čolić, Director E-mail:bicuzice@open.telekom.rs www.bicuzice.com

... are linked to incubator are:Consulting Companies (Agency Konto – Plus Raca), Government bodies and agencies (Regional Agency for economic development of Sumadija and Pomoravlje), Regional Chamber of Commerce Kragujevac, Professional services of the Municipality Raca), other (General Association of Entrepreneurs Raca, Business Innovation Centre Kragujevac, Network of Business Incubators of Serbia). Contact Person: Davor Timotijević, Director Phone: +381 6464 2728 826 E-mail:davor@icr.co.rs NA

... The Business Incubator Centre Krusevac was started in April 4, 2008. It is located on Jasičkom road, Industrial Area C of Krusevac and its total area is 1400m2. This is the first "greenfield" investment of its kind in Serbia, which is driving local and regional economic development. Project Business Incubator Centre is a city of Krusevac implemented in cooperation with the Ministry for National Investment Plan and the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID''''. The main purpose of creation and existence of the Business Incubator Centre is the ...

... within SMEs through specific assistance at a national and a local level Developing new institutional models for direct support to SMEs, such as a technology broker programme Promoting the role of equity investments Promoting the role of business angels in SMEs Providing support for development of venture capital funds in Serbia Establishing and designing an innovation voucher scheme Source: IISP The Integrated Innovation Support Programme (IISP) is an EU funded project in order to increase competitiveness and economic growth in the Republic of Serbia, through strengthening of innovation in SMEs. The main beneficiary and project partner is the Ministry of ...

... in March 2009 with the aim of building capacity and increasing the competitiveness of the cluster members. Cluster consists of 14 companies with 728 employees and cooperates with 3 scientific research organisations. Among the cluster’s objectives are the development of innovation in the textile industry and associated branches in Serbia, joint appearance of cluster members at international markets and the fight against monopoly and unfair competition. Cluster activities include: · Cluster promotion by participating at the international fairs, conferences, domestic and international professional congresses and workshops. · ...

... cooperation with the European Integration Office hosted a round table dedicated to identification of priority policy reforms focused on improving the conditions for the development of innovative and high growth SMEs and stimulating the emergence of a venture capital markets. The event was held on October 1, 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia. WB EDIF is a joint initiative, of the European Commission (EC), the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment Fund (EIF), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Republic of Serbia on behalf of beneficiaries, set up through the Western Balkans Investment Framework and designed to improve access to ...

... represents the first brief overview of the institutions, organisations and initiatives providing innovation information channels for Policy Making. It is prepared by IISP Innovation Support Service Experts, Peter Parsons and Ivan Brkic, with the aim of researching the innovation information needs and availability at different levels of policy making in Serbia. Based on the feedback response from the policy makers, the IISP Innovation Support Service Experts will develop the “Best Practice Resource Brief” to their specific needs. IISP Innovation Support Service Experts, Peter Parsons and Ivan Brkic

... TV formats, including equipment rental, laboratory, post production, study infrastructure, and enables integrated production process in Serbia, while promoting the Serbian locations to the foreign film productions that have a migration tendency. The cluster consists of 44 companies and cooperates with 3 scientific research institutions. The principal aim of the Serbia Film Association is to promote and develop Serbia as a cost-effective, high-quality, competitive destination for international filmmaking, and to provide information and support to international filmmakers considering using Serbia for their productions. The commission is therefore dedicated to expanding the film location and crew/business database, improving skills and services and generally fostering a film-friendly environment in the ...

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