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COVID-19 has caused major disruptions to the Western Balkan economies and the consequences are evident in all parts of society. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are struggling hard and looking... read more
In the spring of 2020, ACA quickly responded to the emerging global pandemic by publishing The World After COVID-19: ACA Think Pieces, a periodical series of reflections from European thought leaders ... read more
On 10 February 2021, ACA organised an internal webinar for member organisations to exchange with Vivienne Stern, Director of Universities UK International (UUKi) on the future of cooperation in higher... read more
With the COVID-19 crisis, the world is experiencing unprecedented disruption to daily lives and to the social, economic, and governance systems that support them. read more
Joining a COST Action can initiate prospects going beyond the networking opportunities and research advancements. To keep fostering such openings and to encourage researchers to participate in COST activities... read more
On 18 February 2021, the Council of the European Union approved the new Resolution on a strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training towards the European Education Area and beyond... read more
€1.9 billion will be made available by the European Research Council (ERC) in 2021 to allow some 1,000 top researchers to pursue frontier research. As in previous years, most of the funding (66%) is earmarked... read more
On 29 January, the EUA Council approved the applications of seven new individual full members and three individual associate members. read more
On 23 February 2021, the Commission published a proposal to set up 10 new European Partnerships between the European Union, Member States and/or industry. The partnerships aim to improve and accelerate... read more
To support the European Commission in the implementation of the European Green Deal, the JRC created two sets of indicators drawing from six of the policy areas indicated by the European Commission. The... read more
Are you working at national, regional, and local level in government, parliament, academia or civil society on improving the use of scientific evidence for policy-making? Would you like to learn ... read more
“You can do in your life, whatever you want. Remember that nothing is impossible. Never let anyone make you believe that you are weaker than a man or worse than a man. We women, need to be brave... read more
The KeepWarm project, funded under H2020 Energy Efficiency, worked to accelerate investments to retrofit existing inefficient heat networks, improve system operations, and switch to renewable energy and... read more
The Horizon Europe start, a new international research strategy, EU Presidency plans, epidemic preparedness and more from 3 commissioners, 2 ministers, and many others... all in Science|Business... read more
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on 11 February and at S4D4C we want to use this occasion to briefly reflect on the gender perspective in science diplomacy (SD). read more
The CCA on Science Communication has produced a publication on how to communicate science in times of COVID-19. On 22 July 2020, the COST CCA on Science Communication held a webinar on science communication... read more
The European Commission today presented the Work Programme 2021 for the European Research Council. This is the first work programme under Horizon Europe, Europe's new Framework Programme for Research ... read more
The European Union in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched a new regional project worth over €7 million to support safe and effective vaccination of the populations across... read more
A new systemic policy approach to address societal challenges read more
The European Research Council is launching a new mentoring initiative to target countries where the levels of participation and success rates in ERC calls for proposals have been so far modest. Local ... read more
The EU Green Week 2021 will take place from 31 May to 4 June 2021, with Partner Events taking place between 3 May to 13 June 2021. This year’s edition ties in with the European Green Deal and the adoption... read more
Pollution affects everybody – through the air we breathe, the water we drink or the land we grow our food on. It is the largest environmental cause of multiple mental and physical diseases, and of premature... read more
The Innovation Fund approved EUR 5.3 million in grants to finance 35 projects through a public call for the Mini Grants Program and the Matching Grants Program. read more
This COSME call for proposals will support beneficiaries, who will act as Innovation Procurement Brokers, to develop and implement a sustainable method for facilitating public procurement of innovation... read more
The Regional Challenge Fund (RCF) is announcing the 1st call for Expression of Interest to support investments in cooperative training projects which is open for applications from the six Western Balkans... read more
The Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO) is looking for a relevant expertise/consultancy for developing the internal Manual of Procurement procedures that will be applied in the frame of RYCO’s procurement... read more
SIGMA has carried out reviews against the Principles of Public Administration in the EU candidate countries and potential candidates since 2015. Monitoring reports covering the full scope of... read more
Serbia has opened its borders for business people from the entire world, who will be entering this country from tomorrow by a special simplified procedure, which is different from the rules that apply... read more
Want to know how much the public sector in your country invests in adopting innovations compared to others, and in which sectors they invest most (health, ICT..)? Keen to find out if your country has ... read more
The Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), an independent organization spun out of the World Bank in 2015, offers help to public buyers worldwide that are struggling with less capacity or resources because... read more
Adopted in the context of the Communication on “A renewed European Agenda for Research and Innovation –Europe’s chance to shape its technological leadership” and the input to the Leaders’ informal dinner... read more
This brochure provides an overview of projects that are focusing on innovation procurement in the ICT domain funded by the EU's research and innovation funding programs FP7, CIP and Horizon 2020. This... read more
The objective of this study is to provide the background for the ProcurCompEU competency framework. Itgivesan overview of the state of play in public procurement professionalisation in the EU and internationally... read more
A good practice example published in the December edition on the GPP News Alert presents recent work carried out in the City of Koprivnica (Croatia). The example presents the City’s Public Procurement... read more
Interested in the impacts achieved by pre-commercial procurements (PCPs) funded by the EU's research and innovation program? Check out new data about the link between PCP and venture capital and its impact... read more
The European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Open Contracting Partnership are joining forces to improve the quality and transparency of public tenders co... read more
The Western Balkans Common Regional Market – a catalyst for deeper regional economic integration and a stepping stone towards EU Single Market At the Sofia Summit on 10 November 2020, the leaders of... read more
MSCA celebrates International Day of Women in Science 2021 with researchers' insights & interviews read more
ProcurCompEU, the EU's new competency framework for the professionalisation of public procurement reinforces the strategic role of public procurement for modernizing public services with innovations, ... read more
There are few Green Public Procurement Projects with WB participation (based on https://ec.europa.eu/environment/gpp/projects_en.htm). These are following: read more
A 1-hour webinar for European public buyers offered through European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (eafip) was held on 3 April 2020. This one-hour webinar provided guidance to public buyers... read more
Interview with Anastasia Zacharopoulou, Greek Competence Centre for Innovation Procurement read more
This study draws on evaluation data to investigate the success of collaborative R&D project proposals submitted to Horizon 2020, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation... read more
"Dare the unexpected" read more
The book presents tools for measuring, monitoring, and reporting upon the Responsible Innovation process and the social, environmental, scientific, and economic impacts of innovations. This book aligns... read more
The 2nd on-line stakeholders consultation is being launched! read more
A new Forum aiming at designing and advancing the agenda for the new European Research Area and its initiatives and actions held its first meeting on 4 February 2021. The Forum for Transition is technically... 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.
