... CET Please find all further information on the 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 ...
... are expected to form a project coordination body, in compliance 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 ...
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 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 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 ...
... 12/2009 17:00 Topics 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 ...
... of the WBC, qualified in any S&T field within the scope of Community research eligible under the EC FP7, to become actively integrated in the ERA. Particular requirements for participation Applicants should be established in the Western Balkan Countries' regions quivalent to convergence regions. All regions of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro and Serbia are eligible for participation. The projects must be proposed by a single public or private research entity of significant size. These research entities must not be a subsidiary or branch of another legal entity established in a different country. The projects must involve compulsory cooperation ...
... conference was an opportunity for researchers from the Western Balkan countries, to 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 ...
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 ...
... 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.eu, as accessed on July 24, 2009. The new scholarship scheme JoinEU-SEE aims at academic exchange between Western Balkan countries and EU & Candidate countries. It comprised scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral students and staff, financed by the European Commission in ...
... EUR 2 70, 000.00 EUR 3 90, 000.00 EUR 4 100, 000.00 EUR Minimum co-financing: 35% of total project value Project timeframe: September 2009 – November 2010 Furthermore, WUS Austria published a document “Analysis of QA Trends in Higher Education in the EU, South-East Europe, and Bosnia and Herzegovina”, according to which the applying universities can adapt their proposals. The application documentation consists of: 1. Application Form: All applicants are required to complete the application form. 2. Guide for Applicants: All applicants should read the Instructions thoroughly, since it contains advice on completing the application form. 3. Analysis ...
... will inform evidence-based guidelines for health and social care that are of national, regional and international importance; - Finally, grant applications, including for FP7, will be worked out to generate funding for a the future of the centre of excellence that will be established through this project. Supported by international initiatives, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) has undertaken a major reform of mental health care within less than 10 years. There are now decentralized community based services, and the country has become a leader in mental health reform in the WBCs region. However, the further development of services in the region needs to ...
WBC-INCO.NET projects supports this event logistically and contentwise. The Steering Platform meeting was held in Zagreb, Croatia (in the Dubrovnik Hotel) on October 29, 2009. It was co-chaired by
Ministry for Education, Science and Sports of Croatia
Ministry for Education and Science from Sweden
European Commission.
Please find below the presentations held and the agenda. Dubrovnik Hotel, Gajeva 1, 10000 Zagreb
Addressing the above opportunity, the overall aim of the ELLECTRA-WeB (European Electronic Public Procurement Application Framework in the Western Balkans Region) project is to: "specify, develop and test an Open Source Application Framework for electronic Public Procurement and a set of Supporting Guidelines that will enable, on the one hand, Western Balkan ICT developers to cost-effectively develop, and, on the other hand, Western Balkan Public Administrations and Suppliers to easily adopt ...
... for the elaboration of scenario, remediation measures and best practice techniques. For that purpose an expert data and information management system will be developed. The Sava River (945 km) is the biggest tributary to the Danube River and has 95551 km2 large catchment. It extends over four countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. In the development of the river basin management plan all countries are already collaborating under the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) guidance. SARIB http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=7519611&pid=0&q=F7EBAE1A33959C4FAE16316CB78F3169 ...
The selected study cases comprise remote regions, non-connected to the electrical grid, that have been particularly affected by the war and also physical islands. The results of these applications will be projected to alarge scale implementation of RES on a wider scale of isolated regions in these countries.The long-term objectives of the proposal are to contribute to sustainable development of the region, especially in the making good of the consequences of the war in the environment and ...
... project is to support the formulation of Community agricultural policies by developing an open and interactive network in agricultural economics. The New Member States (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) the Candidate countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey) as well as countries from the Western Balkan (Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia Montenegro) take part in the project. Organisations from France and the United Kingdom, specialised in agricultural economics and experienced in working in the Central Eastern Europe Countries also participate in the project. CEEC AGRI POLICY http://www.europartnersearch.net/agripolicy ...