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... with relevance to the European Research Area (ERA). In addition, the coverage of the ERAWATCH Research Inventory has been extended to include information on national and regional research policies, research structures and research actors in a number of additional non-EU countries, such as Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Significant technical and presentation improvements have also been made to the website, including a new and more user-friendly layout and navigation. The ERAWATCH information platform is a long term cooperative undertaking between JRC-IPTS and the European Commission's Research Directorate General. ERAWATCH, the European Commission's on-line information platform on research systems ...

"We shall take advantage of the Foreword to answer a seemingly simple question: Why does Serbia need a strategy in the area of science and technology? Technology is all around us. All of us will agree that the only sustainable position of Serbia in the 21st century is one in which it is involved in areas of industry generating a high value added, in other words - knowledge. We are all proud of our famous scientists. Every scientific event, such as the Science Festival, attracts a lot of ...

Eligible to apply for a Kokkalis Fellowship are natives of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey who are applying to one of the following Master’s degrees at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Administratiion in International Development or in Public Administration/Mid-Career. Candidates with academic and/or professional backgrounds ...

The ad hoc committee "Inter Academy Council of the National Academies of South East Europe" unites the following participant Academies of Science / Academies of Science and Arts of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), the FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The IACSEE was founded with the Venice Declaration on 19 November, 2001, "aware of the tragic events of the recenty years in the region and taking into account the necessity to secure substainable peace and development unanimously agreed on the following". http://www.iacsee.ac ...

On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. 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 Zagreb on October 29, 2009. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because further reports ...

Eligible regions in Bulgaria include Blagoevgrad and Kyustendil, and eligible regions in Macedonia include the North-East, the East and the South-East. Project proposals should target one of the following two priority areas: economic development and social cohesion or the improvement of the quality of life. Eligible organisations must be legal entities, be established within one of the border regions of Bulgaria or Macedonia ...

... Board of the Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE), the ERI SEE Agency invites applications for the position of the Executive Director of the ERI SEE Agency. Citizens of the Istanbul Memorandum of Understanding signatory parties (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, UNMIK/Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia) are eligible for applying and are kindly invited to submit their application within 30 days deadline (starting on September 11, 2009 ...

... to send their abstract again. Contact: secretariat@balwois.com Conference Web site: www.balwois.com/2010 For further information, please have a look at our related calendar entry. The BALWOIS 2010 Conference on Water Observation and Information Systems for Decision Support will take place in Ohrid, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, from May 25 to 29, 2010. It will deal with such issues as climate and hydrology, water-related risks and integrated water resouces management ...

... Call website. As a continuation of the successful cooperation within the SEE-ERA.NET project, a Joint Call for European Research Projects was published on September 1, 2009 within the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project. The participating countries are: Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), EU Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Romania and Slovenia) and Turkey as an FP7 Associated Country ...

Within Work Package 2 of the WBC-INCO.NET project, the priority setting process took place with the main aim to identify joint RTD priorities and potentials for the region of the Western Balkans, all in accordance with the proposed sound methodology, and in a transparent way. Based on the consultation of governmental stakeholders from the region, the initially intended nine workshops, dedicated to different priorities of FP7 Cooperation Programme, were reduced to five, aimed at priorities with ...

... the Joint Statement adopted at the Ministerial Conference, which will be in charge of Strategy production. The event aims to gather experts from ministries of science and research of the RCC members from South East Europe (SEE), including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and UNMIK/Kosovo, members of scientific institutions from the region, and representatives of relevant international organisations and stakeholders. Project coordinator Elke Dall of the Centre for Social Innovation participates on behalf of WBC-INCO.NET. The Regional Strategy for Research and Development for the Western Balkans aims to increase knowledge transfer ...

The present report deals with structures and procedures of existing national S&T programmes targeting SEE and contains a SWOT analysis of bilateral S&T co-operation programmes with South-Eastern Europe. The conclusions of the comparative analysis can be summarised as follows: ➤ All of the SEE-ERA.NET countries aim to increase their own competitiveness, but the R&D expenditure – except for Austria, France and Germany – is far lower especially compared to the Barcelona ...

The present White paper offers strategic recommendations for further activities of the SEE-ERA. NET consortium together with other major stakeholders throughout Europe. In a separate paper, the Joint Action Plan, concrete implementation scenarios for these activities are provided. Building on each other’s strengths and common interests and acknowledging recent challenges faced by the integration process, the authors deal on the one hand with the national and transnational framework for ...

In August 2007, the “White Paper on overlaps, gaps and opportunities in view of the extension of bilateral RTD programmes and initiatives towards multilateral approaches” and its accompanying Joint Action Plan were finalised as SEE-ERA.NET deliverables. Since then, the White Paper has been widely distributed. Some of the proposed actions of the Joint Action Plan already have been implemented (e.g. in the framework of the WBC-INCO.NET project), some just started, and some remain ...

The present study by SEE-ERA:NET WP6 leader Anca Ghinescu and her colleague Lucia Popescu deals with the mobility needs and career development opportunities of scientists in South East Europe and presents a numbre of European and national initiatives concerning the mobility needs and career development opportunities in South East Europe. Anca Ghinescu/Lucia Popescu (Eds. on behalf of the SEE-ERA.NET consortium): Study on the Mobility needs and career development opportunities in South East ...

"The deliverable D.6.1 “Report on the outcome of the mobility conference for Young Scientists with relevant stakeholders in SEE and EU” is one of the results of WP6: Implementation of a SEE-ERA.NET Regional Programme for Cooperation with South-East Europe (ReP-SEE). The main purpose of the work package is to develop a ReP-SEE and in particular, following the previous activities, to develop a specific programme targeting the young scientists and the development of their carrier ...

The registration dates vary depending on the country: August 10 - 24 for trainees from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, August 25 - September 7 for Albania, and dates starting from Mid-September for the other Western Balkan countries (to be announced on the CBIB website). Each training session will last two or three days, depending on the previous knowledge and experience of the applicants, and will cover the main steps in ...

... they can also find potential partners from the EUREKA countries that are already registered. On the basis of this database, organisations can express their interest to participate in a project by presenting their organisation, their skills and added value to it. EUREKA in the WBC Croatia, the FYR of Macedonia and Serbia are members of EUREKA ; furthermore EUREKA NIPs exist in Albania and Bosnia-Hercegovina. For further information, please contact office@profactory.eu. Go to the database. EUREKA has a new database available for researchers in the fields of automation, lasers, materials, robotics and production technologies. This database serves ...

... Institute and State University, University of Atlanta, University of Colorado, University of Georgia, University of Oklahoma, Cornell University-in USA; Polytechnic National Institute of Nancy, CIHEAM-IAM-Montpellier- in France; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Patras University-in Greece; Agricultural University of Plovdiv-in Bulgaria; University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bitola-in Macedonia; and University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest-in Rumania. Through this cooperation, AUT aims its integration into European System 3+2 (Bachelor and Master), diploma recognition and equalization, intensification of cooperation for undertaking joint scientific research projects and large scale exchange of academic staff, students and administrative staff, organization ...

... in This Call: Activity/ Area Topics called Funding Schemes REGPOT-2010-1. Unlocking and developing the research potential of research entities in the EU´s convergence regions and outermost regions Any research topic covered by the EC FP7 CSA-SA (Support Action) All regions of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey are eligible for participation. More details on the call: Particular requirements for participation: The projects must be proposed by a single public or private research entity of significant size such as University Departments, Faculties, specialised Research Institutes or important size research laboratories with at ...

Economic Policy Research Institute presents new approaches for the FYR of Macedonia, on the field of research and economic policy by bringing people, organizations, ideas, enthusiasm, good will and hard-work together for a better future of our country. If we have to describe our methods of work in one sentence: EPRI is a herald of new moral and change in the Macedonian ...

... present research projects already funded by the RRPP as well as to network with fellow colleagues. The conference had been organised by the RRPP Management from the University in Fribourg together with the two Local Coordination Units in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo) and FYR of Macedonia (Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia). After the conference opening by the RRPP Director, Prof. Nicolas Hayoz from the University of Fribourg, and a welcoming note by the Head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) office in FYR of Macedonia, Mr Romain Darbellay, key speakers addressed two topics that were subsequently examined in ...

In its recent FP7 Progress Report, the EC included an analysis of the key achievements it has made in its efforts to facilitate participation in the Framework Programme. So far, the period has seen the establishment of the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) and the Research Executive Agency (REA). In addition, recent months have seen the launch of a new Participants Portal, with the aim of providing one central point of contact between all participants and the EC. It already ...

... Leuven, Belgium Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey University of Bologna, Italy University of Granada, Spain University of Groningen, The Netherlands University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia University of Turku, Finland Vilnius University, Lithuania Western Balkan Universities Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia University of Belgrade, Serbia University of Montenegro, Montenegro University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Novi Sad, Serbia University of Prishtina, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/1999) University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Tirana, Albania University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Source and further information: http://www.joineusee ...

The CLUNET INNO-Net project, together with a number of associate members of the European Cluster Alliance (ECA), have prepared a report on improving cluster infrastructure through cluster policy. The report puts forward and tests a cluster support environment model that is not a one-size-fits-all model. Instead, it is one that can be tailored, developed in part or in totality for regions either embarking on cluster development in their infancy or looking to move forward to a more mature cluster ...

The strategic objectives of the TRABOREMA Project are: 1. Form successful and enduring partnerships within the consortium and to interested parties such as authorities, policy makers and public participants within countries of the target region and to EU member states to help settle political and social sit uation in the Western Balkans. 2. Communicate the importance of integrated water management (which incorporates waste and energy) as a theme of common interest to contribute to sustainable ...

As of July 10, 2009 a new "Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Macedonia" has been appointed: Mr. Nikola Todorov.

... hand, Western Balkan Public Administrations and Suppliers to easily adopt and use interoperable, user-friendly, secure and EU compliant electronic Public Procurement solutions". The usability of the ELLECTRA-WeB Application Framework will be demonstrated by developing, testing and evaluating 4 distinct electronic Public Procurement solutions in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia, respectively. The ELLECTRA-WeB project involves 3 EU technology partners, 4 IT consulting companies / research organizations from the Western Balkan Region and public administrations representing all Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Republic of Serbia. Western Balkan countries in view of their path to ...

... locations in South East Europe, relating the mountainous and complex structure of terrain, the characterization of local wind systems like "Bora" and the more efficient and reliable operation of large scale wind turbine. The existing wind potential areas in the former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia/Montenegro, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Macedonia) are mostly situated in karst regions with steep and cliffy rocks and complex terrain. The prevailing wind conditions at these sites are mainly caused by local wind systems generated by different levels in temperature and air pressure between the Adriatic Sea and the mainland of the bordering countries. SEEWIND http ...

... service will be developed according to the Service-Oriented Architecture approach that allows for easy access and seamless integration with legacy systems. The RACWeB project involves 4 EU technology/scientific partners, 4 central customs administrations along with 3 IT consulting companies / research organizations from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively. The duration of the project is 30 months. The RACWeB project aims to improve the Western Balkans and EU neighbouring countries customs efficiency and transparency in risk assessment by enhancing the identification of risk profiles through the utilisation of data mining techniques and by developing an advanced, web-based risk ...

... Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, the United Kingdom, USA, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. For more information, please visit: http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm Source: CORDIS RCN 31041 Since being founded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry over a year ago, the Enterprise Europe Network has become a point of reference in cross-border and EU-related matters for ...

... including these countries by mid-2010. When presenting the Commission's proposal Vice President of the Commission in charge of Justice, Freedom and Security Jacques Barrot said: "Our proposal brings truly good news to the people of the Western Balkans, in particular to the citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of Montenegro and Serbia. I know how much visa free travel means to them. Today's proposal is the result of intensive and hard work for the authorities and the people of these countries in meeting the conditions. I congratulate them for this achievement". Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn added " ...

Breakdown of applications by country of the applicant and by type of projects (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals) European Commission: Breakdown of applications by country of the applicant and by type of projects (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. European Commission/Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

Number of applications submitted by partner region (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. Number of applications submitted by partner region (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. European Commission/Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

This booklet intends to highlight the scientific impact of the projects carried out in the frame of the SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call. SEE-ERA.NET has started as a regional ERA-NET, implemented by the national key stakeholders in fourteen European countries, including EU member states and all Western Balkan countries (WBC). The SEE-ERA.NET has created a strong commitment among the participating countries towards supporting multilateral research cooperation through a Pilot Joint Call (PJC) which ...

This document deald with COST's Vision of its place in the European Research Area in 2020. COST Secretariat, COST Statement - The Role of COST in the ERA 2020, Brussels 2009. Leonardo Piccinetti/Europe for Business.

... quot; Jacques Barrot told a news briefing in Brussels. "Under this proposal, the new regime comes into force on January 1." The proposal will have to be formally approved by the EU's 27 justice ministers, although unanimity would not be required. First countries covered would be FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, while Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovnia should follow later in 2010, provided they meet certain requirements. Source: Reuters, Balkan Insight, European Voice, EU business and many others, as accessed July 9, 2009 The EU executive will propose next week to allow citizens of Montenegro, Serbia and ...

... launching of the Eurostars programme. This resulted in 192 new individual bilateral and multilateral projects with a total estimated budget of €324 million, and 86 Eurostars projects, with a total estimated budget of €128 million. The following WBCs are members of EUREKA: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. Furthermore, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina participate in EUREKA projects, associated through a network of national information points. The chairmanship of Eureka has now passed from Portugal to Germany. Sources: Sciencebusiness Bulletin, as accessed on July 7, 2009. Eureka representatives from 38 countries pledged to support ...

... nbsp;European Cooperation in Science and Technology - COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in S&T, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level. The following Western Balkan Countries have already joined the COST family: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. Read on to find out more on the role of COST in the Strategic 2020 Vision for the European Research Area (ERA ...

... later than 31 December 2009 and end no later than 31 December 2010, although a six-month no-cost extension request may be made during the year. Applicants must be residents of any of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo (UNMIK), Latvia, Lithuania, fYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Applicants must be resident for the substantial majority of each year in the country from which they are applying although they may be of any nationality or citizenship. Further details in the attachment! In the interest of diversity, no grants will be made ...

... results and events to CORDIS: opoce-cordis-marketing@publications.europa.eu Source: CORDIS press release. CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has announced the launch of ten new National Services, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Ukraine ...

On the 2951st meeting of the External Relations Council in Luxembourg (June 15, 2009) the Council adopted conclusions on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkan Countries, welcoming the progress in the visa liberalisation dialogues. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf, as accessed on June 29, 2009 Council Website http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf

... areas it is already developed, almost as an industry. This measure intends to support the development of small infrastructures, good practices and strategic plans in order to extend tourism activities to the whole cross-border region. Specific attention is given to the transfer of know-how from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to Albania where the tourism industry is still at an early stage. The measure gives a priority to alternative types of tourism (rural and family tourism, eco-tourism, etc) to be developed in parallel to more classical practices. More generally, the measure aims at fostering all sectors of the economy that ...

This document (8 pages) contains a list of abbrevations and explainations of terms used in the context of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku: List of Acronyms. IPA Glossary, 2009. INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku.

Eligible entities include public bodies, public equivalent bodies, private organisations, including some SMEs and NGOs. Each project must include at least one partner from an eligible EU-member state (eligible territories of Greece, Italy and Slovenia) and one partner from an eligible non EU-member state (eligible territories of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia). The overall indicative budget for the programme is 63,750,000 Euros, with the minimum total budget for ...

The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of health research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR1244). Please note, some of the reports might be updated after the workshop. Please check this site again before disseminating the pdf version of the reports and rather forward the link to interested peers. The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant experts compiled reports on ...

For further information and for downloading the relevant documentation, please visit www.ceinet.org/CERES. A short presentation of the CERES programme is attached - see below. For further information: Alessandro Lombardo Junior Executive Officer Central European Initiative - Executive Secretariat Via Genova 9 34121 - Trieste, Italy +39 040 77 86 744 email: lombardo@cei-es.org website: www.ceinet.org The deadline for submitting research project proposals in the framework of the CEI ...

We would hereby like to inform you that a Joint Call for European Research Projects will be published on September 1, 2009 as part of the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project. The participating countries are: Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), EU Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Romania and Slovenia) and Turkey as an FP7 Associated Country. The following themes/thematic areas will be supported through the call: ICT – I) Software systems for learning process management and support II) ICT for energy efficiency AgroFood &ndash ...

... default-en.asp?ItemID=649B9475D5A24A47890CFBC5F15352E5, as accessed on June 10, 2009. The English version of the declaration is attached. Source: Prof. Dr. Radmil Polenakovik On June 3, 2009, Minister of Economy, Mr. Fatmir Besimi, and Minister of Education and Science, Mr. Pero Stojanovski of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed a declaration for the promotion of entrepreneurial learning ...

... The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of transport research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244). The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant experts compiled reports on the research system in the field of transport for each Western Balkan country. The reports have been discussed in a workshop for priority setting and resulted in the definition of common priorities ...

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