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The present study has been conducted under the European Commission’s initiative «Support to the Higher Education Reform Experts» (SPHERE) by a small team of experts. It discusses the research capacity of higher education institutions in the Western Balkans (WB). Provisional results of the study were presented at the 6th Ministerial Meeting of the “Western Balkans Steering Platforms on Education & Training & Research and Innovation”, 28-29 September 2017 in Belgrade. The study provides ...
... digital transformation, such as faster economic growth, more jobs, and better services. Read below the official press release IP/18/4242: The Digital Agenda for Western Balkans: The Commission together with Ministers from six Western Balkan partners - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia – commit to: Investing in broadband connectivity: Good digital infrastructure is essential for the roll-out of broadband in the Western Balkans. Under the Western Balkan Investment Framework (WBIF), €30 million in EU grants will be made available to deploy broadband infrastructure in the region to mobilise strategic investments and foster socio-economic ...
... greater economic competitiveness. To underpin the drive to improve competitiveness and foster private investment, an integrated policy approach is needed. This first edition of Competitiveness in South East Europe: A Policy Outlook seeks to help policy makers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, and Serbia assess their progress towards their growth goals and benchmark them against the good practices adopted by OECD countries and the performance of their regional peers. This report addresses 15 policy dimensions critical to competitive economies that draw on the South East Europe 2020 Strategy (SEE 2020), a regional growth strategy ...
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[Event Review] Steering Platform on Research and Innovation, 25 June 2018, Brussels
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25. Jun. 2018
... and Innovation Programme: Horizon Europe (Carlos MOEDAS, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation) 15.15-17.30 Discussion with Ministers 15.30-16.00 Coffee Break 17.00-17.15 Update on the Activities of the Steering Platform on Research & Innovation (Viktor NEDOVIĆ, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia) Enhanced EU Engagement for the Western Balkans under Horizon 2020 (Kostas GLINOS, Head of Unit, DG for Research and Innovation) 17.15-18.00 Research and Innovation Centres of Excellence (Presentation of Western Balkans initiatives) 18.00-18.10 Concluding Remarks (Jean-Eric PAQUET, Director-General, DG for Research and Innovation) 19.30-22.00 ...
A recent leaflet providing an overview of Western Balkans' performances in Horizon 2020 so far. Data provided cover MSC actions, ERC grants, projects, funding, some success stories, etc. As Accession Countries, the Western Balkans will be further integrated into the European Research Area.
... Factsheet Boosting Connectivity Factsheet Boosting Digital Connectivity Video – Connectivity agenda Factsheet - Six new flagship initiatives to support the transformation of the Western Balkans Factsheet - The way forward Factsheet - Economic relations – Investing in people, infrastructures and reforms Factsheet: EU Engagement in the Western Balkans Video stockshots – Western Balkans Factograph – Montenegro Factograph – Serbia Factograph – The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Factograph - Albania Factograph – Bosnia and Herzegovina Factograph – Kosovo Today's summit between the leaders of the European Union and the Western Balkans partners in Sofia confirmed the European perspective of the region and set out a number of concrete actions to strengthen cooperation in ...
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[Theme in Focus] Project management skills for a successful WBC integration in the ERA, WBC-RTI.info Newsletter, April 2018
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22. Jun. 2018
... an extensive survey and stakeholder interview process (almost 1,000 survey replies were received and more than 200 interviews were conducted in the Danube Region), and the analysis is still ongoing; however, what we can already see that the young project managers and administrators in WBC countries (in our case Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro) claim to be much less well-versed in basics topics such as EU funding landscape, grant application writing or partner search and consortium-building than their counterparts in EU Member States within Danube Region. This is related to our other finding that both formal and non-formal training ...
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[Theme in Focus] How should Western Balkan countries “smartly specialise"? WBC-RTI.info Newsletter, April 2018
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8. Jun. 2018
... process to follow as well as the possibilities for technical assistance from JRC. This year in April, national smart specialisation teams from WBC could for instance participate in a training event organised under the auspices of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC). The teams from Serbia and Montenegro were trained on how to pursue the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) critical for the smart specialisation process. In September 2018, the SMARTEIZ project is organizing a conference titled: “Smart Specialization Strategies: Contemporary Challenges of its Design and Implementation”. To assess relative performance and potentials, a comparative analysis of ...
Serbian Project Management Association (YUPMA) was established on December 26th , 1995. The association YUPMA was founded by corporations and individuals persons interested in development of management. The association works and pursues its activities on the territory of Republic of Serbia. The Associations assembles experts on Project Management and other related disciplines employed in industries, at universities, scientific - research institutes, transport, informative, tourist and trade organizations, electric power industry, state administration, the army and other institutions and trades. The association brings together individual and collective members engaged on Project Management and ...
... other barriers in the way which could also hold back accession. Nevertheless, while the 2025 target represents a highly ambitious best-case scenario, it could serve as a powerful incentive for countries in the region to speed up their reform agendas. We do not completely rule out at least Montenegro and Serbia joining the bloc by 2025 or shortly thereafter. Direct Download wiiw Policy notes and Reports ...
