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The National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia (NBRM) announces a call for papers for the 3rd Annual Research Conference, on the occasion of celebrating the anniversary of the monetary independence. The... read more
The Danubius Award was created in 2011 by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF) and the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM) with the intention to honour individuals... read more
The project Danube-INCO.NET kicked off on February 3 and 4, 2014 in Vienna, upon the invitation of the Austrian coordinator (ZSI) and the Austrian Federal Ministry as project partner (BMWFW). The event... read more
The European Investment Bank (EIB), in collaboration with the EU Office in Kosovo* and the Ministry of Finance of Kosovo*, has the pleasure of inviting all interested stakeholders to attend a conference... read more
Dr. Seán McCarthy of Hyperion has just published a handbook to help researchers participate in Horizon 2020. The title of the book is "How to Write a Competitive Proposal for Horizon 2020". read more
Member States must shift from a box-ticking approach and upgrade their quality systems if they want to improve the performance of universities and vocational colleges, according to two reports published... read more
The seminar aims to provide "Recipes for an effective knowledge-transfer: Structured, creative, inspiring and successful!" NCPs will learn how to train most effectively their clients on H2020 issues. read more
The international project "Fostering Evaluation Competencies in Research, Technology and Innovation in the SEE Region (EVAL-INNO)" is currently operating in several countries so as to promote and foster... read more
As announced, WBC-INCO.NET is organising a large final event entitled "Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Innovation in the Western Balkan Region” – WBC-INCO.NET Final Conference and Brokerage... read more
At the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, the Balkans have, on one side, seemed to have reached an impasse. Not too many democratic changes have been successfully implemented in ... read more
The EBRD is organising a high-level regional forum on Investing in the West Balkans on Monday 24 February 2014, from 09:00 – 18:00. The event will bring together prime ministers, government ministers, ... read more
“Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Innovation in the Western Balkan Region” – WBC-INCO.NET Final Conference and Brokerage Event” is being organised on 27-28 March 2014, in Vienna with the ... read more
In the same activity line as WBC-INCO.NET has been supported, a new project under the coordination of Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in Austria has started. Danube-INCO.NET - a project supporting ... read more
The meeting is organised in Sarajevo on 29th Jabuary by RCC and FES. It will aim to acquaint social partners with the preparation process and the contents of the SEE2020 strategy, receive feedback from... read more
Organised back to back with the WBC-INCO.NET final conference "Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Innovation in the Western Balkan Region”, this brokerage event on the first day of conference... read more
As announced, WBC-INCO.NET is organising a large final event entitled "Towards 2020: New Horizons for RTD and Innovation in the Western Balkan Region” – WBC-INCO.NET Final Conference and Brokerage... read more
Basileus V is an Erasmus Mundus Action 2 project and is funded by the European Commission. The project consortium consists of 10 EU universities and 10 universities in the Western Balkans... read more
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle met yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Fatmir Besimi and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki, of the former Yugoslav... read more
The first EU-Serbia Accession Conference was held on January 21 in Brussels. In the following we present the speech given by the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle... read more
PATTERNS Lectures has launched a new call to develop university courses in the fields of art history, cultural theory and cultural studies that aim to research and understand recent cultural history in... read more
Pushing the boundaries of astronomy is only possible if you have the latest technology at hand. An EU-funded project aims to ensure that the Astronomical Observatory of Belgrade is equipped to become ... read more
Goran Svilanovic, Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), congratulated Serbia for opening negotiations for a European Union (EU) membership on 21st January 2014. read more
This is a handy, one-page overview of all the national launch events and thematic events related to Horizon 2020 held/planned in various locations in Europe from 1 January to 17 March 2014. read more
The European Research Council (ERC) has recently selected 312 top scientists in its first Consolidator Grant competition. This new funding will enable the researchers to consolidate their own teams and... read more
On Thursday, 16 January 2014, the new European Programme for education, training, youth and sport, ‘Erasmus+’, was launched at the Academy of Athens. The event was organized by the Ministry of Education... read more
Greece took on the EU Presidency on 1 January 2014 for the next six months. read more
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OPEN UNTIL 20TH OF JANUARY 2014 The R&D Management Conference 2014 Management of Applied R&D: Connecting high value solutions with future markets Stuttgart,Germany, 3rd... read more
The Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje (FYROM), Centre for Empirical Cultural Studies of South-East Europe (Serbia), Social Research Kosova (Kosovo*) and Centre for Social Research “Analitika... read more
The theme of the Conference for ECIE 2014 is "Societal-driven innovation and entrepreneurship" The conference provides an international opportunity for scientific discussion and collaboration... read more
Organised by the LSEE Research Network on Social Cohesion in South Eastern Europe at the London School of Economics, this event aims to provide a forum for the presentation, dissemination and discussion... read more
CALL FOR PAPERS: "The Second Global Forum of Critical Studies" Asking Big Questions Again 21-22 February 2014, Prague, Czech Republic Grand Majestic Plaza Hotel DEADLINE: 15 January 2014... read more
The Croatian Sociological Association is pleased to announce the organisation of its international conference: Towards a European Society? Boundaries, Borders, Barriers The conference will take ... read more
A new section called: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) has been added to the relevant documents of the RRPP Call for regional research projects 2014-2016 to facilitate the application process. read more
This report was published on January, 10th following the Council Recommendation on promoting the learning mobility of young people, adopted in 20111: it provides a first overview of Member State policies... read more
From 2nd to 4th of June 2014, the Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre and the Zurich University of Applied Science will host the Science-to-Business Marketing Conference on " Cross-Organizational... read more
Each year, the Aleksanteri Institute invites highly qualified foreign scholars studying Russia and Eastern Europe to undertake a 1–3 month research stay at the premises of the institute. The stay is... read more
“Post-crisis recovery in South Eastern Europe: policy challenges for social and economic inclusion” Call for Papers *Deadline for abstracts: 20 January 2014* read more
The International EUSDR Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, November 27 - 28, 2013 has been finished with success. International Conference on “Research and entrepreneurship partnership ... read more
The European Commission has approved €18 million to support reforms in agriculture and rural development in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This funding complements the €56 million already ... read more
The European Commission adopted the 2013 national programme for Serbia under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). The €178.7 million programme will help Serbia implement reforms in key areas... read more
On December 23rd, the European Commission adopted the 2013 national programme for Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA). The funds available amount to EUR 41.9... read more
NET4SOCIETY, the network of National Contact Points for research in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities is organising a transnational conference which will take place in Athens at the National... read more
The 2014 EU-SPRI conference presents an opportunity to review and further push forward our research agenda in the broad field of science, technology and innovation policy studies. Standard approaches ... read more
Several PhD positions are open for joining the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Interactive and Cognitive Environments. read more
The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Zagreb on 11-12 December 2013. The meeting was co-chaired by the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Croatia... read more
Dear readers, our team is taking a few days off and will be back in office on January 13, 2014. We would like to use this opportunity to convey our season's greetings and wish you all the best... read more
Applications to the European University Institute’s (EUI) Doctoral Programmes in Economics, History and Civilization, Law and Political and Social Sciences are now open. The deadline for submitting... read more
Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle participated on December 18th, in the EU-Montenegro Inter-Governmental Conference. This is what he said after in the meeting: read more
The RRPP Management, hosted at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is launching a Call for regional research project proposals. The Call is open to institutions and researchers from the Western Balkans... read more
New e-learning courses are now available for health researchers who wish to see their research ideas become business ventures under the EU-funded Health-2-Market project. read more
Western Balkans Info Hub - powered by "Policy Answers" - is funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe project "R&I policy making, implementation and support in the Western Balkans", grant agreement: 10105887. The portal builds upon previous initiatives, such as for instance WBC-RTI.INFO and WBC-INCO.NET, which were funded under different Framework Programmes (FP) for Research and Technological Development (RTD) of the European Commission and other contracts.
