On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual strategy document explaining its policy on EU enlargement. Tthe 2009 progress reports were published on the same date, where the Commission services monitor and assess the achievements of each of the candidate and potential candidates over the last year. That "enlargement package" of information contains also a multi-annual financial framework setting out the financial assistance available to support the reform efforts of the ...
... recommend the opening of accession negotiations. Presenting the enlargement package, Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn said: "The enlargement strategy we present today is a demonstration of our commitment to the European future of the Western Balkans and Turkey. In these difficult times of economic crisis, the membership applications of Albania and Montenegro highlight our Union's continued power of attraction and our role in promoting stability, security and prosperity. Iceland's application adds a new dimension to our enlargement agenda." Visa-free travel for citizens of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia at the beginning of 2010 will bring ...
... countries with a total population of 200 million and presents one of the most diverse and complex transnational co-operation areas in Europe. It is the only transnational programme area with such a large number of non-EU countries participating (candidates, potential candidates and third countries). The eligible area for TCP-SEE comprises Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, parts of Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Republic of Moldova and parts of Ukraine. http://www.southeast-europe.net ...
... A Ministerial level conference on renewable energy cooperation between the EU, the Mediterranean and the Gulf countries took place in Brussels on October 9, 2009, aiming to forge increased political support for closer cooperation in this field, and help to find concrete solutions to the challenges ahead. High-level representatives of Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro were present at the meeting along with delegates from many other countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East ...
"We shall take advantage of the Foreword to answer a seemingly simple question: Why does Serbia need a strategy in the area of science and technology? Technology is all around us. All of us will agree that the only sustainable position of Serbia in the 21st century is one in which it is involved in areas of industry generating a high value added, in other words - knowledge. We are all proud of our famous scientists. Every scientific event, such as the Science Festival, attracts a lot of ...
Eligible to apply for a Kokkalis Fellowship are natives of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey who are applying to one of the following Master’s degrees at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: Public Policy, Public Administration, Public Administratiion in International Development ...
The ad hoc committee "Inter Academy Council of the National Academies of South East Europe" unites the following participant Academies of Science / Academies of Science and Arts of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), the FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The IACSEE was founded with the Venice Declaration on 19 November, 2001, "aware of the tragic events of the recenty years in the region and taking into account the necessity to secure substainable ...
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 Platform Meeting taking place in Zagreb on October 29, 2009. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because further reports ...
The document gives an overview of selected economic indicators for South East Europe (SEE) for the first six months of 2009. Regional Cooperation Council Secretariat: South East Europe Economic Indicators. 18 September 2009 RCC Secretariat
... website. Source: RCC. Based on the decision of the Governing Board of the Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE), the ERI SEE Agency invites applications for the position of the Executive Director of the ERI SEE Agency. Citizens of the Istanbul Memorandum of Understanding signatory parties (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, UNMIK/Kosovo, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Serbia) are eligible for applying and are kindly invited to submit their application within 30 days deadline (starting on September 11, 2009 ...
... of the work to be described in the final paper. We strongly encourage the submission of abstracts electronically. If you prefere, abstracts can be sent by e-mail (arjetatroshani@yahoo.com), fax: 00 355 22243747 or mail to Economic Faculty, Shkodra University “Luigj Gurakuqi”, Sheshi “2 prilli, Shkoder, Albania. Please include your name, full address and conference topic on all submissions. Final acceptance will be based on the full-length paper , which if accepted for publication, must be presented at the conference. The language of the conference will be English. Fee and accommodation information The participation fee is 50 Euro ...
... 00 CET Please find all further information on the Call website. As a continuation of the successful cooperation within the SEE-ERA.NET project, a Joint Call for European Research Projects was published on September 1, 2009 within 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 ...
Within Work Package 2 of the WBC-INCO.NET project, the priority setting process took place with the main aim to identify joint RTD priorities and potentials for the region of the Western Balkans, all in accordance with the proposed sound methodology, and in a transparent way. Based on the consultation of governmental stakeholders from the region, the initially intended nine workshops, dedicated to different priorities of FP7 Cooperation Programme, were reduced to five, aimed at priorities with ...
... participants are expected to form a project coordination body, in compliance with the Joint Statement adopted at the Ministerial Conference, which will be in charge of Strategy production. The event aims to gather experts from ministries of science and research of the RCC members from South East Europe (SEE), including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and UNMIK/Kosovo, members of scientific institutions from the region, and representatives of relevant international organisations and stakeholders. Project coordinator Elke Dall of the Centre for Social Innovation participates on behalf of WBC-INCO.NET. The Regional Strategy for ...
The present White paper offers strategic recommendations for further activities of the SEE-ERA. NET consortium together with other major stakeholders throughout Europe. In a separate paper, the Joint Action Plan, concrete implementation scenarios for these activities are provided. Building on each other’s strengths and common interests and acknowledging recent challenges faced by the integration process, the authors deal on the one hand with the national and transnational framework for ...
The present report deals with structures and procedures of existing national S&T programmes targeting SEE and contains a SWOT analysis of bilateral S&T co-operation programmes with South-Eastern Europe. The conclusions of the comparative analysis can be summarised as follows: ➤ All of the SEE-ERA.NET countries aim to increase their own competitiveness, but the R&D expenditure – except for Austria, France and Germany – is far lower especially compared to the Barcelona ...
The present study by SEE-ERA:NET WP6 leader Anca Ghinescu and her colleague Lucia Popescu deals with the mobility needs and career development opportunities of scientists in South East Europe and presents a numbre of European and national initiatives concerning the mobility needs and career development opportunities in South East Europe. Anca Ghinescu/Lucia Popescu (Eds. on behalf of the SEE-ERA.NET consortium): Study on the Mobility needs and career development opportunities in South East ...
In August 2007, the “White Paper on overlaps, gaps and opportunities in view of the extension of bilateral RTD programmes and initiatives towards multilateral approaches” and its accompanying Joint Action Plan were finalised as SEE-ERA.NET deliverables. Since then, the White Paper has been widely distributed. Some of the proposed actions of the Joint Action Plan already have been implemented (e.g. in the framework of the WBC-INCO.NET project), some just started, and some remain ...
"The deliverable D.6.1 “Report on the outcome of the mobility conference for Young Scientists with relevant stakeholders in SEE and EU” is one of the results of WP6: Implementation of a SEE-ERA.NET Regional Programme for Cooperation with South-East Europe (ReP-SEE). The main purpose of the work package is to develop a ReP-SEE and in particular, following the previous activities, to develop a specific programme targeting the young scientists and the development of their carrier ...
Department for Public Health Care at the state supported university in Vlora, Albania, founded as Universiteti Teknologjik Ismail Qemali i Vlorës in 1994.
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