... private universities, civil society, public research institutes as well as business organizations in Albania. Source: ASO Ljubljana Email: aso-ljubljana@zsi.at Date: From: 19 April 2011 To: 20 April 2011 The Agency of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARTI) in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Union to Albania and the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) are organizing in Albania on April 19 and 20, two training courses aiming at supporting potential applicants to participate in the FP7 Programme, with the participation of the internationally well recognized expert, Mr. Sean McCarthy, in the capacity of the trainer ...
A recent action that has made a significant impact on the lives of citizens in South East Europe (SEE) is the Visa Facilitation Agreement with the European Union (EU) which, at the end of the last year, entered into force in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, who thus joined The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia that entered the visa-liberalized regime a year earlier. The decisions on visa free access are based on the progress made by the countries concerned in implementing major reforms in areas such as strengthening   ...
... particular mobility in the framework of “joint degree” networks. At present CEEPUS unites universities from 15 Central and Eastern European countries in the framework of networks consisting of at least three higher education institutions from at least two different contractual countries. At present the following countries take part: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, FYR of Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia. Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244) with the University of Prishtina is also eligible for participation. Moldova will join the CEEPUS network as of 2011/2012. Conditions for application ...
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... interest of stability and predictability, complete the transition and pool around regional recovery and development projects. This is why the call for our countries to join efforts in Europe 2020 implementation comes at the right time.” Eduard Kukan, Member of EP and Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo, underlined that Europe 2020 strategy should give impetus to Western Balkan countries as future EU members to push forward for reforms in the region. Key Role Assigned to RCC The RCC Secretariat present preliminary findings of its survey of regional initiatives and task ...
... map© EU Source: JRC website The JRC has launched a call for 40 seconded national experts and grantholders as part of its enlargement and integration actions. The job opportunities are available for experts from research organisations, national enforcement laboratories and scientists from the following countries: Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Montenegro, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Israel, Serbia and Turkey. Submission deadline: May 16, 2011 ...
Survey of Regional Initiatives and Task Forces in South East Europe – Summary Findings! During the first quarter of 2011, Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat (RCC or Secretariat) conducted a survey of regional initiatives (RIs) operating within, and directed towards, the countries of South East Europe. The survey was carried out in cooperation with the Chairmanship-in-Office of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP), the SEECP Troika and the European Union in order to provide ...
... health at work; energy efficiency or the environment. These projects all aim to strengthen the role of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and to develop sustainable partnerships and networks between on the one hand CSOs (such as business associations, trade unions, other social partners and professional organisations) in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99) and Turkey, and on the other hand their counterparts in the EU. The purpose is to promote a transfer of knowledge and experience and to strengthen civil society within a participative democracy and to stimulate ...
... article; requirements from the publisher’s perspective, authorship, the peer-review process, impact factors, etc. The summer school seminars will be taught by experienced scientists from both German and South-east European universities. All costs will be covered for the participants. Application details: PhD or master students from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, the FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia and the Republic of Moldova are invited to apply. Do apply, if you: • Are a master or PhD student in public health or a public health related discipline (medicine, social sciences); • You have conducted ...
... etc). The offer is: a return air ticket, scholarship of 1000-2500 EUR per month, insurance, tuition fee up to 3000 EUR per year. Fully funded scholarships from and to Western Balkans Who can apply? UG, MA, PhD students, Post Doc’s, Academic Staff and alumni from Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (UN Res. 1244), FYR of Macedonia, Serbia) and from EU partner universities. Some information about Warsaw • Centre of Europe • Possibility to travel freely to other European Schengen countries • UW - the largest university in Poland, usually ranked as No. 1 in the country ...
With their legitimate ambition to integrate more closely into the European Research Area, the WB countries need to upgrade their national RTD information systems, and would benefit from developing a regional information system, effectively supporting these ambitions by facilitating closer and more balanced international collaboration. This awareness is slowly growing, primarily in some government and academic circles, but the first step is obviously to properly upgrade and connect ...
... Bio-inspired information systems -Distance Learning Systems -eBusiness -Eco Distributed Systems Further information: http://www.takilab.org/conf/nbis/2011/ EIDWT-2011: The 2-nd International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/~eidwt2011/ Organisation Polytechnic University of Tirana (http://www.upt.al) Tirana, Albania Source: Arjen Scheurer, Linked2Balkan The 14th International Conference on Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS) will be held at Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania from September 7 to 9, 2011. The event is held in conjunction with the EIDWT-2011: The 2-nd International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies ...
... initiative makes it possible for the various national facilities, institutes, universities and private industry to work jointly on a wide range of Research and Development (R&D) activities. WBC Participation to COST Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia as COST Member States and Albania and Montenegro as Non-COST 'near neighbouring countries' are eligible for this call. More details on the call: Major information on administrative issues (e.g. type of entities which are eligible, consortium structure, budget for the call, etc. (a. 1000 characters): COST is based on Actions. These are ...
... Finally, the eight is a case for a more balanced distribution of European research infrastructures as well as support in access to large European infrastructures. (taken from the Executive Summary of the document) The full document is attached to this news below. The “Enlargement Countries Associated to FP7”, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, have taken the initiative to manifest their Joint Position on the next Research and Technology Development (RTD) Framework Programme of the European Union to which currently they are Associated countries. The purpose of this Joint Position Paper is ...
... Tel: +(30) 2310 253 477 Fax: +(30) 2310 234 205 Web: http://www.seerc.org/dsc2011/ Building on the success of the five previous Doctoral conferences which each attracted over 100 papers from countries all over the SE European region and beyond (UK, Greece, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Sweden, Serbia, FYR of Macedonia, Belgium and as far as USA), we are pleased to announce the organisation of the 6th SEERC Doctoral conference. Deadline: April 1, 2011 ...
The European University for Tourism was founded by the European University for Tourism Foundation and is situated in Tirana (Albania) at Bulevardi Zogu I to perform provisions of the European Commission Tourism Unit on General Enterprise. It was authorized by the Council Ministry in 2008 andThe main operative scope of the European University for Tourism is to become the most advanced Euro-Mediterranean pole in the cultural, scientific and formative aspect ...
... and evaluating programme progress, present and assess developments in building a platform for long-term sustainable cooperation in the region, and in designing and implementing concrete short-term and long-term guidelines, best practices and actions at the regional level on e-Infrastructure. The meeting brings together representatives of national authorities and partners from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey, who implement e-Infrastructure strategies and operate the programmes in their respective countries. Source: RCC Press Release. The sixth meeting of the South East European Research Area for e-Infrastructures (SEERA-EI), organised by the Ministry ...
In this conference, the invited experts presented COST Programme to the Albanian scientific community and explained how to be a participant in COST actions, highlighting the benefits and opportunities for Albania, which is currently participating in this program as a non-COST country. Albanian researchers, who are currently participating as a non – COST country, shared their experience and best practices. Source: ARTI In the frame of the expressed interest of Albania becoming a COST member, the Agency of Research, Technology ...
National E-CRIS system includes interconnected databases comprising data on research organizations, researchers and research projects. The E-CRIS.AL system is managed by ARTI, functioning as the Albanian National E-CRIS Centre.
Source: ARTI Albanian Agency of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARTI) and the Institute of Information Science in Maribor, Slovenia signed an agreement on cooperation in setting up the current research information system in Albania E-CRIS.AL.
... the President of the Union of Chambers of Commerce. On December 14th ARTI organized an Information Day with the participation of business representatives and the scientific community to discuss the opportunities and the possibilities that EUREKA Program offers. Source: ARTI, Erisa Lame In the frame of the expressed interest of Albania becoming a EUREKA member, a delegation from EUREKA composed by Mr. Luuk Borg, Director of the Secretariat of the EUREKA and Mr. Svatopluk Halada, Coordinator for the Western Balkan Countries visited the Agency of Research, Technology and Innovation (ARTI) on December 13-14 2010 ...