Danube Region Programme Opens Funding Window for Seed Money Applications

The EUSDR Seed Money Facility (SMF) is now accepting project proposals from November 27, 2023, to March 29, 2024. The focus is on preparing projects aligning with the 12 priority areas of the EU Strategy...

Introducing the Sustainable Tourism Mission of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme - One Mission, Two Governance Projects

The Mediterranean is one of the most important destinations in the world, where the tourism activities constitute a major source of income, but at the same time they produce a significant social and...

122 project proposals compete in the second assessment phase of the Interreg Euro-MED Programme - 32 in "sustainable tourism"

The results of the 1st assessment phase for the 2nd call for thematic projects have been published in June 2023. The selected project proposals will now enter the 2nd phase of assessment (June-November...

Seed Money Finance Seminar for Applicants / Danube Region Programme

The SMF lead applicant webinar will be held on December 7, 09:30-12:30 hrs CET. Registration deadline is December 6, 2023, 12:00 hrs CET.

Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans and Türkiye. Main achievements and challenges ahead

The JRC organises this online event on November 27, 2023, 10.30 to 14.15.  During the last decade, Smart Specialisation has become one of the core strategic approaches to Research and Innovation...

11th International Stakeholder Conference of EUSDR Priority Area 9 "People & Skills"

The 11th International Stakeholder Conference of EUSDR PA9 will be held online on 13 and 14 November 2023 afternoon "A More Resilient, Safer and Smarter Danube Region at Challenging Times...

Western Balkans Fund

WBF is an international organization established by the governments of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The WBF is financed by the six Contracting Parties ...

The Balkan Association of Science Journalists

The Balkan Association of Science Journalists (BASJ) is a regional association of journalists from the Balkan's printed and electronic media, which report and research on all scientific topics. Apart ...

The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group

The Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group (BiEPAG) is an open group of policy analysts, scholars and researchers, established as a joint initiative of the European Fund for the Balkans and the Centre...

Call to EU Candidate Countries' Civil Society: Apply to join the work of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is hereby launching a call for expressions of interest, inviting representatives of employers' organisations, trade unions and civil society organisations...

EUSDR Seed Money Facility call

EUSDR Seed money facility (SMF) shall serve as a tool for kick-starting development of projects in line with the 12 priority areas of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. Proposals...

[Call for Proposals] Danube Region Programme 2nd Call

The 2nd call for proposals of the Danube Region Programme is open from the 2 November 2023 until the 29 March 2024. The 2nd call is organised according to a one- step procedure where the applicants have...

Transition pathway for tourism

On 10 March 2020, the Commission adopted a new industrial strategy. The aim was to help EU industry lead the green and digital transformations and to boost the EU's global competitiveness and open strategic...

Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2023 (including Serbian regions)

This 11th edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) offers a comparative assessment of the research and innovation performance of 239 regions in 22 EU Member States, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland...

Status Report of the Local Government in Albania for 2022

Institute for Albanian Municipalities published the status report of the local government in Albania for year 2022.  This report is an evaluation document which aims to: • evaluate...

Impact investment for skills and societies: a focus on the Western Balkans

On 29 June 2022, the ETF hosted another in its series of Learning Connects discussions. The latest instalment brought an international panel together to discuss Impact investment for skills and societies...

Photo Gallery: Visit of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner, to Albania

Visit of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, to Albania on occasion of the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Steering Platforms ...

Strategic foresight

Foresight is the discipline of exploring, anticipating and shaping the future to help building and using collective intelligence in a structured, systematic and systemic way to anticipate developments...

Strengthening Research and Innovation Excellence in Autonomous Aerial Systems

Objective 1  Integrated and long-term cooperation between HEIs from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, with partners from Spain, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands in the field of autonomous...

Community4Tourism

Community4Tourism, the Thematic Community project of the Interreg Euro-MED Sustainable Tourism Mission, aims to contribute to the EU territorial cooperation and its transnational dimension through the...

Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans

UNESCO, the British Council and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) are jointly managing “Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans” (CC4WBs), a project funded by the European Union...