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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 suitable for international co-financing ...

... macro-economic stabilisation, and on managing the restructuring and privatisation of large companies. Only limited support was available for small enterprises. The adoption in 2003 of the European Charter for Small Enterprises – a pan-European instrument developed under the framework of the Lisbon Agenda – by all the Western Balkan countries and UNMIK/Kosovo contributed to a change in policy perspective. Since then, the Charter’s policy guidelines have become a key reference for enterprise policy development in the region.This report presents a first comparative assessment of progress in the Western Balkan countries and UNMIK/Kosovo since the Charter was adopted. It is ...

The report discusses the political and economic background, analyses the role of relevant institutions such as the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, universities and the Kosovo Academy of Science and Arts, as well as international donors activie in the field. The report is also included in the book publication Science and Technology in the Western Balkans – Reports from the Information Office. Author Klaus Schuch http://www.wbc-inco.net/users/115.html ZSI http://www.wbc-inco ...

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 ...

... research co-operation and networking with a total funding of 239.000, provided by the Austrian Ministry of Science and Research: 1. Call for Proposals: "South Eastern Europe's Scientific Response to: Biodiversity protection, climate change and energy scarcity"; 2. Call for Proposals: “Research Cooperation and Networking between Austria, Kosovo/UNMIK and South Eastern Europe” (launched within the Austria – Kosovo Partnership for Higher Education and Research http://www.wbc-inco.net/link/2501.html ): this Call for Proposals had no thematic restriction, but a 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 ...

... under coordinated efforts in 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 ...

... parliaments in order to sign the executive programmes. Several agreements were signed in the period of 2005 to 2007, but especially the SEE-ERA.NET project has contributed to the enlargement of bilateral cooperations. In the near future, Albania will intensify its bilateral co-operation and is in discussion with Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo and France. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the right to sign new intergovernmental S&T agreements. The MOES is, together with the DSR, responsible for the implementation. The actions to be financed in the framework of bilateral agreements are: 1. Joint Research Projects (JRP) in priority areas. These ...

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 ...

... by Catherine Henriot, DG Education & Culture, European Commission.The day will continue with presentations on youth and innovation, youth exchanges and the Youth in Action Programme, and presentations covering field of culture.Source: SECRETARIAT DGE6 Balkans; MD 071/08 COWEB A sectoral workshop on innovation will be held in Prishtina, Kosovo/UNMIK, April 24-25, 2008 ...

Klaus Schuch, senior researcher at the Centre of Social Innovation as published a report on the S&T system of Kosovo/UNMIK in the framework of the see-science.eu project. The report discusses the political and economic background, the relevant institutions such as the role of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, universities and the Kosovo Academy of Science and Arts, and others, as well as international donors active in ...

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

150 business decision makers from 20 countries attended the 2007 Summit. Most of these attendees indicated that they planned to invest and do business with Kosovo once it became independent, and that they would certainly look to exploit opportunities then. This conference will now bring together leading voices of foreign and local investors, key Members of the Government and donor communities, and representatives of companies interested in exploring business opportunities in Kosovo. The Summit will cover ...

... of the Western Balkans, the Secretary General of the Council/High Representative, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and the European Commissioner for External Relations met in Brdo on the 29 March 2008 at the occasion of the informal Foreign Ministers’ meeting. The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo, the EU Special Representative for Kosovo, the OHR/EUSR for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the EUSR/HoD for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Secretary General of the Regional Co-operation Council were also present. I. The Presidency underlined that it is in our common interest that the Western Balkans countries proceed as rapidly as possible ...

... Academic Dean, Lord Roper, a Member of the British House of Lords who will guide the participants through the different aspects of the Programme. The participants:Up to 30 participants will be chosen to participate in the programme. They will come from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, FYROM, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova and Turkey. In addition, a certain number of participants will be selected from broader Europe and the United States.The Programme is specifically designed for students who are currently undertaking or are about to start their postgraduate studies as well as recent graduates at the beginning ...

Aims of the project: Motivation and reinforcement of young scientists to engage in the region Central and South East Europe;Presentation of research projects for the public;Promoting exchange of information and creation of networking;Promotion of mobility;Publication of the lectures in a well-known journal. Target group: Young scientists from/residing in Austria, Central and South East Europe dealing with South East Europe in the fields of economics, geography, history, law, political sciences ...

The document is focusing on policy advice and EU instruments aimed at Western Balkans countries in their further stabilisation, economic and political development, and moving closer to the EU. The Commission supports the efforts of the Western Balkan countries for reform and regional cooperation mainly through its Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance. It has taken a new initiative in the area of donor coordination, involving the international financial institutions and bilateral donors. This ...

The document is accompanying the Communication from the Commission to the European and the Council. It elaborates in detail the steps taken so far and initiatives involving Western Balkans countries focusing on different fields: - moving closer towards the EU and enhancing regional cooperation - people-to-people contacts; familiarising people with the EU - civil society development and dialogue - good governance - parliamentary cooperation - trade integration - investment and economic and ...

Please find enclosed all deliverables of the project Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of Renewable Energy Sources in Western Balkans, under the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 6, Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems. The project ran from January 2005 to December 2007. Deliverables of the project Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of Renewable Energy Sources in Western Balkans (FP6): http://www.vbpc-res.org/ (13.03.2008) Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of ...

... to 100 scholarships for postgraduate students from the Western Balkans each year to follow Erasmus Mundus master courses, starting in the academic year 2007-08 (Western Balkans window): academic year 2007-08: the Decision adopted on 14.12.2006 (CARDS 2006, EUR 4 million) covers Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.academic year 2008-09: the Decision adopted on 5.11.2007 (IPA 2007, EUR 4 million) extended eligibility to Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Exchanges of up to 500 undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral and post-doctoral candidates and academic staff between the EU and the Western Balkans countries ...

... history, political science, international relations, psychology, public administration, philosophy, social work, sociology, public health, human rights & public law, or journalism/media studies. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, or business. The program may operate in: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo/UNMIK, Kyrgyzstan, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. AFP fellows are placed in carefully selected university departments that are amenable to change and demonstrate a realistic and clear vision for future development. The program, which represents part of a conscious strategy to combat rain drain ...

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