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 WB to the European Commission, the EU Member States, candidate and potential candidate countries and the countries associated to Framework Programs such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe 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, a 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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Stakeholder mapping for POLICY ANSWERS: Relevance and Next Steps
An interview with Dijana Štrbac, Task Leader, Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Serbia This interview is part of a series that shall inform interested readers about the concrete initiatives and outcomes of ...
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A Call for Submission of Good Practices in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) from the Western Balkans has been launched by the WBC-RRI.NET project in February 2022 with a deadline for September...
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Elettra has just opened a call for Scientists from Western Balkans for synchrotron radiation research at its Western Balkans initiative! The calls aims at training promising scientists from WB in techniques...
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Events
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Butterfly Innovation and Business Forum
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing the second regional Butterfly Innovation & Business Forum. It will host a number of inspiring speakers from the wider region to present at the...
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This JRC event will bring together high officials, policy makers, innovation practitioners, representatives from start-ups and SMEs, as well as members of academia, business society and civil organisations...
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Shape the Future - European Resaerchers Night 2022
The Foundation for the Promotion of Science PRONA (https://prona.me) and the Natural History Museum of Montenegro organize the European Researchers' Night, a project that takes place simultaneously in...
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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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Company description Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is an international multidisciplinary research center operated as a user facility, featuring a 2.0/2.4 GeV, third-generation synchrotron light source...
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Call for Applications: Vera Šnajder Award
“The Vera Šnajder award will be presented annually in the form of a travel grant (up to 5000 BAM) to an outstanding natural/technical sciences student in Bosnia & Herzegovina (undergraduate, ...
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Creative Innovation Lab Open Call
Creative Europe Programme (CREA) opened a call for Creative Innovation Lab aimed to design and test innovative digital solutions. The call is open to all players from different cultural and creative...
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Documents
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Enlargement Package 2022: Key findings for Serbia
In the autumn of each year, the European Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the Western Balkans and Türkiye on ...
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Enlargement Package 2022: Key findings for North Macedonia
In the autumn of each year, the European Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the Western Balkans and Türkiye on ...
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Enlargement Package 2022: Key findings for Montenegro
In the autumn of each year, the European Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - providing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the Western Balkans and Türkiye on ...
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Links
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European research opportunities, jobs and funding
As a young researcher, you need to plan your next steps carefully. Here are a few things that might help you with your career in research The European Union has ambitious plans to grow its research...
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The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Our goal is to allow every citizen, public...
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National Contact Point support for applicants to Horizon Europe
This video explains how National Contact points (NCPs) can support applicants to the Horizon Europe program Are you preparing a project proposal for funding under Horizon Europe? ...
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Projects
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The RM-ROADMAP project will be led by the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), in collaboration with key network organisations, institutes and research-active companies...
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EU4DigitalSME project, which is jointly financed by the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany (BMZ) focuses on establishing...
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Universities for huMAN-centered Entrepreneurship
The UMANE project aims to foster institutional change, and develop innovative services and methodologies to support human-centred innovation and entrepreneurship within the universities of the consortium...
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