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![[Event Announcement] Human Brain Project Open Day](20117/thumbnail/0_hbp_athens_openday_2020_53735.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Announcement] Human Brain Project Open Day")
3 February 2020 - Athens, Greece During the Open Day of the 7th Human Brain Project (HBP) summit, visitors will have the chance to interact with robots, learn about brain simulation and explore collaboration... read more
![[Event Announcement] Policy Conference of the EU Sustainable...](20119/thumbnail/0_EUSEW_logo.png/maxwidth/100 "[Event Announcement] Policy Conference of the EU Sustainable..."){kind=logo}
The Policy Conference of the EU Sustainable Energy Week is the biggest European conference dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe. Sessions organised by the European Commission and... read more
Within the World Science Forum in Budapest, Minister Damjanović held a presentation within the panel entitled “Basic Science Infrastructures for Ethical and Responsible Collaborative Development”. read more
Around 120 participants from the European Commission, Financial Institutions (EIB, EIF, EBRD, CEB, KfW, WBG and AFD), Bilateral Donors from Member States and Norway, the Energy Community Secretariat (... read more
On 1 January 2020, Croatia took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Finland. read more
The Ministerial Meeting, supported by the Ministry of Education, University and Research of the Republic of Italy, the Central European Initiative and the Italian National Institute of Oceanography and... read more
On 17 December 2019, the European Commission adopted its Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy as part of a new European Semester cycle. The economic and employment policy strategy focuses on promoting competitive... read more
Thanks to the European Union and a Grant Contract that was signed in Tirana, more than 1,200 small and medium companies from all six Western Balkan economies will receive concrete support in the next ... read more
At its 44th meeting on 17 December 2019, ERAC adopted an Opinion on the future of the European Research Area (ERA). The opinion was based on a comprehensive report from an Ad-hoc Working Group that had... read more
A very interactive and informative RItrain Workshop on ‘Building Leadership in European Research Infrastructures’ took place at le Palais des Académies in Brussels on 20-21 November 2019. Around 40 research... read more
On 18 December 2019, 27 organisations, including amongst others the European University Association (EUA), the European Economic and Social Committee or the Committee of the Regions, have called ... read more
‘Trieste Declaration on Science’ paves the way for 17 countries in south-east Europe to boost participation in Horizon Europe and strengthen international research cooperation The Ministers of... read more
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) has recently been re-structured in order to overcome thematic and bureaucratic silos as well as to fostering sustainable... read more
Regional cooperation is an essential element of the European perspective for the Western Balkans. EU commitment to regional cooperation was further reinforced by the signature of a EUR 12.5 million contract... read more
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) opens its scientific laboratories and facilities to people working in academia and research organisations, industry, small and medium enterprises (... read more
Since 2015, there has been an increase in Western Balkan involvement in the European Social Survey (ESS). The ESS is a general social survey that operates across the European Research Area (ERA). Every... read more
Open Science scholarly communication is about sharing, discovering, monitoring, assessing and reproducing science openly and transparently. To this aim, the scholarly record metadata should be intended... read more
The Horizon 2020 project GENDERACTION is offering a combided Training and Mutual Learning Workshop related to "Gender equality in research and innovation national and international policy" on 10th and... read more
![[Document Announcement] Horizon 2020 projects accelerating...](20013/thumbnail/0_accelerating_energy_renovation_investments_in_buildings.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Document Announcement] Horizon 2020 projects accelerating...")
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published in November 2019 a report with a country-by-country overview of key public and private schemes identified across the EU to stimulate more energy efficiency... read more
The first edition of European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 data is now available on the official ESS website. For the first time, the database includes Serbia. read more
The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) is organising a communication webinar to help ongoing projects and future applicants with drafting a good dissemination and communication... read more
![[Document Announcement] SME Performance Review](20004/thumbnail/0_spr2019-annual-report.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Document Announcement] SME Performance Review")
The SME performance review is one of the main tools the European Commission uses to monitor and assess countries' progress in implementing the Small Business Act (SBA) on a yearly basis. With an emphasis... read more
The Proposal for the Budget of Montenegro for 2020 envisages the amount of EUR 6 million for the Ministry of Science. Compared to the budget of the Ministry for 2019, this means an increase of about EUR... read more
On 29 November 2019, the European Commission and the European Investment Bank announced the selection of an Investment Advisor for the upcoming European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). read more
During its co-design process for Horizon Europe, the European Commission carried out an open web consultation on the implementation of Horizon Europe between 31 July 2019 and 4 October 2019. ... read more
![[Document Announcement] Innovation Procurement - The...](19982/thumbnail/0_innovation_procurement_brochure_cover.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Document Announcement] Innovation Procurement - The...")
Check out the updated brochure that provides an overview of EU funded innovation procurements in the ICT domain. Find out how they are bringing ICT based solutions to the market to address challenges ... read more
This comprehensive seminar will provide you with an understanding of the principles and procedures of European public procurement policy, focusing on the Public Procurement Directives and relevant case... read more
In the context of the DRC Annual Meeting 2019 the Danubius Award ceremony took place on 7th November 2019. The Danubius Awards were created in 2011 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education... read more
The first edition of European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9 data - collected in 19 countries during late 2018 and early 2019 - has been published on 31 October 2019. read more
The III RICH Symposium, European Research Infrastructures: from WP 2020 calls to Horizon Europe was held on 14 May 2019 in Brussels. Presentations from the event are now available. read more
![[Document Announcement] ENVRIplus presents a huge ...](19965/thumbnail/0_ENVRI-plus_s.png/maxwidth/100 "[Document Announcement] ENVRIplus presents a huge ...")
This community of research infrastructures for Environmental and Earth System sciences has published its results and their exploitation and dissemination. Through an organisation of a very large number... read more
![[Event Announcement] RISCAPE International Landscape...](19970/thumbnail/0_RISCAPE_VERSION_A-1.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Announcement] RISCAPE International Landscape...")
Maison Grand Place – Grand Place 19, 1000 Brussels 9th December 2019 RISCAPE aims at providing a systematic, focused, high-quality, comprehensive, consistent and peer-reviewed international... read more
The European Commission has announced the launch of a new tool on its Horizon 2020 Results Platform which can be found on the Funding and Tender Opportunities portal. The Platform is now providing... read more
Announcement of the current call for applications for the Danube School "Turning point" from 19-21.12.2019 in Ruse, Bulgaria. The Danube School 2019 is part of the Danube School Network and is the 4th... read more
ALLEA, the All European Academies association, has recently published a statement on "The Need for Intellectual Property Rights Strategies at Academic Institutions". read more
EARMA, the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators, has published an invitation to participate in a survey exploring how research impact has influenced the priorities of research ... read more
A Draft Emergency Resolution tabled by the ruling party of Croatia HDZ at this year’s European People’s Party Congress in Zagreb invites the Council and the Member States to commit to taking a positive... read more
![[Event Review] EBRAINS - New enabling infrastructure...](19960/thumbnail/HBP_EBRAINS.JPG/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] EBRAINS - New enabling infrastructure...")
The Human Brain Project’s unique goal is to interconnect computer science, medicine and neuroscience to accelerate the understanding of the human brain and its diseases, and to harness that knowledge ... read more
On 22 October 2019, the Policy Learning Platform organised a webinar on the topic of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), with special focus on its governance. ... read more
On 21 November 2019, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament (President Sassoli and political groups’ leaders) closed the hearings process of the candidate Commissioners. The Parliament... read more
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) on its 34 General Assembly held this year in Kyoto, Japan brought a Resolution, considering that humanity’s current demands on the planet are unsustainable; ... read more
Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” Skopje, coordinator of the Southeast European Think Net Network (SEE Think Net) is hosting a presentation of the publication “Regional cooperation in the... read more
![[Event Review] Smart Regions 3.0 Conference -Transformation...](19930/thumbnail/smart_regions_conference.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] Smart Regions 3.0 Conference -Transformation...")
The Smart regions 3.0 Conference took place on 14th and 15th of November 2019 in Brussels. Changes in climate, technology, and demography are transforming our societies and way of life. Europe must... read more
In October 2019 the European Commission's Joint Research Centre organised a conference to present the Serbia's Smart Specialisation Strategy (4S) together with the opportunities and challenges for... read more
SME Innoboost provides for the development of data, tools and a system for enhancing the innovation potential and competitiveness of SMEs in the Balkan region in order to contribute to smart and sustainable... read more
The Fourth China-CEEC (17+1) Conference on Innovation Cooperation, hosted by the Republic of Serbia, held on October 8-9, 2019, in Hall 4 of the Belgrade Fair. read more
You are invited to participate in an online survey to share your views on the revised version of the Orientations towards the first Strategic Plan for Horizon Europe document. &... read more
The topic of the conference will be: "Contemporary Issues in Statistical Methods and Data Science Applications". read more
The event was organised in Budapest on 15th October to gather entrepreneurs, representatives of higher education and research, EU, national and regional policy makers, as well as EIT graduates and key... read more
Recently an article on the SEEIIST was published by Science Business. The article by Florin Zubașcu describes the new large-scale research infrastructure and underlines how it is will revive the... 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.
