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Euresearch interviewed more than two dozen H2020 evaluators of collaborative projects earlier this year. Based on these interviews an interesting article was recently published and focuses on few... read more
![[Event Review] Conference on 'Spreading Excellence...](15543/thumbnail/31_H2020.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] Conference on 'Spreading Excellence...")
The Conference on 'Spreading Excellence and Crossing the Innovation Divide' was organised in Brussels by the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU on 23 November 2016. read more
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Erste Bank Serbia have signed a new guarantee agreement aimed at supporting micro-enterprises in Serbia under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation... read more
![[Event Review] New € 1.2 million KATANA accelerator...](15534/thumbnail/1_Katana-Color-Horizontal-sm.png/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] New € 1.2 million KATANA accelerator...")
Europe’s startups and SMEs active in agriculture, ICT, as well as emerging industries (eco-industries, mobile services, and personalized health) will receive a major boost with the announcement of a new... read more
![[Event Review] 9th ReSPA Annual Conference: Optimization...](15530/thumbnail/0_ReSPA.png/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] 9th ReSPA Annual Conference: Optimization...")
The Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) has finished its 9th Annual Conference devoted to discussions on experiences, methodologies, lessons learned, and innovative practices in the process... read more
![[Event Review] INFORM inaugural workshop](15528/thumbnail/0_Inform.PNG/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] INFORM inaugural workshop")
The INFORM inaugural workshop took place in London on 29-30 September 2016 at the premises of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies. read more
The European Commission appoints independent experts to assist with research and innovation assignments including the evaluation of proposals, monitoring of projects, and evaluation of programmes, and... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Each year the Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement and reporting on progress achieved in each country. This article includes the key... read more
Chapter 25: Science and research. The EU provides significant support for research and innovation. All Member States can benefit from the EU’s research programmes, especially where there is scientific... read more
Education and research: preparations on education and research and innovation policy are at an early stage. There was some progress in these sectors. Bosnia and Herzegovina actively participated in different... read more
Education and research: Preparations in education and research are at an early stage. During the reporting period, there has been no progress in the area of education and some progress in the area of ... read more
Chapter 25: Science and research. The EU provides significant support to research and innovation. All Member States can benefit from the EU’s research programmes, especially where there is scientific ... read more
Chapter 25: Science and research. The EU provides significant support for research and innovation. All Member States can benefit from the EU’s research programmes, especially where there is specific excellence... read more
Chapter 25: Science and research. The EU provides significant support to research and innovation. All Member States can benefit from the EU’s research programmes, the more so where there is scientific... read more
Danube-INCO.NET discussed the main points of the evaluation process with Professor Filip Kulić from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia, who was an evaluator for the... read more
[EC press release: IP/16/3613] The European Commission adopted on November 9, 2016 its annual Enlargement Package. It assesses where the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey stand in implementing... read more
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and representatives of seven Western Balkan economies presented their draft plan of activities for the next period and the latest developments in the field of Open Science... read more
Scope of IT 2017 Conference is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of actualities in the field of information and communication technologies. read more
![[Call for Paper] Large-Scale Scientific Computations...](15485/thumbnail/0_Logo-LSSC-2017.JPG/maxwidth/100 "[Call for Paper] Large-Scale Scientific Computations..."){kind=logo}
The 11th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations (LSSC'17) is organized by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in cooperation... read more
![[Call for Papers] ICEIRD 2017 - 10th Int. Conference...](15464/thumbnail/unnamed.png/maxwidth/100 "[Call for Papers] ICEIRD 2017 - 10th Int. Conference...")
ICEIRD 2017, organized by the University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. read more
The course will be directed and supervised by Dominique Foray, who was the creator of the concept and was then deeply involved in European smart specialisation policy between 2009 and 2013 as well as ... read more
2nd Regional evaluators' training: »Evaluation of Projects, Programs, and Policies – theory and practice from the Region of Western Balkan« will take place in Zagreb, Croatia on December 7-9, 2016. read more
![[Event Review] Conference “Balkan Connexion: Dialogue...](15451/thumbnail/alumni.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] Conference “Balkan Connexion: Dialogue...")
The conference “Balkan Connexion: Dialogue on a Western Balkans Regional Alumni Association” was organised by the European Commission in Podgorica on 3 and 4 November. read more
In the framework of the 5th EUSDR Annual Forum the Ministers responsible for Research and Innovation of the participating countries of the EUSDR released a Joint Statement. read more
After launching the WB6 Advocacy Group at the meeting on September 29th 2016, in Belgrade, and its online platform on October 20th2016, in the period of next three months numerous activities are going... read more
The first call enables researchers from selected countries and research fields to obtain access to the advanced services of the VI-SEEM Virtual Research Environment. read more
This EU/EBRD SME Competitiveness Support Facility is expected to provide financing of €20 million through three local partner banks and is complemented by EU grant funds to cover consultancy costs and... read more
![[Event Review] XVII International Symposium “Feed ...](15436/thumbnail/9_logo.png/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] XVII International Symposium “Feed ..."){kind=logo}
On 25-27 October, the 12th edition of the biannual International feed technology symposium in Novi Sad gathered researchers from main scientific institutions of Serbia and its neighboring countries as... read more
Representatives of public employment services (PES) of the Western Balkan economies agreed on concrete steps and actions envisaging future cooperation under the Employment and Social Affairs Platform (... read more
![[Event Review] ICT Proposers' Day 2016 - Recording...](15456/thumbnail/80.jpg/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] ICT Proposers' Day 2016 - Recording...")
ICT Proposers' Day 2016 was held in Bratislava, Slovakia on 26 and 27 September. It was a networking event promoting European ICT Research & Innovation and focusing on the Horizon 2020 Work Programme... read more
![[Organisation Announcement] Western Balkan 6 Advocacy...](15424/thumbnail/0_WB6-logo.png/maxwidth/100 "[Organisation Announcement] Western Balkan 6 Advocacy..."){kind=logo}
WB6 Advocacy Group is an initiative of Western Balkan think tanks coming from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, aimed at accelerating and facilitating... read more
The European Commission has launched a public stakeholder consultation which will feed into the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, the EU's €77 billion research and innovation funding scheme running ... read more
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European Union–led research partnerships have played a key role in mobilising and aligning international efforts and financing to tackle global challenges, such as combatting infectious diseases, ensuring... read more
In the frame of the Danube-INCO.NET project, the policy mix peer review visit in Serbia was held 26-30 September 2016. read more
Western Balkan countries have built a new bridge of regional and cross-border cooperation through the establishment of the Western Balkan Fund, (WBF), based on the model and principles of the International... read more
Seven Western Balkans’ economies joined the European Union (EU) family in pursuing the EU Open Science Agenda at the Open Data and Access in Science meeting organised by the Regional Cooperation Council... read more
![[Call for Applications] Apply for the Fellowship Programme...](15373/thumbnail/efb_logo_new.png/maxwidth/100 "[Call for Applications] Apply for the Fellowship Programme..."){kind=logo}
The European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) announces the new call for applications for its flagship Fellowship programme for Government Officials. It is a one-year practice-oriented educational programme... read more
![[Event Review] European Researchers’ Night in Serbia...](15374/thumbnail/0_flags-pin.png/maxwidth/100 "[Event Review] European Researchers’ Night in Serbia...")
Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport and French Ambassador Christine Moro opened the 11th European Researchers’ Night held under the slogan “Research, show, look up the knowledge” in ... read more
“Further to our long-standing support for regional cooperation in the ICT sphere as part of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 Strategy, our efforts focus on delivering concrete contributions on two regional... read more
Second Call for Proposals is scheduled to be launched on October 3rd, 2016. Second Call for Proposals out of three calls which are planned within the Interreg-IPA CBC Hungary-Serbia Programme, will be... read more
![[Press Release] Connection, Communication, Cooperation...](15357/thumbnail/7_RCC.png/maxwidth/100 "[Press Release] Connection, Communication, Cooperation...")
These are the topics discussed at informal SEECP Foreign Affairs Ministers’ meeting in New York on 22 September 2016. read more
ORCA (Serbia), on behalf of consortium of partners: AKTIV (Kosovo*), FLOROZON (FYR of Macedonia), CZIP (Montenegro) i IEP (Albania), announces Call for Trainers & Consultants for training of CSOs ... read more
The EUSDR Youth Platform shall serve as a place to exchange, get ideas and motivation for youth projects in the formal and non formal educational field in the Danube Region. The overall topic of the platorm... read more
The call concerns the second issue in 2016, for the international scientific journal “Annual of ISPJR” with an international editorial board. The Annual is published continuously since 1975. All ... read more
![[Call for Papers] Balkan Social Science Review Volume...](15324/thumbnail/BSSR.png/maxwidth/100 "[Call for Papers] Balkan Social Science Review Volume...")
The Balkan Social Science Review (BSSR). BSSR is a new scholarly journal devoted to the region of Balkan viewed from length of different Social Science disciplines. 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.
