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WESTERN BALKAN YOUTH WINDOW The WBYW offers opportunities to finance projects within the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme involving organisations and participants from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia. These projects are funded within the Programme's Key Action 2, in particular under the Capacity-building in the field of youth. All basic information about Capacity-building in the field of youth can be found on the relevant web page of the Education ...

... is the EU programme aimed at strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of SMEs running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of €2.3bn. Serbia is the sixth country outside the EU to join and contribute to the programme, after Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Turkey and Albania. Participation in the programme complements Serbia's implementation of the European Small Business Act. Contact GROW-A4@ec.europa.eu Source: EC Growth On November 5, 2015, Elżbieta Bieńkowska, European Commissioner for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, and Lopandić Duško, Ambassador of Serbia to the European Union, have signed ...

... The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD), the Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovation and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO), the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and several institutional and individual private investors. At second closing it is expected that additional investors will enter the fund, alongside investing entities from Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Kosovo[2], Montenegro and Serbia (and other private investors). The Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF) forms one pillar of the umbrella structure - the Western Balkan Enterprise Development and Innovation Facility (WB EDIF) which provides a range of complementary financial instruments and support services to SMEs in the Western Balkans ...

... has been very small. The Agency for Research, Technology and Innovation still lacks the resources to promote cooperation on research and innovation. Albania should take actions to improve the scientific excellence and participation of the private sector in research and innovation should be stimulated. Albania has been active in cooperating at regional level following its co-signing of the Western Balkan regional R&D strategy for innovation and it cooperates with the Central ...

Related to Research and Innovation, the progress report 2015 for Kosovo* addresses the following: Preparations in education and research are at an early stage. There has been no progress in this area over the last year. The quality of education needs to be considerably improved. In the coming year, Kosovo should in particular: → improve quality of education at all levels and improve access to quality education for marginalised groups, especially children with disabilities, Roma, Ashkali and ...

Related to Research and Innovation, the progress report 2015 for Montenegro addresses the following: There is a good level of preparation in this chapter and some progress was made in the past year. In the coming year, Montenegro should in particular: → enhance efforts to increase investment in research, in particular through stimulating investment by the private sector; → increase and focus efforts on participation in the EU Programme 'Horizon 2020'. Montenegro participates in the ...

Related to Research and Innovation, the progress report 2015 for fyr of Macedonia addresses the following: There is a good level of preparation in the area of science and research. Good progress was made with respect to actions on innovation, and with initial and active participation in the EU Research and Innovation Programme "Horizon 2020". In the coming year, the country should focus on: → actions to strengthen the research capacity in line with the European Research Area; → ...

Related to Research and Innovation, the progress report 2015 for Serbia addresses the following: Serbia is at good level of preparation in science and research. Some progress was made in improving the framework for science, research and innovation. In the coming year, Serbia should in particular: → take actions to modernise organisation of research and innovation in line with the European Research Area and Innovation Union; → stimulate cooperation between industry and academia and ...

Related to Research and Innovation, the progress report 2015 for Bosnia and Herzegovina addresses the following: Preparations on education and research and innovation policy are at an early stage. There was no progress in these sectors but Bosnia and Herzegovina actively participated in different cultural programmes as well as research networks and activities. In the coming year, the country should in particular: → step up coordination and harmonisation of the legal framework on ...

... has been very small. The Agency for Research, Technology and Innovation still lacks the resources to promote cooperation on research and innovation. Albania should take actions to improve the scientific excellence and participation of the private sector in research and innovation should be stimulated. Albania has been active in cooperating at regional level following its co-signing of the Western Balkan regional R&D strategy for innovation and it cooperates with the Central ...

... Turkey. Accession negotiations have been open with Turkey since 2005 but are moving forward only slowly. Accession negotiations have been underway with Montenegro since 2012 and with Serbia since 2014. The EU accession process with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – a candidate country since 2005 – remains at an impasse. Albania was granted candidate status in 2014 and is addressing a number of key priorities before the Commission can recommend the opening of accession negotiations. A Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Bosnia and Herzegovina entered into force in June. An SAA with Kosovo was signed in October 2015. For detailed ...

... extend its recommendation to open accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. This shall, however, be conditional on the continued implementation of the June/July political agreement and substantial progress in the implementation of the urgent reform priorities. This issue shall be addressed again after the elections. In Albania, I welcome the steady progress in addressing the key priorities for the opening of accession negotiations, and in pursuing a set of reforms necessary to advance on the EU integration path. However, more needs to be done on the rule of law in particular through carrying out a thorough reform ...

... investment in Albania as a future competitive EU member able to benefit from the enlarged internal market," Ambassador Vlahutin said. Mr Arben Ahmetaj, Minister of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism and Entrepreneurship in Albania said: “We welcome this on-going commitment from the EU and the EBRD to supporting SME development in Albania. SMEs form the majority of businesses in Albania and programmes like this which focus on knowledge-transfer and competitiveness, are very relevant.” The Director of the EBRD Small Business Support team, Mrs. Charlotte Ruhe, emphasised also the new EBRD Small Business Initiative. She said: “The EBRD is currently offering unique support to small and medium-sized enterprises, by helping them ...

10 key facts A total of 36 732 eligible proposals were submitted under Horizon 2020’s first 100 calls (FP7: 135 514), breaking down as follows: 29 794 full proposals in single-stage calls 5 617 outline proposals in the first stage of the two-stage calls 1 321 full proposals in the second stage of the two-stage calls In total, 31 115 full proposals were submitted. The total number of eligible applications in full proposals was 123 334 (FP7: 598 080). These eligible proposals requested a total EU ...

Conference Objective and Philosophical Framework The International Conference on Sustainable Development is inspired from the critical challenge of human, environmental, and economic sustainability concerning the present and future generations in a global-scale context The 4th ICSD 2016 will be held at the Gregorian University, Piazza della Pilotta, 4, Rome, Italy Friday 16 to Saturday 17 September, 2016. The ...

... as suggested by SEE2020 (South East European 2020 Strategy). “Balkan Opinion Barometer”, a set of approximately 80 indicators showing the results of the public opinion survey on crucial economic and development issues in SEE and commissioned by Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) clearly shows that vast majority of interviewees in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia still prefer to work in the public sector (79%), only 16% prefer the employment in the private sector. Interestingly, 40% consider attending additional education / courses to help to find a job as not necessary and for almost 50% their ...

... initiative with the Forum for International Relations of the European Movement Serbia. Speakers: Jelica Minic, Head of the Forum for International Relations of the European Movement Serbia Albert Rakipi, Executive Director of the Albanian Institute for International Studies H.E. Mr. Miroljub ZARIĆ, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to Albania H.E. Helmut Hoffmann, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Albania H.E. Bernard Fitoussi, Ambassador of the Republic of France to Albania Participants are kindly asked to confirm their attendance at l.lula@aiis-albania.org , tel nr 0 444 000 84 The Albanian Institute for International Studies announces its upcoming event: Launch of the Centre for Albanian- Serbian relations: towards a European future ...

Epoka University, in Tirana, in partnership with other universities from Albania, UK, USA, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Azerbaijan, organizes the 5th International Conference on European Studies (ICES'15). The conference titled the “Perspectives of Integration in the European Union: The Balkans’”, will be held on 6th and 7th of November in Tirana, Albania. Academics, scholars ...

... Cohesion Policy Funds 2014-2020 https://www.facebook.com/EUinmyregion Twitter: @EU_Regional @CorinaCretuEU #cohesionpolicy The first EU Transnational Cooperation Programme for the “Balkan-Mediterranean”, covering the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, was adopted today. Bringing together three EU countries (Greece, Bulgaria and Cyprus) and two candidate countries (Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), it will focus on two priorities: boosting the competitiveness of the regional economy through entrepreneurship and innovation, and protecting the environment ...

... Cooperation between regions and countries Twitter: @EU_Regional / @CorinaCretuEU #CohesionPolicy #interreg https://www.facebook.com/EUinmyregion With this new programme EU invests nearly €100 million to boost transnational cooperation in the Adriatic-Ionian region. The programme's geographical area include four EU countries (Greece, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia), with the participation of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia ...

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