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The main focus of the conference "Turning knowledge into practice - Getting more out of public investment in innovation" is on the need to measure and improve the effectiveness of publicly-funded programmes... read more
The Kokkalis Program strives to support individuals committed to invigorating the public sector in Southeastern and East-Central Europe by providing fellowships for study at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy... read more
The Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) - specifically its Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (EIP) - implements measures to provide SMEs with integrated services in support... read more
The European Commission Directorate General for Research and the Portuguese Presidency are organizing a High-level Conference on 'The Future of Science and Technology in Europe' in Lisbon, Portugal to... read more
A conference on e-government "IS DOS 2007" will take place in Novi Sad (Serbia) on October 8-9, 2007. read more
Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, held the opening speech at the Seminar on the IPA Framework Agreement on September 20, 2007. He discussed the ownership by the beneficiary country and its decentralisation... read more
Also the European University Association has published its response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the future of the European Research Area (ERA). On international cooperation they do not... read more
Four applicants will be selected for the Olga Radzyner Award of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and receive 3,000 euro each for scientific work (master's or doctoral thesis, a working paper or a scientific... read more
The media reports that Croatia and Isreal sealed a declaration to establish a joint fund for science. read more
Commissioner Potocnik gave an interview to the SSH Newsletter on the Green Paper which we bring to your attention. He discusses the topics and objectives of the ERA Green Paper consultation and specifically... read more
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will host South Eastern Europe's first regional eGovernance Workshop on September 25-26, 2007. Furthermore, the SEEITA Conference of IT Businesses and Associations... read more
A conference on the topic of Funding, Equity and Efficiency of Higher Education will be held in Portoroz (Slovenia), November 21-24, 2007. A special focus will be given to the South East European countries... read more
Visa facilitation and readmission agreements between the EU and all Western Balkan countries were signed on September 18, 2007 which will make it easier for citizens of the WBCs to acquire short stay ... read more
The next months will see several activities of the Stability Pact including a ministerial conference on Higher Education in Dubrovnik in October. read more
The EUROSTARS programme, which was endoresed by the European Commission, will aim to stimulate European entrepreneurship by funding small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in research and development... read more
Soros Fundation Open Society Institute's International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) invites concept proposals for the Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET) in order to advance... read more
An open workshop on the future of innovation policy knowledge bases in the European Research Area (ERA) will be held in Vienna, Austria, October 23-24. read more
The RCC Host country agreement was signed in Plovdiv on September 14, 2007 which establishes the Secretariat of the Regional Cooperation Council in Sarajevo. read more
A report on the innovation performance of the Bulgarian economy has been published by ARC Fund. "Innovation.bg 2007" analyses the state of the national innovation system, CORDIS reports its main findings... read more
The EU Member States and Europe's regions must do more to exploit synergies between the EU's regional policies and research and innovation programmes, according to a new Commission communication on using... read more
The objectives of the workshop taking place on November 14-15, 2007 in Belgrade (Serbia) are to strengthen and improve the multidisciplinary approach to climate change related issues, to generate ideas... read more
The workshop - related to the NOVAREGIO project (FP6) - will take place on October 4, 2007 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife at the Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias. The aim is to exchange best practices on ... read more
The Institute for Transuranium Elements (ITU) of the Joint Research Centres has the mission to provide the scientific foundation for the protection of the European citizen against risks associated with... read more
The scholarships are available for three years for candidates from Balkan countries (except Greece) on the topic of "Smoking Prevention in the Balkans". Application forms are available from the SEERC ... read more
The consultation process to the Green Paper "The European Research Area: New Perspectives" has been closed on August 31, 2007. We summarise a few of the contributions to this important process for the... read more
The University of Novi Sad in Serbia and the University of Zagreb in Croatia have joined forces to host a European Conference on higher education development. It will be co-organised with the University... read more
"More flexible, more individual, more attractive" is the motto of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for reforming its sponsorship programmes. The foundation annually enables more than 1800 researchers... read more
The next closing date for the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) open call for proposals is rapidly approaching. Researchers wishing to propose actions that would contribute to the ... read more
Günter Siegel informs about the latest activities of COST towards the Western Balkan countries. Article published in eJournal summer 2007. read more
A one day workshop "Invest in the Western Balkans" will be organised with experts from the World Bank Group and the investment promotion agencies of the Western Balkans on September 13, 2007 in Brussels... read more
The European Commission has set up "External Advisory Groups" for the 7th Framework Programme. On a specific website of the European Commission, you can find information on memberships, mandates and reports... read more
The newly implemented Marie Curie International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) aims at strengthening research partnerships through staff exchanges and networking between European research organisations... read more
November 1 and June 1 are the deadlines for grant applications made by individual scientists to the NATO "Science for Peace" Programme. read more
October 29, 2007 will be the date for the next Steering Platform Meeting to be held in Thessaloniki, Greece. read more
In order to raise awareness of this problem among the general publicand among relevant stakeholders (such as science policy makers,potential donors etc.), the upcoming Slovenian EU-presidency and the ... read more
We provide an update on current status of the association proceedures of Montenegro, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. read more
Also for the Life Long Learning Programme of the EU association proceedures are necessary, the following article informs about the state of play. read more
“Transport” in the region of the Western Balkan countries is not a focus in the 7th framework programme for the near future, the issue summer 07 of the eJournal provides an overview on the... read more
As we informed already, an INCO-NET proposal for the Western Balkan countries has been submitted in May 2007 by the same coordinator as for the Information Office - the ZSI / Centre for Social Innovation... read more
The ERA WESTBALKAN+ project (a Specific Support Action, financed by the European Commission under the Sixth EU Framework Programme) started its operation in January 2007, having as overall objective during... read more
The mission of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) is to enhance the alignment of road transport research at European and national levels. It's upcoming conference will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, ... read more
The following article gives an overview on the S&T system in Montenegro. It is written by Tanja Knežević and Branka Zižić from the Ministry of Science and Education and was published in the ... read more
David Crosier from the European University Association provided an article on these major developments for the readers of the summer issue of the see-science.eu eJournal. read more
On July 12-13, 2007, the 3rd Training and Proposal Building Meeting of the Medical Research Initiative South Eastern Europe (MedResIn SEE) was held in Belgrade. read more
The Danube Rectors' Conference on Strategic Management and New Challanges of Competitive Universities in the Danube Region is being held September 23-25, 2007 at the Donau University Krems in Austria. read more
Anna Theodoulou from the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation provides an insight in the S&T Cooperation activities of Cyprus for the eJournal summer 2007. read more
For the summer issue of the see-science.eu Journal, a summary on the open calls in the Cooperation Programme was provided as of September 1, 2007. read more
The Europe for Citizen Programme 2007-2013 is providing instruments to promote active European citizenship, especially the involvement of citizens and civil society organisations in the process of European... read more
August 31, 2007 was the deadline to submit comments on the European Commission’s Green Paper Relaunching the European Research Area. The Information Office has also participated in this consultation process... read more
In addition to the "Calls for Proposals" also "Calls for Tenders" are published within the Cooperation Programme of FP7. Currently (August 31, 2007) seven such tenders are open - dealing with the fields... 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.
