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... is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish." (Michael Porter) Of course, most importantly are the national strategies which are continuously updated and created by national governments and with allocated budgets e.g. for the development of national funding programmes and key research infrastructures. Most recently, Serbia published its 2016-2020 strategy, more information is available here. But there are several macro-regional strategies and European ones concerning research, technology and innovation (RTI), which are influencing, reinforcing and guiding the national ones. Thus, the Western Balkans are sometimes addressed by regional strategies and programmes: e.g. the Instrument ...

... future business expansion through tangible cooperation among SMEs from neighboring countries through exports or joint penetration into new markets. Ideas for improvements of the business climate and funding opportunities were also discussed with public officials and SME associations. Conference press release is available here Source: CEI SME representatives from Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered in Belgrade, Serbia, on 19 February 2016 to attend the conference “Small and medium-sized enterprises - regional networking and business improvement ...

... future. WBEN also adopted new logo and confirmed new regional coordinator for 2016-2017, Mr. Rijad Kovač from BHeval. Bojan Radej, SiES, Programme Committee of the Conference Conference programme: http://www.sdeval.si/2-uncategorised Policy evaluation is gaining momentum in Western Balkan region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Serbia). Six national and one regional evaluation communities, consisting of more than 400 members, held their first regional conference in Sarajevo, 28-29 October 2015. This event review is prepared by Mr. Bojan Radej, SiES, Programme Committee of the Conference ...

... Some of the latest activities of the Association of Serbian Monitoring and Evaluation Professionals (ASMEP) for the period from October 2014-Septeber 2015 include: 1) In cooperation with the Slovenian Evaluation Society we have performed an IOCE (Internatinal Organization for Cooperation in Evaluation) project on Enhancing M&E capacities in Serbia and the region as well as a February 2015 event in the Belgrade Media Center “Evaluation and EU funds 2014-2020”. 2) A spring 2015 “M&E and EU Funds” workshop for a number of regional NGOs was held in cooperation with School for Public Policy Mother Teresa from Skopje ...

Increasing need for establishing critical mass of evaluators led Slovenian Evaluation Society to propose establishing Western Balkan Evaluation Network (WBEN) to Evaluation Society in B&H in 2012. Today WBEN involves founding members also from Croatia, Montenegro, Macedonia, and Serbia. By now WBEN enriched cooperation between members with infrastructure consisting of some basic elements. They opened web based regional forum, a newsletter, e-mailing list, and web page. Coordinative body has been established of national representatives that meet regularly, they adopted networks mission, vision, and work plan for 2014-2015. Regional members ...

... biology and related subjects. The programme enables selected master students to work on an own, ten-week research project in one of the participating groups. In addition, guest students will get an opportunity to learn about other areas of biophysics and soft matter by short lab courses. In 2015, students from Serbia, Croatia, Iran, Russia, Romania, Great Britain, Italy, Egypt, Germany, and Georgia have participated in the IHRS BioSoft guest student programme. The aim of the IHRS BioSoft is to support interdisciplinary research at the interfaces between traditional disciplines. Applicants from physics, chemistry, biology and related research areas should therefore also be ...

... Authors shall be under 35 years of age at the date of submission. Authors shall be citizens of one of the following countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Hungary, Kosovo*, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia or Ukraine. For more information, please refer to the Conditions for Participation. Source and related information: Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) In 2000, the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) established an award to commemorate Olga Radzyner, former Head of the OeNB’s Foreign Research Division, who died in a tragic accident in ...

... Ionian – ADRION Programme - has launched the first call for proposals, which will be open from 1 February 2016 to 25 March 2016 (at 17:00h CET). The programme's geographical area include four EU countries (Greece, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia), with the participation of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia ...

... The discussion furthermore focused on the commitment of both sides to work on the implementation of the agreement for the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities, based on already signed agreements. Both sides also agreed to start discussions on direct air and rail connections between Kosovo and Serbia. I want to thank the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo for their continued commitment to further normalise their relations within the framework of the Dialogue. Today's meetings demonstrated their willingness to move forward with a very constructive approach. We all have in mind the need to bring direct and concrete benefits to all people in Serbia and in ...

... nbsp;Moreover, administrative capacity of bodies implementing those strategies may pose an issue. Finally, concrete measures have to be defined and put to practice in order to prevent further brain drain and use global brain circulation trends to the country’s full advantage. (Analytical Study on Montenegrin Scientific Diaspora, 2014) Serbia On the other hand, brain gain measures in Serbia are integral part of migration and development strategies. (…) Such a model for an institutional brain gain mechanism is good for several reasons; first, because it links the migration strategy and development strategies; second, a coordination mechanism for all stakeholders involved in migration and development is developed; third, the coordination mechanism ...

... that relies on a large variety of quantitative and qualitative methods and techniques. The multifaceted approach, in turn, generates a uniquely comprehensive picture of formal and informal institutions in the Balkan region. The quantitative side of the project is to yield a face-to-face survey of total 6,200 respondents in Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, and Montenegro. The qualitative research includes 36 months of ethnographic work, semi-structured interviews with survey respondents, and interviews with policy makers. A set of case studies on select topics will probe into particularly salient examples of informal institutions. The research also includes long-term consultation ...

... in innovative companies to promote jobs and growth." Borislav Kostadinov, member of the management board of ProCredit Holding added: “We are proud that ProCredit is the first group of banks to sign the umbrella InnovFin SME Guarantee for its operations in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia. This will stimulate innovative ideas and investments by our clients and thus enable them to increase their competitiveness. As the leading “house bank” for small and medium-sized enterprises in this region, we know that modern technology, innovative thinking and environmental orientation are key factors for future development. This applies equally ...

... applications), biology (experimental models of neurodegenerative diseases), and medicine (clinical studies and markers of neuroinflammation). Lecturers (in alphabetic order) Prof. Pavle Andjus, PhD – Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Serbia Andrew Clayton, PhD – Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia Marko Daković, PhD – Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia Irena Dujmović, MD – School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Serbia Diego Gomez-Nicola, PhD – University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, UK Prof. Robert Harris, PhD – Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Branislav Jelenković, PhD – Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Prof. Lars Klimaschewski, MD – Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria Aleksandar Krmpot, PhD – Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Serbia Prof ...

The South East Europe 2020 strategy of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) has been published in 2013 and complemented by the SEE 2020 Baseline Report: Towards Regional Growth reflecting the work on the implementation in 2014. The goal of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), is to improve living conditions in the region and bring competitiveness and development back in focus, closely following the vision of the EU strategy Europe 2020. It ...

The Strategy is defined in a Communication from the European Commission (2014), accompanied by an Action Plan which presents the objectives and concrete pillars and topics of the Adriatic-Ionian Strategy. For a prosperous and integrated Adriatic and Ionian Region (English version) Brochure in all EUSAIR languages General Affairs Council Conclusions of 29 September 2014 Endorsement by the European Council - 23 and 24 October 2014 Supportive analytical document accompanying the ...

The Strategy is defined in a Communication from the European Commission (2010) The EUSDR Action Plan Council Conclusions (2011) on the EUSDR Commission Report (2013) on the added value of macro-regional strategies Council Conclusions (2013) on the added value of macro-regional strategies Commission Report (2013) concerning the EUSDR Commission Report (2014) on the governance of macro-regional strategies Joint Statement (2014) of Ministers ...

The Adriatic & Ionian Initiative (AII) (which includes eight Members: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia) aims to strengthen regional cooperation in order to promote political and economic stability, thus creating a solid base for the process of European integration. http://www.aii-ps.org/

Providing think tanks from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia with training and networking opportunities, the TRAIN Programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans. During a series of seminars, participants will receive training on the conduct and efficient communication of policy research and will have the opportunity to exchange ...

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