EU Transport Ministers discuss Western Balkans
The council of EU transport ministers on April 6 in Luxembourg discussed a transport agreement with the Western Balkan countries. read more
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New Internet Domains for Montenegro and Serbia
ICANN, the international body that allocates internet domain names, has approved a request for assigning the new internet domains '.me' (for Montenegro) and '.rs' (for Serbia), which will replace the ... read more
Event Review: Investment in Human Capital on EU Economic Policy Agenda
A conference on the ‘Quality of Tertiary Education and the Economic Policy Agenda’ was organised on April 2, 2008 by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Slovenia in cooperation with Bruegel and... read more
Marie Curie: New Call for Initial Training Network Open
The Initial Training Network (ITN) call has a budget of 185,000,000 euro and the deadline is on September 2, 2008. It is a great opportunity for research organisations in the Western Balkans to receive... read more
Partner Analysis of FP6
WBC-INCO.NET has carried out a brief analysis to see, which were the main partner countries for the Western Balkans in the 6th Framework Programme. read more
2009 to be European Year of Creativity and Innovation
The European Commission has announced that it would like to make 2009 the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. read more
A new ICT Collaborative Network has recently made available on the SCORE portal
SCORE – EU funded project “Strengthening the Strategic Cooperation between the EU and Western Balkan Region in the field of ICT Research” recently made available an ICT Collaborative... read more
EU Foreign Ministers Discuss the Western Balkans
The renewal of the Thessaloniki Agenda – which in 2003 guaranteed all Western Balkan countries a European future – was the focus of the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers held at the... read more
Montenegro joins EU competitiveness programme
Montenegro is the fourth country of the group of candidate and potential candidate countries to join the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) after Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic... read more
Call for Participation: How to Improve Access to Research Information
A workshop discussing insights from Eastern Europe on this topic will be organised within the framework of the 9th International Conference on Current Research Information Systems, June 5-7, 2008, in ... read more
Bilateral Agreement between Albania and Turkey
Albanian Education and Science Minister Genc Polo and his Turkish counterpart, Huseyin Celik, signed an agreement on March 26, 2008 regarding a joint programme for co-operation in education, science, ... read more
Event Announcement: Conference on Energy management in the cities and counties in Croatia
The first Working Conference on energy management in the cities and counties in Croatia is taking place on May 12-14, 2008 in Split. read more
Event Announcement: Towards SEE Regional Competitiveness
The international high-level conference Towards SEE Regional Competitiveness (Contribution to the EU policy of building knowledge based societies) will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 4-5, 2008... read more
Event Announcement: Vienna Economic Forum in Montenegro
The Vienna Economic Forum - Montenegro is organising a meeting entitled Invest in Montenegro. Invest in the Region to be held on April 14-15, 2008 in Becici, Montenegro. read more
Marie Curie international fellowships: 'People' calls for proposals published
The European Commission has published three calls for proposals for the People programme under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) with the deadline of August 19, 2008. read more
TURBO Spring Reception '08
TURBO Spring Reception was held on the March 13, 2008 in Stanhope Hotel in Brussels. The reception was also dedicated to promote WBC INCO-NET Project. Project Coordinator Ms. Elke Dall was present along... read more
Call for Tender: Competitiveness of Croatian SMEs
EuropeAid is calling under the Phare programme for the "SME Pilot Grant Scheme - Support for Increasing the Competitiveness and Exports of Croatian SMEs" which is open for proposals till April 21, 2008... read more
EUROCORES Calls
A calls for outline proposals by the European Science Foundation is now open - among other fields there is also a call in the programme EuroHESC - Higher Education and Social Change with the deadline ... read more
LEED Series of Studies 2008
For 2008, the LEED Programme is implementing several transversal and cutting-edge studies on the themes of partnerships and local governance, entrepreneurship and innovation, skills upgrading for the ... read more
Second call for proposals of the ICT Policy Support Programme
The second call for proposals of the ICT Policy Support Programme (or ICT PSP) will open on April 29, 2008 and close on September 9, 2008. The evaluation of the proposals, assisted by independent experts... read more
SEE-ERA.NET news
SEE-ERA.NET reports on its website about the evaluation results of the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS proposal which was submitted to the European Commission (FP7 / Capacities / International Cooperation). read more
South-eastern-Europe and the EU Leadership Development Programme (July 2008 - April 2009)
In an effort to support the integration process in South-eastern Europe, the TRANSFUSE Association from Berlin and the College of Europe from Bruges are organising for the third year a Leadership Development... read more
Call for Proposals 2008: Transnational territorial cooperation Programme MED
This first call for proposal is opened to all priority axes of the MED Programme 2007-2013. The programme MED promotes transnational partnerships on the Northern part of the Mediterranean by financing... read more
Call for Proposals: Croatia - Israel Scientific Research Cooperation
Within the framework of the Israeli-Croatian agreement on scientific cooperation, Croatian-Israeli research teams are invited to submit joint proposals. Deadline for applications is May 1, 2008. read more
Event Announcement: EU Finance Day for SMEs in Ljubljana
On March 28, 2008 the European Commission is organising this event to inform about the EU financial instruments for SMEs (eg. CIP, Eurostars, FP7). read more
Croatia joins EU MEDIA 2007 programme
MEDIA is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry - so the research component is only marginal. But MEDIA can be used to strengthen the competitiveness of this industry and to train... read more
CIP: Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) call for proposals open
The call for proposals 2008 was published on 12 March, opening this year's application period for Intelligent Energy - Europe funding. Some 45 million are available to co-finance European projects for... read more
Call for Application: 1st Young Scientists Forum on Central and South East Europe
The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) is organizing the Young Scientists Forum on Central and South East Europe on December 4-6, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. Applications can be handed... read more
EU R&D spending remains unchanged
Research and development (R&D) spending in Europe has remained unchanged for the last three years, according to the latest figures released from Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities... read more
Event Announcement: Final program of the open public day event in Bled/Slovenia, March 31, 2008
From March 31 to April 2, 2008 the Final program of the open public day event »Perspectives emerging from R&D in Europe« will take place in Bled/Slovenia. read more
Event Announcement: 5th Conference of the Rectors of the Balkan Universities - Bologna Process and University Research
The 5th Conference of the Rectors of the Balkan Universities takes place on March 28-30, 2008 at Tirana International Hotel in Tirana, Albania. read more
From Stability Pact to Regional Cooperation Council: A Focus on Fostering and Building Human Capital
On February 27, 2008, in Sofia, the 14th and final Regional Table meeting of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Co-operation Council took place. The meeting... read more
Serbia: Consultative Bureau for International Projects launched
The Ministry of Science of Serbia opened an office to provide support for preparing proposals for the EU Framework Programme 7 on March 4, 2008, called the Consultative Bureau for International Projects... read more
WBC-INCO.NET Press Release: S&T Policy Coordination with Western Balkans: New Project Supports Integration
We would like to ask our readers - YOU! - to also inform on their websites and in their networks on the start of WBC-INCO.NET project. In our press release we summarised the main points on one page. read more
Economist Innovation Award
The Economist invites nominations for the annual prize recognising innovators. The deadline to submit nominations is April 7, 2008. read more
NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS) Special call for applications for Advanced Research Workshops
The NATO SPS Programme is soliciting applications for grants for Advanced Research Workshops (ARW) to be organised by scientists, experts and policy makers in the areas of Maritime Security, Energy Security... read more
Reminder: Erasmus Mundus programme
Erasmus Mundus will offer new possibilities for the Western Balkan countries to promote exchange of students (undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral candidates as well as academic staff). read more
Supporting people-to-people contacts – Visa issues
The Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the Communication from the Commission "Western Balkans: Enhancing the European perspective" also updates on the council conclusions and agreements... read more
Montenegro - the government approves the privatisation programme for 2008
On March 6, 2008, the government of Montenegro adopted the 2008 privatisation programme. read more
Reminder: Call for proposals: IPA Information and Communication Programme
The IPA Information and Communication Programme has launched a call for proposals to "Support for actions promoting a better informed public debate about EU enlargement in the candidate and potential ... read more
Reminder: COST - Next collection date for Proposals March 28
The next collection date for the COST call for proposals is March 28, 2008 for new scientific and interdisciplinary proposals. read more
Training for life-science researchers
The Brussels Office of the Helmholtz Association is coordinator of the EU project ReMaT, which develops a programme of research management training for PhD students and early-career researchers in the... read more
Event Announcement: Spring Reception of TURBO in Brussels featuring WBC-INCO.NET
The Turkish Research and Business Organisation features WBC-INCO.NET in its Spring Reception at the Stanhope Hotel, Rue du Commerce 9, Brussels, on March 13, 2008. read more
Reminder: FP7 - Research for the benefit of SMEs
The call FP7-SME-2008-1 will close on April 11, 2008. The aim of the programme is to strengthen the 'innovation capacity' of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe and their contribution to the ... read more
SEE Transnational Cooperation Programme
The Transnational Co-operation Programme South East Europe (TCP-SEE) is part of the new European Territorial Cooperation Objective for the programming period 2007 - 2013. The general aim of TCP-SEE is... read more
Event Announcement: Kick off Event of the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme
The official launch of the South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme will take place in Budapest on March 27-28, 2008. read more
ForeIntegra project: integrating foresight in research infrastructure policy formulation
The project ForeIntegra answered the questions why to conduct forseight in the field of research infrastructure (RI) policy formulation and how to do it. A practical guide was one of the outcomes and ... read more
OSI Returning Scholars Fellowship Programme
The Open Society Institute's Returning Scholars Fellowship Program invites applications from scholars who seek university positions and academic careers in their home countries after studying abroad. ... read more
EU signs stabilisation and association agreement with Bosnia
President of the Council of Ministers BiH Nikola Špirić, EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn and Slovenian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitrij Rupel in the presence of the the presiding ... read more
Event Announcement: 15th Conference on Technology, Culture and Development
In the context of the Western Balkans countries on their way to the European Union, a conference is held with the topic "Corruption, Criminal and Kitsch - the State, Causes, Consequences and the ... read more
