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... Founded by the Foundation for Education Development Sarajevo, IUS was inaugurated in the academic year of 2004-2005. It is located in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The university comprises the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Business and Administration and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences . IUS is open to students from all over the world, and the language of instruction and communication is English. Students without English proficiency will attend a ...
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[RRPP Call Announcement] Call for Regional Research Proposals in the Field of Social Sciences, 2012
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18. Jan. 2012
... The RRPP Management, hosted at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is launching a call for regional research project proposals; open to both researchers and institutions from and residing in the Western Balkans. The RRPP Website (http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net) contains information on its partners in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, as well as details on current and completed research projects. Name of the programme and of the thematic/horizontal area: Call for Regional Research Proposals in the Field of Social Sciences, 2012 Information on funding Programme: Other Specification/themes: Social Sciences Publication Date: 18/01/2012 ...
... for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy-Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle issued the following statement: The EU High Representative Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle welcome the political agreement by political leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the formation of the state government - the Council of Ministers. They are encouraged by this development and look forward to further concrete steps to put Bosnia and Herzegovina firmly back on track towards the EU. Source: Reference: MEMO/11/948 Date: 29/12/2011 ...
On 9 January 2012 the European Commission submitted a report on "National open access and preservation policies in Europe: Analysis of a questionnaire to the European Research Area Comittee". The reports compares and reports about policies and activities in several EU member states, the questionnaire has also been answered by Montenegro, so you can find this information there as well! In the annex (page 56 and following), useful links also to pages containing information on ...
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[Call for Applications] TRAIN Programme 2012: Fostering Policy Dialogue in the Western Balkans
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12. Jan. 2012
The TRAIN programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). Especially with a view to the European integration process, the voice of regional think tanks and their impact upon national policy-making must be strengthened and their visibility and credibility vis-à-vis EU actors enhanced. In order to build the necessary institutional capacity in the countries ...
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[Call for Applications] Two PhD Scholarships for Doctoral Programme in Comparative Politics
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12. Jan. 2012
Scholarship recipients will receive a monthly stipend to cover the tuition fee and cost of living. The scholarship is awarded for three years, conditional on timely fulfilment of all academic and project-related requirements. The call is open to citizens from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. More information is provided in the document attached below. Additional information about the Doctoral programme in Comparative Politics is available at http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr or by email at dboban@fpzg.hr. As part of the Norglobal research project ...
... perceptions of corruption as an obstacle for doing business and their attitudes towards corruption. The paper is based on a survey conducted on the sample of over 1800 business owners and managers in the Western Balkans region. Using the original survey data collected in 2010 for seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the authors explore business people’s views on the ways in which the business sector is dealing with corruption as well as on the perceived role of private and government agents in curbing corruption. The findings provide useful policy recommendations for ...
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[Event Announcement and Call for applications] Balkan Peer Exchange: Enhancing Analysis and Research-Based Advocacy in an Era of Open Data
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6. Jan. 2012
... organized by the European Fund for the Balkans, Think Tank Fund and Human Rights and Governance Grants Program of the Open Society Foundations, Foundation for Open Society Serbia, National Endowment for Democracy and Balkan Trust for Democracy and open to members of think tanks and advocacy organisations operating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244 ...
The 4th issue of the SEERA-EI newsletter (December 2011) is available now and include the following topics: Eastern Europe Partnership Event: Policy Makers and National Representatives from the Region Gathered to Deliberate on the Enhancement & Sustainability of eInfrastructures in Eastern Europe National Programme Cookbook Joint Action Plan South East Europe i* Forum took place in Sofia ICT Turkey 2012 Event Bilateral Cooperation between Ministries of Bulgaria and Montenegro ...
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EC Press release: EU reinstates trade preferences for the Western Balkans until 2015
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6. Jan. 2012
... have an SAA with the EU. Total exports of Kosovo to the EU amounted to about €147 mio in 2010. Background In 2000 the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000). Only wine, sugar, certain beef products and certain fisheries products enter the EU under preferential tariff quotas, as negotiated under the SAAs. The regime was renewed in 2005, and due to expire on ...
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D8.50 (T8.2) Good practice examples of innovation policy approaches and instruments of EU Member States and Western Balkan countries
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21. Dec. 2011
As part of WBC-INCO.NETs Work Package (WP) 8 on Innovation support, the underlying task of this report is to collect good practice examples of innovation activities that can be adapted to the region of the Western Balkan countries or to some individual countries of the region. This deliverable presents a collection of good practice examples of programmes, instruments and measures aiming at supporting innovation activities. The examples are presented in two parts: the first part (Chapter ...
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EU to invest almost EUR 1 billion to foster reforms in the Western Balkans, Turkey and Iceland
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21. Dec. 2011
... fundamental rights and the continued support to the fight against organised crime and corruption. Details per country: Country Amount in EUR Main sectors financed Albania 82,000,000.00 Justice, home affairs and fundamental rights, public administration reform, transport, environment and climate change, social development, agriculture and rural development Bosnia and Herzegovina 91,280,000.00 Public administration reform, justice and home affairs, private sector development, transport, environment and climate change, social development Croatia 39,159,128.00 General administrative strengthening relevant to the post–accession period, with a particular focus on the justice, home affairs and fundamental rights sector fYRoM ...
... new IPA, together with an assessment of the impact of alternative scenarios for the instrument. Currently, the EU is dealing with 5 candidate countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey) and 4 potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99). By 2014, only Croatia is foreseen to become a Member State. Socio-economic indicators show that, with the exception of Iceland, enlargement countries are still well below the EU average ...
... is available in the FAQs. Source: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/press/ The Western Balkan countries rank as follows among the 183 countries assessed: country - rank - score (maximum score =10) Croatia 66 4.0 Montenegro 66 4.0 FYR Macedonia 69 3.9 Serbia 86 3.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91 3.2 Albania 95 3.1 Kosovo UNSCR 1244 112 2.9 Transparency International http://www.transparency.org/content/download/64426/1030807
... new IPA, together with an assessment of the impact of alternative scenarios for the instrument. Currently, the EU is dealing with 5 candidate countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey) and 4 potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99). By 2014, only Croatia is foreseen to become a Member State. Socio-economic indicators show that, with the exception of Iceland, enlargement countries are still well below the EU average ...
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Structuring inter-regional co-operation, international co-operation, INCO-NET projects
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9. Dec. 2011
A booklet called „Structuring inter-regional co-operation, international co-operation, INCO-NET projects‟ outlines the activities of all INCO-NET projects which have been selected for FP7 funding in 2006, 2009 and 2010. INCO-NET projects cover different regions of the world and aim to establish co-ordination platforms by bringing together a range of stakeholders in the EU and relevant third countries. Other objectives include implementing awareness and dissemination activities, strategic ...
An updated list of all RTD Association and Co-operation Agreements has been published in table format, providing information such as the dates when agreements were signed, when they entered into force, and last and next renewal dates. The information covers a number of different types of agreements in the field of RTD, including countries associated with FP7, countries with EU International Agreements on Science and Technology (S&T) and countries with Euratom International Agreements. For ...
... in Mostar. The aim of the INTERA foundation is to support innovativeness in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNC), to strengthen the links between academia (two public universities are located in the area) and the business sector and to support initiatives that contribute to the development of economy, culture and education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The government of the HNC promised to support the work of INTERA in the future. Women’s Inventors Association “NOVA” in BiH In cooperation with the Association of European Innovators (AEI) and the Pan-European University APERION Banja Luka, the Women’s Inventors Association &ldquo ...
Identifying a common ground for collaboration at the regional level should be the first immediate goal. This means identifying not only the problems that are common to the countries in the region, but also those which are worth being addressed at regional level and can benefit from a regional approach. The ultimate goal is to help countries mainstream R&D and innovation policies in their development processes. Given the scope of the existing collaboration between the EU and the ...
... Commission and the Danish presidency. We will keep you updated! --> The powerpoint presentations are available from the related event entry, see link below. The Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan countries was held on December 1, 2011 in Sarajevo, BiH, co-chaired by the Polish Council Presidency, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Commission. Please find a short event review here and the operational conclusions attached ...
