All documents related to Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH)

• 2020 Strategic Foresight Report: Charting the course towards a more resilient Europe

  President von der Leyen’s political guidelines set a strategic long-term direction to achieve the transition towards a green, digital and fair Europe. They lay out a path for Europe to become the first...

• Monitoring the progress of the Western Balkan countries regarding the European Pillar of Social Rights

  The progress on the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) has not only been monitored in EU countries, but also in Western Balkan countries.

• Science for Disaster Risk Management 2020

  The Disaster Risk Management Knowledge Centre has produced the "Science for disaster risk management 2020: acting today, protecting tomorrow", the second of its series.

• GENDER ANALYSIS 2020 EC COUNTRY REPORTS FOR THE WESTERN BALKANS

  This is the third Kvinna till Kvinna Gender Analysis of EC Country Reports for the Western Balkans. The aim is to show progress year on year in the gender-mainstreaming of the Country Reports and attempt...

• Digital Innovation Profile Montenegro

  Digital innovation profiles are an important element in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) series of snapshots of information and communication technology (ICT)-centric innovation ecosystems...

• The design and implementation of mission-oriented innovation policies

  A new systemic policy approach to address societal challenges

• TAIEX Peer-review Mission on public procurement in MONTENEGRO

  The objective of this peer-review mission is to provide the European Commission and Montenegro with an assessment of the effectiveness of the public procurement system and it’s functioning with the particular...

• Monitoring Report: The Principles of Public Administration, Montenegro 2019

  This 2019 SIGMA Monitoring Report focuses on selected Principles in the service delivery and public finance management (public procurement) areas of the Principles of Public Administration. Comprehensive...

• THE BALKANS: OLD, NEW INSTABILITIES: A European Region Looking for its Place in the World

  1. After the Nineties: A Never-Ending Political Transition 2. Europe and the Balkans: The Need for Mutual Integration 3. Making Inroads: Competing Powers in the Balkans Dimitar Bechev 4. EU, ...

• Innovation Procurement - The power of the public purse

  This brochure provides an overview of projects that are focusing on innovation procurement in the ICT domain funded by the EU's research and innovation funding programs FP7, CIP and Horizon 2020. This...

• ProcurCompEU – Study on professionalisation of public procurement in the EU and selected third countries

  The objective of this study is to provide the background for the ProcurCompEU competency framework. Itgivesan overview of the state of play in public procurement professionalisation in the EU and internationally...

• Proposal success in Horizon 2020: A study of the influence of consortium characteristics

  This study draws on evaluation data to investigate the success of collaborative R&D project proposals submitted to Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation...

• Assessment of Responsible Innovation: Methods and Practices

  The book presents tools for measuring, monitoring, and reporting upon the Responsible Innovation process and the social, environmental, scientific, and economic impacts of innovations. This book aligns...

• Education in the Western Balkans

  The Western Balkans region has clear aspirations to improve its economic competitiveness and integrate further into Europe

• Making Public Procurement work in and for Europe

  This Communication of the European Commission presents a public procurement strategy which sets out the overall policy framework and defines clear priorities to improve procurement in practice and support...

• Mapping of Gender-Related Policies, Programmes and Mechanisms on Gender Disparity in STEM in Western Balkans

  The objective of this study is to identify policies related to gender disparity in STEM at the level of each Western Balkan economy and provide a regional overview of existing mechanisms and initiatives...

• Integration of social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020

  The integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon 2020 is an important feature of the programme. To monitor the development of this cross-cutting issue is an EU commitment.

• Women’s Economic Empowerment: Areas for joint actions in the Western Balkans

  RCC, as an inclusive regional body in South East Europe and UNDP, as one of the leading development entities within the United Nations, propose this document to bring about women’s economic empowerment...

• GENDERED INNOVATIONS 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation

  The policy report produced by the EU funded H2020 expert group on ‘Gendered Innovations’ provides researchers and innovators with methodological tools for sex, gender and intersectional analysis.

• POLICY BRIEF: How well has the EU implemented the Gender Action Plan II in WB Programming?

  Amid preparations for the new EU Gender Action Plan (GAP) III, the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) III, and the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), this brief...

• Gender-based discrimination and labour in Western Balkans

  Some key findings of the report presented at the launch-event include: Gender-based discrimination is widespread, particularly regarding hiring, promotion, maternity leave and sexual harassment.&...

• Equity in school education in EuropeStructures, policies and student performance

  This report provides an overview of education structures and policies that influence equity in school education.

• JRC Report: RAW MATERIALS: Critical Raw Materials for Strategic Technologies and Sectors in the EU, A Foresight Study

  This study looks at the supply chains of the nine technologies below used in the three strategic sectors renewable energy, e-mobility, defence and aerospace. It also attempts to provide a first answer...

• DG R&I Paper: Digitalisation and Its Impact on Innovation

  Innovation is generally seen as good. Promoting innovation especially in the digital economy is often deemed vital. Increasing the level of innovation, after all, can promote sustainable development, ...

• DG R&I Paper:Mapping 21st century Science/Technology linkages: has science become more important in recent technological development?

  Understanding how progress in science is connected to technological development is crucial to get a better handle of the drivers and policy levers that can foster science-based innovation in a rapidly...

• Government at a Glance: Western Balkans

  Government at a Glance: Western Balkans presents information on public governance in the Western Balkan region – covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia...

• Balkan Barometer 2020

  Balkan Barometer is an annual survey of public opinion and business sentiments in six Western Balkans economies, commissioned by the Regional Cooperation Council.  It is examining aspirations and...

• The entrepreneurial employee in public and private sector – What, Why, How

  Entrepreneurial employees that drive innovation and change have become a sheer necessity for many established organisations in public and private sector. This report gives a science-based overview of ...

• H2020 Work Programme Marie Curie Actions

  The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) contribute to excellent research, boosting jobs, growth and investment by equipping researchers with the new knowledge, skills and international and intersectoral...

• Research Talent Circulation within the European Research Area (ERA)

  The leading universities of science and technology united within CESAER express appreciation for the focus on brain circulation of the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the EU in the first half of...

• ESS Round 9 Data

  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.

• Exploring public attitudes, informing public policy

  Selected findings from the first seven rounds - European Social Survey A publication that showcases a wide range of articles based on European Social Survey (ESS) data collected over the first seven...

• WBC-RTI.INFO Newsletters sent in 2018

  WBC-RTI.INFohas prepared several newsletter issues in 2018. Thematic articles were drafted while relevant stakeholders contacted and in some cases also interviewed.

• The Lisbon Declaration

  SOCIAL INNOVATION AS A PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE EUROPE. The Declaration is a statement of intent from the Social Innovation community (SIC) to ensure that social innovation is...

• Social Innovation as a Trigger for Transformations - the role of research

  This Policy Paper examines the role of Social Innovation in Social Sciences and Humanities(SSH) research, especially in those research projects funded under FP6 and 7, as well as Horizon 2020.  ...

• Integration of Western Balkan Countries into the European system of digital data archives in social sciences: the case of Serbia

  Science has a very important role in the development of any society. A special dimension of social phenomena has been analyzed by social sciences like anthropology, economics, education, communication...

• Migration and asylum: The contribution of frontier research to the understanding of human mobility across frontiers

  In this brochure, the readers will find a short factual analysis of the portfolio of research on migration and asylum funded by the ERC, as well as various examples of projects’ objectives and methods...

• Third SSH Integration Monitoring Report

  On 29 May 2018, the European Commission published the third edition of the monitoring report on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon 2020. This report assesses how the...

• Mapping and Analysis of the Social Science Research System in Serbia

  This study commissioned by PERFORM looks at how SSH are performing in terms of quality, excellence and relevance, discusses underlying reasons for their under-performance, and provides recommendations...

• Social innovation in the Balkans: a new SIMRA brochure of examples

  SIMRA (Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas is a four-year EU Horizon 2020 project) has just released its third brochure collecting examples of social innovation in marginalised rural areas in...

• Mapping and Analysis of the Social Science Research System in Serbia

  This study commissioned by PERFORM looks at how SSH are performing in terms of quality, excellence and relevance, discusses underlying reasons for their under-performance, and provides recommendations...

• Western Balkan Labor Market Trends 2018 - report with WB country flyers

  The report and the flyers present a short description of recent trends and feature key labor market indicators based on the harmonized data prepared in the context of the SEE Jobs Gateway.