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POLICY ANSWERS Pilot Programmes: Five activities for the development of the Region
POLICY ANSWERS implements a set of dedicated, carefully selected activities to support change and increase impact “on the ground” in the Western Balkans. The general objective is to foster participation...
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The RM ROADMAP Survey is out! Shape the future of research management
A comprehensive Europe-wide survey is being launched by RM ROADMAP (Horizon Europe Project) to get a picture of the current situation of Research Managers (RMs) across Europe. The survey was designed...
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POLICY ANSWERS Research Infrastructure Ambassador at the 2nd ESFRI Stakeholder Forum
The 2nd ESFRI Stakeholder Forum Meeting took place on 27 September in Tenerife, Spain. This is an annual event, organised under the Spanish EU Presidency, that brings together a diverse range of ...
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POLICY ANSWERS workshop on Research Infrastructures [September 2023, Sarajevo]
Back to back with the POLICY ANSWERS conference and a workshop on Mobility, the POLICY ANSWERS project co-organised a half-day workshop on Research Infrastructures together with the Regional Cooperation...
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POLICY ANSWERS organised its major conference in Sarajevo in September 2023 under the umbrella of a whole series of events: the conference "Policy Dialogue on Aligning Priorities in the Western Balkans...
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Funding Opportunities at FITD for Boosting innovation activity in SMEs
FITD continues implementing its measures for support to boost innovation activity in SMEs. In 2023, FITD has opened several public calls under the funding instruments to support innovation and technological...
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Are you hosting and managing research infrastructure that has commercial potential but remains underutilized or unused? Are you wondering how to capitalize on these assets by leveraging them for...
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On April 4th, 2023, Ministry of Education and Sports (MES) and Science and POLICY ANSWERS partner NASRI (National Agency for Science, Research and Innovation) organized the second National Conference ...
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Apply to join InfraBooster - tuition-free modular training program for representatives of scientific organisations from Western Balkans and neighbouring countries that own research infrastructures. It...
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Regional promoter scheme for Research Infrastructures - by POLICY ANSWERS
Research Infrastructures (RI) are proven to have a powerful social and economic impact, helping to solve global challenges, but also to attract the best talents. One of the challenges in the Western...
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15 Dec 2022 | News - Science Business By Florin Zubașcu "The Swedish government will kick off its presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 January, with work on a swathe of science and technology...
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The Department of Physics of the Faculty of Science-University of Sarajevo presented the renovated laboratories and high-tech equipment as part of the modernization process. The laboratory renovation ...
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Canton Sarajevo increases grant to support research
The Government of Canton Sarajevo in coordination with the Ministry of Science, Higher Education, and Youth has allocated funds in the amount of 2.556.460 EUR (equivalent of 5,000,000 BAM...
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The University of Sarajevo is one of 13 consortium partners within the RESILIENCE project (REligious Studies Infrastructure: tooLs, Expert, conNections and CEenters). RESILIENCE is a unique, interdisciplinary...
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Research Infrastructure Calls 2023 open for application!
The 2023 Calls for Research Infrastructures have been published with the new Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures actions support the development of an...
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Research infrastructures: Council adopts conclusions
Council of the EU - Press Release - 2 December 2022 The Council has adopted conclusions on research infrastructures (RIs), which are a cornerstone in the development of the European Research Area...
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The JRC launched 8 calls to access its non-nuclear and its nuclear research infrastructures
The JRC has launched 8 calls to access its non-nuclear research infrastructures in Ispra (IT), its nuclear research infrastructures in Karlsruhe (D) and Petten (NL). The Nanobiotechnology Laboratory...
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EU to invest €13.5 billion in research and innovation for 2023-2024
The Commission has adopted today the main Horizon Europe work programme 2023-24, with around €13.5 billion to support researchers and innovators in Europe to pursue breakthrough solutions for environmental...
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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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Pre-publication of Horizon Europe annual Work Programmes 2023-2024
The funding opportunities available under Horizon Europe are defined every year in the corresponding annual work programme. The work programmes for 2023-2024 have been pre-published. Pre-publication...
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Horizon Europe Info Days and Brokerage Events upcoming!
The EU research and innovation programme 2021 - 2027 The Horizon Europe info days give to prospective applicants and other stakeholders of EU research and innovation the opportunity to get information...
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The Republic of Serbia and the EIT jointly commit to establishing an EIT Community Hub in Serbia. The Minister of Innovation and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Nenad Popović...
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[Document Announcement] A Framework for Research Infrastructure Roadmaps
For the first time, all WesternBalkans’ economies have their research infrastructure (RI) roadmaps in place. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* and North Macedonia have created their RI roadmaps...
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[Document Announcement] From research results to innovative solutions
On 24 May 2022 the European Union published a new report on titled "From research results to innovative solutions." Mapping national and regional programmes and initiatives in R&I valorisation : ...
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Founded in late 2016 by Prof. Herwig Schopper, former Director General of CERN and initiator of the major SESAME project in Jordan, The Southeast European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies...
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Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (...
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Switzerland to broker €200M science project in the Western Balkans
Bern is boosting science diplomacy as part of a new foreign policy strategy, and is stepping in to help this fractious region get a shared research infrastructure off the drawing board
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[Event Announcement] Planning for Sustainability of Research Infrastructures
In the frame of the Horizon2020 projects ACCELERATE and the ERIC Forum Implementation Project, the event ”Planning for Sustainability of Research Infrastructures” will be held online on 25 May 2021.
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COST CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF CONNECTING RESEARCHERS AND INNOVATORS
2021 marks COST’s 50th anniversary! While COST was created on 22-23 November 1971, this special event deserves more than one day to pay tribute...
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[Call Announcement] CERIC Call for Proposals now OPEN
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Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Working Practices of Research Infrastructures
On 7 January 2021, the Association of European-level Research Infrastructure Facilities (ERF) and the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium (CERIC-ERIC) published a report on the effect...
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Recently, impact assessment and/or monitoring have been highlighted as an important element of long-term sustainability of research infrastructures by ESFRI, European Commission, Competitiveness Council...
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[Call Announcement] Call for proposal: Nanobiotechnology laboratory
The Nanobiotechnology Laboratory features state-of-the-art equipped facilities designed to foster interdisciplinary studies. A special emphasis lies on characterisation of nanomaterials, micro-nanoplastics...
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The European Commission adopted a Communication on a new European Research Area for Research and Innovation. Based on excellence, competitive, open and talent-driven, the new European Research Area will...
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New book: New agile enterprises aim to bridge innovation gap
A new breed of innovation advisors could help companies test their ideas in large research labs across Europe.
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European Research and Innovation Days: R&I geopolitical outreach through association
Today, the session on R&I geopolitical outreach through association has taken place within the European Research and Innovation Days 2020. The session has involved also Ms. Sanja Damjanovic, Minister...
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In the framework of the long-standing cooperation between the CEI -Executive Secretariat and the Central European Research Infrastructure Consortium, CERIC-ERIC, the CEI is glad to announce a new Call...
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Commission to publish plan for reviving the European Research Area
After pandemic delay, plans for a new-look ERA are due on 30 September. At same time, the European Commission will launch a Digital Education Action Plan and set out objectives for refreshing the European...
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EU should help large research facilities attract members from newer member states
The scientific director of the ILL says EU should contribute more to large research infrastructures, to strengthen the European Research Area.
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[Document Announcement] Regional Risks for Doing Business 2019
The Regional Risks for Doing Business report offers a business perspective on the impact of global risks and illustrates how they are experienced differently across regions. In an increasingly complex...
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New ERA to launch at the end of a long summer, says research commissioner
In an interview with Science|Business, Mariya Gabriel gives more details about her main priorities for revitalising the European Research Area and finally delivering on the vision of a single market for...
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The Ministerial Meeting, supported by the Ministry of Education, University and Research of the Republic of Italy, the Central European Initiative and the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and...
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Deadline for proposals for ESFRI Roadmap 2021 extended to 9 September
ESFRI has decided to extend the deadline for the presentation of new Proposals for Research Infrastructure Projects for the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 update to allow more time for the preparation of high quality...
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[Project Announcement] The South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies
The South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) proposed in late 2016 by Prof. Herwig Schopper, a former Director General of CERN and initiator of the international...
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[Event Review] Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste educational programs presentation
Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste is an international multidisciplinary research center operating as a user facility, featuring a 2.0/2.4 GeV third generation synchrotron light source (Elettra), a free electron...
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SEEIIST project presented at World Science Forum in Budapest
Within the World Science Forum in Budapest, Minister Damjanović held a presentation within the panel entitled “Basic Science Infrastructures for Ethical and Responsible Collaborative Development”.
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The seventh meeting of the SEEIIST Intergovernmental Steering Committee was held on 24 January 2020 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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[Call Announcement] IAEA Call for Expression of Interest for Fellowships for SEEIIST
Capacity building for the regional project of the South East European International Institute for Sustainable Technologies (SEEIIST) is one of the key elements for its successful implementation.
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[Document Announcement] ESFRI report on Monitoring of Research Infrastructures Performance published
On 16 January 2020, ESFRI published the Report of the ESFRI Working Group on Monitoring of Research Infrastructures Performance. The task of the group was to develop a set of Key Performance...
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[Event Announcement] Human Brain Project Open Day
3 February 2020 - Athens, Greece During the Open Day of the 7th Human Brain Project (HBP) summit, visitors will have the chance to interact with robots, learn about brain simulation and explore collaboration...
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ESFRI has published the outcomes of its Workshop on the Future of Research Infrastructures in the European Research Area. The event was organised with a view to the next Roadmap of European ...
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A very interactive and informative RItrain Workshop on ‘Building Leadership in European Research Infrastructures’ took place at le Palais des Académies in Brussels on 20-21 November 2019. Around 40 research...
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DiSSCo activities in the Balkans
The DiSSCo Research Infrastructure signed in May 2019 a letter of agreement with the German Organization for International Cooperation (GIZ) to actively contribute to the efforts carried out by the ...
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Enabling hadron therapy in south-east Europe
A new facility following the founding principles of CERN begins its design phase
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Western Balkans agrees to create regional database of research infrastructure
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the Ministry of Science of Montenegro organised a Regional Workshop on Mapping Research Infrastructure, that took place on 8 April in Ulcinj. The workshop...
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The III RICH Symposium, European Research Infrastructures: from WP 2020 calls to Horizon Europe was held on 14 May 2019 in Brussels. Presentations from the event are now available.
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Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (...
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Updates on the European Social Survey in South East Europe
Since 2015, there has been an increase in Western Balkan involvement in the European Social Survey (ESS). The ESS is a general social survey that operates across the European Research Area (ERA). Every...
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OpenAIRE Research Graph: Connecting Open Science – Consultation Phase
Open Science scholarly communication is about sharing, discovering, monitoring, assessing and reproducing science openly and transparently. To this aim, the scholarly record metadata should be intended...
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Serbia joins CERN as its 23rd Member State
On March 24, 2019 CERN welcomes Serbia as its 23rd Member State, following receipt of formal notification from UNESCO that Serbia has acceded to the CERN Convention.
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European Social Survey - Round 9 data now available
The first edition of European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 data - collected in 19 countries during late 2018 and early 2019 - has been published on 31 October 2019.
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First dataset from Round 9 of European Social Survey includes Data from Serbia
The first edition of European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 data is now available on the official ESS website. For the first time, the database includes Serbia.
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[Document Announcement] ENVRIplus presents a huge amount of results
This community of research infrastructures for Environmental and Earth System sciences has published its results and their exploitation and dissemination. Through an organisation of a very large number...
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The Human Brain Project’s unique goal is to interconnect computer science, medicine and neuroscience to accelerate the understanding of the human brain and its diseases, and to harness that knowledge ...
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Montenegro’s research minister wants to heal war wounds with science (Science Business article)
Recently an article on the SEEIIST was published by Science Business. The article by Florin Zubașcu describes the new large-scale research infrastructure and underlines how it is will revive the...
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Towards the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 - A new ambition for European Science
Launching the call for proposals for the ESFRI Roadmap 2021, Jan Hrušák, Chair of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures, called for a new ambition for European science to go beyond the...
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Montenegro’s Science Minister Sanja Damjanovic addressed the European Research and Innovation Days in Brussels on September 25.
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[Event review] European Research & Innovation Days (Brussels, 24-26 September 2019)
The European Commission’s Research and Innovation Directorate General hosted the European Research and Innovation Days at the KANAL - Centre Pompidou in Brussels where the 2019 event focus was on EU research...
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Elettra Syncrotrone Trieste announced the launch of two pilot actions for Western Balkans: the PhD fellowship opportunities as well as the postdoctoral fellowship opportunities in synchrotron radiation...
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Elettra Sincrotrone Center and University of Sarajevo Cooperation Announced
Representatives of the University of Sarajevo and Eletrra Sincrotrone Center in Triestemet met on 9 October 2019. The Sincrotrone Center’s activities were presented at the meeting, as well as proposals...
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[Event Review] - Start of the SEEIIST Design Phase
Organised on September 18th, this event aimed at informing the public about the advancements of the SEEIIST project at a decisive moment when it passes from the phase of conception to the phase ...
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The 4th Western Balkans Research and Innovation meeting was organised in Vienna on July 9-10, 2019 within the framework of the European Commission’s Support for the Steering Platform (SP) on Research ...
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Minister of Science, Dr. Sanja Damjanović, presented today the scholarships for doctoral research, grants for innovative projects and European Social Survey and awards for scientific achievements in 2018...
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H2020 project PaNOSC officially started to contribute making FAIR data a reality
Large-scale research infrastructures produce a huge amount of scientific data on a daily basis. For their storage and future (re)use, data need to managed according to the FAIR principles, i.e., be Findable...
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Research infrastructure in the Danube region: consultation on recommendations and guidelines
ResInfra@DR project's consultation event in Budapest
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European list of strategic research infrastructures expands into bioeconomy and other new areas
Biotechnology, food and nutrition, material testing, holocaust and natural environment are among the topics covered by the six new pan-European research infrastructure projects that were announced today...
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Western Balkans agree to step up the work on research infrastructure
Six Western Balkan (WB6) economies agreed to step up their work on research infrastructure in the region.
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The project of the South-East Europe International Institute for Sustainable Technologies, which envisages the implementation of hadron cancer therapy with research in biomedicine, was presented Minister...
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RItrain Surveys on training needs of Managers of RIs
RItrain, the Research Infrastructure Training Programme -an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project aimed at professionalizing the training of managerial and leadership staff in Research Infrastructures- is surveying...
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Implementation Roadmap for the European Open Science Cloud
The European Commission announced on 14 March 2018 the adoption of the Implementation Roadmap for the European Science Cloud. Overall, the document presents the results and available evidence from ...
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ESFRI Roadmap 2018 will be presented in September 2018
ESFRI Roadmap 2018 is an update of the ESFRI Roadmap 2016 incorporating the results of the progress assessment of those ESFRI Projects that entered in 2008, the outcomes of the evaluation of new proposals...
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Developing a European 'big science market' for advanced research infrastructures and industry
The Big Science Business Forum (BSBF) 2018 has brought together 'big science' organizations such as CERN, EMBL, ESA, ESO, ESRF, ESS, European XFEL, F4E and ILL, with industrial companies for co-creating...
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[Conference conclusions] - Bulgarian Presidency Flagship Conference on Research Infrastructures
Research Infrastructures beyond 2020 – sustainable and effective ecosystem for science and society
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Jean-Eric Paquet, the European Commission's Director-General for Research and Innovation and Ian Mattaj, the current Chair of the European Intergovernmental Research Organisation forum (EIROforum), signed...
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[Event Announcement] International Conference for Research Infrastructures 2018
The ICRI conference provides a forum for strategic discussion on international cooperation for research infrastructures at global level, and highlights the essential role of research infrastructures in...
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EMBRC-ERIC opens for excellence in marine biology and ecology research
On 19 June 2018, the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC) celebrated its adoption as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (EMBRC-ERIC) and the onset of its operational phase...
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Minister of Science of Montenegro, Sanja Damjanović met in Brussels with European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation at European Commission Mr. Carlos Moedas to discuss about...
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European Commission launches Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans
At the Digital Assembly in Sofia - Bulgaria (25th June 2018), the European Commission has launched the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans.
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S3 Strategy of Montenegro expected by the end of this year
Mid of June the Minister of Science Sanja Damjanović met with Vladimir Šucha, Director-General of the Joint Research Centre – JRC.to discuss on the Smart Specialization Strategy, which is being developed...
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Members of the Steering Committee of the regional project of “Establishment of the South-East Europe International Institute for Sustainable Technologies” have passed a unanimous decision to support...
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The Declaration of Intent for Establishment of the International Scientific Institute in South East Europe was officially signed on 25 October 2017, in CERN (Geneva), by eight countries of the SEE Region...
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EIROforum, representing Europe’s eight large international research infrastructures and services providers, announced its key priorities for the ninth European Union Framework Programme for Research and...
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The European Commission organized a dedicated information session to clarify specific topics of the Horizon 2020 RI Work Programme calls, namely on the European Open Science Cloud and Long-term sustainability...
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New Pan European Research Infrastructure to support marine biology and ecology research
The European Commission has granted the status of European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) to the European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC), setting up a pan-European Consortium for...
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Latest information from the VI-SEEM project
VI-SEEM project has entered its final phase where its Virtual Research Environment and related supporting infrastructure, services and data are in full exploitation mode. Recently the project newsletter...
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VI-SEEM dissemination events recently held in Banja Luka and Skopje
The VI - SEEM dissemination events were organised in January 2018 and October 2017 respectively ate was organized at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Banja Luka and at Faculty of Computer...
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[Call Announcement] Open access to JRC Research Infrastructures
Joint Research Centre is glad to announce that the a new series of calls for open access to JRC scientific laboratories and facilities in the non-nuclear and nuclear areas has been opened...
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[Event Announcement] ICRI 2018 - 4th International Conference on Research Infrastructures
ICRI 2018 will take place in Vienna, Austria on 12-14 September 2018 and will be co-organised by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) and the European Commission...
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Representatives of the Government of Serbia signed agreements on realization of three projects for upgrading the IT and scientific research infrastructure in Nis and Belgrade, worth a total of EUR 20....
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[Event Announcement] Save the date for the 4th workshop on Energy at Research Infrastructures
CERIC-ERIC’s ACCELERATE partner ESS (European Spallation Source), together with CERN, ELI-NP, ARIES and the European Association of Research Facilities ERF, are organizing the 4th edition...
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CERIC-ERIC is bringing together researchers from its partner facilities and industry representatives, for a one day meeting at the CERIC headquarters in Trieste on October 20th, with the objective of ...
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The ESFRI Roadmap 2018 submission process open until Aug. 31, 2017
The Roadmap 2018 submission process will remain open until August, 31st and welcomes submissions of new proposals.
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Kopaonik Business Forum 2017 was held this year on March 7-9 under the topic: “Reform agenda for Serbia: what can we learn from the past and the way forward”. Among other eminent speakers, Mr. Tony Verheijen...
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[Event Announcement] CETS2017 - Central European Training School on Neutron Techniques
The Central European Training School on Neutron Technique (CETS), organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Wigner Research Centre for Physics and Neutron Spectroscopy Department, will take place...
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CERIC-ERIC and the Central European Initiative - CEI are glad to invite you to the CONTACT workshop, taking place at the CERIC headquarters in Trieste, on 26-27 June, 2017. The workshop is organized by...
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[Call for papers] CONCORDi 2017 - 6th European Conference on Corporate R&D and Innovation
On occasion of its tenth anniversary, CONCORDi 2017 aims to present and discuss both theoretical and empirical contributions relevant to corporate R&D, innovation and technological advancement. Call...
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[Call for Applications] Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructure
The Research Infrastructure grant RItrain, funded under Horizon 2020, together with the University of Milano-Bicocca launched a unique international management development programme. This management development...
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[Event Announcement] Symposium "Fostering the Innovation Potential of Research Infrastructures
The upcoming symposium "Fostering the Innovation Potential of Research Infrastructures" will take place on 8 May 2017 at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (FCG) in Lisbon.
