SIGMA Paper No. 48 examines the performance of Western Balkan countries in professionalising their civil service. It assesses the degree to which these countries' civil service systems 'fit' the European principles of administration and it identifies the main drivers of professionalisation. The Paper shows a mixed picture of achievements and persisting weaknesses, and identifies low levels of reform sustainability.
Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling
Ministers, State Secretaries, Deputy Ministers and/or their Representatives from Member States of the Central European Initiative, together with High Officials from the European Commission, attended the CEI Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology - held in Trieste (Italy) on September 19, 2012 - under the chairmanship of Mr. Sulima Yevhen, First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Youth and Sport on behalf of the CEI Ukrainian Presidency. Please find attached the Final Communiqué ...
This document provides a detailed analysis of FP7 participation patterns in 2011. For FP7, the number of Associated Countries is as high as never before, with 14, mainly European countries, currently associated, including all of the Western Balkan States. This makes FP7 a true Pan-European programme and strongly underpins the objective of building a wider ERA. Candidate for Accession and Associated Countries constitute a heterogeneous group, which in 2011 accounted for around 8% of the ...
In section 2 this document provides a detailed analysis of FP7 participation patterns in 2011. FP7 implementation management and quality issues are the focus of section 3 and include the current situation with regard to the simplification process and also the results of a survey on the perception of FP7 implementation and simplification by National Contact Points (NCPs). Section 4 presents some of the elements of the Framework Programme which deserve a special focus. Section 5 looks at the ...
This booklet includes information about Western Balkans - Coordination and support actions: - SEE-ERA.NET PLUS - Further integrating key research institutions from south-east Europe into the European research area - WBC-INCO.NET - Coordination of research policies with the western Balkan countries. Both projects are coordinated by ZSI (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Austria). Source: http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/index.cfm?pg=allpublications Publication Projects in ...
This report analyses trends in innovation systems across different types of EU regions. It is a central deliverable of the RIM project (http://www.rim-europa.eu) aiming at disseminating most up-to-date information about trends in regional innovation policy and lessons learned from the practical implementation of support measures. The analysis will contribute to establishing a better understanding about both common and region-specific challenges as well as the strategies and policies planned ...
The study showed that while the EU has a strong research base it does not seem to have an environment to attract the world’s top researchers. The place of preference for leading scientists is the USA, while other countries, such as China or India enter the world competition for scientific excellence as very strong contenders. A striking difference with the United States is the focus on the quality and excellence of research that characterises the American system, which strongly correlates with ...
... areas etc. The activities should therefore build on already existing scientific results. The contractor has to be a research institution from Austria. The compulsory consortium composition has to include one partner from Austria, at least one partner from Kosovo and at least one partner from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro or Serbia. Research institutions from other European countries can participate in the projects but without funding provided under this call (as so-called ‘silent partners’). All ethnic groups in Kosovo are explicitly invited to participate in the call. Proposals should contribute to significant scientific regional cooperation with (a) research institution ...
... INTERREG IVC. For more information on the project visit INNOPOLIS: http://www.knowledgecities.eu Source: http://conference.knowledgecities.eu/ A two-day conference illustrating how knowledge exchange practices in University City Regions can benefit regional development will take place in October coordinated by the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia - Thrace (DAMT), within the framework of the INTERREG IVC project “INNOPOLIS”. The Conference will showcase policy practices that promote successful knowledge exchange between universities and business, successful cases of knowledge exchange between universities and enterprises, and tools available to support the exchange of knowledge ...
... Eligible applicants are scientists affiliated with academic or research insititutions from Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Serbia, FYR of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan. In total, around 4,6 Million CPU core hours and 1.8 Million GPU Core hours will be available for the selected scientific projects. The number of cores available in the HPC systems range from 256 to 4096 for the CPU ...
... them to a wider public. Partners in the project have been asked to suggest persons, projects or firms that come to mind when thinking of ´success & innovation´ - two success stories were published afterwards in WBC-INCO.NET Journal (Spring/Summer 2012): one from Albania and the other from FYR of Macedonia (page 14-15). We also hope that WBC-INCO.NET, our project, could contribute to some of your positive experiences and we aim to collect also such stories that highlight our impact in the region. Structure and the content of the articles The stories do not necessarily have to be high-tech or ...
The WIRE III conference, supported by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7), and organised by the Polish National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union, brought together nearly 500 stakeholders from European Member States and FP7 Associated countries. The conference took place at a key moment in the development of EU research and innovation policy as it addressed many issues that are important for the effective implementation of ...
... The review process shall, above all, assess the quality and originality of the work. Authors shall be under 35 years of age at the date of submission. Authors shall be citizens of one of the following countries:Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, FYR Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, the Slovakia, Slovenia or Ukraine. Proof of date of birth and citizenship must be provided upon application; authors shall also include a brief CV. In the case of coauthored work, each of the coauthors has to fulfill all the ...
... of the OPEN DAYS 2012. They will have to apply separately including a description of the events planned. For more information on the organisation of local events, please check the OPEN DAYS Information pack. Country leaflets Bosnia EN Bosnia ENG Bosnia HR Croatia EN Croatia HR Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia EN Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia MK Montenegro EN-Montenegrin Serbia EN Serbia SR Austria DE Austria EN Belarus-Moldova-Russia EN Belgium EN Belgium FR DE NL Belgium FR-DE-NL Bulgaria BG Bulgaria EN Cyprus EL Cyprus EN Czech Republic CS Czech Republic EN Denmark DK Denmark EN Estonia EN Estonia ET Finland EN Finland FI France EN France ...
The report focuses on three types of scholarly sources: (a) more general studies on European integration and Europeanization of public policy, predominantly belonging to comparative politics, policy analysis and international relations, (b) studies on European integration and Europeanization in higher education and (c) studies mapping higher education policy developments since the end of 90s and early 2010s until present day in the countries under study. The report, among other things, ...
The report focuses on three types of scholarly sources: (a) more general studies on European integration and Europeanization of public policy, predominantly belonging to comparative politics, policy analysis and international relations, (b) studies on European integration and Europeanization in higher education and (c) studies mapping higher education policy developments since the end of 90s and early 2010s until present day in the countries under study. The report, among other things, ...
The World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) has published the 2012 IP Facts and Figures. This publication includes data on patents, utility models, trademarks and industrial designs and it is focused on application data only. The guide is therefore an important source of information on the global trends of intellectual property activity.
http://www.wipo.int/freepublications/en/statistics/943/wipo_pub_943_2012.pdf
Published by DG CONNECT (Communications Networks, Content and Technology), the new name for the former DG INFSO, the report presents a comprehensive view of the DG´s monitoring activities, reviewing not only the FP7 ICT theme, but also the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme´s ICT Policy Support Programme. For the FP7 ICT portfolio the report draws comparison with FP6 or with data under StReAM 2010 when relevant. The findings are wide-ranging and show that under FP7 ICT projects and ...
... nine key domains: Biomedicine and Molecular Biosciences Food and Agriculture Forests, their Products and Services Materials, Physics and Nanosciences Chemistry and Molecular Sciences and Technologies Earth System Science and Environmental Management Information and Communication Technologies Transport and Urban Development Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia belong to the 36 COST countries that govern the initiative and participate also ib the COST actions. To illustrate, in 2012 approved calls Serbia participates in the action "An Integrated European Platform for Pancreas Cancer Research: From Basic Science to Clinical and Public Health Interventions for a Rare ...
... promising logistic supply-chains at local, regional and pan-European levels will be further elaborated into a set of implementation plans. These plans should present notably the infrastructures needed, transport modes and flows of feedstock. The South East European and East Neighbourhood countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Moldova and Ukraine) shall be considered as part of this Pan-European approach. Appropriate links will be made with relevant programmes and actions, notably in the context of the EU Agricultural, Environmental, Regional, Enlargement and Neighbourhood policies. Once validated, most, if not all, SRT material shall be ...