In the Panel "Political Perspectives" at the 63rd European Forum Alpbach 2007, Prof. Dr. Gordana DJUROVIC, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration provided and discussed a paper PROMOTING MAIN PRINCIPLES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IN WESTERN BALKAN REGION THROUGH REGATTA APPROACH - VIEW FROM MONTENEGRO Its main topics are "Europesation" as Motor of ChangesChronology of European Integration Process in MontenegroTowards a New Development Strategy of MontenegroPolitical Criteria and Short Term Priorities in the European Partnership for Montenegro ABSTRACT: Montenegrin SAA with EU, initialled on March this year, represents future main contractual relation which defines strategic ...
This is a power point presentation held at the European Economic Forum in Nova Gorica on May 30, 2007. It focuses on research at EU level, presents Commission Strategy and the Framework Programme, budget for FP7 and FP participants. Last but not the least it states reasons why is it important to participate FP7.
EC (2007): The Seventh Framework Programme for candidate and potential candidate countries.
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The conference is aimed to encourage development, cooperation and mutual assistance among the countries, industries and companies of South and East Europe and Black Sea Region. The conference will include contributed paper sessions, invited and plenary presentations, round tables and panels. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings after their presentation at the Conference. The Editorial Board of South Eastern Europe Journal of Economics (SEEJE), the official journal of ...
... consistent IST RTD (research and technological development) stance within the European framework as well as improve IST co-operation at regional and international level. The projectThe Great-IST Project (www.great-ist.org), a project financed under the EU 6th Framework Programme, focuses on 11 target countries: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine. Its primary scope is to encourage convergence of target countries’ countries IST RTD policies with EU ones. It therefore created a wide cooperation platform open to several categories of relevant stakeholders such as science and research centres, universities, governments, institutional levels, industrial associations and companies, aimed ...
... Visa freedom does not come free of charge," Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik noted. She also claimed that reforms should not be implemented "only as a favour to he EU." The conference brought together prime ministers Sali Berisha of Albania, Ivo Sanader of Croatia, Zeljko Sturanovic of Montenegro and Vasile Tarlev of Moldova, as well as Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, Austrian foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and the Special Co-ordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, Erhard Busek. Commenting on the Salzburg meeting, Special Co-ordinator Busek said: “It was a very pragmatic meeting aimed at raising awareness ...
... The European Commission has finalised its plans for assistance to the candidate and potential candidate countries for 2007-2009. It adopted on June 20 the strategy for Croatia under its Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, after earlier adopting similar strategies for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo. The overall indicative amount for the period for all these countries totals 3.96 billion. Financial assistance to those countries aims to help them enhance political and economic reform and development, on their path towards EU membership. Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said: "The crux of the matter ...
Only Slovak legal entities with written declaration of interest from the partner in the target country can apply for a financial support. Serbia and Montenegro are the main target countries of Slovak ODA.The "country strategy paper" of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic explains the rationale, principles and priorities of Slovak Aid. The following thematic foci are stated: Development of civil society, social animation and regional developmentRepairs and development of local ...
... The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: South East European University Individual Associate Members Ss.Kiril and Metodij University Individual Associate Member State University of Tetova Individual Associate Members University St Kliment Ohridski Bitola Individual full member Kosovo/UNMIK: University of Prishtina Individual full member University of Mitrovica Individual full member Montenegro: University of Montenegro (Montenegro) Individual full member Serbia: University of Belgrade (Univerzitet u Beogradu) Individual full member University of Nis Individual full member University of Kragujevac Individual full member University of Novi Sad Individual full member Conference of the Universities of Serbia (CONUS) Collective full member Source and further information: EUA Members Directory, as ...
... and Management of Biological Resources from Land, Forest and Aquatic EnvironmentsInformation and Communication Technologies; sub area: ApplicationsResearchEnvironment; sub area: Environmental Technologies This call is funded by national contributions from the 14 participating countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. 321 eligible project proposals involving 1,437 research teams were submitted by the deadline for the call on March 31, 2007, including 739 teams from the Western Balkan countries. This clearly shows the need but also the potential for more scientific cooperation with the Western Balkan ...
... erawestbalkan/. Participation is free of charge! Date: June 20, 2007 Location: House of Research, FFG Vienna, Sensengasse 1, 1090 Vienna Language: English Contact: Mag. Victoria SolitanderInternational CooperationFFG/EIPTel: +43-5775 4606 The ERA WESTBALKAN+ initiative is supporting the Western Balkan Countries (WBC), i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia in participating in the 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7). The FP7 Health partnering event between Austria and the Western Balkan, taking place on June 20, 2007 in Vienna, encourages researchers from Austria to find suitable research partners from the Western Balkan during the second open call in the ...
... 20styria.dochttp://international.uni-graz.at Contact:Mag. Dietlinde Kastelliz, M.A. at the Office of International Relations of the University of Graz In cooperation with the University of Graz, the Province of Styria offers a new grant for outstanding students from South-Eastern European countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova) starting in the winter semester 2007/08. Deadline for applications: June 8, 2007 ...
This is a report on Bologna Process in Montenegro made in the form of an interview. It deals with all the main issues regarding Bologna Process. First the description of the important developments relating to the Bologna Process, including legislative reforms, since the meeting in Bergen is given. Then the measures in place to ensure the co-operation of business ...
The Transnational Cooperation Programme South East Europe is part of the new Objective 3 European Territorial Cooperation for the programming period 2007-2013. General aim of transnational cooperation is to foster a balancned territorial development and territorial integration within the cooperation area. The Programme is not only the part of EU-Cohesion Policy affecting the Member States but also a component in the framework of Pre-Accession Assistance and the European Neighbourhood Policy ...
The Task Force of South East Europe Programme 2007-2013 developed a draft operational programme for transnational cooperation in line with Art. 6 of the ERDF Regulation. According to the SEA directive (2001/42/EC) a Strategic Environmental Assessment has been performed. In the light of the Community Strategic Guidelines (Lisbon/Gothenburg) the overall strategic goal of the programme is to develop transnational partnerships on matters of strategic importance to improve the territorial, economic ...
This report provides a comprehensive view of the state of European Higher Education - as seen by higher education institutions themselves. More than 900 European higher education institutions contributed to this report, either by responding to a wide-ranging questionnaire, or by hosting visits of research teams, or through providing input in other meetings. EUA is deeply grateful to everyone in the higher education community who has contributed to this common endeavour. The report shows the ...
This is a report on Bologna Process in BIH made in the form of an interview. It deals with all the main issues regarding Bologna Process. First the description of the important developments relating to the Bologna Process, including legislative reforms, since Bergen is given. Then the measures in place to ensure the co-operation of business and social partners within the Bologna Process are presented. Then the report presents the stage of implementation of the main principles and later ...
... of Montenegro. The ‘see.science.eu Journal’ was recommended as a very relevant information source for West Balkan research. Article published in see-science.eu eJournal spring 07. The Ministry of Education and Science, in cooperation with The Bureau for International Scientific, Educational, Cultural and Technical Cooperation of the Government of Montenegro, organised an Information Day on FP7, at the University of Montenegro (UoM), on April 12, 2007. It was targeted mainly at the local research community and conceived as an informative and motivating event that would trigger greater involvement of researchers and support institutions in FP7 projects ...
A significant amount of new borrowing for infrastructure investment isbeing contemplated by SEE countries, often based on bilateral and multilateral funding. This short approach paper seeks to set out the key issues that will need to be kept in mind when evaluating the proposed borrowing and investments. While the note is indicative, and needs to be supplemented by more detailed analysis by each Government, it suggests that caution needs to be exercised in any new borrowing. World Bank (2006): ...
... the Commission) The EC lump sum contribution for participants from ICPC takes into account the economy of the respective country and is structured in three categories: Economy of the ICPCContribution (researcher/year)Low income8,000 Lower middle income9,800 Upper middle income20,700 Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro belong to the group of countries with lower middle income. For the calculation of the maximum EC contribution, the project partner organisation from an ICPC has to take into account the upper funding limit for the specific type of activity. Funding SchemePublic bodies, EDU, research organisations and SMEsAll other organisationsCollaborative ...
... certainly update you about this important event in our next Newsletter. The Memorandum of Association with Turkey will be signed on June 1. This means that Turkey will also have associated status from January 1, 2007 under FP7, as it had under FP6,. The next Association Agreement will be with Montenegro as soon as Protocol 8 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is adopted (provisionally July 2007), after which the internal decision-making for association to FP7 can be launched. The Association Agreements with Israel and Switzerland are also moving ahead with signing planned for July 2007. Application for participation and funding ...