Danube Region Programme approved by the European Commission

30-11-2022 The budget of the new Interreg Danube Region Programme is 266 million euros. It is financed by European funds and its aim is to support the development and implementation of cooperation...

European Commission published the Enlargement Package 2022

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 ...

Danube Region Programme: Pre-announcement of the first call

The first call for proposals is going to be officially launched in September 2022. Yet, the Danube Region Programme has published the new applicants' manual presenting the main rules, requirements...

Empowering Cooperation: Opening Event of the Slovenian EUSDR Presidency & informal NC-PAC Meeting

The Opening Event of the Slovenian EUSDR Presidency, organised by the Republic of Slovenia with support from the European Commission and the Danube Strategy Point, will take place on 1 and 2 December ...

11th Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)

“Sustainable and Secure Danube Region” RECOVERY.DEVELOPMENT.UNITY The 11th EUSDR Annual Forum, jointly organised by the Ukrainian EUSDR Presidency, the former Slovak EUSDR Presidency, the European...

28th Conference of the ERCO-PGV

The 28th Conference of the ERCO-PGV will be held in Ohrid, Macedonia, from 22 to 24 sept. 2022. It will be organized by the University in Skopje and will focus on : COOPERATIONS AND ENLARGEMENT: TWO CHALLENGES...

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 for Albania-Montenegro cross-border projects

The IPA Albania-Montenegro Cross-border Cooperation Programme has launched its third call for proposals. Through projects implemented under this call, the programme aims to strengthen good neighbourly...

The Western Balkans in 2035: participate in foresight study and co-design future looking STI policies today!

With the COVID-19 crisis, the world is experiencing unprecedented disruption to daily lives and to the social, economic, and governance systems that support them.

Open Call for Research Papers “Impact of COVID-19 on sustainability of Civil Society Organizations in the Western Balkan region”

Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, through the Embassy of Japan in Tirana, the Call,  aims to better comprehend the impact of COVID-19 to the activities and functioning...

A Partnership for Sustainable Development: Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2021-2025

This Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (CF), adopted by the BiH Council of Ministers at its 22nd Session on 16 December 2020 and reconfirmed by the BiH Presidency at its 114th Extraordinary...

Leaflet about POLICY ANSWERS project

POLICY ANSWERS is funded by Horizon Europe to support a be!er integration of the Western Balkans and the bi-regional dialogue on science, innovation, education and culture.

Analysis of Value Chains in the Western Balkan Economies - Enriching the Potential for Regional Cooperation in Priority Areas

Identification of promising areas is among the main goals of economic and innovation policy development and a focal point of the Smart Specialisation approach. The economies of the Western Balkan region...

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...

EU4Tech PoC

The flourishing ecosystem of technology transfer and innovation in the Western Balkans EU4TECH PoC (Western Balkans Proof of Concept Scheme) is an EU-funded project supporting technology...

WESTERN BALKANS AT THE CROSSROADS: WAYS FORWARD IN ANALYZING EXTERNAL ACTORS' INFLUENCE

"Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Ways Forward in Analyzing External Actors' Influence,” run by the PSSI, is a follow-up project that aims to build upon a knowledge base established in the...

Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform

Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform – WeBER – is a three-year project funded by the European Union and co-financed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands...