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... proposal of the European Commission to organise an Enlargement Conference in the first half of 2016 focusing on youth issues. 32. The participating States applaud the agreement signed today (see annex on youth exchange - Addendum), upon the initiative of the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Albania, to establish a Regional Youth Cooperation Office of the Western Balkans and welcome the support of the German-French Youth Office in setting it up. 33. Higher Education, Science and Research: The participating States commit themselves to ...

The Joint Science Conference is one of the pillars of the Western Balkans Process (also known as the Berlin Process), which was officially launched with the 1st Western Balkans Summit held in Berlin by the German Chancellor Merkel on 28 August 2014. Being aware of the importance of education, science and research for the overall success of the EU-integration efforts of the Western Balkans, the political umbrella of the Western Balkans Process has entrusted the German National Academy of ...

The Joint Science Conference is one of the pillars of the Western Balkans Process (also known as the Berlin Process), which was officially launched with the 1st Western Balkans Summit held in Berlin by the German Chancellor Merkel on 28 August 2014. The joint statement of the Joint Science Conference can be downloaded below in a short and extended version in several languages. It entails recommendations reflecting the voice of science and that are addressed at policymakers of the Western ...

Balkan Civil Society Development Network (BCSDN) is a network of 15 civil society organizations from 10 countries and territories in South East Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, FYR of Macedonia, Romania, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey). Vision, mission & goals History Members Structure Statute & Strategy Annual Reports Partners and Donors http://www.balkancsd.net/

The report presents the results of the RCC-commissioned survey of business sentiment in SEE on crucial economic and development issues, intended to engage more closely the business community in context of the RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy. The survey was carried out in December 2014 by GfK, and was conducted face to face with 1400 companies of different size and different business areas, which are not majority-owned by the state or government, in all seven economies covered by the Strategy. Regional ...

The report presents the results of the RCC-commissioned survey of public opinion of SEE citizens on crucial economic and development issues, intended to engage more closely the general public in context of the RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy. The survey was carried out in December 2014 by GfK, and was conducted face to face with 7000 respondents, in all seven economies covered by the Strategy. Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) http://www.rcc.int/pubs/25/balkan-opinion-barometer-2015

The goal of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 strategy of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), is to improve living conditions in the region and bring competitiveness and development back in focus, closely following the vision of the EU strategy Europe 2020. It stresses out the shared vision of the SEE economies to open up to 1 million new jobs by 2020, by enabling employment growth from 39% to 44%, increase of total regional trade turnover by more than double from 94 to 210 ...

It was chaired by Xavier Prats Monné, Director General for Education and Culture at the European Commission, and brought together six education ministers from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as well as their key staff. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama came for the opening of the meeting. Ministerial meeting This year was the first time that the ministers reported on the developments in higher education since 2013, based on the commitments they ...

... Printing all papers in the Proceedings; Exchange of useful experience in the pleasant atmosphere. Source: President of the Organizing Committee Prof. Goran Stojanovic, PhD The international conference „Modernisation of universities through strengthening of knowledge transfer, research and innovation“ - WBCInno2015 will be held on 18 of September 2015, in Novi Sad, Serbia, at the amphitheater of Central building of University of Novi Sad (dr Zorana Đinđića street, no. 1, Novi Sad ...

... all papers in the Proceedings; Exchange of useful experience in the pleasant atmosphere. Source: President of the Organizing Committee Prof. Goran Stojanovic, PhD The international conference „Modernisation of universities through strengthening of knowledge transfer, research and innovation“ - WBCInno2015 will be held on 18 of September 2015, in Novi Sad, Serbia, at the amphitheater of Central building of University of Novi Sad (dr Zorana Đinđića street, no. 1, Novi Sad). http://www.wbc-inno.kg.ac.rs/article/conference/ Novi Sad

The official conclusions have been prepared for the most of the meetings (starting with the Paris meeting), which summarized main points of the discussion and highlighted specific follow-up activities. 1st Steering Platform Meeting and Launch Event: Vienna, June 26, 2006 2nd Steering Platform Meeting: Berlin, March 29, 2007 3rd Steering Platform Meeting: Thessaloniki, October 29, 2007 4th Steering Platform Meeting: Ljubljana, June 26, 2008 5th Steering Platform Meeting: Paris, December ...

Please find attached progress reports prepared by WBC and other countries and stakeholder on recent developments regarding RTI cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan countries. Steering Platform on Research for WBC

... nbsp;the Italian Presidency represented by the Italian Minister for Education, University and Research, Stefania Giannini, the Steering Platform met in Trieste (Italy) on 24th September and confirmed itself as an important information clearing house. Participants confirmed the importance of keeping this instrument working. The meeting was co-chaired by Serbia on behalf of the Western Balkan countries and European Commission ...

... hr. Visit us at senzations.net. Please be so kind and distribute this invitation to all those who may be interested. Fill the registration form and become a part of SenZatinos 2015! SenZations 2015 Summer School will be held in Belgrade, Hotel 88 rooms 4*, Serbia from August 30th to September 5th, 2015. This year’s SenZations will see its 10th rendition and include event more young and talented researchers from across Europe and other parts of the world. So far, SenZations has attracted more than 700 participants and covered topics ranging ...

The final agenda is available below for download as well as the progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries.These reports are to be presented by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries during the meeting. The event is organised back-to-back with an event of the Danube-INCO.NET project. For all further information see www.danube-inco.net For questions, please contact Ms. Ildikó ...

Due to some organisational issues, the 2nd strategic workshop for Western Balkan NCPs was not organised in Montenegro (as previously foreseen in DoW) but in Krems, Austria on November 18-19, 2013. The aim of this Workshop was to offer an outline of the European Research Area funding opportunities, with special focus on Horizon 2020 and multilateral programmes and at the same time to offer stimulating and engaging networking opportunities with Austrian NCPs and students of the Master course in ...

... recepy for cometitiveness of individuals, companies, universities, and the states themselves. Best technology innovation competition has been developed based exactly on this idea and the wish to promote entrepreneurial spirit ammong researchers, students, innovators, creative individuals, teams and companies, focused on those who would contribute towards transforming the economy of Serbia into a knowledge based one. The experience gained in Serbia with this competition, lasting from 2005 without breaks, and being all the time modified based on observations of the outcomes, enabled the organizing team to gain evidence into strengths and weaknesses of the Serbian R&D sector, education system and entrepreneurial climate. This, in turn, has been transformed into ...

The Regional Energy Research Priorities identified during the consultation session in the field of Energy are (no preference is given by the order): Integral management of river basins Bio gas production from waste Second generation bio-fuels Small hydro–grid connection, system integration, operation and control Geothermal heat-pumps in energy efficient buildings Zero energy buildings Cross-Cutting Priorities identified are: Coordination of national R&D projects – regional Research ...

... nbsp; Research in WBC – WBC-INCO.NET’s Findings” includes several reports compiled by the project WBC-INCO.NET on the situation of Science and Research in the Western Balkans and the coordination of relevant policies and initiatives in: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo*. The third part “WBC Innovation Systems in Focus” at hand puts the focus on Innovation and discusses a broad range of topics – from innovation infrastructures, needs and capacities to smart specialisation, innovation and brain drain and RTDI evaluation. This third part includes also some of the WBC-INCO.NET ...

This deliverable outlines four pilot-projects presented in four parts: Strategic Innovation, Innovation officer, Voucher scheme, and Soft Landing Platforms. As a follow-up activity of T8.2, further support to the implementation of adaptation schemes developed in the frame of Work Package 8 was foreseen in this task T8.5. A two-step approach was followed: in a first step, task force meetings for selected innovation measures (for one or two WBC partner countries per scheme) were planned. In a ...

... presenters on the topics they are interested in. Agenda List of participants Report Gallery Presentations: Programi stipendiranja i praksi Mogućnosti za inovacije u Horizontu 2020 Metodologija za upravljanje inovacijama Online Katalog Strateski plan razvoja BI-NTP Univerzitetska inovativna platforma WBCInno projekat There are 9 more Info Days planned in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in the future. Please stay informed about the future events and the project and its activities: http://www.wbc-inno.kg.ac.rs/ The University of Kragujevac organized the WBCInno info day “From knowledge and research results to successful innovative ventures” on April 25th, 2014. The ...

Proposals are invited from economists and other social scientists. Projects with a significant commercial aspect or those that seek the funding of the dissemination of previous results (such as book preparation) rather than original research are explicitly excluded. Proposals must be postmarked by 31 May 2014. For further information and details please see the attachment. Questions and inquiries may be addressed to: research.competition@wiiw.ac.at The Vienna Institute for International Economic ...

... current Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union; Ministry of Education and Sports (Albania); Ministry of Civil Affairs (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia); Ministry of Education and Science (FYR of Macedonia); Ministry of Science (Montenegro) and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia) as well as messages from WBC-INCO.NET partners are included as introductory part of this publication. At this point we would like to express once again our deepest appreciation for the support and commitment to the WBC-INCO.NET project. The publication at hand consists in general of three parts: while ...

Purpose The purpose of the consultancy is to assist in the implementation of the South East Europe (SEE) 2020 – Jobs and Prosperity in a European Perspective (hereinafter: “SEE 2020” or “Strategy”), particularly in the area of Research & Development (R&D) and Innovation under the Smart Growth pillar of the Strategy. The main expected output is development of a detailed programme of actions for improving technology transfer and scientific parks in the region, including outlining elements ...

Mapping of innovation potential at the University of Novi Sad was conducted in terms of identifying and collecting the data on research infrastructure, laboratories, centers, research teams with noteworthy results, developed technologies and knowledge, offered commercial services and trainings, licenses and patents, etc. The Catalogue includes well-structured information on available capacities to be involved in knowledge transfer, applied research and potential for innovations into market for ...

The development of Business Incubators (BI) and Science and Technology Parks (STP) is one of the most efficient instruments for boosting the local economic development. This topic was recognized as highly important by WBCInno partners, which was the main motive to elaborate the Strategic Development Plan for BIs/STPs in WBC region. This Strategic Plan presents the trends in the development of BIs and STPs at EU and world level as well as the current state in WBC region in this area. This gave ...

... innovation management techniques, across the intellectual property aspects, review of innovation cycle phases with financial aspects to the software innovation management support. All of these aspects are elaborated in the separate chapters. The Chapter Intellectual Property Aspects deals with the general IPR aspects in three countries of the WB region: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. The last chapter of this publication gives the detailed definition and description of Idea and Project Management workflows, along with the roles and responsibilities assigned within each of them. These workflows are applied in the software platform that will be developed in accordance with this ...

This Platform aims to support the development and growth of a range of KTT activities including commercialisation of research, collaboration between universities and enterprises, and establishing start-ups and spin-offs. It also considers the issues of managing and supporting these activities to optimise success as well as considering ways in which success can be measured and reported. The report recognises that different universities are at different stages of development, have different ...

The Catalogue provides the overview of structures and mechanisms established at the University of Montenegro, which are engaged in knowledge transfer, advanced research and innovations. The core of the publication is the presentations of centers and laboratories of the University of Montenegro which provides more detailed information on their activities, results, resources, projects (domestic and international), key personnel, as well as provided commercial services , technical solutions, ...

The publication was intended to provide an overview of the knowledge and technology transfer services and their qualitative and quantitative comparisons. The most relevant KTT services recognized are assisting R&D collaboration, contract research projects and scientific/technological services, commercialization of R&D results by patenting, licensing and student projects with businesses. The publication also presents an assessment of different aspects of KTT in practices that can be ...

... universities through strengthening of structures and services for knowledge transfer, research and innovation), finalised several publications focusing knowledge and technology transfer, innovation management, strategic development of business incubators and science and technology parks as well as 5 catalogues on research and innovation potential of Universities of Kragujevac and Novi Sad (Serbia), Zenica and Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and University of Montenegro. The catalogues are published in english and local languages ...

... BiH leave their alma mater to work at universities abroad or choose to conduct research for different NGOs, the documentary tries to unveil the reasons behind this trend. learn more 27.02.2014 The Study on "Transnational Networks, Transnational Entrepreneurship and the Role of the State: the Cases of Serbia and Albania" is now online This is the first study to conduct an empirical investigation of the relationship between migration and development in Serbia and Albania. It thus contributes to debates focusing on the developmental potential of Diaspora networks. Empirical findings organised across different levels of analysis (micro, macro and ...

... their information flyer. Please send us your flyer until latest 25th April 2014 to Umwelttechnik BW, Bahnhofspassage 2, 71034 Böblingen, Germany. You are invited to meet new cooperation partners at the meeting point on the Action Area Danube Region. During the fair we will welcome delegations from Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary and Romania. Country presentations will take place in the conference room A11 (first floor, Hall A1) on Wednesday, 7th May (Serbia, Hungary) and on Thursday, 8th May (Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia) from 2pm to 6pm. We will send you the program on your request. Source and contact: rumjana ...

... gladly invites all the interested academics and/or practitioners to register to the “OKUPIMO PAMET” web portal at: www.ni.ac.rs/prijatelji (in Serbian) and help us develop a solid base of expertise for the future project initiatives for the benefit of all the involved stakeholders, south and central Serbia. The currently registered 103 members of the “OKUPIMO PAMET” portal await further peers to bring the brighter future to the region. Register at: www.ni.ac.rs/prijatelji (in Serbian) For any further inquiry about the initiative you may contact us at: okupimo.pamet@ni.ac.rs The University of ...

... COWPEA WEEVIL Vedat PİRİNÇ, Songül AKIN, Seval GÖKOVA - FEMALE AND CHILD LABOUR IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: THE CASE OF DIYARBAKIR Predrag VASIĆ, Zoran KRIVOŠEJ, Marina TOPUZOVIĆ, Darko DUBAK and Danijela PRODANOVIĆ - MORPHOLOGICAL – ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TWO COMMON JUNIPERS (Juniperus communis and Juniperus oxycedrus) FROM THE AREA OF MOUNTAIN KOPAONIK IN SERBIA C.OFOEGBU, S. OGBONNAYA and F.D. BABALOLA - SAWMILL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND WOOD RECOVERY OF TIMBER SPECIES IN CROSS RIVER STATE NIGERIA Adeel AHMAD, Jehanzeb FAROOQ, Waqas Shafqat CHATTHA, Muhammad NAVEED-UL-HAQ - ASSOCIATION OF QUALITATIVE AND YIELD CONTRIBUTING TRAITS IN UPLAND COTTON Nasir Rashid Wani, Khwaja Naved Qaisar and Parvez Ahmad ...

... nbsp; The R&D Strategy was adopted by the ministers of science of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo*, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia on 25 October 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia. As part of the RCC’s SEE 2020 Strategy a Regional Action Plan for implementation of Western Balkans Research and Development Strategy for Innovation was adopted on April 2, 2014. The Plan includes organisation of the Regional Scientific Forum, aiming to boost ...

... Regional cooperation and participation in several support activities have been one way to tackle the challenges. At the "Horizon 2020 Regional Launch Event for Western Balkans" on March 4, 2014 in Budva, Montenegro it was confirmed that the association procedures for Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are under way and well on track. This means that these WBC will participate in Horizon 2020 on equal terms like the EU Member States and not as "third countries". For all currently open calls, participants from the region and their consortia may prepare proposals as if they are already ...

IPA II (2014-2020) Prepared in partnership with the beneficiaries, IPA II sets a new framework for providing pre-accession assistance for the period 2014-2020. The most important novelty of IPA II is its strategic focus. Country Strategy Papers are the specific strategic planning documents made for each beneficiary for the 7-year period. These will provide for a stronger ownership by the beneficiaries through integrating their own reform and development agendas. A Multi-Country Strategy Paper ...

... passed since the beginning of the first World War and 10 years since the biggest round of enlargement of the European Union (EU) with the accession of 10 new countries. Today, the EU perspective is open to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. The European Commission is keen to learn more about what you think: What can today's European Union of 28 Member States learn from its past to help improve its future? What does an enlarged European Union mean to you? If you are between 15 and 25 years old ...

... Resources, in Arandelovac (FR Yugoslavia), in the year 2000. Following 12 years and 7 successful conferences conducted each time in different country (the 2nd in Slovakia, the 3rd in Greece, the 4th in Romania, the 5th in Czech Republic, the 6th in Turkey and the 7th in Serbia), we are proud to be the host of the 8th Conference, here in Albania. http://www.8thcmapseec.org/ Adriatik Hotel, Durres

... nbsp; S3 Platform, Joint Research Centre(JRC),European Commission Regional Government of Vojvodina/Information Centre for Business Standardisation and Certification (BSC) Should you have any questions about the event, please contact my colleague, Fatime Hegy (Fatime-Barbara.HEGYI@ec.europa.eu). Where: Hotel Putnik, Ilije Ognjanovica 24, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is currently preparing together with Vojvodina Regional Government in Serbia a peer review workshop for regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) which will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia on 10-11 April 2014. This will be the first ...

... about the event, please contact my colleague, Fatime Hegy (Fatime-Barbara.HEGYI@ec.europa.eu). Agenda: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europ ... viSad_25-03-2014.pdf Further information: http://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/14th-peer-review-10-11-april-2014-novi-sad The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is currently preparing together with Vojvodina Regional Government in Serbia a peer review workshop for regional Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) which will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia on 10-11 April 2014. This will be the first JRC peer-review workshop in a non-EU country. The focus of the event will be transnational cooperation. During the workshop ...

... current Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union; Ministry of Education and Sports (Albania); Ministry of Civil Affairs (Bosnia and Herzegovina); Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia); Ministry of Education and Science (FYR of Macedonia); Ministry of Science (Montenegro) and Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development (Serbia) as well as messages from WBC-INCO.NET partners are included as introductory part of this publication. At this point we would like to express once again our deepest appreciation for the support and commitment to the WBC-INCO.NET project. The publication at hand consists in general of three parts: while ...

... of the innovation performance of the EU Member States and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research andinnovation systems. It monitors innovation trends across the EU Member States,including Croatia, from this edition as the 28 the Member State, as well as Iceland, theFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey. It also includes comparisons between the EU and 10 global competitors. Average innovation performance is measured by summarizing performance over equally - weighted 25 indicators in one composite indicator: the Summary Innovation Index. This year, the IUS2014 is accompanied by the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014. EC - Enterprise and ...

... in COST Actions Initiator roles in scientific committees Grant Holder role Primary target countries are the following COST countries which include both EU-Member States (EU13) and enlargement countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Turkey. Additionally, for other countries there is the possibility to get involved in the COST Actions as a “Near Neighborhood Country”, which is a nomination process for institutions located in one of the following countries, who are then also eligible for reimbursement from COST: Albania, Algeria, Armenia ...

... March 18-19, 2014 with the objective to create a European network of persons providing professional research support: administrative, legal and financial. As only participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina and from Croatia are currently part of the network, there is still a possibility to join the activities for research administrators from Serbia, FRY of Macedonia as COST countries and for those from Albania and Montenegro as so-called Near Neighbourhood countries ...

... the face of approaching deadline for the RRPP Call for Regional Research Projects 2014-2016, the presentations in local languages used during the Open Days in the region mid February 2014 are now available online. They will guide you through the application process. RRPP Call Open Day Kosovo* Open Day Serbia Open Day Macedonia* Open Day Albania http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net/en/News/Presentations-on-RRPP-Call-2014-2016.html

... of Szeged organized the second conference. In 2014, the Faculty of Geography (University of Belgrade) and Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management (University of Novi Sad) are entitled with the honourable opportunity to organize the third Romanian – Bulgarian – Hungarian – Serbian conference, in Srebrno jezero (Veliko Gradište, Serbia). The main goals are, to bring together geographers and institutions from the countries within the Danube lower basin and establish a working group to promote sustainable measures for the cross border cooperation and national phenomena. We hope that you will be able to accept our invitation, and join us for ...

... 2014 The 4th Edition of DAIE Conference, organized by Danubius University of Galati, Romania, in collaboration with Cahul State University “B.P. Hasdeu”, Republic of Moldova, Izmail State Liberal Arts University, Ukraine, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria and University of Belgrade, Serbia will be held in Ruse, at the seat of University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria, on June 29, 2014. The central theme of this series of events focuses on the Danubian scientific research. The participants, academics and researchers, meet yearly, on the International Danube Day (June 29), in order to ...

... ro Support Contact Cristian Baciu Email: cristianbaciu@univ-danubius.ro The 4th Edition of DAIE Conference, organized by Danubius University of Galati, Romania, in collaboration with Cahul State University “B.P. Hasdeu”, Republic of Moldova, Izmail State Liberal Arts University, Ukraine, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria and University of Belgrade, Serbia will be held in Ruse, at the seat of University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria, on June 29, 2014. The central theme of this series of events focuses on the Danubian scientific research. The participants, academics and researchers, meet yearly, on the International Danube Day (June 29), in order to ...

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