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The IFC/PEP Southeast Europe is part of IFC (International Finance Corporation), World Bank Group. The programme operates in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and was formally launched in July 2005. It has been established for an initial period of five years. The Private Enterprise Partnership for Southeast Europe (PEP-SE) is catalysing private sector development from a platform of four operational programmes: · Alternative ...
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2012 Report on e-communications and information society in Enlargement countries
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23. Oct. 2012
While the general economic outlook remains weak, the e-communications market in the nine enlargement countries grew by 5.7% to a total value of €16.07 billion in 2011. The strongest growth rate of 23.2% took place in internet services - accounting for almost 13% of the total value of the sector - followed by cable TV services, achieving 9.5% growth. Mobile communications, which represents 60% of the market, grew by 7.6%. The total number of fixed broadband lines grew by almost one million ...
... indicators, the 1 303 NUTS level 3 regions2 of the 27 Member States of the European Union as well as, when available, the regions in the four EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), the acceding country (Croatia) and three of the candidate countries (Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey). As the publication contains many maps, which are the most user friendly way to present regional statistics, a new interactive tool, the Statistical Atlas, is also launched today on the Eurostat website. This tool contains maps of all regions in the EU (down to NUTS level 3) as ...
... as population density, employment, R&D spending and other economic factors. Data comes from all 27 EU Member States, as well as, when available, the four EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), the acceding country (Croatia) and three of the candidate countries (Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Turkey). The Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2012 includes a chapter "Science, technology and innovation" which presents statistical information that illustrates regional developments for science and technology indicators within the European Union (EU). The domains covered are research and development (R & D), the number of researchers, human resources in science ...
... years of the project on regional, national and international level, and reduce the remaining obstacles or have them on the political agenda; and • Establish a regional BSC Network, together with bscs throughout Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, bih and FYR of Macedonia. Initially, the BSC Bar is a project of SPARK (formerly ATA - Academic Training Association) and following project partners: Bar Municipality, Faculty of Tourism Hotel management and Trade, Economic School, Montenegro Business Alliance, Association of Olive Producers, Cultural Centre, Forum of Unemployed Women, Association of Entrepreneurs and Agricultural Association. All project ...
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Review of Financial Support Facilities Available for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in the Western Balkans
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19. Oct. 2012
... number of activities for which loans can be made. However, in this report the focus is on funds and facilities that have EE as their primary activity. The only guarantee funds identified in the region are provided by USAID/SIDA in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Source: Energy Community The overall objective of this report is to provide information and analyses on the various financial support mechanisms funded by the European Commission (EC), International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral donors, to promote energy efficiency in the Western Balkans. It is designed primarily for members of ...
Main results showed that Knowledge transfer is an emerging issue in Western Balkan countries. Of the countries involved in this workshop, Serbia stands out as most developed in terms of research, KT and KT policies. In all Western Balkan countries, KT policies need to be assessed against a particular background as they are young democracies which are still developing their institutions and which have a relatively low priority for research, innovation and KT. Source: KTS The Knowledge Transfer ...
... administrative capacity to support participation in the framework programmes has improved, but remains weak. Little progress can be reported on future integration into the European Research Area. Overall, in the area of science and research the country partially meets its targets. Source: EC Europa In conclusions on FYR of Macedonia, it is noted in relation to the WBC-INCO.NET relevant field for science and research: Little progress can be reported in the area of science and research. The general participation rate in EU framework programmes continued to be good. Preparations for the national programme for science, research and development activity ...
In more details, the Analytical report shows: 3.7.5.2. Education, training, research and innovation Kosovo* has a comprehensive medium-term education strategy, encompassing all education sub-sectors. The legislation on higher education is in place and requires higher education institutions (and programmes) to undergo external evaluation by the Kosovo* Accreditation Agency (KAA). A number of programmes do not meet KAA quality standards. On the basis of the law on pre-university education the ...
More details are provided in the analytical report: 4.25. Chapter 25: Science and research Some progress has been made regarding research and innovation policy. Serbia has taken actions to stimulate innovation and strengthen its research infrastructures. However, public investment in research remains at 0.5% of GDP, below the national target, and the number of researchers has not increased. Regarding framework programmes, Serbia’s participation in the 7th EU Research Framework Programme (FP7) ...
