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... target is set at 10%, the Federation government said in a statement last week. The targets are part of an updated action plan for the use of renewable energy sources adopted by the Federation government on November 8, it said. The Federation is one of two autonomous entities making up Bosnia and Herzegovina. The other one is the Serb Republic. In 2016, Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved a 25.3% share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption, below the 36.7% median trajectory for 2015-2016, the Energy Community said in its annual implementation report 2017-2018 published last week. By the end of 2017, the country registered 113 MW of small hydropower plants, 16 ...
... The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. The Western Balkans – composed of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo – is a complex region facing significant energy challenges. The conflicts over the break-up of the former Yugoslavia damaged much of the energy infrastructure and compounded the challenge of providing reliable energy supply. Electricity systems in many parts of the ...
... partnership with a layered risk/return structure, to enhancing energy efficiency and fostering renewable energies predominantly through the provision of dedicated financing to businesses and households via partnering with financial institutions and direct financing. The Green for Growth Fund is currently active in nineteen target markets including Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, FYR Macedonia, Georgia, Jordan, Kosovo*, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Serbia, the Palestinian Territories, Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine. GGF is a unique public-private partnership established in December, 2009 to promote energy efficiency in its target region and to reduce CO2 emissions. GGF's investments seek to achieve a 20% reduction ...
... REEP) aims to unleash the WB potential to benefit from the greater use of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures by providing a combination of financing instruments, technical assistance and policy support to create a sustainable market for energy efficiency in the Western Balkans. The countries targeted are Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. ___ In June 2012, the Steering Committee of the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) approved a €23.35 million grant to the EBRD to establish the Regional Energy Efficiency Programme for the Western Balkans. The WBIF is a joint initiative of ...
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WBC National roadmaps for lignocellulosic biomass and relevant policies WBC for a bio-based economy in 2030
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14. Nov. 2018
This is a result of the S2Biom Fp7 funded project (D 8.3a) under responsibility of the Imperial College London (Calliope Panoutsou et.al.,). Albania Bosnia & Herzegovina FYR of Macedonia Kosovo Montenegro Serbia ___ S2Biom project has been supported by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme and have been running from September, 2013 until November, 2016. The research work in the S2Biom project covered the whole biomass delivery chain - from primary biomass to end-use of ...
... the national level; Serbia is in the final stage of the process of preparation of their first RI Roadmap to be completed this year; The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has formed a national working groups to start the development of national RI Roadmap; while Albania, Kosovo* and Bosnia and Herzegovina have initiated discussions on how to start the RIs mapping process. The Workshop was organised to support the implementation of the Multi-annual Action Plan on a Regional Economic Area in the Western Balkans (MAP REA) prepared by the RCC and endorsed by the leaders of WB6 at the Berlin ...
... The Government of the Republic of Slovenia has identified a first value project to be presented at the meeting - a collaboration on exchange of educational and other data essential for starting the Openness agenda and build prosperity of citizens of the WB6 (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). The project addresses the essential challenge of research and innovation in the knowledge economy that lies in the knowledge/technology transfer from R&D to the commercial world. The operation of this innovation value chain is not well-developed in Europe, and particularly underdeveloped ...
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Call for applications: Research Fellow in Law (Bosnia and Herzegovina Project)
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10. Oct. 2018
... s projects focus on consultancy, capacity building and provision of technical legal expertise in the fields of public international law, comparative constitutional law and the rule of law in post-conflict countries and countries in transition. Job Summary The Research Fellow will conduct research in the field of Transitional Justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the wider region. The input is to support a mediation project in this field which includes all relevant BiH stakeholders such as governmental authorities and civil society. Key Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Head of Project, the successful candidate shall Conduct research into the Transitional Justice process and ...
... The catalog of the virtual library of Bosnia and Herzegovina. COBISS.BA Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services. National and University Library of the Republika Srpska The National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska (NUBRS) (Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian: National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska) is the national library of Republika Srpska, located in the ...
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[Theme in Focus] In Focus: Enhancing capabilities of WB countries’ research infrastructures and their socio-economic impact
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4. Sep. 2018
... s mission is to improve framework conditions for research infrastructure and innovation while facilitating transnational cooperation and emphasising the macro-regional scope of the sustainable development of research infrastructures. The initiative is indeed mainly focused on the Danube Region but it covers Western Balkans countries as well by including partners from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. ResInfra@DR thus contributes also to enhancing the capabilities of Western Balkan countries’ Research Infrastructures and their socio-economic impact. We spoke with Sinisa Marcic, Assistant Minister for Science Ministry of Science and Technology, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina who explained us how ResInfra@DR matters as an effective ...
... Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office are implementing the youth exchange “Western Balkans meet Japan: A Bridge into the Future”, on 30 October to 7 November 2018, and invites 17 undergraduate or graduate students aged from 20 to 30 years old, coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, to apply for a great opportunity of personal and professional growth. Introduction The program aims to deepen participants’ understanding of Japan and its policy, to increase knowledge and promote mutual understanding through intellectual and cultural exchange, and build a basis for future friendship and cooperation ...
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The Credible Enlargement Perspective for the Western Balkans through the lenses of the Berlin Process
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4. Sep. 2018
... forum, were able to establish a side way to lead to the enlargement mainstream. The Berlin Process produced a number of visible and latent results in the area of: connectivity (the Transport Community was established and Energy Community re-energized), reconciliation and bilateral issues (Macedonia-Greece name issue, Montenegro-Kosovo and Montenegro-Bosnia and Herzegovina border issues) and youth cooperation (the Regional Youth Cooperation Office and Western Balkan Fund were created). Maybe even more importantly, the Berlin Process and the presence and specific focus of crucial EU governments and political personalities managed to create a positive and encouraging atmosphere in which Western Balkan political leaders ...
... to present the development process of clusters in Serbia. The paper analyse also of cluster development strategy in some neighbouring Balkan countries. Regarding the development of industrial production of some Balkan countries, there are also major differences. With the exception of Albania, which was and still is very de-industrialized, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where we take 1995 as the base year (which is why there has been a rapid growth), other countries are still far from the levels of production in 1990. This is one of the main problems, excepting also economic, political and social aspects and facts, which is developed in this ...
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CfA: Interdisciplinary Joint Master’s Programme in Southeast European Studies. Graz and Belgrade
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3. Sep. 2018
... of partner universities includes: Babes-Bolyai University from Cluj-Napoca (Romania) Central European University (Hungary) South East European University, Tetovo (Macedonia) Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje (Macedonia) University of Bologna (Italy) University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) University of Novi Sad (Serbia) University of Regensburg (Germany) University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) University of Zagreb (Croatia) Students from Graz can also spend their mobility semester in Belgrade and those from Belgrade in Graz. Why Southeast European Studies in Graz? Southeast Europe has been a focus of the University of Graz for over a century. The Nobel Prize winner ...
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10 years of support for the capacity building of government officials in the Western Balkans
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3. Sep. 2018
... The Fellowship Programme will provide 20 scholarships for civil servants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The Fellows will spend three months in the countries of the European Union, where they will gain work practice in the federal or state government agencies of the host countries, receive tailor-made training through specifically designed seminars and experience national/international and intercultural exchange ...
... to track the influence of these institutions on the implementation of EU rules and regulations. Emphasizing the importance of interactions between formal and informal institutions, the project aims to produce original research and policy recommendations. On 8 February 2019, the INFORM project will host the final conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. http://formal-informal.eu/home.html Sarajevo
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Conclusions of the Western Balkans Steering Platform on Research and Innovation and the Ministerial Meeting (Brussels, June 25, 2018)
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30. Jul. 2018
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... long term sustainability; the socioeconomic impact. The 4 days cross-thematic capacity building training enables also the interaction of actors accross the Danube Region. Seven experts acting as trainers and 34 participants attend the second ResInfra@DR training which was prepared by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The participants come from the host country Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia - thus covering 8 countries. Tuesday 24th: Background and core processes *** Wednesday 25th: Planning and establishing of RI; Operation, managing and monitoring RIs *** Thursday 26th: Results and impact of RIs in practice *** Friday 27th: Longterm durability of research infrastructure Stay ...
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[Theme in Focus] In Focus: A new Horizon for Europe after 2020 to stay at the forefront of research and innovation worldwide, June 2018
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19. Jul. 2018
... still quite low (find here some data on WBCs in H2020). Balkan countries suffer from brain drain and are lacking R&I capacities: Serbia is the regional research power-house and it is doing reasonably well in Horizon 2020 (success-rate similar to the one of Hungary or Slovenia). Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina are performing close to the EU average (i.e. similar to Spain or to the Czech Republic) FYROM (or the newly-agreed "Republic of North Macedonia") and Albania have Horizon 2020 performances similar to those of Bulgaria and are following in the list. Adequate attention by the next Framework Programme ...
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Balkan Barometer 2018: Satisfaction of people and businesses on overall situation in the region is steadily improving
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19. Jul. 2018
... presented the key findings of attitudes, experiences, aspirations, perceptions, and expectations across the Western Balkan economies. A part of the RCC’s BB 2018 launch is a panel discussion including Valdrin Lluka, Minister of Economy Kosovo*; Hamdo Tinjak, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dusan Reljic, Head of ‘Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik’ at German Institute for International and Security Affairs; and Mario Holzner, Institute Deputy Director and Staff Economist at the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies. The discussion moderator is Zvezdana Kovac, Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast ...
