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This document deald with COST's Vision of its place in the European Research Area in 2020. COST Secretariat, COST Statement - The Role of COST in the ERA 2020, Brussels 2009. Leonardo Piccinetti/Europe for Business.

Introduction and scope In April 2007, the European Commission, through the Directorate-General for Research, commissioned Matrix Insight to evaluate the impact of the ERA-NET scheme and related ERA-NET actions under the 6th Community Framework Programme for Research (FP6). The study focused on 71 ERA-NET coordination actions launched under the FP6 ERA-NET scheme in the 27 Member States of the European Union, Associated countries and Third countries over the FP6 period (i.e. 2002-2006). ...

... Jacques Barrot told a news briefing in Brussels. "Under this proposal, the new regime comes into force on January 1." The proposal will have to be formally approved by the EU's 27 justice ministers, although unanimity would not be required. First countries covered would be FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, while Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovnia should follow later in 2010, provided they meet certain requirements. Source: Reuters, Balkan Insight, European Voice, EU business and many others, as accessed July 9, 2009 The EU executive will propose next week to allow citizens of Montenegro, Serbia and Macedonia ...

... the Eurostars programme. This resulted in 192 new individual bilateral and multilateral projects with a total estimated budget of €324 million, and 86 Eurostars projects, with a total estimated budget of €128 million. The following WBCs are members of EUREKA: Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. Furthermore, Albania and Bosnia-Herzegovina participate in EUREKA projects, associated through a network of national information points. The chairmanship of Eureka has now passed from Portugal to Germany. Sources: Sciencebusiness Bulletin, as accessed on July 7, 2009. Eureka representatives from 38 countries pledged to support the development ...

... Cooperation in Science and Technology - COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in S&T, allowing the coordination of nationally-funded research on a European level. The following Western Balkan Countries have already joined the COST family: Bosnia and Hercegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. Read on to find out more on the role of COST in the Strategic 2020 Vision for the European Research Area (ERA ...

... science competitions, science centers, scholarships and non-commerical housing, strategy foresees implementing legal changes to stabilize employment status and solving the problem of social and health insurance for PhD students and more financial support. Specifically, beside Petnica science center, strategy announce building of new science center in Belgrade, with activities throughout Serbia. With goal to popularize science and improve recruitment of young researchers, strategy calls for closer collaboration with media. By next year, a mid term plan for enrollment to higher education will be quantitatively determined. A plan will follow the concepts of increasing the number of students in natural sciences in ...

... 2009 and end no later than 31 December 2010, although a six-month no-cost extension request may be made during the year. Applicants must be residents of any of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo (UNMIK), Latvia, Lithuania, fYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Applicants must be resident for the substantial majority of each year in the country from which they are applying although they may be of any nationality or citizenship. Further details in the attachment! In the interest of diversity, no grants will be made to persons who have ...

How do I join an ongoing COST Action? How do I draft my proposal and what are the procedures for the Open Call? These are just some questions that come up during the information days that have been taking place throughout Europe. This time around, it is the turn of Serbia to host the event, helping the research community in this region learn more about COST. CSO Vice-President John Bartzis will head the COST delegation to Belgrade followed by representatives involved in the Life Science Cluster, Food and Agriculture Domain and Balkan-related activities. They will present the Open Call and assessment ...

... information about your R&D projects, results and events to CORDIS: opoce-cordis-marketing@publications.europa.eu Source: CORDIS press release. CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has announced the launch of ten new National Services, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Ukraine ...

On the 2951st meeting of the External Relations Council in Luxembourg (June 15, 2009) the Council adopted conclusions on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkan Countries, welcoming the progress in the visa liberalisation dialogues. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf, as accessed on June 29, 2009 Council Website http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf

... for the citizen, such as: environment, health, food, energy, chemicals, agriculture and nuclear safety. Beyond the funding possibilities, integrating into the European Research Area Since 1 January 2007, Serbia has been associated to FP7 and can participate in all calls for proposals. More than 90 applicants have already obtained EU funding to engage in research and networking with leading research entities in the EU and the Western Balkan Region. Cooperation under FP7 also allows Serbia to participate in the ...

... action. In addition, no grant may exceed 85 % of the total eligible costs of the action (see also section 2.1.4). The balance must be financed from the applicant's or partners' own resources, or from sources other than the European Community budget or the European Development Fund. In Serbia the responsible institutions are: The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia (MFRS) responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of the programme The Delegation of the European Commission to the Republic of Serbia (ECD) for all contracting and payment issues. In Montenegro, the responsible institutions are: The Ministry for European Integration (MEI), responsible for the overall coordination and implementation of the ...

... the European Research Area. Serbia became associated to FP7 in January 2007 and the results it has achieved already in two and a half years are encouraging – the success rate was almost 15% comparing to EU’s, which is around 20%. This is good news not only for Serbia but also for the EU, since participation of Serbia and the other Western Balkan countries provides more weight to the EU and European Research Area on the global scene: we will be more attractive and more competitive if we join forces and avoid fragmentation of research. But the main message, which I gave during the visit, is that Serbia ...

... organisations" established in at least 3 different Member States or Associated Countries, other than that of the applicant will be required! Projects from this call might be starting in mid 2010. We will inform you on this website as soon as more information is available. During his visit to Serbia (see related news), Janez Potocnik announced a special call for proposals to be launched during the summer that will address the specific needs of the region with respect to research capacity. The call is expected to be launched end of July and a very early deadline is to be expected ...

... public bodies, public equivalent bodies, private organisations, including some SMEs and NGOs. Each project must include at least one partner from an eligible EU-member state (eligible territories of Greece, Italy and Slovenia) and one partner from an eligible non EU-member state (eligible territories of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia). The overall indicative budget for the programme is 63,750,000 Euros, with the minimum total budget for each project being 500,000.00 Euro and the maximum total budget being 5 million Euro. The Programme will cover up to max 85% of eligible expenses, with a lower rate being ...

This document (8 pages) contains a list of abbrevations and explainations of terms used in the context of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku: List of Acronyms. IPA Glossary, 2009. INTERACT Point Vienna/Turku.

The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of health research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR1244). Please note, some of the reports might be updated after the workshop. Please check this site again before disseminating the pdf version of the reports and rather forward the link to interested peers. The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant experts compiled reports on the research ...

For further information and for downloading the relevant documentation, please visit www.ceinet.org/CERES. A short presentation of the CERES programme is attached - see below. For further information: Alessandro Lombardo Junior Executive Officer Central European Initiative - Executive Secretariat Via Genova 9 34121 - Trieste, Italy +39 040 77 86 744 email: lombardo@cei-es.org website: www.ceinet.org The deadline for submitting research project proposals in the framework of the CEI ...

We would hereby like to inform you that a Joint Call for European Research Projects will be published on September 1, 2009 as part of the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS project. The participating countries are: Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia), EU Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Romania and Slovenia) and Turkey as an FP7 Associated Country. The following themes/thematic areas will be supported through the call: ICT – I) Software systems for learning process management and support II) ICT for energy efficiency AgroFood – III) Preservation of ...

... The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of transport research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244). The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant experts compiled reports on the research system in the field of transport for each Western Balkan country. The reports have been discussed in a workshop for priority setting and resulted in the definition of common priorities for the ...

... with several public and private organizations of other EU member states and all WB countries run the WINS-ICT project. This first meeting was moderated by the WINS-ICT co-ordinator (Ms. Desiree Pecarz – ZSI) and co-chaired by: Ms Jelena Surculija, Assistant of Minister of Telecommunications and Information Society of the Republic of Serbia, Mr Stephan Pascall - Adviser International Cooperation, Integration of New Member States and Regional Aspects for RTD – EC DG Information Society Ms Tatjana Knezevic, Ministry of Education and Science Montenegro representing the Steering Platform on Research for the WBC From the Western Balkan Countries 20 delegates participated after being appointed by ...

Research Commissioner Mr. Potocnik and Mr. Schenkel, director general of JRC, with their teams will take a part in the event. On June 29, 2009 the EU Research Information Event “Towards Integration into the European Research Area” will be organized in Belgrade in close cooperation with DG Research, JRC and COST.

Within the overall aim of ensuring that the relevant institutions of the Republic of Croatia achieve readiness for eventual EU membership and develop institutional capacity and practical experience with the management of investments similar to those co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Regional Competitiveness Operational Programme (RCOP) shall serve as a basis for using the EU pre-accession assistance for the purpose of achieving the strategic priority of promoting ...

The workshop will be of an exploratory nature, looking at opportunities for joint project development in EU RTD Framework programmes and/or Official Development Aassistance funding schemes as well as for projects on national level with national (cross-sectoral) funding. In addition to these practical goals the workshop has the goal of laying the foundation for a (UNESCO, to be confirmed) publication on the issue of ICT and scientific diaspora in SEE which shall combine scientific analysis with ...

Further information is available in the attached guidelines for applicants. Source: Leonardo Piccinetti/Europe for Business. The Croatian Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) is seeking proposals for projects that will contribute to sustainable regional development and industry competitiveness of high value added sectors of the economy and knowledge based SMEs by supporting innovation commercialisation in the public R&D sector in Croatia, with financial assistance from the ...

In addition to Macedonia, whose citizens could travel to EU without visas starting on January 1, 2010, Serbia and Montenegro met most of the Criteria, while Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina fail to meet any of the criteria. Kosovo/UNMIK was not included by this evaluation process. The report was sent to EU member states for review, after which the European Commission will present the final version of ...

Executive Summary The indicators for the 2009 stocktaking were designed to verify whether the original goals of the Bologna process - which were expected to be achieved by 2010 - were actually being achieved in reality. Whereas in 2005 it was sufficient to show that work had been started, and for the 2007 stocktaking it was often enough that some work towards achieving the goals could be demonstrated or that legislation was in place, in 2009 the criteria for the indicators were substantially ...

This report on the activities of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat is submitted by the Secretary General of the RCC to the RCC Board in line with Article 10 of the Statute of the RCC. It covers the period between 1 March and 8 May 2009. In the period under consideration the RCC Secretariat continued with the active implementation of the RCC Strategic Work Programme 2008-2009, in particular contributing to the development of regional cooperation in SEE and cooperation with the ...

For this booklet, the King Baudouin Foundation undertook research into scholarship opportunities that exist in EU member state and EFTA countries for Western Balkan students. The information provided in this handbook is the result of research conducted within Western Balkan countries and EU Member States. (...). This handbook is an attempt to provide complete information about scholarships opportunities for Western Balkan students and researchers in European Union Member State and EFTA ...

This report assesses progress in implementing FP7 and what remains to be done to fully reach its original objectives. The accompanying Commission Staff Working Document provides more details on the topics covered. Scientific research drives the production and exploitation of knowledge, it generates ideas and solutions that foster economic growth, competitiveness and employment and it helps address long-term challenges, such as climate change and population ageing The overarching objective of ...

While the classification of countries according to their relation with the EU (Member State/Candidate Country/Associated Country) is the same under FP7 as under FP6, the composition of these country groups has changed with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and with the association of Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007 and 2008. These new memberships have only had a marginal effect on the aggregate characteristics of their respective groups. Candidate and Associated Countries account for 8% of FP7 participation in terms of applicants and 8,4% of FP7 participation in terms of EU ...

On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. These reports have been provided by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in preparation of the Steering Platform Meeting in Liblice/Czech Republic on May 28, 2009. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because ...

The project involves fifteen partners, among them the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), several SEE-based universities and the WBC-INCO.NET partners such as GSRT and TÜBITAK. A regular newsletter is available on the project's website, where users can sign up for a free subscription. The current issue (attached) deals with the following topics: SEE-GRID-SCI Regional Meteorologists workshop collocated with SEEGRIDSCi PSC03 in Bucharest SEE-GRID-SCI National ...

For further information, please have a look at the attached call text and project fiche. Contact: Chiara Casarella: casarella@cei-es.org, Tel: +39 040 7786 742 Information provided by Chiara Casarella. The Central European Initiative's Executive Secretariat offers ten post-doctoral fellowships in the context of the CEI Research Fellowship Programme – CERES, co-funded by the EC through its Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development – Marie Curie Actions. ...

DNR is a part of Institute for Medical Research (IMR) and member of University of Belgrade, Serbia. Located in the oldest part of Belgrade, DNR is one of six research departments of IMR partially supported by research grants with Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of Serbia. For over six decades Department of Nutritional Research (DNR) investigators have conducted the country's most advanced studies on nutrition, food ...

The JRC Enlargement and Integration Action 2009 is focused on: * the two New Member States NMS (Bulgaria and Romania), * FP7 Associated Countries FP7 AC (Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), * EU Candidate Countries CC (Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Turkey), * Potential Candidate countries PCC (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro), as well as * at ad hoc basis on the European Neighbourhood Policy Partner Countries ENPPC. The E&IA 2009 is composed of two main related instruments: 1) Workshops and Training Course on Advanced Methods and Techniques for EU policies Because of the institutional links and the limited ...

This deliverable includes the minutes of two of the five consultation sessions to be held within Task T2.4: - ICT on December 10, 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia and - Agro Food on January 15-16, 2009 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Ministry of Education and Science, Montenegro

... will be given for one year and are extendable to two years based on an evaluation of the first year and a list of propositions for promotion activities for the second year. Target group o Public universities in the Western Balkans (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Serbia) Timing o Launching the call: 06/04/2009 o Deadline for submisson of application forms: 25/05/2009 Selection criteria • Creative and viable ideas for promotion activities • Evidence of a need for promotion activities • Regional diversity among grantees How to submit an application form? You can download ...

The website is available at http://partners.nauka.gov.rs You can browse it by organisations and by people, sorted by scientific fields. The Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia launched the RTD Database in order to facilitate partner search. Serbian scientists are currently encouraged to enter their details in the Ministry database.

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ICT-WEB-PROMS aims at increasing capacity of stakeholders in the Western Balkan countries (WBC) to fully participate in European ICT research and in the European Research Area. The project will reach this goal by creating and supporting strategic partnerships between stakeholders in the EU and the WBC while providing access to relevant knowledge. The summary information about relevant policy and projects in WBC provided in this Deliverable gives a clear focalisation of the project and defines ...

As regards bilateral cooperation with Serbia and Romania, the related news article should be consulted (see below related resources). The next meeting of the Croatian - Hungarian intergovernmental Joint Committee on Cooperation in S&T will be held between 25-26 May, in Zagreb. Furthermore, NKTH is expected to launch a next call for proposal with the ...

... the world to facilitate global dialogue. This Bologna Policy Forum will take place in the morning of 29 April 2009 at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) in the framework of the Bologna Ministerial Conference. Ministers responsible for higher education from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia will meet with their peers from the other Bologna Process countries to discuss the developments since the last ministerial meeting in 2007, and decide on future activities ...

The call could be downloaded from the following websites: Serbia Department for International S&T Cooperation - Ministry of Science and Technology Development of the Republic of Serbia tel. + 381 11 2642654 http://www.nauka.gov.rs/cir/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=856&Itemid=43 Hungary National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) tel ...

On the basis of the Agreement of scientific and technical cooperation between the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia, signed in Zagreb on 5th November 2005, the Ministry of Science and Technological Development, on 2nd April 2009 launched second Call for application of bilateral scientific cooperation projects. Deadline for submitting a project proposal is June 1, 2009 ...

Minister Djelic stressed that cooperation with China is very important for Serbia, particularly when it comes to high technologies and biotechnology for the production of food and new materials.He said the agreement will open the possibilities for Chinese companies to obtain a better position in the European market through scientific and technological cooperation with Serbia. His Excellency Minister of science and ...

"Why is this guide useful for you ? Accessing to European subsidies appears for most projects leaders as an underestimated and difficult task. Indeed, many organisations are missing financing opportunities that would help them developping their activities. Thanks to this guide, you get a first concrete approach of how subsidies work. Besides, it aims to explain you easily the various steps, rules and priorities that you will have to follow to obtain European subsidies and to optimize your ...

... for academic exchange of students and teaching staff for the Central and Eastern Europe that has been successfully conducted in Croatia since 1993. The CEEPUS countries are the following: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, the Czech Republic, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia ...

Educational Center is non profit, non partizan, grassroots organization with primary goal to promote development of democratic society in Serbia trough:· Development of concept of lifetime learning· Encouraging community for development of volunteerism and philanthropy· Promoting tolerance· Supporting UN Millennium Development goals with special focus on eradication and prevention of poverty www.nvo.org.rs

... high relevance for Vojvodina’s economic development. The programme is based on funding being provided by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA). For details (especially conditions and deadlines) please have a look at www.vojvodina-cess.org (English pages) In the context of the Integrated Regional Development Plan (IRDP) for Serbia’s Autonomous Province Vojvodina, the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies „Vojvodina-CESS“ from Novi Sad, invites: - Individual researchers, - Teams of researchers, and - Research institutions to submit research proposals. Deadline for submission of research proposals is May 29, 2009 ...

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