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In the Framework of the Molodovan Presidency of the Central European Initaitive a conference is organised on October 24, 2008 in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. Title of the conference is "Strengthening... read more
As a result of the International Conference for the Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic States on SCIENCE & EDUCATION POLICIES, which was held September 18-21, 2008 in Chisinau... read more
Based on the decision of the Monitoring Committee of the SEE Programme, which met in Belgrade on September 25-26, 2008, the list of the projects invited to submit a complete application for the second... read more
EuropeAid published a tender for service in "Capacity building and institutional strengthening of Science and Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Deadline for applications is November 17, 2008 read more
The Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration in Central and Eastern Europe is holding its annual conference in Budva, Montenegro on May 14-16, 2009. read more
The Conference “Role of National Science Academies in the 21st Century” is taking place in Podgorica, Montenegro. The address by Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister of Montenegro at the opening... read more
The Call for the Re-integration Grants (RG) has been launched on October 9, 2008. In the PEOPLE Work Programme 2009, the European Re-integration Grant (ERG) and the International Re-integration Grant (... read more
ResearchGATE is a new free of charge Science 2.0 platform designed for the needs of researchers. It aims to change the world of science by providing a global and powerful scientific web-based environment... read more
Dr. Snezana Pajovic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology Development of Serbia, participated at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society forum which was held... read more
The Report on the Activities of the Regional Cooperation Secretariat by the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council has been uploaded in the document section. read more
Features of the conference include plenary sessions addressed by invited speakers, referred paper sessions, panels, and other sessions with challenging themes such as the new markets in... read more
Croatia and the European Commission sign Memorandum of Understanding for participation in the second Community Health Programme - "Together for health". read more
The new PEOPLE work programme for the year 2009 as well as an update of the 2008 work programme have been published by the EC and are ready for download. read more
Review: Special event at the Alpbach Technology Forum 2008 Round Table: From the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe to the Regional Cooperation Council – A New Momentum for the Western... read more
At the launch of a new European strategy for international cooperation in science and technology, Janez Potocnik insisted that the European Research Area needs to be open for international cooperation... read more
The internationional scientific conference "The Electronic Library" was organized by the Librarian Association of Serbia and held September 25-27, 2008. read more
The European Commission has disseminated a press release on the strategy for international cooperation in S&T on September 24, 2008. read more
International Conference: Conventional and Molecular Breeding of Field and Vegetable Crops will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia on November 24-27, 2008. read more
The project EU-Balkan FABnet stimulates the participation of researchers in Balkan countries to European research projects under the 7th Framework Programme. In this light, EU-Balkan FABnet invites researchers... read more
The new Albanian minister is an experienced politician and at the same time a personality of university background. read more
The Programme ECO-NET is initiated and funded by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of France. It is conceived to offer support for actions developed by French Research Organizations and Institutions... read more
EuroBio 2008, the life sciences event of the European Union Presidency, will take place in Paris, France, from 7 to 9 October. read more
The conference on communication technologies "Kom 2008" will take place November 24-26, 2008 in Opatija, Croatia. read more
The NEM European Technology Platform is very pleased to announce that its 2008 NEM Summit will be organised on October 13-15, 2008 in Saint-Malo (France), under the aegis of the European Commission'... read more
The 4th General Assembly of the /e/Mobility Technology Platform will take place October 16, 2008 in Stockholm (Sweden). read more
The "Open Days 2008" take place in Brussels October 6-9, 2008. Partners from 26 Member States are represented while others come from Turkey, Croatia, Norway, Switzerland and – for the ... read more
The workshop on Regions of Knowledge will take place in Brussels, on October 9, 2008. read more
The workshop the FOOD-CLUSTER initiative will take place in Brussels on October 8, 2008. read more
Living Lab is a new concept for R&D and innovation to boost the Lisbon strategy for jobs and growth in Europe. There are big differencens among the various living labs, but they have one thing in ... read more
From 4th of September till 6th of September international conference “Knowledge based competitive entrepreunership" took place in Osijek Croatia. The conference was organised by Bussiness... read more
The International conference “Role of National Academies in the 21st Century” will be held on October 10, 2008 in Podgorica, Montenegro. The focus of the conference is National Academies in... read more
A meeting for national coordinators of National Contact Points (NCPs) for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) is scheduled for October 2-3, 2008 in Paris, France. read more
An important component of the WBC-INCO.NET project is the investigation of barriers in research cooperation of WBC in the: /1/ European Union Framework Programmes and /2/ framework of national bilateral... read more
The projects submitted under the REGPOT-2008-1 call earlier this year are currently under negotiation - news for the Western Balkan countries are quite good with respect to this Research Potential activity... read more
The next Steering Platform meeting will be held in Paris on December 19, 2008. The WBC-INCO.NET project will also present itself at this event. The meeting will take place at the OECD premises in Paris... read more
The WBC-INCO.NET project will carry out training workshops in all Western Balkan countries in the months of September and October. read more
Within the framework of the Scientific and Technological Co-operation Agreement between Croatia and Italy, signed in Rome on October 29th 1999, the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic... read more
The september edition of EM (Europa Media) Newsletter brings some interesting information on how to access the commercial funding for SMEs offered by the CIP. This newsletter will give you a brief insight... read more
On October 28, 2008, the ERA-Net Bioenergy Conference will be held in De Rode Hoed in Amsterdam. read more
An uncoventional 2 - day event entitled FP7 Untold Stories will take place in Budapest on December 4-5, 2008. read more
SEE-ERA.NET’s International Conference on Evaluation and Benchmarking will take place October 8-9, 2008 in Ohrid, FYR of Macedonia. read more
The EU project IConnectEU (speak: I connect You) aims at increasing the visibility and impact of collaborative research in Europe by improving the dissemination of and the accessibility to research outcomes... read more
In FP6 among other 73 INCO projects with partipacition from the region , a project with the acronyme EVIDENCE with the focus on strengthening research capacities and evaluation of mental health ... read more
In FP6 among other projects from the region, a project with the acronyme WEB-ENV focusing on enviromental guidelines for the region of Western Balkans was proposed. read more
CORDIS informs about the current deadlines of the open calls for proposals in the FP7 programmes of Capacities, Cooperation, People, Ideas. The deadlines range from September 22, 2008 to April 29, 2009... read more
EU prospects for the Western Balkan countries will be a priority for the Czech Republic when it assumes its EU presidency in January 2009, was confirmed by the Czech Ambassador to Serbia Hana Hubackova... read more
A new public consultation on ICT research and innovation was launched on September, 4 by the EU executive for asking industry, experts and policymakers to help it overhaul the bloc's EU strategy agenda... read more
The Association of Management Consultants (AMC) Croatia hosts FEACO (European Federation of Managment Consultancies Association) European annual conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The conferenece entitled... read more
The European Commission is organising an information and communication technologies (ICT) conference and exhibition entitled 'I's to the future: invention - innovation - impact' on November 25 to 27 in... read more
In July 2008 Portugal took over the chair of EUREKA from Slovenia and continues the plans to expand EUREKA's global presence and to raise its political profile in current and potential future European... 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.
