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The publication presents and analysis the context of research policy related possibilities of intervention in the area of international cooperation with third countries (part 1), the available instruments of implementation at EU-level (part 2) as well as recommendations for the future (part3). Withal the experts draw the conclusion that the international research cooperation with third countries should be strategically an integral part of the european research area and not a seperat policy ...

... The Business Start-Up Centre Zenica as a part of a wider regional network of Business Start-up Centres and Incubators in South Eastern Europe (BSC Network - covering Serbia, Montenegro, UNMIK/Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia and BIH) was established on May 8, 2007, when the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was officially signed. The Centre is supported by SPARK (formerly ATA - Academic Training Association) through a grant of the Dutch Government and also local partners provide contributions in kind. The ...

The European Research Council (ERC) published a "guide for grant holders", which shall serve the ERC funded scientists and guest institutions as a practical assistance for the administration of the ERC fundings.The manual contains two documents:The first document describes diferences and synergies between the specific ERC financial agreements and the normal FP7 financial support agreement. The second document is a legally not binding handbook of references for the financial management of the ...

... EURAXESS Jobs is a free one-stop-shop listing resaerch jobs and funding opportunities in Europe. The service is free of charge. EURAXESS Services is a network of more than 200 centres located in 35 European countries. A team of well informed staff is at your disposal across Europe. Also in Croatia, Serbia and FYR of Macedonia. EURAXESS-Links is a networking tool for European researchers in the US. It provides information about research in Europe, European research policy, opportunities for research funding, for international collaboration and for trans-national mobility. More information available on: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess At the beginning of June ...

Since the FP6 started in 2003 there have been 25 evaluators with Croatian nationality, and 23 evaluators from FR Yugoslavia (that was divided later on in Serbia and Montenegro, when Montenegro declared independence in 2006 - then one evaluator from Montenegro and one from Serbia was reported additionally). As expected the biggest two states from the region had the most evaluators for FP6. Furthermore, evaluation per country shows that Albania had in 4 years only 5 evaluators, Bosnia ...

The following attachments include Constituent document of the Task Force Fostering and Building Human Capital of the Regional Cooperation Council Overview on the membership structure Overview on the stakeholders of regional cooperation Task Force TFBFHC

Please find here the presentations held hat the Steering Platform meeting in Ljubljana on June 13, 2008. - MHEST (organiser) and the individual presenters

... 2) development of an integrated research policy, 3) use of IPA for researchJRC donates equipment to the WBC which will also be acknowledged with the Herman Potocnik Noordung Award for infrastructure donations (which also the company Sava receives) - nominations for the award are still possible till November 2008main activities in Serbia: several info-days were held covering all aspects of FP7 in all major universities, workshops and trainings were held, INCO-NET training in Belgrade on May 8, next info-day on July 8, a consultative bureau for FP7 project preparation has been established in March 2008, several FP7 projects have been submitted with ...

... dissemination - enhanced usage of internet). The key stakeholder in the region should take into account that one of the pre-requisites for a well functioning innovation system supporting further development is the provision of adequate and sustainable financial resources to created structures. In general, it can be concluded that Croatia and Serbia are being most advanced in policy development and implementation in the region and all Western Balkan Countries are dependent on donor support for implementation of infrastructures and further capacity building in government, academia and industry is necessary. The actual version of the Innovation Infrastructure in the Western Balkan Countries with ...

This is the final report of the FP6 project WATERWEB ("Water Resource Strategies and Drought Alleviation in Western Balkan Agriculture"). Project Period: 01/04/2004 to 31/01/2008The project has fullfilled its objectives in all workpackages. The main results of all those work packages are described in this final summary report. The main strategic objectives of the projects were:- to contribute to development in the Western Balkans (WB) by introducing strategic water management for drought ...

Djelic: Government by End Month, Entry into EU by 2012 Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said on June 10, in Brussels, that a pro-European government should be formed in Belgrade by the end of the month and that Serbia would be ready to become a member of the European Union in 2012. After speaking with Djelic, European Commissioner Olli Rehn said Serbia's plan to gain candidate status by the end of the year and then embark on membership talks was "ambitious, but attainable." Rehn said that he ...

... institutions and close cooperation of relevant authorities as well as a strong involvement of internationally supported actions. In the frame of the project two comprehensive sampling campaigns to measure the occurrence of emerging contaminants in wastewater were performed in Croatia (16 locations), one in Bosnia and Herzegovina (6 locations) and Serbia (7 locations). Within WP1 of the project an attempt was made to compare water resources, current status of water supply, water quality as well as wastewater management in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. A joint paper was delivered titled “Water resources and waste ...

... are used. The overall goal is to cover 100 % of the regions’ energy demand by renewable and locally available sources. Target Regions: All regions are located in rural, remote and disadvantaged areas. Greece: Milos Island, Cyclades Islands Germany/Austria: Achental, Bavaria/ Leukental, Tyrol Italy: Mountain Community of Limina, Calabria Serbia and Montenegro: Kragujevac-Knic Region FYR of Macedonia: Podbelasica Region Albania: Bregu Region Project Results: A common methodology for the integrated investigation of the regions’ energy demands. DOIRES (The Software for the definition of the optimum combination of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems (IRES)) Software Model for defining the optimum local ...

... nutrient requirements necessary to promote well-being for children and adults. Our scientists examine how nutrition plays a role in the prevention of the major diseases affecting modern man today and conditions associated with aging.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.source: website http://www.srbnutrition.info/?page=Network

... half. The project, co-funded by the European Commission, has a budget of 1.2 million EUR and comprises three components: EU-Western Balkan Chamber partnerships; a survey on Foreign Direct Investment; and participation in EUROCHAMBRES' Academies. Chambers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are eligible ...

The meeting carries the tradition of periodical meetings of the South-East-European Ministers forward. Representatives of all countries of the region are expected (except Bulgaria, Serbia and Bosnia), as well as the hosts Norway and Slovenia, the OECD, ETF, CoE, and the Commission. The agenda includes amongst other topics: - Buiding Human Capital in the work of the RCC - Region cooperation under the new framework of the RCC and the TF - Fostering and Building Human Capital: Continuity ...

... The Student Union of Serbia is a non profit student organization that gathers more than 60 local, faculty Student Unions from all universities in Serbia. The mission of Student Union of Serbia is to create the European education in the European Serbia, and in accordance with it, SUS activities focuse on reform of higher education, on improvements in student welfare and on defending student rights. Since the foundation, from 1998, the Student Union of Serbia has been working on establishing tolerant and civil society. These values are still the goals towards which ...

The document is a catalogue of all specific targeted research projects (STREPs) and coordination actions projects (CAs) supported under the specific programme “International Cooperation - Integrating and Strengthening the European Research Area” of the 6th Framework programme. Each project is identified by its objectives, its activity area and the expected results and includes the list of all participating organisations and contact persons. European Commission (2008): International Cooperation ...

... and Herzegovina) SAFIR safe and high quality food production using low quality waters and improved irrigation systems and management Contract n°: 023168 Website: www.safir4EU.org Project co-ordinator: Finn Plauborg University of Aarhus finn.plauborg@agrsci.dk EU contribution: 4.7M WBC partners: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture (Serbia) PROSAFEBEEF improving the quality and safety of beef and beef products for the consumer in production and processing Contract n°: 036241 Project co-ordinator: Declan Troy Teagasc – The Agriculture and Food Authority Declan.Troy@teagasc.ie EU contribution: 10.9M WBC partners: University of Novi Sad (Serbia) EURRECA harmonising ...

... 367 509185 Eurokompozit 369 509185 Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning 369 509185 Studio R 369 509185 Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy 369 509185 Institute for Material Characterization “Skopje” 369 509204 Macedonian Geothermal Association 375 509205 University ‘Sts. Cyril And Methodius’ - Faculty of Electrical Engineering 377 Serbia and Montenegro 509160 Mihailo Pupin Institute 353 509161 University of Belgrade - Faculty of Electrical Engineering 355 509161 Electrical Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) 355 509163 Institute for Water Resources Development “Jaroslav Cerni“ AD 357 509163 University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture 357 509165 A.D. Metalna Industrija Alfa-Plam ...

... in April 2008, the BAFN team produced several reports that are likely to be of interest to researchers and policy-makers in this field. A position paper has been produced setting out the scientific fields considered priority areas for the agri-food sector in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. It stresses that capacity building, modernising research infrastructures, developing incentives for the purchase of equipment and researcher mobility are all key areas for development. The reports go on to recommend the following areas for further development: biodiversity, including the conservation of genetic resources and indigenous species; food safety, including chemical ...

... on trans-national co-operation among National Contact Points for Socio-economic sciences and the Humanities, the following WBC partners are involved: Ministry of Education and Science of Albania, Directorate of Scientific Research (Shpresa RAMA) Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of Croatia, Directorate for International Cooperation (Lada BENZON) Ministry of Science of Serbia (Suzana VOJINOVIC) Agency for International Scientific, Educational, Cultural and Technical Cooperation of Montenegro, Department for International Scientific and Technical Cooperation (Tamara TOVJANIN) Source: http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/ssh_fp7_project_synopsis_en.pdf The European Commission has published a document presenting the list of proposals retained for eventual financing in the ...

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The ERA WESTBALKAN+ initiative is supporting the Western Balkan Countries (WBC), i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia in participating in the 7th EU Framework Programme (FP7). This partnering event encourages researchers from WBC to find mainly suitable Greek partners for a consortium during the fourth/fifth open call in the thematic priority "ICT" (the next call is expected to be published in November 2008).It gives researchers ...

... by the Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) and the project consortium consists of representatives from Albania (Polytechnic University of Tirana), Armenia (IIAP-NAS-RA), Bosnia-Herzegovina (University of Banja Luka), Bulgaria (IPP-BAS), Croatia (RBI), F.Y.R. of Macedonia (UKIM), Georgia (GRENA), Hungary (MTA-SZTAKI), Moldova (RENAM), Montenegro (University of Montenegro), Romania (ICI), Serbia (University of Belgrade), Turkey (TUBITAK), as well as the European Centre of Nuclear Physics (CERN) in an advisory role. In order to ensure the necessary critical mass, thirty regional Research and Academic institutions have been selected to participate in the project as third-parties to the consortium partners, and the entire ...

... ministerial conference, to which EU Member State and South-East European country Transport Ministers have been invited, is being organised and run in cooperation with the European Commission and the European Parliament. The conference, held at the Sava Centre in Belgrade, will be formally opened by Boris Tadič, the President of Serbia, and chaired by the Slovenian Minister of Transport, Mr Radovan Zerjav; the activities of the European Commission will be presented by Jacques Barrot, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner responsible for Transport, while the views of the European Parliament will be outlined by Paolo Costa, chairman of the EP ...

... development of transnational partnerships and joint actions on matters of strategic importance. The SEE Programme Area includes 16 countries. For 14 countries the eligible area is the whole territory of the country, namely for Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia and Moldova. In Italia and Ukraine only certain regions are eligible. The Managing Authority of the SEE Programme is Hungarian National Development Agency. The global and specific objectives of the programme will be pursued through Priority Axes, which contribute differently to the specific programme objectives: Priority Axis ...

... competitiveness through the development of transnational partnerships and joint actions on matters of strategic importance. The Managing Authority of the SEE Programme (Hungarian National Development Agency) and the partner states (Albania, Austria, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine) are launching the first call for projects for transnational cooperation in the South Eastern area of Europe to be co-financed by ERDF and IPA under this programme. In the first step, applicants are requested to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) based on a short form ...

The Regional Balkans Infrastructure Project, Transport - in the following referred to as REBIS - commenced in June 2002. The project is financed by the EU Commission and covers the Balkan countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYRO Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro, including Kosovo which is under international administration in line with UNSCR 1244 of 10 June 1999. REBIS aims to assist these countries in developing coherent strategies for transport infrastructure development. It focuses in particular on the development of a regional Core Network and on the identification of projects ...

... holography. This research has important applications, primarily in ultra precise metrology, new holographic materials and quantum information. Expected increase of the quality of research and applications due to QUPOM funding will help to establish fast spectroscopy with cold atoms, to increase the level of performance of optical primary standards of Serbia. The service that is provided to the region through several accredited measurements and time dissemination will be at higher level as well. The group also researches quantum interference phenomena during laser-atom interaction that generates sub natural linewidth, enhancement of the index of refraction, non-linear magneto-optical effects with applications in a ...

... of Experimental Biology Warsaw, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Department of Neuroscience University of Turin, Yale Univ. Sch. Med USA, together with the researchers from the University of Belgrade. COST Action B30 “NEREPLAS” is one of the sponsors. Further sponsors are the International Brain Research Organization, Biophysical Society of Serbia, Society of Neurosciences of Serbia. Deadlines for applications and fellowship appeal is June 9, 2008 (send name, affiliation, supervisor recommendation; CV, poster abstract (1 A4 page; facultative) all to the e-mail address below). Registration fee (paid at the School): 200 (will be waved for awarded students. Further information: http://files.bio.bg.ac.yu/news ...

... 000 and 1,000,000 euro and an overall call budget of 29 million euro. It is therefore most heavily oversubscribed. A low success rate has to be expected. Out of the 475 proposals submitted, 190 (!) are coordinated by Turkish institutions, 74 by Greek and then 38 by institutions from Serbia. 30 proposals were submitted from Poland and on the fifth rank is Croatia with 24 proposals. FYR of Macedonia was also very active with 12 proposals, from Montenegro 4 proposals were recorded. In total coordinators were from 18 member states (among those the most active apart from Greece and Poland ...

The report focuses on the process of implementing the Charter for Small Enterprises in the Western Balkans. The report represents the first comprehensive and comparative assessment of progress in the Western Balkan countries and UNMIK/Kosovo since they adopted the European Charter for Small Enterprises (the Charter) in 2003. Small enterprises are the backbone of the Western Balkan economies. They make a major contribution to job creation and economic development and are behind the expansion of ...

Due to the transition of this journal from the see-science.eu project, which is funded under FP6 and ends in April 2008, to the WBC-INCO.NET project, funded under FP7 from January 2008 till December 2011, several changes are currently being implemented, which are visible already. Changes made The layout has been professionalised by subcontracting a company focused on graphic design. Furthermore, the content has been enriched by the partners of the INCO-NET consortium and therefore, the volume ...

... order to share costs, avoid overlapping of initiatives and level up their bargaining status vis-à-vis the information industry. In fact, by engaging with the country-wide community of libraries, eIFL.net has enabled the building of national library consortia in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UNMIK/Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia with a total membership of 373 libraries. Besides supporting the creation of local networks of libraries in almost every Balkan member country, eIFL.net has also attempted and encouraged to foster a greater regional co-operation based on the exchange of knowledge and experiences and showing success stories at ...

... the Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education that took place in Istanbul on May 4-5, 2007, the Stability Pact organised the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, which was signed by the South Eastern European Ministers responsible for Education, Science and Research. All South Eastern European countries, except for Serbia, signed the document to this date. Thus, the signing countries agreed that education, higher education, science and research are areas of key importance for the future of the South East European region as well as for the EU integration process of the Western Balkan countries. Furthermore, on August 24, 2007 ...

... Catastrophes, Defence Against Terrorism. ■ Croatia: Environmental Security, Forecast and Prevention of Catastrophes, Human & Societal Dynamics, Border Security / Transport Security.■ FYR of Macedonia: Environmental Security, IT, Biotechnology-Bioscience, Human & Societal Dynamics, Food Security, Advance Technology.■ Montenegro: Environmental Security, IT, Biotechnology-Bioscience, Forecast and Prevention of Catastrophes, Human & Societal Dynamics.■ Serbia: Environmental Security, IT, Biotechnology-Bioscience, Forecast and Prevention of Catastrophes, Human & Societal Dynamics, Food Security, Advance Technology, Defence Against Terrorism. Budget:The amount of funding of many of the funding types is decided on a case-to-case basis. More information:General information on the programme:http://www.nato.int/science/ Grant mechanisms ...

... support the further development and differentiation of the national Science and Technology (S&T) system and S&T policy in the Western Balkan countries by benefiting from the German experiences and knowledge. Science administrators from the respective ministries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia participated in the management training in Bonn, Germany. The participants of the management training were introduced to the national S&T system and S&T policy of the Federal Republic of Germany including relevant aspects of European and international co-operation. Furthermore, they got an overview on the responsibilities ...

... networking approach and added value for solving society driven, current or upcoming problems in Kosovo, which had to be shown. In total, 39 eligible projects with partners from Austria, the ASO-countries Bulgaria and Slovenia, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo/UNMIK, Montenegro, Romania and Serbia have been evaluated during the last weeks from local, regional and thematic experts. On March 17, 2008, the evaluation meetings took place in Vienna: Ten selected projects within the Kosovo-Call and nine projects within the Environment-Call were recommended for funding by the evaluators. During the next four weeks, the contract ...

The conference will bring together key decision makers in national science and education policies from thirty Central and Eastern European countries: Presidents of the Academies of Sciences, Ministers of Science and Education, and representatives of international funding agencies and professional organisations. The event will provide an opportunity for top policy makers to develop and enhance collaborations with their counterparts from across the region. The Science and Education Policies ...

Scientists will receive notifications about the new calls from 7th Framework Programme, that are announced by European Commision. Besides, they will receive help by writing the applications and advice how to compete in the best possible way for the funding together with partner from consortium. In this way Serbia will try to increase number of successful application sent to Brussels. Workshops on writing the applications on regular basis will be organised, as well as the courses that will be adjusted to answer in the best way on specific question of scientists. Applications for FP7 projects need to be written ...

European Regional Economic Forum, Slovenian Business and Research Agency and the Vojvodina Regional Government organise this workshop on May 7, starting at 9.30 presenting opportunities and benefits of different EU Programmes. Source: Information from the organisers. A workshop with the title "Benefits and Opportunities of Participation in EU Programmes for Countries of Western Balkans" is being organised in Novi Sad, Serbia on May 7, 2008.

Cordis Wire reports about the conclusion of the project on agri-food research in the Western Balkan Countries. The deliverables of the project consist of four BAFN Final reports: 4 National Mapping Reports (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYROM and Serbia),one Consolidated Mapping Report, one Synthesis report, and one Position Paper. These report form part of the "BALKAN AGRO FOOD NETWORK" (BAFN),a project which has been awarded financial support by the European Commission under the 6thFramework Programme. More detailed information can be found on the project website ...

The key lecturer in the seminars was Sean McCarthy, Hyperion, leading European expert on RTD Framework Programmes programmes together with senior representatives of project partners in Serbia and Bosnia Herzegovina who presented their experiences with the EU research programmes. Please see here his FP7 training website http://www.wbc-inco.net/link/1985.html. The morning seminar was designed for less experienced participants, while the afternoon workshops answered predominantly questions of experienced research managers. Please find below agenda ...

A final book publication by the Information Office of the Steering Platform on Research (see-science.eu) summarised several reports produced during the last 2 years. Country reports were developed to describe the S&T systems of the Western Balkan countries. The full publication also includes a thematic report on S&T in Kosovo/UNMIK. Dall, Elke (ed.): Science and Technology in the Western Balkans. Wien. 2008. see-science.eu

This is the article on Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net). It discusses the possibilities of affordable access to e-resources to the countries in its network through cooperation with local libraries. Currently eIFL.net includes library consortia in 50 countries in Central, Eastern and South-east Europe, former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle-East and South-east Asia. The goal of the eIFL.net member library consortia is to offer to many as possible developing and transition ...

The ERA Green Paper consultation generated a substantial response from those with a stake in European research, including individuals, universities, research performing and funding organisations, public authorities at national, regional and European level, NGOs, industries and businesses, associations representing commercial and non-commercial interests, chambers of commerce, European technology platforms and others, such as tradeunions. This report synthesises the response to the consultation ...

The NoEs were mostly concluded with organisations from Croatia (9) and also in most other project types Croatia was more successful than the other WBCs. Serbia and Montenegro (counted as state-union for the full duration of FP6 statistics) have contracted 50 SSAs (compared to 44 of Croatia and 167 for all WBC). CA SSA STREP IP NoE Albania 4 24 7 1 1 BiH 8 25 13 4 0 Croatia 21 44 37 13 9 ...

The 'cg.yu’ top-level domain name – composed from the abbreviated names of Montenegro (Cerna Gora) and Yugoslavia, was used as country code domain for the union of Serbia and Montenegro, which existed between 2003 and 2006. After the two split, Serbia transferred to the '.rs' top-level domain, and Montenegro to '.me'. Montenegro began the change from the '.cg.yu' internet domain to the '.me' domain on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. The switch to the new domain will be free for all users. The old domain will be active until April 21 ...

... in public administration and in the judiciary. Signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the EU and Bosnia and Herzegovina is now within reach, provided that the police reform is implemented as the first step in the broad range of measures to be adopted along its way to the EU. Serbia can accelerate its progress towards the EU, including acquiring candidate status in the near future, but its political leadership, both present and future, should confirm their commitment to the European perspective and fulfil the remaining conditions for signing the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, as initialled last November. It is also ...

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