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On January 21, 2008, Slovenian Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology Ms Mojca Kucler Dolinar gave a presentation in her capacity as current President of the Council of the European Union... read more
An overall indicative budget envelope of 6 million euro is reserved for cooperation with the Western Balkans region covered under IPA under the External Cooperation Window of Erasmus Mundus (Lot 11). ... read more
A call for applications for the participation in the training seminar "Foresight and Research Priorities Setting in South Eastern Europe with Special Consideration of Climate Change" taking place in Bled... read more
The Science-Business-Network has published several articles about R&D in the Western Balkan countries, e.g. informing on the objectives published in SEE-ERA.NET's white paper.The articles were written... read more
Among other roles the Central European Initiative (CEI) can be considered a donor organisation which provides co-financing to various projects proposed by its 18 Member States (Albania, Austria, Belarus... read more
On May 19-20, 2008 the event "Global Environmental Change: Challenges to Science and Society in Southeastern Europe" will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria. A call for papers is open till February 28, 2008. read more
A seminar will be conducted by the National Authority for Scientific Research (ANCS), through the Romanian Office for Science and Technology in Brussels (ROST) focusing on strengthening of S&T cooperation... read more
The European Institute for Biomedical Imgaging Research (EIBIR) has created a network of 200 member institutes in the field of biomedical imaging throughout many European countries. The EIBIR gemeinnützige... read more
On CORDIS you always find the currently open calls for FP7 - here we publish a list of closing calls in order to inform you about the upcoming deadlines. read more
For February 29, 2008, the European Association for International Education (EAIE) cordially invites senior policy staff to participate in the second EAIE Executive Forum, 'Innovation in higher education... read more
SEE-ERA.NET published a short report on an accompanying measure implemented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany (BMBF) and its International Bureau: A Management Training Seminar... read more
An interesting report on a conference of science and technology in the Western Balkans was published by the Romanian Office of Science and Technology (ROST) and is now available on the WBC-INCO.NET webpage... read more
The CORDIS website of the Slovenian presidency introduces the priorities for January 2008-June 2008 - apart of the JTIs, Initiatives under Article 169 and the European Institute on Innovation and Technology... read more
Slovenia is assuming the responsibility of the EU's rotating six-month presidency on January 1, 2008. It has stated its goals in research policy and is generally expected to shift the foreign-policy attention... read more
An agreement relieving visa restrictions for citizens of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia travelling to the EU enters into force on January 1, 2008. read more
The Info Office is taking some days off - we are on holidays and in order not to fill the mailboxes of all of our contacts, we post our wishes here for everyone! 2007 was a great year for us - FP7 has... read more
The Association of Economic Universities of South and East Europe and Black Sea Region (ASECU) organises its 4th International Conference in Bucharest, Romania on May 22-24, 2008. A call for papers is... read more
Commission announces the adoption of 35 programmes to implement "European territorial cooperation", one of the objectives of Cohesion policy 2007-2013. With the support of IPA, the Western Balkan... read more
SPARK offers business experts and academics the opportunity to teach at the summer universities or to work with their Business Centres in South East Europe. read more
Albania's Education Minister Genc Pollo and Italian Ambassador to Tirana Saba D'Elia signed the third bilateral executive program of the Agreement of Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the... read more
Up to the deadline on October 12, 2007 only six EU Member States transposed legislation on the researchers' visa into national legislation. Update: As at December 11, 2007, the following 10 Member States... read more
The Ministry of Education and Science of Montenegro has dedicated a week in September to a very important topic within the scope of European Research and Higher Education Areas – mobility of students... read more
The European Commission's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) was presented in Skopje on December 19, 2007. FYR of Macedonia and Croatia are the two non-EU members that have joined... read more
Albania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) on December 17, 2007 with the European Commission allowing it full participation in the EU's Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) as of January... read more
A high level conference on ‘increasing investment and competitiveness in South East Europe’ will be held in Belgrade on February 11-12, 2008. The conference will be attended by ministers of economy of... read more
Climate change is a problem of global character and tackled in several different themes within the 7th Framework Programme. read more
Slovenia, from July 2007 till June 2008 takes over the reigns of EUREKA, the European network for market-led research and innovation. The priorities of the Slovenian Chairmanship are: preparation and ... read more
The 4th International Barcelona Conference on Higher Education "Higher Education: New Challenges and Emerging Roles for Human and Social Development" will take place March 31 - April 2, 2008. A call for... read more
The South East European Conference on Innovation (November 29-30, 2007) was organised by the Southeast European Era-Net (SEE-ERA.NET), under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, General... read more
A needs list was published for the “Herman Potocnik-Noordung Award for donations within the framework of RTD collaboration with Western Balkan Countries“ - potential donors are invited to identify some... read more
The Information Office developed and promoted the “Needs/Offer Matrix” earlier in 2007 and has received positive feedback on its usability. It covers the funding schemes available and how ... read more
The European Commission is currently preparing the launch of the new TEMPUS IV programme. TEMPUS IV and the first call for proposals should be presented in January 2008. In this article you will find ... read more
Vision of Science in Serbia The main ambition of the Ministry of Science of Republic of Serbia (MS) is to allow for the best possible influence of research and development activities on the economy and... read more
The WEB-MOB project (a Specific Support Action financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme) started operating in September 2005, with the objective of developing guidelines ... read more
Janez Potočnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research, visited Sarajevo on October 4-5, 2007. During his visit he met representatives of the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina to ... read more
At the beginning of November 2007, see-science.eu was able to access the database of the European Commission for information on the participation of the Western Balkan countries in the first calls of... read more
The Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) aims at strengthening research capacities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo/UNMIK, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia... read more
The Austrian Science and Research Liaison Offices (ASOs) currently promote two different open calls for proposals both with the deadline of January 31, 2007: 1) "South Eastern Europe’s Scientific Response... read more
Three recently published books/reports published are featured in the eJournal fall/winter 07 and recommended to the readers: Why invest in science in SEE?Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2007SEE... read more
In order to strengthen the National Contact Point network for FP7 in the Western Balkan countries, a training workshop on international networking will take place in Brussels January 28 – February 1, ... read more
On October 29–31, participants from European higher education institutions and public authorities gathered in Dubrovnik, Croatia, to examine the challenges of Central and South Eastern European ... read more
Marina Blagojević from Altera MB, Gender Research and Policy Centre, Budapest provided us with a short report on gender issues in science and technology in the Western Balkan countries. Article published... read more
FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), as project partner in see-science.eu, has produced a study about mobility issues in ERA and Western Balkans. read more
What better place than Sarajevo to hold a workshop on the issue of “Religion and Higher Education”? Experts gathered on November 16, 2007 in the framework of the UnivSOE project (Mantl/Marko... read more
Stakeholders from the Western Balkan countries will be invited to the following EU Presidency events in the fields of research, higher education and information society. read more
As of January 1, 2008, the work of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries (WBC) will be supported by the project “Western Balkan Countries INCO.NET” (WBC-INCO.NET... read more
The final meeting of the three Working Tables of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe – Democracy, Economy and Security - took place on December 3-4, 2007 in Tirana and was hosted by the ... read more
A presentation made available for see-science.eu introduces Europe INNOVA and PRO INNO Europe as flagships of European innovation policy and presents the current ideas and objectives for the 2008 calls... read more
IRE Conference "Impact Assessment for Better Governance of Regional Innovation Policies" takes place on January 29-30, 2008 in Bilbao, Spain. It will provide an overview of initiatives related to evaluation... read more
A call for papers has been launched for the International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development (ICEIRD 2008) which will take place in Skopje and Ohrid (FYR of Macedonia... 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.
