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The Fellowship Programme for Policy Researchers from the Western Balkans Region aims to contribute to capacity building and professional development of policy researchers from the region of the Western... read more
The New Europe College - Institute for Advanced Study in Bucharest, Romania announces the competition for Fellowships for the academic year 2011-12. The program targets young international researchers... read more
An investment of 20.5 million euros is foreseen for construction and equipment of a Science and Technology Park in Novi Sad. read more
"I welcome today's decision of the Council to refer to the Commission Serbia's application for EU membership. This opens an important new phase in EU-Serbia relations," Enlargement Commissioner... read more
This brokerage event is designed for researchers and other stakeholders intending to prepare a proposal for "Energy" in the 7th Framework Programme. Participants will have the opportunity to... read more
The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) has recently created a Standing Group on Southeast Europe. The group is open to established academics and early career researchers (including... read more
The MaPEeR SME project aims at setting the ground base to mobilize SMEs to become active in research and innovation. It aims to do so by providing detailed insights about the SME needs and the barriers... read more
The European Satellite Navigation Competition awarded the best ideas for innovative satellite navigation applications on October 18, 2010. The organisers now call for proposals how to transform these ... read more
The fifth of International Conference on Energy and Automotive Technologies - ICAT 2010 will be held on 5th of November 2010 at Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The main theme... read more
The Global University Network for Innovation, ASO Ljubljana and RCE Graz-Styria have published the following Call for Applications for the participation of 10 Higher Education experts from... read more
The role of innovation is pivotal in tackling the economic, social and environmental challenges facing Europe, according to the recent Second European Innovation Summit (held at the European Parliament... read more
Within the EU-funded project “HighTech Europe” a new, innovative tool was developed to overcome barriers in technology and knowledge transfer between research and industry: the “HighTech... read more
After an initiative to form a new Adriatic-Ionian "macroregion" was launched at a Committee of the Regions (CoR) conference in April, representatives from the regions concerned have drawn... read more
A Technology Park is planned to be constructed in Nis, Serbia, near the Faculty of Electronics. read more
The Council of the European Union has formally invited the Commission to implement a number of measures under the 7th Framework Programme, including acceptance of usual accounting practices and of the... read more
In this call the European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets) WoodWisdom-Net 2 and ERA-NET Bioenergy aim to step up the cooperation and coordination of research activities carried out at national and regional... read more
The Centre for Advanced Study Sofia (CAS Sofia) announces a Call for Applications for its 2011/2012 In-Residence Advanced Academia Fellowships in the fields of the humanities and the social sciences. ... read more
Would you like to present your project ideas, get to know new trends and technologies from all over Europe and meet potential project partners in face-to-face meetings? If you answered “YES&rdquo... read more
SEEU Review, an international scientific review published by South East European University twice a year, is calling for papers for its next edition. Deadline: November 23, 2010. read more
The European Parliament has approved visa liberalisation for Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania on October 7, 2010, with 538 votes in favour and 47 against. Visa-free travel for BiH and Albanian citizens... read more
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform was launched during the "European Cluster Conference 2010" on September 29, 2010 in Brussels in the presence of representatives of the European ... read more
Bio-Net Project, a Network of BIO NCPs invites you to a Virtual Brokerage Event which will be organized during October 13-15, 2010 in order to create international networks and project consortia in the... read more
The European Commission recently announced one of the biggest calls ever for information and communications technology (ICT) research proposals under the EU's research framework programmes. The announcement... read more
The 2011 annual conference of NISPAcee, dedicated to administrative development and policymaking capacity in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, will be held under the theme "Public... read more
The 3rd Danube Conference on October 5th and 6th, 2010 will take place under the motto "The Future of the Danube Area". As in 2006 and 2008, the Conference has been prepared by the State of... read more
The 3rd International Technology Transfer Conference, organised by the Jožef Stefan Institute and TechnoCenter at the University of Maribor in cooperation with the National Institute of Chemistry, National... read more
The 3rd Europe INNOVA Conference is being organised by the Region of Wallonia in the framework of the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, in close collaboration with the European Commission&rsquo... read more
The 2nd European Innovation Summit “Tackling the Grand Challenges – Policy meets Practice” will take place from October 11 to 14, 2010 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The Summit... read more
A new web portal on scholarships - including PhD porgrammes - has been created with financial support from the European Commission, under the Lifelong Learning Erasmus programme. So far, the database ... read more
Following a long and successful tradition, the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Sarajevo is organising the 21st Annual Scientific Expert Conference in Agriculture and Food... read more
73 project proposals were submitted to the 2011-2012 tender for co-financing Croatian-Serbian research and development projects, the deadline of which was June 1st. Projects range from history and ... read more
The European Cluster Collaboration Platform (ECCP) was launched today (September 29) in Brussels during the meeting of the European Club of Cluster Managers and the following European... read more
The EU is planning to create a new EU programme for international cooperation in higher education is to contribute to the Europe 2020 Strategy and its "Youth on the Move" and "New... read more
A new OECD report, SMEs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, examines how governments can boost innovation by improving the business environment for ... read more
Four vacancies have arisen at the International Business College Mitrovica (IBCM), an internationally registered not-for profit, educational foundation ... read more
More than 200 events will be held across the European Union and beyond today as part of the sixth annual 'European Researchers' Night', which aims to promote careers in science and research. Around ... read more
The 7th edition of the International Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Sources for South-Eastern Europe set for April 13-15 in Sofia, Bulgaria, is now accepting abstracts... read more
In the framework of the ongoing work of the High-Level Expert Group on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs), an Open Day is organised by the Working Group on Nanotechnologies in order to consult a broad... read more
The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) has launched a call for papers for its upcoming workshop on “Mobility and Collaboration – international and inter-sectoral”, which ... read more
The Alfred Toepfer Foundation is supporting students willing to spend some time at a university in Vienna, Austria for the final stage of a degree, a higher degree or PhD. Students from all WBC ... read more
Albania has fulfilled the technical requirements needed for visa liberalisation, the EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom confirmed at a press conference in Brussels this Monday. read more
One quarter of the EU 27 small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) export or have exported at some point during the last three years. As a recent study reveals, internationally active SMEs report... read more
A conference on the topic of 'Europe: where knowledge has no borders' will be held on October 5, 2010 in Brussels, highlighting the advantages of researcher mobility and international cooperation... read more
The government of the Republic of Serbia is set to become the European Patent Organisation's 38th. member state on October 1, 2010. read more
The organisers of the fellowship programme BioVision.Nxt, supporting students and young researchers in their attendance of the the World Life Sciences Forum BioVision 2011, is particularly inviting interesting... read more
In order to establish interest and cooperation in the 2011 FP7 EC calls, FEHRL has organised a partner search page where members can indicate their interests in proposals. read more
The South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Programme, supporting projects developed within the four priority axes Innovation, Environment, Accessibility and Sustainable Growth, has published a list... read more
To support the integration of Western Balkan (WB) and Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) countries into the ERA, a number of support actions funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework... read more
In order to further enhance its networking opportunities, WINS-ICT is currently identifying and seeking to cooperate with Western Balkan Diaspora members who are involved in ICT RTD and who participate... read more
The first meeting of political directors of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) under the Montenegrin Chairmanship-in-Office, held in Podgorica on September 10, discussed the priorities... 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.
