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10. The project of the month January 2013: Erasmus Mundus - Basileus IV (Balkans Academic Scheme for the Internationalisation of Learning in cooperation with EU universities)
Project
9. Oct. 2012
... France University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Western Balkan partner institutions: University of Novi Sad - joint coordinating institution, Serbia University of Belgrade, Serbia University of Kragujevac, Serbia University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola, (FYRO) Macedonia South East European University Tetovo, (FYRO) Macedonia Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje, (FYRO) Macedonia University of Montenegro, Montenegro University of Prishtina, Kosovo* University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina University of Tirana, Albania Associates: Fan S. Noli University Korce, Albania King Baudouin Foundation, Belgium Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania Roma Virtual Network, Israel SPARK, The Netherlands University in Mitrovica, Kosovo* University of Niš, Serbia University of Skhodra, Albania More information on ...
... said the ruling coalition, which has kept a grip on power in Montenegro since the 1990s, will not be able to govern alone, but will have to seek support from minority groups in parliament, which have won about half a dozen parliamentary seats. Source: Delegation of the European Union to Montenegro, Guardian In June 2012 Montenegro became the 41st member of EUREKA : an extraordinary step for Montenegrin research, opening new possibilities for the development for the country’s economy. Also, on June 29, 2012 the accession negotiations with Montenegro started in Brussels. After the European Council has endorsed the decision of the General Affairs Councily ...
... the competitiveness of the national economy, science and education, medicine and health, sustainable development and tourism, agriculture and food production, new materials, products and services, and trade." Source: Eureka In the EUREKA interview Montenegrin Minister of Science Sanja Vlahović, answers a few question about innovation in a young European country - Montenegro, which became the 41st member of EUREKA. The management of EUREKA activities in Montenegro has been assigned directly to the Montenegrin Ministry of Science, demonstrating commitment at the highest level for the young nation to be an integrated and active member of the Network ...
... people and the towns are more important than the economic benefits. Source: BalkanInsight More than 700 EU backed cross-regional projects aimed at helping reconciliation and improving the economy have been conducted in Serbia and neighbouring countries. Serbia is currently cooperating with seven neighbouring countries – Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Croatia- on various issues including ecology, education and agriculture ...
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Civil service professionalisation in the Western Balkan, SIGMA Paper No. 48
Document
27. Sep. 2012
SIGMA Paper No. 48 examines the performance of Western Balkan countries in professionalising their civil service. It assesses the degree to which these countries' civil service systems 'fit' the European principles of administration and it identifies the main drivers of professionalisation. The Paper shows a mixed picture of achievements and persisting weaknesses, and identifies low levels of reform sustainability.
Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling
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[Call for papers] the 6th Student Techno-Educa Conference "With Entrepreneurial Ideas Towards Better Future", Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
News
27. Sep. 2012
The Student Conference TECHNO-EDUCA 2012:“With entrepreneurial ideas towards better future“ focuses on providing technical assistance to entrepreneurs in the sector of large economic systems, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It aims to help the entrepreneurs overcome the serious falling behind both in terms of technology and economy, that has emerged as the result of more than a decade of absence of propulsive development of metal processing, wood processing and other ...
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[Event Review] Cooperation on Research and Innovation with Montenegro: a Step Further towards EU Accession
News
24. Sep. 2012
... Administrative capacity to engage in research with the EU has generally improved. As a small accession country, Montenegro was recommended to become more familiar with the Smart Specialisation Strategy, and to focus efforts on a number of key areas of importance for their economy such as clean technologies and the environment - which is also an important element to encourage tourism on the Adriatic. The visit to the Marine ...
Ministers, State Secretaries, Deputy Ministers and/or their Representatives from Member States of the Central European Initiative, together with High Officials from the European Commission, attended the CEI Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology - held in Trieste (Italy) on September 19, 2012 - under the chairmanship of Mr. Sulima Yevhen, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sport on behalf of the CEI Ukrainian Presidency. Please find attached the Final Communiqué ...
This document provides a detailed analysis of FP7 participation patterns in 2011. For FP7, the number of Associated Countries is as high as never before, with 14, mainly European countries, currently associated, including all of the Western Balkan States. This makes FP7 a true Pan-European programme and strongly underpins the objective of building a wider ERA. Candidate for Accession and Associated Countries constitute a heterogeneous group, which in 2011 accounted for around 8% of the ...
In section 2 this document provides a detailed analysis of FP7 participation patterns in 2011. FP7 implementation management and quality issues are the focus of section 3 and include the current situation with regard to the simplification process and also the results of a survey on the perception of FP7 implementation and simplification by National Contact Points (NCPs). Section 4 presents some of the elements of the Framework Programme which deserve a special focus. Section 5 looks at the ...
This booklet includes information about Western Balkans - Coordination and support actions: - SEE-ERA.NET PLUS - Further integrating key research institutions from south-east Europe into the European research area - WBC-INCO.NET - Coordination of research policies with the western Balkan countries. Both projects are coordinated by ZSI (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria). Source: http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=allpublications Publication Projects in ...
... etc. The activities should therefore build on already existing scientific results. The contractor has to be a research institution from Austria. The compulsory consortium composition has to include one partner from Austria, at least one partner from Kosovo and at least one partner from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro or Serbia. Research institutions from other European countries can participate in the projects but without funding provided under this call (as so-called ‘silent partners’). All ethnic groups in Kosovo are explicitly invited to participate in the call. Proposals should contribute to significant scientific regional cooperation with (a) research institution(s ...
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[Event Announcement] Researchers' Night 2012 in Montenegro - 28 September 2012
News
13. Sep. 2012
... programs. The events will held in three cities: Kolasin, Niksic and Podgorica. More information is available at http://festivalnauke.me/ Source: http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.printdocument&type=adv&PJ_LANG=EN&q=2D2FAA8BD56D7B091CE67BB014675D61&PJ_RCN=13063855&pid=66 The Researchers Night in Montenegro 2012 project will continue the success story of the Nights 2009, 2010 and 2011, organized by the consortium, Ministry of Science, Natural History Museum of Montenegro, and the Montenegrin Science Promotion Foundation PRONA in bridging the gap between the researchers and wider public. All events will take place on Friday ...
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HP-SEE project opens pilot call for proposals for project access to HPC resources in South East Europe
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12. Sep. 2012
... Eligible applicants are scientists affiliated with academic or research insititutions from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, FYR of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. In total, around 4,6 Million CPU core hours and 1.8 Million GPU Core hours will be available for the selected scientific projects. The number of cores available in the HPC systems range from 256 to 4096 for the CPU based systems, and from 480 ...
The WIRE III conference, supported by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7), and organised by the Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union, brought together nearly 500 stakeholders from European Member States and FP7 Associated countries. The conference took place at a key moment in the development of EU research and innovation policy as it addressed many issues that are important for the effective implementation of ...
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Reminder: Olga Radzyner Award for scientific work on European Economic Integration offered to Young Economists from CEE and SEE - deadline by September 17, 2012
News
5. Sep. 2012
... process shall, above all, assess the quality and originality of the work. Authors shall be under 35 years of age at the date of submission. Authors shall be citizens of one of the following countries:Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovakia, Slovenia or Ukraine. Proof of date of birth and citizenship must be provided upon application; authors shall also include a brief CV. In the case of coauthored work, each of the coauthors has to fulfill all the criteria. Previous ...
... to apply separately including a description of the events planned. For more information on the organisation of local events, please check the OPEN DAYS Information pack. Country leaflets Bosnia EN Bosnia ENG Bosnia HR Croatia EN Croatia HR Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia EN Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK Montenegro EN-Montenegrin Serbia EN Serbia SR Austria DE Austria EN Belarus-Moldova-Russia EN Belgium EN Belgium FR DE NL Belgium FR-DE-NL Bulgaria BG Bulgaria EN Cyprus EL Cyprus EN Czech Republic CS Czech Republic EN Denmark DK Denmark EN Estonia EN Estonia ET Finland EN Finland FI France EN France FR Germany ...
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“European Integration of Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans - a review of literature
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30. Aug. 2012
The report focuses on three types of scholarly sources: (a) more general studies on European integration and Europeanization of public policy, predominantly belonging to comparative politics, policy analysis and international relations, (b) studies on European integration and Europeanization in higher education and (c) studies mapping higher education policy developments since the end of 90s and early 2010s until present day in the countries under study. The report, among other things, ...
The report focuses on three types of scholarly sources: (a) more general studies on European integration and Europeanization of public policy, predominantly belonging to comparative politics, policy analysis and international relations, (b) studies on European integration and Europeanization in higher education and (c) studies mapping higher education policy developments since the end of 90s and early 2010s until present day in the countries under study. The report, among other things, ...
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) has published the 2012 IP Facts and Figures. This publication includes data on patents, utility models, trademarks and industrial designs and it is focused on application data only. The guide is therefore an important source of information on the global trends of intellectual property activity.
http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/statistics/943/wipo_pub_943_2012.pdf
