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Agenda: 13:00 - 13:05 Introduction . Dušan Rakić, Secretary of IT Association at Belgrade Chamber of Commerce 13:05 - 13:25 Presentation of ECDL standards in e-education . Đorđe Dukić, President at EEIG Bussines Communication & Certificates, President at JISA – Union of ICT Societies ...

... Bulgaria; Vlado Misajlovski, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chair-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in 2012-2013; Radu Podgorean, State Secretary of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Romania, incoming Chair-in-Office of the SEECP; Vera Mavrić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, preceding Chair-in-Office of the SEECP; Kieran Dowling, Ambassador of Ireland to Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and Stefano Sannino, Director General for Enlargement of the European Commission. The Regional Cooperation Council was established in Sofia on 27 February ...

... _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Working Groups The NISPAcee Working Group is a group of researchers and/or professionals associated with NISPAcee who are investigating a particular public administration or public policy topic. Currently, there are ten NISPAcee Working Groups which intend to schedule their meetings during the 21st NISPAcee Annual Conference in Belgrade, Serbia. I. Working Group on Local Government II. Working Group on e-Government III. Working Group on Civil Service IV. Working Group on PA Reform V. Working Group on Internationalization and Networking of Public Administration Studies and Civil Servant’s Training Systems VI. Working Group on Public Finance and Public ...

Contributions related to all aspects of digitisation of cultural and scientific heritage are invited. Papers that report on applications of information technologies in the field of digitisation are particularly welcome. All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program committee. The contributions should cover the following topics: - digitisation of cultural heritage at local, national, regional and European level - metadata aggregation at national, regional and European level - ...

... Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade; Sergej Flere, the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Maribor; Jana Vlajković, the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Serbia; Jelena Milovanović, of the NGO ‘Civic Initiatives’; and Ivana Milanović Hrašovec, fom the magazine “Vreme“. Mihajlo Đukić the RRPP Local Coordinator for Serbia presented the current RRPP programme and its activities in Serbia thus far. Source: RRPP On December 14, 2012 researchers of the Regional Research Promotion Programme supported research project Youth– Actors of Social Change organised a panel discussion on the status of young people in Serbia. The panel presented the survey “Young People – Our Present. Exploring Social Biographies of Young People ...

The evaluation standards published by EVAL-INNO aim to contribute to the improved implementation and exploitation of Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) measures by promoting meaningful evaluation procedures to foster strategic intelligence building and evidence-based decision-making in the field of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy. They address: authorities commissioning RTDI evaluations (often ministries in charge of research, technological development ...

... Innovation in the SEE Region) will organise the first RTDI evaluation training course on 18-22 March 2013 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The training will gather participants from Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Greece and will be carried out by experienced RTDI evaluation trainers from six countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro and Serbia). Deadline for applications: 20 February 2013 ...

... from Norway (Department of Educational Research and Intermedia as well as the Centre for European Studies – ARENA of the University of Oslo, and the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education – NIFU) and the region (University of Zagreb in Croatia, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Political Sciences in Serbia and Centre for Education Policy in Serbia), the project supports the development of technical and human capacity to address these issues in a comprehensive and sustainable manner. The team of the NORGLOBAL project "European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans" is pleased to announce the second open conference on higher education and research ...

... have some general insight and interest in South-Eastern Europe. Tuition fees are waived for Austrian/EU students. Tuition costs approximately €745 per semester for citizens of other states but can usually be fully refunded upon successful completion of each semester for citizens of Albania, Belarus Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. For enquiries about the admission procedure, tuition fees and refund process at the University of Graz please contact Alexandra Fauland alexandra.fauland@uni-graz.at at the Office for International Relations. Please note that the University of Graz does not provide financial support – no scholarships are currently ...

... for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, incoming Chair-in-Office of the SEECP; Kieran Dowling, Ambassador of Ireland to Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina; Stefano Sannino, Director General for Enlargement of the European Commission; and Vera Mavrić, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, previous Chair-in-Office of the SEECP. The RCC has been established on 27 February 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Source: email by Regional Cooperation Council The fifth anniversary of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will be held on February 27, 2013 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A panel discussion ‘Five years of ...

The overall objective of the Project was to strengthen education-research-innovation (eri) triangle and to improve knowledge transfer from academia to industry by building structural and legislative framework and by implementation of recognised good practices. The project focused on education-research- innovation (eri) triangle. In this report the achievements of the projects are explained: such as an impressive number of case studies and good practicerecipes offering possible solutions in ...

The document addresses: 1) The role of doctoral education in boosting research and innovation/technology transfer at the University of Vienna 2) The role of technology transfer system within Saarland University (correlation and cooperation) 3) The present status of the education-research-innovation activities related to knowledge transfer and academic entrepreneurship: towards a better understanding 4) Reflection from the university perspective as well as analysis of ...

... 14-18, 2012. The research was presented to different institutions, including the European Parliament’s Board for Western Balkans, European External Action Service (EEAS) and European Policy Centre. However, presentation with the greatest attention was given in DG Enlargement, with the presence of Pierre Mirel – Director of Unit for Albania, BiH, Serbia and Kosovo*, Myriam Ferran – Director of Unit for Serbia and Tristan Le Berigot – Advisor for Serbia. Recommendations and arguments from the research were accepted in a positive way by all counterparts in Brussels, and the topic proved to be very interesting not only for Serbia, but also other countries in the region ...

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty the protection of minorities became an explicit founding value of the European Union. In its external relations the EU has with the membership perspective and increased integration in the common market strong instruments at her disposal to promote and foster the protection of human and minority rights in the Western Balkan states. The question, however, arises to which extent the EU made and makes use of this leverage in its enlargement policy. ...

In 1993 the European Union took the decision to open its borders to the new democracies of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Eight of them joined in 2004 and two more in 2007. However, the most ambitious European project ever has yet to be concluded. This book examines the state of play anno 2012. What have we learned from earlier accessions and how does this affect the perspectives of the remaining (potential) candidate countries? What explaines the much stricter conditionality of ...

... Serbia Serbia was granted candidate status by the European Council on 1 March 2012. The progress report discussed 22 January calls on the Council to set a date for the start of accession negotiations as soon as possible. One of the biggest issues is the country's fraught relations with newly independent Kosovo ...

... WBC region compares with its neighbouring countries, the "Statistics" section offers a comparison with Romania. Under the submenu 'PROJECTS' a keyword search allows a focused search in the project descriptions. To get view on the bilateral links between the countries through projects, go to the Bilateral section. http://itconsult-eu.de/serbia/Countries.asp

... Head of NIPAC Office, Secretariat for European Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Turkey - Ahmet Yücel,Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Bosnia and Herzegovina - Nevenka Savić,National IPA Coordinator, Directorate for European Integration Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Serbia - Ognjen Mirić,Coordinator for EU Funds, Serbian European Integration Office The viewpoint of Member States - Julius Liljeström, Director, Deputy Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden SESSION 3: Planning and programming IPA II - how to make financial assistance more strategic and coherent ...

After mapping the economic situation and the competitiveness of the countries in European neighbourhood, the paper proceeds to an analysis of the selected aspects of these countries’ competitiveness The economic impacts of existing agreements between EU Member States and neighbouring countries. A simulation of various scenarios covering free trade in goods between the EU and some of its neighbours is attempted. Where possible, the effects of bilateral agreements on the growth and productivity ...

... planning documents that prioritise public investments, public-private partnerships and many other instruments aimed at improving economic growth and employment on the local level. Source: email by Tatjana Potezica, Operativni menadzer / Operations Manager, Institute for Territorial Economic Development (InTER) Policy Brief with the topic “A Decade of Local Economic Development in Serbia: Lessons for the Future” was published by InTER and written by Dragiša Mijačić. Dragiša Mijačić

... Providing think tanks from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia with training and networking opportunities, the TRAIN programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans. During a series of seminars, participants will receive training on the conduct and efficient communication of policy research and will have the opportunity to exchange ...

... Slovenia) University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France) University of Rome La Sapienza (Italy) University of Zagreb (Croatia) Western Balkan partner institutions: Fan S. Noli University Korce (Albania) South East European University Tetovo (FYRO)Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje (FYRO)Macedonia University Luigj Gurakuqi of Shkodra (Albania) University of Belgrade (Serbia) University of Kragujevac (Serbia) University of Montenegro (Montenegro) University of Niš (Serbia) University of Novi Sad (Serbia) University of Prishtina (Kosovo) University of Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola (FYRO)Macedonia Associates King Baudouin Foundation Polytechnic University of Tirana SPARK University of Mitrovica Source: Basileus Basileus I started in summer 2008 and was the first large-scale mobility project for the region. Basileus II was launched in ...

... information about: available grants application procedure study and research plan selection procedure. The deadline for application is February 1, 2013 and all mobilities should start before December 31, 2013 (except for staff). TV interview is available here. From December 10-14, 2012 the Erasmus Mundus Project Basileus IV was presented in Serbia and Montenegro ...

... Serbia has been going in the right direction, adopting new laws and implementing strategic reforms. I am confident this funding will allow Serbia to keep a steady pace of reforms, helping the country to meet necessary commitments in order to move closer towards the EU. Changes and improvements in the judiciary ...

... of statistical systems of the countries of the Western Balkans into a joint European statistical system through development, processing and distribution of statistics in the area of education on the basis of single standards and harmonised methodology. The delegations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia participated actively as did the representatives of Eurostat, Centre for Research in Education and Innovation (CERI/OECD), European Training Forum (ETF), National Educational Council of Finland, International Network of Educational Policy Centres, KulturContacta, UNICEF, Centre for Educational Policy and Belgrade University. The workshop participants concluded that there was considerable and ...

... be contacted to send the whole chapter/article by April 15, 2013. The edited volume will be published by the Center for Good Governance Studies’ CSDU Press as an Open Access volume within the newly formed OPAL library. Source: email by Srdjan Jovanovic The Center for Good Governance Studies, Belgrade, Serbia in cooperation with the Good Governance Laboratory (GOGOL) is launching a Call for Papers for the Open Access Library edited volume Nr. 1 (OPAL) entitled Transitional Governance: Western Balkans and EU Integration. The creators of the concept of good governance are the World Bank, the International monetary Fund and other ...

... The event recorded a massive interest resulting in participation of 114 young people from FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo*, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Ukraine, who formed 49 teams and presented their apps at the grand finale on the last day of the event. The Overall Winner at the event was the team of iDERMA (Croatia) who won S4S Fellowship, participation at Mobile Monday Budapest and Alcatel ...

... blogs, links, news and galleries Source: The University of Edinburg, School of Law The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia (CITSEE) is a study of the citizenship regimes of the seven successor states of the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia). It is funded by an Advanced Investigator Award for basic research made to Jo Shaw by the European Research Council and runs for five years from April 1, 2009. CITSEE http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/citsee/about ...

... In the Republic of Serbia, some EUR 60 million has been allocated to establish Centres of Excellence in priority research fields, such as: − Energy and environment (national energy institute and national laboratories for water, soil and air quality); − Materials science (National Physics, Materials Science and Nanotechnology Laboratory – using the current Institute of Physics infrastructure); − Agriculture ...

This report also provides in-depth statistics about the composition of project consortia: 74.5% of all the grant agreements involve at least one SME and 11.1% of all the projects have an SME as its coordinator. The average EU contribution going to SMEs participating in thematic research projects so far has been about €275000 per project. When looking at FP7 in its entirety – including Research for the Benefit of SMEs and the Marie- Curie Actions – the conclusion is that of the about 91000 ...

At the end of October 2012 we have published the 100th issue of the e-newsletter of the Western Balkan countries INCO-NET. This was also a good opportunity to look back and think about developments achieved so far in the region in the fields of S&T and Innovation. Thus, we have issued a call in ...

The Governments in BiH has put in place a range of measures aimed at training enough researchers to meet its R&D targets and at promoting attractive employment conditions in public research institutions. Source: EURAXESS The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte Consulting for the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation looks at the extent to which those prerequisites are already met, since a full understanding of the researcher profession in its ...

... Political and Social Discourses 3) New Social Disparities/Social and Economic Change 4) States, Networks and Informality 5) Migration, Diasporas and Remittances Papers to be presented can handle topics within the region in general or deal with the processes of change in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. All interested candidates should submit a single PDF file containing a short Curriculum Vitae (max. 1 page), an abstract of the proposed conference paper (max. 300 words) and a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page) by 19 January 2013 at the latest to delia.imboden@unifr.ch and rrpp ...

The Report establishes the baseline for annual updates and for monitoring the European Research Area (ERA). It is based on qualitative and quantitative data. It also provides the basis for further analysis on the observed correlation between a lower degree of openness in terms of some of the indicators for the research profession used in this report and low performance on the Innovation Union Scoreboard2, and for identifying clusters of low-performing countries. The qualitative data comes ...

The government developed the ‘Higher Education for All’ policy, as part of the Programme of the Government 2008-2012. The goal is for 25% of the population to receive higher education by 2012. To achieve this strategic goal and enable a larger group of students to enrol at universities, in 2008 the government opened a new university in Shtip, as well as new faculties in bigger cities with decreased or no tuition fees4. Source: EURAXESS The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte ...

These projects cover the entire range of FP7’s Security theme, including advanced research into the societal dimension of security, protection of citizens against chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) materials or man-made and natural events, critical infrastructure protection, crisis management capabilities, intelligent maritime and land border surveillance, prestandardisation and the interoperability of systems. Source: EC Enterprise and Industry Discover the 2012 ...

Starting from the six ERA dimensions described in the ERA Green Paper, the report then looks where we are today, and which direction the future is taking, given the policy context of Europe 2020. Involvement of stakeholders in further building the ERA is looked at by analysing their involvement in a number of existing ERA instruments, using a taxonomy of stakeholder roles and functions. The report has been written as part of the FP7 project Forward Visions on the European Research Area (VERA). ...

This report constitutes a formal deliverable, namely D6.1 “Outline of ERA elements and stakeholders”, of Work Package 6 “Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Strategy” of the VERA Project (Forward Visions on the European Research Area). The main objectives of this project are both to provide relevant strategic knowledge for the governance and priority-setting of the research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI) system in Europe, and to set up a strategic conversation across the ...

Background At the end of October 2012 we have published the 100th issue of the e-newsletter of the Western Balkan countries INCO-NET. This was also a good opportunity to look back and think about developments achieved so far in the region in the fields of S&T and Innovation. Thus, we have issued ...

... Serbia welcomed all participants and expressed its gratitude at hosting the Platform meeting for the second time. It also took advantage of the occasion to inform the members of the Platform about its national research policy which focused on actions to strengthen the links between science and industry as a way ...

... in Belgrade. The conference was organised within the Regional Research Promotion Programme “Policy Dialogue in the Field of Social Sciences in Serbia”. The conference was attended by more than 70 researchers, policymakers and non-governmental sector representatives. The main objectives of the conference were to present the draft document on “Social Science Research Sector in Serbia: An Overview of the Current Situation, Main Challenges and Policy Recommendations“, to discuss how specific issues mentioned ...

... of selected papers. Deadline for Submissions The deadline for submissions is February 25th 2013. Publication is expected by the end of June 2013. Papers should be sent in electronic format to the cesk2010@gmail.com. This volume will be published as part of the project "Social and Cultural Capital in Serbia" which is realized within the Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP), run by the University of Fribourg upon a mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Source: RRPP The Center for Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe and the ...

... The Partners for Acquis Compliance and Energy Efficiency (PACE) project aims at facilitating the EU integration process of business communities in the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). PACE offers companies a unique opportunity to benefit from a so-called EU acquis audit, analysing their compliance with EU legislation in selected areas. Western Balkan enterprises can also undergo an energy efficiency pre-check, carried out by their local chambers of commerce, monitoring their energy consumption and identifying potentials for reducing ...

... held at the meeting. Please see also the links to the progress reports and conclusions of the Steering Platform. The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Belgrade, 6 December 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Serbia - who hosted the event on behalf of the Western Balkan Countries - and the European Commission ...

... Every 6 months, high level political dialogue meetings are organised linking the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the Western Balkan countries. The meetings are co-chaired by the European Commission, the EU Council presidency country (currently Cyprus) and a country from the region (for this meeting: Serbia). Please find the presentations attached below. Please see also the link to the progress reports and conclusions of the Steering Platform Meeting. The 13th Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries was held in Belgrade, on December 6, 2012. The meeting was co-chaired by the Cyprus Presidency of ...

University and government economists, business experts and researchers are invited to submit abstracts. Potential papers should address any of the following, or related topics: Theory of economic integration Trade liberalization and regional cooperation Challenges of the EU enlargement EU enlargements in business perspective Integration policies: case studies Changing global competitive environment – theory and practices Legal environment of the EU Western Balkans; trade, cooperation and EU ...

The Strategy will identify priorities, recommend policy and institutional reforms and be accompanied by an action plan detailing initiatives to be implemented at the supra-national level. It is expected to be presented in 2013 and serve as a framework for a collective effort to promote the Western Balkans’ most urgent priority: increasing innovation, growth and prosperity. Expected results Larger number of scientific publications in high impact journals. Enhance collaboration between ...

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... Novic, chaired the encounter. Four SEE Ministers of Science and Education from the countries of Croatia, Republic of Montenegro, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Srpska as well as the Deputy Minister from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and the State Secretary from the Republic of Serbia took the floor. Senior Ministerial advisors and high level dignitaries representing Albania, Romania and Bulgaria as well as the Ambassadors from Greece and Turkey also spoke. Representatives from other European countries such as Austria, Italy and Switzerland as well as European and international organizations, such as the European Commission, participated ...

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