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... with at least one (two) of them from the Western Balkans. SEE-ERA.NET is funded by the European Commission under FP6. It is coordinated by the Centre for Social Innovation (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation) in Austria, with project partners, research ministries and agencies in the project countries Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. Article published in see-science.eu eJournal spring 07. More Than 300 Valid Project Applications in the First Call The first pilot joint call for the submission of research projects from 14 countries was successfully ...

... the Joint Committee of CEEPUS Ministers, held in Zagreb on March 16, has proved to be a meeting of milestones in several ways. With the accession of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the objective of integrating all the South East European Countries into CEEPUS has been accomplished. CEEPUS now comprises 14 countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. Exchange with Bosnia-Herzegovina is scheduled for the academic year 2008/09, provided that all the necessary legal steps at local level will have been completed by then ...

A study of foreign direct investment costs and conditions for two industrial sectors in five Western Balkan countries was conducted by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group. The Western Balkans benchmarking study assessed the investment prospects in the food and beverage processing sector for all five countries in the Western Balkan region; in the automotive components sector for all countries other than Albania; and, for Albania alone, in the leather and ...

This Memorandum is based on the results of the Vienna Workshop "Future Perspectives of International Research and Technology Co-operation". This workshop was focussed on the future role – both the opportunities and the challenges – of the non-candidate South Eastern European countries – shortly called the Western Balkan countries – within the envisaged European Research Area and the future research and technology activities of the European Union, in particular the Sixth EU Framework Programme ...

This is a report on situation in West Balkan countries and EC assistance to help them. It is stated that the EC is the largest single donor in the Balkans, spending over 839 million euro in the region in 2001 alone on top of 956 million euro in 2000 through the CARDS programme. EU assistance is focused on helping the countries to implement the Stabilisation and Association Process – namely, stabilising their internal economies and political relations, promoting regional co-operation between the ...

... the region a far more promising place than it was five years ago. However, these instruments do not engage effectively with the underlying causes of instability. The danger is no longer ethnic hatred, nationalist extremism or military conflict, but a new crisis of economic and social dislocation. Effective government in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, political stability and interethnic peace in FYR Macedonia, economic and political reforms and the strengthening of the rule of law across the Western Balkans are stated as the main interests. European Stability Initiative (2004): Western Balkans 2004 - Assistance, cohesion and the new boundaries of Europe. European Stability Initiative ...

This is a report written by Marko Bonac and John Martin. The topic of this report is the current state of research and education networking in wider Europe. It focuses on geographic variations and in particular on the digital divide between the most developed and least developed National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). A major part of this report is based on a comprehensive survey of NRENs in "Neighbouring Countries" carried out in spring 2003. The survey reviewed the current standard ...

This is a paper produced by the European Stability Initiative in the year 2003. It states that there is a growing fear among the countries of the Western Balkans that they will be left on the margins of the new and integrated Europe. It recognises that the Western Balkan countries today face very different threats and opportunities from those which existed only three years ago. It notes that European policy instruments have not yet adapted sufficiently to meet these new challenges. There is a ...

The present study on "Research and Development Policies in the Southeast European Countries in Transition: Republic of Croatia" has been prepared in the year 2002 within the framework of UNESCO’s programme of participation in the activities of the member states, based on the proposal made by the Croatian Commission for UNESCO. The present survey of Croatia’s research and development policies in the last decade of the twentieth century covers some elementary conceptual issues of scientific ...

This report on education in Albania has been prepared within the framework of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members of the OECD as a part of its programme of co-operation with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The themes covered are teachers, curriculum, governance, and early childhood education and care. Each section provides an overview of the education systems, issues and barriers to reform, and recommendations. The recommendations are designed to be of use for natonal ...

This is a strategy made by the Government of Albania. The goal of the Information and Communication Technologies Strategy project - co-financed by the Open Society Institute, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs , and UNDP Albania - is to facilitate efforts by the Government of Albania, in cooperation with other national and international stakeholders, to develop a National ICT Strategy that identifies mechanisms and legal and fiscal frameworks needed to implement e-government, ...

This publication summarizes UNESCO’s experience and role in South-East Europe and outlines a proposal for future action in the region. It comprises extracts from the Director-General’s speeches on South East Europe and the main documents of the High-level Conference on Strengthening Cooperation in South-East Europe(held at UNESCO Headquarters on 4 and 5 April 2002), including a strategy paper for UNESCO’s future action in the region and the Chairman’s Conclusions. UNESCO’s strategy paper aims ...

This is a paper written by dr. Nikolce Acevski from the Ministry of Education and Science in the year 2001. He first presents present situation in Higher Education in FYRoM: legislative framework, financing of HE and institutional financing management, the structure of the system, curricula, teaching and learning, norms and standards for establishment of HEI, regulations concerning financing and the budget, quality assurance and study programs development, Macedonian National Informative ...

The purpose of this Regional Strategy Paper (2002-2006) is to provide a strategic framework for programming the regional envelope of the European Community’s CARDS assistance programme. This Regional Strategy Paper focuses on promoting closer relations and regional cooperation. The Strategy Paper first outlines the overall framework of the EC’s cooperation objectives in the region and the regional policy agenda agreed by the EU and the five countries concerned. Next it examines the coherence ...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the harmonisation (as far as possible) of the Community’s external aid instruments from 2004. The draft Regulation constitutes a framework regulation, establishing a unified instrument for pre-accession assistance. One of the main characteristics of the Regulation is that, for recognised Candidate Countries, it aims at progressively adopting the rules and principles of Structural Funds/Rural Development Funds management, by making available assistance for ...

This is a report to the European Commission from the Enwise Expert Group on women scientists in the Central and Eastern European countries and in the Baltic States. This report investigates the situation of women scientists in the Enwise countries, providing an insight into the situation from a historical, as well as a contemporary perspective - including South East European countries. It makes recommendations to a series of stakeholders: the Commission, the European Parliament, the Enwise ...

This is a case study written by Prof. Dr. Dragoljub Mirjanić, Rector of the University of Banja Luka. The author first introduces us with trends and challenges facing the higher education system in Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Then the state of curricula in view of the provisions of the Bologna Declaration is very detailed presented and some statistical data are also given. Mirjanic, Dragoljub (2003): Reforming the study Programs and Curricula at the University of Banja Luka from the Perspective of the provisions of the Bologna Declaration ...

This is a report from the EC about the Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe. The Annual Report on the Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe (SAP) provides an assessment of the progress of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo as defined by UN Security Council Resolution 1244, within this process over the past year. It is therefore the key indicator of their readiness to move closer to the European Union. EC (2004): Report from the Commission - The ...

This is a country report on Croatia conducted by Frances Tsakonas. This study aims to analyze the current role of private sector activity in theeducation sector and to project the outlook for private sector investment in education in Croatia. It starts with a description of Croatia background. Then education sectro and private educatio sector are presened. Last but not hte least the author focuses on investment climate. Tsakonas, Frances (2002): Private Sector Development in Education in South ...

This is an article written by Radovan Vukadinovic. The author describes the situation in Croatia and states that after Slovenia, Croatia is at this moment the most stable country in the region. Then he deals with different issues like: - the political situation in Croatia, - constitutional reforms, - legislative reforms, - minority rights in Croatia, - human rights protection, - foreign and security policy. Last but not the least he stresses European orientation of Croatia. Vukadinovic, Radovan ...

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