Steering Platform on Research and Innovation for Western Balkans
The Steering Platform on Research and Innovation for Western Balkans was established in 2006 to facilitate the interaction between the Western Balkan economies, the EU member states, the candidate and potential candidate countries and other states associated to the Framework Programmes for RTD and the European Commission.
Its main objective is to support the enhanced integration of the WBs in the European Research Area. Therefore it is a strategic body to deal with European, multilateral and regional issues of Science, Technology and Innovation policies in and with the WBs. It acts moreover as an information exchange centre, clearing house for joint ideas and activities, and coordination forum for needs, suggestions and proposals of the WB6 to the European Commission, the EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries and the countries associated to Horizon 2020 and vice versa.
In this spirit, the Platform continues and intensifies the progress achieved under the EU-Balkan Countries Action Plan on Science and Technology since 2006. In 2017 new scheme for the support of the SP meetings was introduced funded by the European Commission (International Cooperation Support Facility of the European Commission). Within this facility, plans include the organisation of two Steering Platform meetings in 2017 and in 2018, as well as three thematic meetings including the preparatory meetings for the SP. The last 21th Western Balkans Steering Platform on Research and Innovation was organised in Brussels on 23-24 September 2019.
SP was in focus of the WBC-RTI.info newsletter in July 2015. The related article is available here. The 18th SP meeting was held in Sarajevo in June 2016 (find an update here) while the 19th SP was held in September 2017 (information is accessible by clicking here). Eventually, Brussels was the location for the 20th Western Balkans Steering Platform on Research and Innovation. All the latest SP-related articles are available below. Please note that some of them are not public but restricted to SP members only.
News
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[Call Announcement] European Social Innovation Competition: Challenge Prize 2022 edition kicks off!
On 31 March, the European Commission launched the 10th edition of the European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) – the Challenge Prize.The EUSIC, supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) ...
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The European project, which kicks off on 14 April in Vienna, will work for the next 4 years to support cooperation on innovation, research, education, culture, youth and sport.
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The Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of North Macedonia, Mila Carovska, kindly shared with us her view about the Western Balkans Agenda for Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, ...
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Events
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Virtual Meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Research and Innovation
This is the first meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Research and Innovation in 2022. Until 2025, the Steering Platform is supported by the Horizon Europe project POLICY ANSWERS, which provides...
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The new project supporting the Western Balkans Info Hub as well as a broad set of activities relating to the support of policies in the Western Balkans organises its kick-off meeting on April 14-15, 2022...
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EIT Awareness Day - Western Balkans
Are you interested to hear more about EIT and KICs and see how you can get involved in numerous opportunities offered by the community?
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Organisations
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Open Data in Europe and Central Asia
Open Data in Europe and Central Asia (ODECA) is a platform to support government representatives, civil society activists, tech activists and citizens that care about and work with open data. ...
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European Open Science Policy Platform
The mandate of the Open Science Policy Platform is to: advise the Commission on how to further develop and practically implement open science policy, in line with the priority of Commissioner Moedas...
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Ministry of Education, Science and Technology - Kosovo*
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in Prishtina is responsible for both the development of the scientific research and the higher education system, and for the promotion of innovation and...
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Calls
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The European Social Innovation Competition 2022 : Challenge Prize
The Commission launched the 10th edition of the European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) – the challenge prize.The EUSIC, supported by the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe...
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EIT Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education: Pilot Call for Proposals
As part of HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education, the EIT has announced a Pilot Call for Proposals, inviting higher education institutions to design activities that will improve...
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The European Capital of Innovation Awards
An annual recognition prize awarded to the European cities that best promote innovation in their communities
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Documents
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Brdo Declaration, 6 October 2021
The EU-Western Balkans summit took place in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, on 6 October 2021. EU leaders agreed on the Brdo declaration, with which the Western Balkans partners have aligned themselves.
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Implementing the CEI Mission through EU Projects
Since 2004, the participation in EU projects has proven to be an effective tool for fostering the CEI’s main mission: European integration and sustainable development in Central, Eastern and South Eastern...
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In this policy brief, we study the development of trade integration, specifically the participation in global value chains, of the Western Balkan countries.
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Links
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Measuring Tax Support for R&D and Innovation
OECD Website dealing with Tax Support for R&D and Innovation measures of the OECD countries.
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Open Science is the section of the Directorate-General for Research & Innovation's website that collects new, publications, tools and events about open science in the EU. An important aspect of...
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EC Central Library - Open Access to research
Librarians at the European Commission Library and e-Resources Centre have created this portal to help you find free Open Access research papers on the Internet. The portal presents a selection...
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Projects
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Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area
PRIMA fosters joint research and innovation activities among Mediterranean countries, aiming at developing innovative and sustainable solutions in agriculture, food production and water provision, encouraging...
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50 partners, from all EU countries, and beyond, will collaborate to work on this large-scale initiative that aims to promote open scholarship and substantially improve the discoverability and reusability...
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EUDAT’s vision is to enable European researchers and practitioners from any research discipline to preserve, find, access, and process data in a trusted environment, as part of a Collaborative Data Infrastructure...
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