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This is a report from a working group appointed by the Bologna Follow-up Group to the Conference of the European Ministers responsilbe for Higher Education in Bergen 2005. This report concludes that there is good news for the countries involved in the Bologna Process: the collective and voluntary inter-governmental process is a success. Common goals are being pursued and targets are being met by the great majority of countries. There is also good news for higher education institutions, who are ...

This is a document by FIPA, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency. At first it tries to describe why to invest in ICT in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It presents FDI opportunities and foundations for the ICT investments. This ICT Sector Profile should assist potential investors to gain a fundamental overview of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ICT-related investment environment. Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (2005): BiH ICT Sector Profile. Available from: ...

This is a strategy conducted by the Government of Serbia. It outlines that - given the profound promises and pervasive impacts of ICT on national economies and global competition - Serbia needs to embed ICT into their overall development strategies. The National Strategy for Information Society development is a key pre-request for this, having in mind that managing the benefits, risks, and impacts of ICT is a challenging task in view of the complexity and uncertainty of the interaction between ...

This is the 2006 Progress Report for BIH by the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Union; analyses the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in terms of the political criteria for membership; analyses the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the basis of the economic criteria for membership; reviews Bosnia and Herzegovina's capacity to gradually approximate its legislation and policies with those of the "acquis", in line with a ...

This is a power point presentation made by a Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. At the beginning it gives some general information on Vojvodina (area, population, institutional status etc). Then it presents the organisation of Provincial Secretariat for Science and Technological Development and structure in R&D sector in AP Vojvodina. International cooperation in R&D and strategic R&D programmes are also described. In the end ...

This is an action plan made by the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia. At first it presents information society development strategic priorities and initiatives. It defines that the strategy's priority is to perform e-readiness assessment, develop sectoral e-strategies and integrate ICT in sustainable development. It also presents institutional framework for the Information Society Development. Further priorities are to create legislative framework for ...

This is the Progress Report for Albania by the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between Albania and the Union; analyses the situation in Albania in terms of the political criteria for membership; analysis the situation in Albania on the basis of the economic criteria for membership; reviews Albania's capacity to gradually approximate its legislation and policies with those of the acquis, in line with the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the European ...

This is a report made by the ministers of the countries participating the Bologna process that are responsible for Higher Education and have met in London. It makes a review on progress made since the last meeting in Bergen 2005. At first Montenegro is welcomed as a new member of Bologna Process. It is stated that developments over the last two years have brought a significant step closer to the realisation of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). It is also stated that some initial progress has been made towards the implementation of ...

This is the 2006 Progress Report for Macedonia by the European Commission. The report briefly describes the relations between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Union; analyses the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in terms of the political criteria for membership; analyses the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the basis of the economic criteria for membership; reviews former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's capacity to assume the ...

This is a country report conducted by the ICBSS (International Centre for Black Sea Studies). In the beginning it gives some general information on Albania (area, population, GDP etc), then it focuses on R&D investment and human resources in S&T in Albania. It describes institutional capacity for S&T and some strategies, programmes and governance for R&D. Last but not the least it presents an overview on international R&D cooperations. International Centre for Black Sea Studies (2006): The ...

A national ICT strategy aims to develop the information society both in stimulating competitiveness and in applying ICT for the benefit of the population. It supports more sustainable human development, which implies that ICT is used in all sectors of life: business, transport, tourism, agriculture, environment, leisure, culture, and responding to humanitarian and environmental crises. This document sets down the goals of the ICT Strategy of the Republic of Albania, and its strategic actions to ...

This is a report conducted by the BIH Ministry of Communications and Transport for the year 2005. It present an analysis of of BiH Society e-readiness. At first it presents e-readiness indicators and trends (United Nations indictators, World Economic Froum indicators etc). Then it describes the related research methodology. It also outlines the structure of some institutions (governmental, educational, IT companies in BIH, households). Last but not hte least research results are presented ...

Strategy for Information Society development in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a document that provides a strategic guidelines and plan of actions for develoment of information society in BIH for the period 2004-2010. The strategy is based on vision and goals defined in the Policy of Information Society Development in BIH. Council of Ministers of BIH (2004): Strategy for Information Society development in Bosnia and Herzegovina. the Council of Ministers of BIH

This is a report on the implementation of the European Charter for small enterprises in the Westen Balkans 2007. It is stressed that small enterprises are the backbone of the Western Balkan economies. They make a major contribution to job creation and economic development. 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 ...

... target countries and in the region of South Eastern Europe. It also includes results in FP6 participation of the target countries. It deals with foreign investment in IST RTD and public-private partnerships. Furthermore, it presents a SWOT analysis per targeted country (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYRoM, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine) and draws some recommendations for each of them. SBRA, (2007): D5.2 Links between IST research and business: impact assessment and recommendations. SBRA, GREAT-IST project Boris Cizelj, Jozsef Gyorkos, Simonida Simonović, and Boštjan Šinkovec

This is a power point presentation made by Maja Bacovic at a UNESCO Workshop in Skopje in 2007. It presents the development of statistics of scientific research activities in Montenegro and available research and development indicators. It also includes some statistics on basic available indicators, structure of S&R institutions, completed research work, expenditure on education and R&D, number of university students etc. Bacovic, Maja (2007): Development of Scientific Research Activities Statistics in Montengro. Available from: http://www.uis ...

This is a report made by prof. Dr. Marjan Gusev and M.Sc. Goce Armenski from University Sts. Cyril and Methodius. It includes an analysis of availability of e-government services in the Western Balkans, an analysis of the implementation of IS strategies and of information systems in national WBC IS strategies. It also deals with methodology, standards, models, policies and ICT infrastructure and registrars. It also presents an overview on statistical data. Gusev, Marjan. Armenski, Goce. (2006): ...

This is a power point presentation held by prof. dr. Slavo Radosevic from University College London. It deals with knowledge based economy indicators and their relavance and applications to the SEE countries. At first, it defines the knowledge based economy. Then some individual and composite indicators are presented, followed by statistics. It also presents innovation input (innovation drivers, knowledge creation, innovation & enterpreneurship) and on the other side innovation output ...

This is a power point presentation held by prof. dr. Djuro Kutlaca from the Science and Technology Policy Research Centre of the "Mihajlo Pupin" Institute. It deals with science and innovation in Serbia: country prospectives (including some statistics); key challanges of science in the Serbian economy and last but not the least STI policy in Serbia (how far is it from the best practice models?). In the end, findings on R&D system are presented. Special emphasis is given on the Science and ...

The non-profit think tank "Analytica" presented this report in May 2007 on the issue of visa facilitation. It discusses the agreements which are expected to enter into force starting from 1 January 2008 and will make it easier for citizens of the Western Balkan countries, including those such as students, businessmen, civil society representatives and other group of citizens to have easier processes of acquiring visas for entry into EU. The arrangement includes decrease of the costs, shortening ...

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