... some general insight and interest in South-Eastern Europe. Tuition fees are waived for Austrian/EU students. Tuition costs approx. €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 Alexandra Fauland alexandra.fauland@uni-graz.at at the Office for International Relations. Please note that the University of Graz does not provide financial support  ...
... the region to continue on their European integration path and we certainly count on Croatia to continue to share its experience and to support its neighbours on their road to European Union accession. We also expect Croatia to continue playing an active role in regional cooperation. Second, accession negotiations with Montenegro have been progressing well. The priorities are now for Montenegro to amend its constitution in order to increase the independence and accountability of the judiciary in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission. In parallel, Montenegro will need to finalise credible Action Plans, which are a condition for opening the rule-of-law chapters 23 and 24. Third, the former Yugoslav ...
... Higher Education cooperation in the region as well as to enhance existing networks for projects and connect interested scientists willing to cooperate with each other. Target countries for the conference are the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99), Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Austria. The first conference day addresses the political and strategic dimension of Higher Education cooperation, thus including past evolvement as well as future aspects ...
The strategy was adopted by the RCC Board on 25 April 2013 in Sarajevo and endorsed by the participants of the RCC Annual Meeting, on 30 May 2013 in Ohrid.
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship are considered as the most significant processes for economic growth, productivity and employment. While knowledge becomes an increasingly important part of innovation, the accumulation of knowledge through learning t constitutes a driving force in the development and growth (Penrose, 1959; Spender and Grant, 1996). In this view regions and countries function as collectors and repositories of knowledge and ideas and provide an underlying ...
... Tel: +355 42 232 086 +355 42 222 077/ 1190 +355 42 222 077/ 1314 Fax: +355 42 222 117 Epoka University in Tirana, Albania in cooperation with other universities from Albania, UK, Turkey, USA, Italy, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Azerbaijan, organizes the 4th International Conference on European Studies (ICES'13) on “Social, Economic and Political Transition of Balkans”, which will take place on 8th and 9th of November in Tirana, Albania. A Call for Papers was issued ...
... The next meeting takes place on 5-6 June 2013 in Budva, Montenegro.The event is open only upon invitation. The Steering Platform facilitates the interaction between the Western Balkan Countries, the EU member states, the candidate and potential candidate countries and other states associated to the Framework Programmes for RTD and the European Commission. Its main objective is to support the enhanced ...
... will include an overview on current and upcoming activities as well as on new activities suggested in WBC-INCO.NET. More information on conclusions and results of these events will be reported through this portal in the next future. WBC-INCO.NET is organising a series of meetings in June in Budva, Montenegro.  ...
... the authors of this volume seek to answer. The studies look at different countries and combine methods from various disciplines ranging from political science, history, economics and law to sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. The book is the result of the third annual RRPP scientific conference, held in Budva, Montenegro, in May 2011. The chapters in this volume were initially presented and discussed during this conference and selected from among some 45 contributions. The volume was edited by Claire Gordon, Marko Kmezic and Jasmina Opardija and has been published at Peter Lang International Academic Publishers as Vol. 10 of the ...
... the authors of this volume seek to answer. The studies look at different countries and combine methods from various disciplines ranging from political science, history, economics and law to sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. The book is the result of the third annual RRPP scientific conference, held in Budva, Montenegro, in May 2011. The chapters in this volume were initially presented and discussed during this conference and selected from among some 45 contributions. The volume was edited by Claire Gordon, Marko Kmezic and Jasmina Opardija and has been published at Peter Lang International Academic Publishers as Vol. 10 of the ...
... Commissioner Füle also remarked that in a few weeks Croatia should join the European Union and this is a powerful signal for the whole region. He expressed hope and expectation that with the negotiations with Montenegro at full speed this country's progress towards the EU will send the same positive message to the region as the forthcoming accession of Croatia. Source: EC press release Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, met with the president of the parliament of Montenegro, Ranko Krivokapić, in Brussels ...
... basis, results will be presented to the political representatives of the region, facilitating a better uptake of scientific results in policy-making. The Danube Region covers parts of eight EU countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and six non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). The region is facing several challenges, such as environmental threats, insufficient energy and transport connections, uneven socio-economic development, as well as shortcomings in safety and security. Better coordination and cooperation between the countries and key players are needed to address these challenges. What is the link between ...
... 2011 by the European Commission's in-house science service, the Joint Research Centre (JRC). It focuses on 4 priorities: environment protection, irrigation & agricultural development, navigability and energy production. The 14 countries in the Danube Region are: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova. The region is home to over 100 million people. Links Second high level conference "Scientific support to the Danube strategy" initiative (Bratislava, 16 May 2013) and further information on the flagship clusters: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/index.cfm?id=2470&obj_id=4480&dt_code ...
Please see the agenda for further details. This event is upon invitation only.
The Steering Platform meeting will deal with Horizon 2020 and different regional initiatives.
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... 2013. Attendance at the conference is free of charge; travel and accommodation expenses for paper presenter The project follows on from the “Textbook and Curriculum Development in South Eastern Europe” project and its sub-project around the Albanian-speaking areas of the region. The geographical area it covers encompasses Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and southern Serbia. The project will involve organising conferences on the content of textbooks and on public discourse around ethnic, national, state and regional approaches to history in the context of school and running seminars on textbook design. Stipends for textbook authors and academics working in this field will enable ...
... 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 Budva, Montenegro on June 5/6, 2013. Steering Platform Members Steering Platform Members ...
... experts or 4 days for Group 2: Programme owners). Please, also note that certificates will be provided only to the participants that were present in 100% of the training sessions and the exercises. The EVAL-INNO project organises the third RTDI evaluation training course on 17-21 April 2013 in Podgorica, Montenegro. The training will gather participants from Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo* and will be carried out by experienced RTDI evaluation trainers from six countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro and Serbia). The training will introduce the participants to the theory and practice of the research and science-related evaluation of organisations, policies, programmes and institutions ...
... On 13-14 May the Training is ONLY open for FP7 NCPs. On 15-16 May the Training is open to all NCPs and Reserchers especially from the Balkan Region: Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey. Please find mor information in the related event announcements below. If you are interested to attend please send your request to the organizer: Alan Keckes: Alan.Keckes@mobilnost.hr Only the ENERGY FP7 NCPs will be reimbursed ...
SEECEL has developed and published a Training Needs Analysis (TNA) tool to support the up skilling of entrepreneurs in the region as a resource to increase the competitiveness and sustainability of regional economies. As identified by the Small Business Act for Europe (SBA), Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of integrated, inclusive, smart and sustainable growth and economic development. In SEECEL member states, the vast majority of established enterprises are SMEs, and ...