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... status of candidate country in 2012. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the EU entered into force in September 2013. Accession negotiations were launched in January 2014. The first four negotiating chapters were opened during the reporting period, including chapter 35 dealing with normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo* and the rule of law chapters 23 and 24. Serbia remained committed to its strategic goal of EU accession. It continued to implement the SAA, although a certain number of compliance issues remain. It is implementing an ambitious political and economic reform agenda. Serbia played a constructive role in the region. It remained committed to the normalisation of its relations ...

... allowing the Commission to issue a formal proposal in May 2016 to transfer Kosovo* to the Schengen visa-free list. This is now in the hands of the European Parliament and Council, pending Kosovo*'s fulfilment of the remaining two requirements. Kosovo* remains committed to the normalisation of its relations with Serbia. It has met its remaining obligations on the establishment of the Specialist Chambers and has extended the mandate of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX)." For more information the full Report in available in the attachments. http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/countries/detailed-country-information/kosovo/index_en.htm European Commission

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between Montenegro and the EU entered into force in May 2010. The European Council granted the status of candidate country to Montenegro in December 2010. Accession negotiations were opened in June 2012. EU and NATO accession are the two key foreign policy priorities of Montenegro. ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The EU initiated in December 2014 a renewed approach to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), which provides for the re-sequencing of the conditionalities in order for the country to progress towards the EU and address the socio-economic challenges it faced. Following the adoption of a written commitment to reforms by the Bosnia and ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the EU entered into force in April 2004. The European Council granted the status of candidate country to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in December 2005. The Commission recommended for the first time to the Council to ...

Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. "In June 2014, the European Council granted Albania candidate status. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) has been in force since April 2009 and Albania has implemented smoothly its obligations. Regular political and economic dialogue between the EU and Albania has continued through the relevant structures under ...

... reporting period, including a number of threats against journalists. The assembly shows limited commitment to finding a solution for sustainable funding of the public broadcaster, leaving it vulnerable to political pressure. There were no legislative developments on the regulation of media ownership and transparency. Regarding the normalisation of relations with Serbia, Kosovo remained committed to the implementation of the agreements reached in the EU-facilitated dialogue. Progress was limited, also due to the electoral process in Serbia and the domestic situation in Kosovo*. However, momentum was regained in August 2016 with the start of the work on the Mitrovica/Mitrovicë bridge and ...

... am still not familiar with the procedures and rules in H2020. I honestly do not know whether certain things have been changed or not. Danube-INCO.NET discussed the main points of the evaluation process with Professor Filip Kulić from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, who was an evaluator for the call within Framework Programme 7 cooperation in ICT FP7-ICT-2009-5 ...

... connectivity agenda, has continued to foster increased regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations, thus supporting political stabilisation and economic opportunities. BACKGROUND Enlargement process The current enlargement agenda covers the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey. Accession negotiations have been opened with candidate countries Turkey (2005), Montenegro (2012) and with Serbia (2014), but not yet with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (a candidate country since 2005) nor Albania (candidate status in 2014). Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo are potential candidates. For detailed findings and recommendations on each country see: Strategy Paper: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2016/20161109_strategy_paper_en ...

RCC-led regional Working Group on Open Science comprised of officials from Ministries in charge of science from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia got invited to attend regular meetings of the National Points of Reference of the EU member states in early October this year and this meeting was the first time ever that the RCC and representatives from the region could actively take part in ...

... COST is an intergovernmental framework consisting in 36 Member Countries and a Cooperating State. Serbia is one of them. This allows researchers from the country to embark upon networking opportunities by participating in science and technology networks called 'COST Actions'. Find below the coutry fact sheet describing the running actions led by the country as well as participation data as to other actions' and networking ...

The draft report, presented at the SEE 2020 Governing Board meeting held on 30 May 2016 in Pravets, Bulgaria, reflects the status of implementation of the RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy. The report was a subject to final consideration of the SEE 2020 Programming Committee at their meeting on 29 September 2016. Please read also "the South East Europe 2020 – A review of progress", an article by Sanjin Arifagic, RCC’s Coordinator of SEE 2020 Strategy published on 29 September 2016. ...

The South East Europe 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020) was adopted by the ministers of economy of seven South East European economies on 21 November 2013. Inspired by the EU’s 2020 Strategy it seeks to boost prosperity and job creation and to underscore the importance of the EU perspective to the region’s future through coordinated cooperation across a number of important policy dimensions. The adoption of SEE 2020 was a clear recognition by the national governments of the need for a ‘change of gear’ ...

22th International Scientific-Professional Information Technology Conference 2017 which will be held from February 27th until March 04th in Žabljak. Conference shall host lectures and round table discussions about development trends in the field of information and communication technologies, as well as actual problems in this field in Montenegro. Interested institutions can organize presentations of their scientific-research, professional, developmental and production projects and achievements. ...

... pillar of the umbrella structure - the Western Balkan Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF) which provides a range of complementary financial instruments and support services to SMEs in the Western Balkans The European Investment Fund (EIF) has selected South Central Ventures (SCV) to manage ENIF via offices in Belgrade (Serbia), Zagreb (Croatia), and Skopje (former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia). Investments are made in SMEs ranging from seed to early growth stage, in innovative sectors which show a high potential for growth, with a particular focus on Information and Communications Technology (ICT). The fund contains a dedicated 'seed pocket' focusing ...

... of law as a legitimizing principle for the exercise of state authority, there is no uniform European standard for institution-building or monitoring activities by the EU in this area. With focus on the reform of the judiciary in five case study countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, this empirical research investigates the EU's transformative power with regard to the effectiveness of rule of law and judicial sector reform in its infancy. It analyses the depth and limitations of EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans and presents policy recommendations intended to address the shortcomings in ...

... presentations of scientific and professional results; discussions, reference lectures, short education courses are organized and development and production projects and programs are presented. IT 2017 conference shall refer to topics concerning development and implementation of information-communication technologies in all fields of science, education, industry and society in general. IEEE sponsors: Serbia & Montenegro Section Other sponsors: Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunications University of Montenegro, Department of Electrical Engineering Conference Details Location: Hotel Zabljak Trg Durmitorskih junaka Zabljak, Montenegro Web site: www.it.ac.me/eng/index.php Contact Aleksandra Radulovic Cetinjski br. 2 Podgorica Montenegro 81000 +382 20 414 282 ...

ICT CLUSTER OF CENTRAL SERBIA is a business association which gathers enterprises, institutions and organizations from ICT sector from the territory of Central Serbia, based in geographical centre of Serbia, in the city of Kragujevac. Cluster was established on May 21, 2013 with the goal to support and develop the information and communication technologies sector on the territory of Central Serbia. This goal will be achieved through building capacities and infrastructure of the Cluster to provide support for ...

... the market. It offers young people modern workspace and full mentoring, technical and infrastructural support so that they can turn their ideas into a successful business. ICT Hub is entered in the Register of innovation organizations of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia as an organization for infrastructural support in the innovation activity and entered in the status of Business and technology incubator. Source: ICT Hub http://en.icthub.rs ...

SEE ICT is a grass-root non-profit organization established in 2010, with the mission to provide meaningful, deep support to Serbian technology and startup scene in order to foster higher employment and economic growth. With its activities has reached more than 100.000 people in Serbia and 70% of all investment rounds in tech startups in Serbia were raised by startups from its projects. With a team of 9, a network of more than 150 mentors, 200 events and projects that reached more than 100,000 people from Serbia, SEE ICT has established itself as a prominent hub for technology, innovative entrepreneurship, social activism and networking. SEE ...

... access to an exclusive network of companies operating within your field of activity, in order to: Showcase your products, services, projects or know-how Find new customers, buyers, distributors or wholesalers for your products and services Make new commercial/technological/research partners to develop your business Develop investment cooperation projects in Serbia, Greece or in third countries Initiate cross-border contacts and expand your business network Source: b2match The Serbian-Hellenic Business Forum 2016 aims to foster cooperation between Serbian and Greek companies active in the Food and Beverage, Building materials, Energy/RES sectors. https://www.b2match.eu/serbian-hellenic-bf2016 Chamber of ...

Call for Papers The Sixth Euroacademia International Conference Re-Inventing Eastern Europe 27 – 28 January 2017, Belgrade, Serbia Deadline for Paper Proposals: 10 December 2016 REE

... new graduates. The conference was a follow up on the last Ministerial meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training (WB PET) in July 2015, where the six Ministers of education from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia) agreed to support the establishment of a regional network of alumni. Around 90 participants, including students and alumni, National Erasmus+ Offices from the six countries of the WB PET, and representatives of youth organisations, attended the conference in Podgorica and discussed the modalities and next steps for the establishment of ...

On November 3rd 2016the Danube Region Strategy: Success Stories was launched at the 5th EUSDR Annual Forum, a collection of successful projects, reflecting the achievements of the Strategy during its first 5 years of implementation. Since 2011 the Danube Strategy of the EU provides a framework through which countries and regions along the Danube are working together to better tackle their joint challenges. The brochure herein provides concrete examples of the results of this ...

... for carrying out the next phase of the Advocacy Strategy development and implementation. The first presentation of the working platform of the WB6 AG the Advocacy Strategy for the EU Integration of the Western Balkans – Guidelines will be held on November 15th 2016, in Belgrade, in the National Assembly of Serbia with participation of several key figures leading the European integration process, other decision and opinion makers, parliamentarians, diplomats, and representatives of academia, nongovernmental organizations and media. On November29th2016, the Strategy Guidelines will be presented and discussed at the Brussels launch, an event co-organized by the Regional Cooperation Council and the ...

The main idea of the FOODstars project is to strengthen the research potential and innovation capacity of Institute for Food Technology in Novi Sad, Serbia (FINS) in close collaboration with internationally-leading research institutions, Agriculture and Food Development Authority of Ireland (TEAGASC) and University of Bologna, Italy (UNIBO). Gained efficient and high quality knowledge will be transferable to industry to gain maximum benefit from activities within Serbia, the Western Balkans and the European Research Area. By ...

... technology, capital and markets, with the overall aim of enabling competitiveness on a global scale and to foster cross-border and cross-sector cooperation. The first Open Call of the KATANA accelerator starts on the 1st of December, and will be presented in detail at the KATANA Info Day in Novi Sad, Serbia – when the project team members will provide guidance for applying. The top 10 most successful applicants will receive financial support of 100,000 €. In the first phase, all interested are invited to send a two-minute video pitch through www.katanaproject.eu and present their ideas. KATANA Info Day is open ...

... to scientists and researchers that work in academic and research institutions in the region of South Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. More specifically these are (in alphabetical order): Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Egypt, FYR of Macedonia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. The project proposals should address open research topics in specific fields of Life Sciences, Climate research, and Digital Cultural Heritage. Via this call VI-SEEM opens possibilities for regional scientists from the selected scientific fields to have access to the advanced resources and services that it offers. The list ...

... organised by the Institute of Food Technology in Novi Sad (FINS), and took place alongside the III International Congress on Food Technology, Quality and Safety. Source: CEI On 25-27 October, the 12th edition of the biannual International feed technology symposium in Novi Sad gathered researchers from main scientific institutions of Serbia and its neighboring countries as well as from the United States of America. Besides providing a platform for scientific exchange between university and research institute members, the event also attracted many representatives from the industrial world, thus creating an important forum between and among the academia, producers as well as ...

... are interested in participating at International business meetings in Novi Sad, please register at the above link untill November the 12th, 2016. Partners in the organization of this event are Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Business Incubator Novi Sad. Source: novisad2016.talkb2b.net Development Agency of Serbia and the Republic Agency for Development for Small and Medium Enterprises from the Republic of Srpska, invite you to the International business meetings for companies and clusters that will be organized within the framework of the Enterprise Europe Network. http://novisad2016.talkb2b.net/ Master Congress Centre, 11, Hajduk Veljkova street ...

All 4 macro-regional strategies in one publication - Interact is pleased to present a new publication which – for the first time ever – brings together all four EU macro-regional strategies. The publication Macro-regional strategies in changing times – EUSBSR, EUSDR, EUSALP and EUSAIR headed towards the future together showcases a concrete and up-to-date presentation of the issues relevant for all EU macro-regional strategies. It also aims at bringing ...

The Western Balkan countries do not have an advocacy strategy aimed at promoting and speeding up their EU accession. Although there is growing awareness of the need for such a strategy, it has transpired that the WB government institutions have only communication strategies targeting specific groups within their national borders: decision makers and initiators/multipliers of public awareness of the EU accession process, youth, or opponents of integration. However, these strategies have not ...

The Western Balkan 6 (WB6) Advocacy Group which was established on 29 September 2016, launched the portal www.wb6.info in order to better communicate with its target groups and interested public. CSOs from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia have initiated the forming of this group to facilitate and accelerate the accession of the entire region to the European Union. One of the Group's main priorities will be to change the region's negative image. Its aim is to alert to the relevance of the Western Balkans to the ...

... increasing the energy efficiency of growing crops and plantation biomass industrial and retail volume. Participants in the conference will present the RS Ministry of Agriculture legislative changes and close the process of leasing land for use for this purpose. The conference will bring together 200+ participants from 100 companies from Serbia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, as well as representatives of national and provincial institutions, chambers of commerce, associations, investment and commercial banks . The conference will focus on the following topics: New Perspectives for the use of biomass and improvement of the environment Innovations in business ...

WB6 Advocacy Group is an initiative of Western Balkanthink tanks coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, aimed at accelerating and facilitating the European Union enlargement towards the Western Balkans. Established in September 2016, the Group grew out of two successive projects– the European Integration of the Western Balkans: Can the Visegrad Countries Serve as Role Models, Belgrade, 2015, which was supported by the ...

... Western Balkans. With the intention of maximizing RYCO’s role, a comprehensive, inclusive, innovative and systemic approach needs to be adopted. In this framework, this regional research policy brief aims to mapping and conducting a comparative assessment of the existing youth organizations in the three partner countries – Albania, Montenegro, and Serbia. Adapted and tailor-made policy recommendations will be provided to the Regional Youth Cooperation Office, for an active participation and contribution of youth organizations in its policy-making process. The research policy brief is prepared by Cooperation and Development Institute, in cooperation with European Movement Montenegro and European Movement ...

... R&I policy mix. The team members are: Lajos Nyiri (Team leader) Michele Genovese Ülle Must Adrian Pascu Svend Otto Remøe Jean-Luc Clément The outcomes of the peer review visit will be fed into the synthesis report which will summarize the actual R&I policy mix of Serbia and will formulate recommendations for possible improvements. Source: Danube-INCO.NET In the frame of the Danube-INCO.NET project, the policy mix peer review visit in Serbia was held 26-30 September 2016 ...

The study was prepared as part of the specific contract No. EAC-2014-0466-Research Careers in Europe, implementing the Framework Contract No. EAC/22/2013-4. It was produced on the basis of the Terms of Reference, the technical offer, the Inception and Interim Reports, the minutes of the kick-off, inception and progress meetings, the comments and suggestions from the Steering Group, as well as the results of the validation seminar. “Research Careers in Europe” is a study with an evaluative ...

WBF is an international organization established by the governments of the Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia, the first as such to be headquartered in Tirana. The Fund’s main structures are: the Council of Foreign Ministers, the highest decision-making body, the Senior Council, the Secretariat and the Executive Director. The launch of the Western Balkan Fund with its seat in Tirana is another positive example of ...

WBF is an international organization established by the governments of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. The governing bodies of the Fund are the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Council of Senior Officials, the Executive Director and the Secretariat. The seat of the Fund Secretariat is in Tirana. WBF will finance small and medium projects with the objective of increasing regional and cross-border ...

The 12th Steering Group meeting of the EU EUSDR Priority Area 7: To develop the Knowledge Society through research, education and information technologies will be held in the premises of University of Belgrade (Studentski trg 1, Belgrade, Serbia) on Monday 24th October 2016 starting at 9 AM and finishing approximately at 5PM. Please register on the following link by 14th October 2016: https://goo.gl/forms/hbIu7qnEw9l3EPqY2 Below you can find the Information Package and Draft agenda. Source: EUSDR The 12th SG meeting of the EUSDR Priority Area ...

Objective: This interactive course will introduce participants to VI-SEEM e-Infrastructure services, and then focus on the principles and applications of biomolecular modeling, and pinpoint how biomolecular problems, such as drug design, are being currently addressed by computational techniques. Aims: Introduce VI-SEEM data and computational services, and their access methods. Hands-on training in classical Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations by examining the protein lysozyme of the NAMD ...

... Source: Regional Cooperation Council - RCC]: Under auspices of the RCC representatives of Ministries in charge of science from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia agreed to appoint national points of reference for the Open Science by the end of the year. Participants also formally established the Working Group on Open Science and outlined directions in which they will operate in the coming period by producing the draft ...

Serbian Development Agency (RAS) offers a wide range of services on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, including support of direct investments and export promotion, and leads the implementation of projects with the aim of improving Serbia’s competitiveness and reputation in order to support the economic and regional development. As a newly established agency, RAS builds upon the knowledge of the former Serbia Investment and Export ...

... and create the most comprehensive system for providing support services to SMEs, with widest and strongest knowledge, expertise and information base. Source: CORDIS EEN Serbia project is successor to EIIRCS and in its course, Consortium partners would continue to provide the highest quality business support services to Serbian SMEs. EEN Serbia is strategically recognized by the Government of Republic Serbia, as an integrated service for development of SMEs sector. EEN Serbia SGA http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/205212_en.html

... the Platform should also address specific actions and aim at concrete results. The Platform acknowledged that in the future work should be focussed and result-oriented to address both: (a) structural/policy reforms and (b) thematic/programme issues (such as Transfer of Technology; Regional Centres of Excellence; Mobility scheme etc.). Serbia suggested that an assessment of participation in Horizon 2020, comparing performance with some Member States, should also take place in the meetings of the Platform as well as other multilateral actions offering cooperation opportunities notably those under the Articles 185 and 187 of the Treaty on Functioning of the European ...

... and enhancements of new products and services. The tool it offers is different and reflects the belief that daily innovation and optimization are the keys to giving clients solutions that are always step or two of the rest. Headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, with our technology center located in Kragujevac, Serbia, DataStation maintains sales, support and distribution offices in Europe and North America. http://datastation.com ...

BSC Bar was founded in 2007 through the project of opening of business centers and incubators 2007-2010 . The project was funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands was conducted by the Dutch NGO SPARK . As part of the same project similar centers in Bitola (Macedonia ), Kragujevac ( Serbia ) , Pristina and Mitrovica (Kosovo ) were established. BSC Bar is part of this regional network and it collaborates with other centers at the regional level . In the year 2009 in order to achieve sustainability if the Center project management was transferred to local partners who in October of the same year ...

Interreg-IPA Cross-border Cooperation Programme Hungary-Serbia (Interreg-IPA CBC Hungary-Serbia) launched the Second Call for Proposals on October 3, 2016. Second Call for Proposals, under the reference number HUSRB/1602, and the amount of funds of 21,500,000 EUR, is intended for a broad range of Applicants and actions within the Programme area. Second Call for Proposals HUSRB/1602 will be open until January 31, 2017. During this period, the Programme will provide the Applicants with ...

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport said the European Researchers’ Night, wherein Serbia takes part, offered an opportunity for the widest possible audience to get familiar with scientific work and the impact it has on the day-to-day life. Davenport said he considered the European Researchers Night as the nicest of the EU initiatives adding that he shared this opinion with people in more ...

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