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Call for grant for the organization of activities to promote studying abroad at universities in South-East Europe
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6. May. 2009
... for scholarships or other activities. Grants will be given for one year and are extendable to two years based on an evaluation of the first year and a list of propositions for promotion activities for the second year. Target group o Public universities in the Western Balkans (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia) Timing o Launching the call: 06/04/2009 o Deadline for submisson of application forms: 25/05/2009 Selection criteria • Creative and viable ideas for promotion activities • Evidence of a need for promotion activities • Regional diversity among grantees How to submit an application ...
ICT-WEB-PROMS aims at increasing capacity of stakeholders in the Western Balkan countries (WBC) to fully participate in European ICT research and in the European Research Area. The project will reach this goal by creating and supporting strategic partnerships between stakeholders in the EU and the WBC while providing access to relevant knowledge. The summary information about relevant policy and projects in WBC provided in this Deliverable gives a clear focalisation of the project and defines ...
... 46 Bologna countries and colleagues from different parts of the world to facilitate global dialogue. This Bologna Policy Forum will take place in the morning of 29 April 2009 at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) in the framework of the Bologna Ministerial Conference. Ministers responsible for higher education from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia will meet with their peers from the other Bologna Process countries to discuss the developments since the last ministerial meeting in 2007, and decide on future activities ...
"Why is this guide useful for you ? Accessing to European subsidies appears for most projects leaders as an underestimated and difficult task. Indeed, many organisations are missing financing opportunities that would help them developping their activities. Thanks to this guide, you get a first concrete approach of how subsidies work. Besides, it aims to explain you easily the various steps, rules and priorities that you will have to follow to obtain European subsidies and to optimize your ...
... is a selection of articles: Will democracy survive the economic slump in Central and Eastern Europe? (Jan Zielonka) Democratization and social inequalities (Laurence Whitehead) Attracting and retaining civil servants in the Western Balkans (Damir Ahmetović) Designing anticorruption institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (Daniel Smilov) Performance-based municipal budgeting in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Guy Dionne) Inter-municipal cooperation and decentralization in FYR Macedonia (Guinka Kapitanova) Governance reform in the eyes of practitioners (The Regional Centre for Public Administration Reform, Athens) The London School of Economics (LSE) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have published a new issue of their journal "Development ...
... in Central and Eastern Europe was held in Bucharest on March 6, 2009. CEEPUS is the largest multilateral programme for academic exchange of students and teaching staff for the Central and Eastern Europe that has been successfully conducted in Croatia since 1993. The CEEPUS countries are the following: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia ...
The event in Sarajevo is organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The JRC will present its activities in areas of priority for the country such as environment, health, food, agriculture and ICT. The European Commission is hosting an FP7 Information Event in Bosnia- Herzegovina on April 23, 2009. The theme of the event is “Towards Integration into the European Research Area”. Such information events serve as a one-stop shop for the countries’ scientific and business communities to obtain information about the opportunities offered by the FP7 Programme ...
This publication looks at art & science – an autonomous field uniting art and science which are typically thought to belong to two different worlds. However, these two domains have strong historical links, and if analysed in their totality, date back to the very beginning of human creativity, fuelled by curiosity and ingenuity. Today more and more artists are drawing inspiration from science and using the latest technology and research in their art, while scientists and researchers ...
This document provides an overview on current scientific projects from various disciplines concerning South-Eastern Europe (in German language), GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften: Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte zu Südosteuropa. Bearbeitet von Anja Wilde, Leibnitz 2009. GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
http://www.sowiport.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF_Recherche_Spezial/Forschungsprojekte_zu_SOEuropa.pdf
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Western Balkan Countries: Adjustment Capacity to External Shocks, with a Focus on Labour Markets
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7. Apr. 2009
Summary The main question addressed in this study is the performance of the labour markets in the Western Balkans. The aim is to find out whether they can deliver growth of employment and decline of unemployment in the medium run and whether they can withstand shortterm shocks due to changes in demand or supply. These questions are particularly pressing in view of the monetary policy based on fixed exchange rates which is followed by the majority of the countries in this region. In terms of the ...
The final report developed by the University Graz on its project "UnivSOE" covers "Institutions of Research and Tertiary Education in Central and South East Europe - Developments, Structures and Perspectives of these Institutions for their Integration into the European Higher Education and Research Area". The final report is published by Wolfgang MANTL / Joseph MARKO / Hedwig KOPETZ. Mantl, W., Marko, J., Kopetz, H.: Institutions of Research and Tertiary Education in Central ...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This first FP7 Monitoring Report covers the year 2007 and is the first one based on a completely new approach: While in FP6 and previous Framework Programmes monitoring had been implemented through annual panels of independent experts which selected specific areas of FP implementation and performance to analyse and report on, the FP7 monitoring system is designed as an internal management tool, based on a coherent system of indicators. The present is thus intended to be a ...
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Could EU visa-free travel become a key incentive for western Balkans countries to establish better democratic institutions and the rule of law?
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18. Mar. 2009
... the western Balkans countries in implementing reforms, the European Commission should work to ensure that visa benchmark requirements are implemented and promote mutual security, and do not impose unnecessary burdens. The EC should also agree during the Czech EU Presidency a clear timeline for visa liberalisation for each country - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Enlargement serves the European Union's strategic interest in stability, security, and conflict prevention. It has helped to increase prosperity and growth opportunities, and to enhance the EU's weight in the world. In the light of recent challenges to stability to the east of the EU, the ...
"The financial and economic crisis that came to light late in 2008 is the kind of extreme development that calls for one essential quality when seeking solutions: creativity. We need creativity to find the best answers. But creativity is not only useful in crisis situations, of course. Creativity and innovative capacity have crucial long-term benefits for the economy, society, enterprises as well as individuals. Innovation and creativity are fundamental pillars for sustainable economic and ...
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wiiw Global Development Network Southeast Europe Project Announces Research Competition 2009
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5. Mar. 2009
Proposals are invited from economists and other social scientists. For the competition, the following priority area of research has been identified: Inequality and Public Policy For a more detailed description of the research area, please download the wiiw GDN-SEE project proposal at: http://www.wiiw.ac.at/balkan/files/wiiw_gdn_see_proposal_2009.pdf For further information, please have a look at the attachment. If you have any questions, please contact: research.competition@wiiw.ac.at ...
Trainings on state of the art methodologies, practical techniques and theories in Food Consumer Sciences will be organized targeting a wide range of organizations from the public and private sectors, NGOs and consumer associations. National meetings in each of the Western Balkan Countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia) with stakeholders active in Food Consumption related fields will take place twice a year. Four market and consumer studies (on products with positive nutritional properties – fruits and health food – and sustainability (organic and traditional food products) will measure the drivers and ...
Executive summary The main task of this research was to identify the barriers which inhibit researchers from the Western Balkan countries and Turkey (WBC&T) from international R&D cooperation in order to provide policy makers with the analytical backgrounds to create policy measures for facilitating research cooperation. This is the first study focused on identification of the factors which hamper the cooperation of WBC&T in the two types of collaborative projects: /1/ European ...
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... term must be completed between 1 July 2009 and 30 June 2010. Robert Bosch Fellows will be members of the international and multidisciplinary scholarly community at the IWM. They are invited to present and discuss their project in lectures or seminars. 2) Eligibility The IWM is accepting applications from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo/UN Resolution, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia. Applications are accepted from researchers who ■ are citizens or permanently reside in one of the abovementioned countries, ■ or are affiliated to a university or research institution in the region, ■ or (independent of the applicant’s country ...
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The 6th Steering Platform Meeting took place in Liblice, CZ.
Co-Chairs:
Albania
Czech Republic
European Commission
Libelice
