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... insights and concepts at the forefront. Important dates Abstract Submission Deadline: July 15th, 2011 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 20th, 2011 Paper Submission Deadline: September 30th, 2011 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: October 15th, 2011 Final Paper Submission Deadline: November 1st, 2011 Conference Dates: Nis (SERBIA), November 25th-26th, 2011 The scope of workshop includes the following topics: Implementation of new technical solutions in engineering Innovative activities Application of innovative technologies in the engineering Role of research centers in creation of innovative research potential Knowledge management and collaborative learning Improving the quality of education and skills development ...

This document provides an overview of the ongoing research cooperation between the EU and the Western Balkans. It also explains why the EU countries engage in research with this region and how they do it. The real impetus for engaging in research cooperation with the Western Balkan countries came from the European Council meeting in Thessaloniki in June 2003. There, heads of state and government reiterated that the future of the Balkans lies within the EU. Ministers of science also endorsed a ...

The implementation of the first generation of transnational cooperation projects financed through the South East Europe Programme began in 2009, after more than one year of preparation and selection. The 40 innovative projects help the integration process of the area and contribute to making South East Europe a more competitive place. The projects benefit from the exchange of experience and the joint work on new and interesting ideas, while developing new opportunities for the region. The total ...

The SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme provides a framework for the development and implementation of projects around the South East Europe area. By means of joint activities carried out at a transnational level between the 16 beneficiary countries, the Programme works to make the SEE region more competitive and better integrated. This brochure gives an overview on the SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme. Source: SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme. SEE (2011): "DEVELOPMENT ...

... and construction of buildings, roads, railroads, bridges, dams and other engineering and architectural structures. RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Apart from the MA and doctoral thesis production, the scientific activities at the faculty are realized by successful realization of scientific-research projects, financed by the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, business organizations and state institutions. The special activity of the teachers and associates of the Faculty in solving the practical tasks in the field of civil engineering and architecture is realized through the independent unit of the Institute for Civil Engineering and Architecture. The work, which is a synthesis of ...

... is to strengthen the innovative capacity of the Western Balkans by stimulating Research and Development, using the regional potential, adds Dragasevic. Speaking about the current situation in the Western Balkan (WB) countries in this field, Djuro Kutlaca, Head of Science and Technology Policy Research Centre at Mihajlo Pupin Institute in Serbia, explains that WB countries are mostly observers of global developments in the area of science, technology and innovation development. “Europe 2020 is not just a strategy of an environment of which we, in the Balkans, want to become an integral part. That is a thinking process of where we ...

After talks with the presidents of the Assembly and the Government of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, Sandor Egereshi and Bojan Pajtic respectively, Schmidt said that Hungary wants to share its experiences in the process of European integration with Serbia. The Hungarian President pointed out that he was particularly pleased that a community of 300,000 Hungarians in Serbia have their own political representatives, some of whom are provincial officials. Source: International Radio Serbia Hungarian President Pal Schmitt reiterated in Novi Sad that Hungary, holding the EU presidency until June ...

... Invitation to young people from Zlatiborski District. For more information, please visit: Business Technology Incubator of technical Faculties Belgrade Source: email from BITF B&T Incubator and BIC Uzice are implementing project Support to Entrepreneurial Activities of Young People in the framework of Cross-border Cooperation Programme Serbia -Bosnia and Herzegovina, with financial support of the European Union ...

On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. These reports have been provided by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in preparation of the Platform Meeting taking place in Ohrid on May, 26 2011.

The two year ICT-WEB-PROMS project aimed at increasing capacity of stakeholders in the Western Balkan countries (WBC) to fully participate in European ICT research and in the European Research Area by creating and supporting strategic partnership between stakeholders in the EU and the WBC while providing access to relevant knowledge. The four key objectives were networking of WB and EU countries in the area of ICT, increasing the capacity of organizations from WBC to create ICT technology and ...

The Final Report of the project aims to provide a roadmap for subsequent researchers in the Western Balkan region. The nine page document outlines the results achieved by the ICT-WEB-PROMS project, the problems encountered and the needs identified in the WBC. The report furthermore issues recommendations for the European Commission, national governments and stakeholders and outlines the lessons learnt for future activities in the region. Further project documents and deliverables can be ...

Current Panorama INFOREGIO issue covers the EU Strategy for the Danube region. WBC-INCO.NET and SEE-ERA.NET projects are in focus on page 16 as new research contacts partnerships for cooperation with SEE. http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/panorama/pdf/mag37/mag37_en.pdf

... pooling of information among law enforcement officials and more rapid and more severe action by governments. A strong point was being made about supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, since they are the drivers of growth and employment. According to Vladimir Cupic, Chairman of the Executive Board of Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank Serbia, SMEs are both more profitable and less indebted than the large companies, yet they lack funds to grow. SMEs often face unfair competition, with many monopolies still in place, and they face a heavy tax burden, especially on labour costs. “The State itself has to avoid adding to the ...

... The Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme targets selected border regions between Romania and Republic of Serbia. This Programme provides the opportunity for both countries to continue their cross-border cooperation under the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). The strategic goal of the Romania-Republic of Serbia IPA Cross-Border Cooperation Programme is to achieve ...

... The Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme belongs to the “new generation” of cross-border co-operation programmes in the budgetary period 2007-2013. In this Programme the participating countries, Hungary and Serbia, have established their Programme management as “shared management system”. The Programme is implemented within the 2007 – 2013 Europan Union financial framework under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). The assistance is implemented through five components which are the following: (a) Transition Assistance and Institution Building (b) Cross-border Co-operation (CBC) (c ...

... The Bulgaria - Serbia IPA Cross-border Programme is financed by the European Union through the IPA Fund and co-financed by Bulgaria and Serbia through contributions from state budgets and if applicable - from project beneficiaries. The programming document drafted jointly by the two countries through a large partnership with national, regional and local stakehloders was ...

... As component II of the European Union's new financial Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), this is the first cross-border programme on the border between the pre-accession countries of the Republic of Serbia and Republic of Montenegro, for the period 2007-2013. The overall strategic goal for the programme recognises the need to stimulate the economy by building on the human, natural and economic resources of the area in a spirit of intense cooperation. The overall aim of the programme, with the core elements ...

... As component II of the European Union's new financial Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA), this is the first cross-border programme on the border between the pre-accession countries of the Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the period 2007-2013. The overall strategic goal for the programme recognises the need to stimulate the economies and reduce the relative isolation of the eligible area by strengthening joint institutional networks and the capacities of human resources. The overall aim of the programme, with the ...

... Member States (Italy, Greece, and Slovenia), a Candidate Country (Croatia), three Potential Candidate Country (Albania, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina). Although not being territorially eligible for the Programme because it lacks of costal area, but taking into account its eligibility in previous INTERREG IIIA NPPA Adriatic Cross-border Programme 2004 -2006, Serbia participates in the Programme with the whole territory under a phasing out condition until 31 December 2012. Source: Website of the Programme as accessed in May, 2011. www.adriaticipacbc.org

... be the creation of a database of prospective project partners which will hopefully continue to grow after the end of the TransNEW project. The following countries are covered by the project under the title "Western Balkans": Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo (under UNCSR 1244), FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Albania is covered by the "Southern Balkans and Mediterranean area". Further information is available in the attached files. The TransNEW Project is part of the Coordination and Support Actions for the EU Framework 7 Programme, aimed at supporting transport research activities in the new Member States ...

... enterprises, etc. Development of Serbia 2006 – 2012, and the Programme for Business Incubators and Clusters Development in the Republic of Serbia 2007 - 2010 were adopted at the end of 2006. Both documents define strategic measures and incentives of the Serbian Government for improvement of the entrepreneurial and innovation environment in Serbia. There was plan to set up at least 15 incubators in Serbia until 2010. During 2006, the Business Incubator Support Centre was established within Serbian Agency for SMEE with main focus on business incubation and help to start-ups. Ministry of Economy and Regional Development launched the project “Cluster Development Support” project in 2007. There are several technology and science and innovation centers ...

The Centre for Virtual Manufacturing (CeVIP) was founded in 2006 as scientific-research centre of Mechanical Engineering Faculty Kragujevac, in scope of the project titled “Virtual Manufacturing Support for Enterprises in Serbia”. Growth of CeVIP is driven by increasing knowledge content in a variety of activities relevant for development of industry, especially SMEs. CeVIP is equipped with modern equipment and specialized software, unique in Serbia, which facilitates application of technology for Virtual Manufacturing (VM) in design of products, tools and processes, their ...

The first CISCO Entrepreneur Institute (CEI) in Serbia and Southeast Europe was opened in Novi Sad in 2009, as a result of cooperation of CISCO, the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project and the Faculty of Technical Sciences. The center delivers CISCOcertified entrepreneurship education on a commercial basis to Serbian entrepreneurs, SMEs and public sector employees in the following areas ...

... which demonstrate a European added value and have a high potential for market replication are strongly encouraged. The call for proposals is open to all legal persons located in one of the following countries: * 27 EU member states * Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein * Albania, Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Israel, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey * Other non-EU countries provided they have the appropriate agreement in force. The following information is availble for download on the event website: Presentations: Funding areas 2011 [395 KB] [ppt [10 MB] ] Beatriz Yordi, Head of Unit Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) Project presentation "Ecometre" ...

The University of Niš is the educational centre of the south-eastern part of Serbia. It started its independent operation in 1965. The University of Nis is a medium-sized and well developed academic community comprising 13 academic units. The total number of students is around 27 000 and of the teaching staff 1500. Source: http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/document/84515.html www.ni.ac.rs

The Center for Science and Technological Development was founded in 1999 by the University of Belgrade and the Development Fund of the Republic of Serbia. In the CENTER research activities are pursued in two organizational units:1) Center for Plasma Physics and Plasma Technology2) Serbian--Japanese Centre for Scientific Simulations. Source: http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/document/84515.html www.center.bg.ac.rs

... frameworks for application of ICT in industry and support of SMEs in implementation of innovative research results. ICIT successfully deployed more than 30 local and international projects in past three years, primarily in area of ICT education, innovation research & development and capacity building. Address: Universitski trg 2, 18000 Nis, Serbia Contact Person: Dr Peđa Milosavljević Phone: +381 18 500 714 E-mail: pedja@masfak.ni.ac.rs Source: http://www.wbc-inco.net/object/document/84515.html http://icit.masfak.ni.ac.rs

The University of Belgrade is a state-owned university. Its activities – higher education and scientific research – are in public interest and are strictly defined by law. The main source of finance is the budget of the Republic of Serbia, although the University and its faculties may also gain additional income by working within their core activities. Faculties of the University are separate legal persons, i.e. they have their own management bodies, whose responsibilities are regulated by the Law on Universities, as well as business and financial independence from ...

The present manual deals with the need for a stronger connection between universities and industry in SEE, but also shows that many different types of cooperation between these stakeholders already exist. Eight country reports of national experts about different aspects of the current higher education sector as well as of the university-enterprise collaboration in each respective country were compiled. Each single report offers recommendations on how to improve the future cooperation in this ...

The Danube Region Strategy follows the welcome for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, now being implemented. The Danube request, based on the Baltic experience, underlines an integrated approach to sustainable development. Synergies and trade-offs must be identified, e.g. developing cuttingedge green technology, working towards better alignment of policies and funding to improve impact on the ground, and overcoming fragmentation. The Commission, operating across many policy domains, ...

... future for the West Balkans At the opening ceremony of the meeting on April 13, Jerzy Buzek declared that, “The EP remains strongly committed to the European future of the Western Balkans.” The President reminded that in 2010, the EU abandoned the visa requirement for citizens of Montenegro, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and visa liberalisation for Albania and Bosnia Herzegovina. “once all the conditions are met, the people of Kosovo can count on our support to also get visa – free travel in the EU,” he added. Mr Buzek welcomed that Serbia ...

... a different country to the researcher’s employer. RMGs are open to many countries, but EURAMET particularly encourages applications from researchers in EURAMET countries which are not yet participating in the EMRP: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, FYR Macedonia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, and Serbia. This aims to support EURAMET member countries building and furthering their capacity in metrology. RMG allowances include research & development allowance, contribution to the Guestworking Organisation’s overhead, living allowance, travel allowance and family allowance (where applicable) RMGs must be between 1 and 18 months (typically 6 months); and ...

... The five countries agreed to ask for more IPA funding prior the membership which would allow them accelerate EU-related reforms. In exchange, post-accession assistance would decrease. Source SETIMES/BCSDN Email Alert Nr. 228. On April 4, EU aspirants Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia adopted a common stance regarding pre-accession assistance (IPA ...

... for the future. Also universities from the Western Balkans participated. So it is noted on page 80 for example Cuts up to 5% have been observed in many countries of Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including the Czech Republic (where the cut is estimated at 2-4% of public funding), Croatia, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Source: European University Association EUA EUA

... 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 the rule of law, combating organised crime, corruption and illegal migration, and improving their administrative capacity ...

... ways of improving competitiveness, entrepreneurship, innovative potential, research and technological development; • To get acquainted with the principal obstacles to investment while, at the same time, developing specific resource- based mechanisms to facilitate trade and investment in the region. Venue: Faculty of Economics and Engineering Management, Novi Sad, Serbia Number of ECTS credits: 3 Language of instruction: English Further information: http://eng.fimek.edu.rs/summerschool/summer_school.html. Source: Information provided by organisers. Date: From: 22 August 2011 To: 29 August 2011 The purpose of this course is to focus on building capacities for strengthening regional ...

... of the region's challenges know no borders: flooding, transport and energy links, environmental protection and security, all require a united approach. The strategy concerns mainly 14 countries of which 8 are Member States (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and 6 are non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). Organisations representing civil society and private companies are also involved in the implementation of actions and projects, and achievement of precise targets. The strategy is based on a new working method based on a “macro-regional” approach, following in the footsteps of ...

... Martonyi, announced which countries and regions will coordinate the priority areas of work for the EU Strategy for the Danube Region... What’s the issue? The Danube region covers parts of 8 EU countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania) and 6 non-EU countries (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Ukraine and Moldova). The region is facing several challenges: environmental threats (water pollution, floods, climate change) untapped shipping potential and lack of road and rail transport connections insufficient energy connections uneven socio-economic development uncoordinated education, research and innovation systems shortcomings in safety and security Better coordination ...

... 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 for students Students must have studied at least two semesters of the field of study for ...

... to this debate by providing options and potential solutions to the issues raised in the 5th Cohesion Report launched by the European Commission in November last year. Please click on the following links to... access the draft programme find out more about the planned workshops read more about travelling to Serbia and visa requirements download the registration form. Source: Information provided by the Serbian Ministry of Economy and Regional Development Date: From: 10 May 2011 To: 12 May 2011 The Ministry of Economy and Regional Development of the Republic of Serbia, in cooperation with the Serbian European Integration Office and ...

... public advocacy. This has made the BCSP one of the leading independent research organisations in the field of security, particularly in the research of the security sector reform in Serbia and the Western Balkan region. BCSP is currently running two major research projects on measuring security sector reform (SSR) in Serbia and the Western Balkans. For the purpose of measuring SSR in Serbia, BCSP developed a unique methodology- Index of SSR, the first holistic framework for measuring security sector reform from the standpoint of the civil society. This Index is being further developed and improved in partnership with 6 think-tanks from the WB. BCSP also initiated numerous public debates on various defence and ...

Events will be taking place all over Europe. In the WBC, events are planned in Croatia (14 events) Bosnia and Hercegovina (1 event) Serbia (15 events) Montenegro (2 events) Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244: 1 event) FYR of Macedonia (3 events). For further information on these events, please go to the EUSEW website and click on the respective country. Soource: EUSEW website. Between April 11 and 15, 2011 hundreds of ...

... 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 forces operating within, and ...

... 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 ...

... 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 a civil society-friendly 'environment' and culture, being the main objective ...

The main objective of the conference is to show the directions of further development of information society in the Republic of Serbia for the most important aspects of this development and to assist in the assessment of ICT capabilities of domestic resources for more efficient performance and sales in the domestic as well as regional and wider international market. The conference will be held at the Ceremonial Hall of the Municipality of ...

... of a scientific 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); &bull ...

... Evaluation criteria. • Contacts for R&D team and facilitators of the applied financial mechanism Please click here to access the database. Further related links: www.i3e.eu www.se-eu.net/en/ www.i3e.eu/i3e_wiki Information provided by: Prof. dr Vesna Mandić, Coordinator of I3E for Serbia (UoK) I3E project, entitled “Promoting Innovation in the Industrial Informatics and Embedded Systems Sectors through Networking” promotes innovation in the area of South East Europe focusing on the sectors of embedded systems and industrial informatics. The project is being implemented by Consortium of 12 partners ...

... 4) Research and Development (5) Networking and Cooperation and (6) Current Situations, Trends and Potentials. The Study also provided a SWOT Analysis of the ICT Sector in Serbia and Conclusions with main findings and recommendations. A stakeholder analysis of key players in ICT sector in Serbia is provided as an Annex. Dragiša Mijačić Director Institute for Territorial Economic Development Sajkaska 29/12 Belgrade - Serbia +381 (0)63 85 50 929 dmijacic@lokalnirazvoj.org www.lokalnirazvoj.org http://www ...

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