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... conference was an opportunity for researchers from the Western Balkan countries, to present research projects already funded by the RRPP as well as to network with fellow colleagues. The conference had been organised by the RRPP Management from the University in Fribourg together with the two Local Coordination Units in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Human Rights Centre, University of Sarajevo) and FYR of Macedonia (Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia). After the conference opening by the RRPP Director, Prof. Nicolas Hayoz from the University of Fribourg, and a welcoming note by the Head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) office in FYR ...

In its recent FP7 Progress Report, the EC included an analysis of the key achievements it has made in its efforts to facilitate participation in the Framework Programme. So far, the period has seen the establishment of the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) and the Research Executive Agency (REA). In addition, recent months have seen the launch of a new Participants Portal, with the aim of providing one central point of contact between all participants and the EC. It already ...

... University of Turku, Finland Vilnius University, Lithuania Western Balkan Universities Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia University of Belgrade, Serbia University of Montenegro, Montenegro University of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Novi Sad, Serbia University of Prishtina, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/1999) University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina University of Tirana, Albania University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Source and further information: http://www.joineusee.eu, as accessed on July 24, 2009. The new scholarship scheme JoinEU-SEE aims at academic exchange between Western Balkan countries and EU & Candidate countries. It comprised scholarships for undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral students and staff, financed by the European Commission in ...

... EUR 2 70, 000.00 EUR 3 90, 000.00 EUR 4 100, 000.00 EUR Minimum co-financing: 35% of total project value Project timeframe: September 2009 – November 2010 Furthermore, WUS Austria published a document “Analysis of QA Trends in Higher Education in the EU, South-East Europe, and Bosnia and Herzegovina”, according to which the applying universities can adapt their proposals. The application documentation consists of: 1. Application Form: All applicants are required to complete the application form. 2. Guide for Applicants: All applicants should read the Instructions thoroughly, since it contains advice on completing the application form. 3. Analysis ...

... will inform evidence-based guidelines for health and social care that are of national, regional and international importance; - Finally, grant applications, including for FP7, will be worked out to generate funding for a the future of the centre of excellence that will be established through this project. Supported by international initiatives, Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H) has undertaken a major reform of mental health care within less than 10 years. There are now decentralized community based services, and the country has become a leader in mental health reform in the WBCs region. However, the further development of services in the region needs to ...

WBC-INCO.NET projects supports this event logistically and contentwise. The Steering Platform meeting was held in Zagreb, Croatia (in the Dubrovnik Hotel) on October 29, 2009. It was co-chaired by Ministry for Education, Science and Sports of Croatia Ministry for Education and Science from Sweden European Commission. Please find below the presentations held and the agenda. Dubrovnik Hotel, Gajeva 1, 10000 Zagreb

Addressing the above opportunity, the overall aim of the ELLECTRA-WeB (European Electronic Public Procurement Application Framework in the Western Balkans Region) project is to: "specify, develop and test an Open Source Application Framework for electronic Public Procurement and a set of Supporting Guidelines that will enable, on the one hand, Western Balkan ICT developers to cost-effectively develop, and, on the other hand, Western Balkan Public Administrations and Suppliers to easily adopt ...

... for the elaboration of scenario, remediation measures and best practice techniques. For that purpose an expert data and information management system will be developed. The Sava River (945 km) is the biggest tributary to the Danube River and has 95551 km2 large catchment. It extends over four countries, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. In the development of the river basin management plan all countries are already collaborating under the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) guidance. SARIB http://cordis.europa.eu/search/index.cfm?fuseaction=proj.document&PJ_LANG=EN&PJ_RCN=7519611&pid=0&q=F7EBAE1A33959C4FAE16316CB78F3169 ...

The selected study cases comprise remote regions, non-connected to the electrical grid, that have been particularly affected by the war and also physical islands. The results of these applications will be projected to alarge scale implementation of RES on a wider scale of isolated regions in these countries.The long-term objectives of the proposal are to contribute to sustainable development of the region, especially in the making good of the consequences of the war in the environment and ...

... project is to support the formulation of Community agricultural policies by developing an open and interactive network in agricultural economics. The New Member States (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) the Candidate countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Turkey) as well as countries from the Western Balkan (Bosnia Herzegovina and Serbia Montenegro) take part in the project. Organisations from France and the United Kingdom, specialised in agricultural economics and experienced in working in the Central Eastern Europe Countries also participate in the project. CEEC AGRI POLICY http://www.europartnersearch.net/agripolicy ...

Aiming to contribute to sustainable development differen t technological concept including biomass combustion and gasification, wind, solar and hydropower will be examined in parallel with the local capacity and particularities. Alteration of existing technologies in order to achieve increased efficiency and rel iability of stand-alone power supply in selected isolated regions will be investigated. The technical, operational, economic and environmental characteristics of renewable energy ...

... investigations at different locations in South East Europe, relating the mountainous and complex structure of terrain, the characterization of local wind systems like "Bora" and the more efficient and reliable operation of large scale wind turbine. The existing wind potential areas in the former Yugoslav republics (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia/Montenegro, Bosnia/Herzegovina and Macedonia) are mostly situated in karst regions with steep and cliffy rocks and complex terrain. The prevailing wind conditions at these sites are mainly caused by local wind systems generated by different levels in temperature and air pressure between the Adriatic Sea and the mainland of the bordering countries ...

The RACWeB service will be accessible by Western Balkans and EU neighbouring customs administrations or any other authorised user whenever the level of risk involved in a customs declaration made by a declarant needs to be further assessed. Such a service clearly does not intend to replace, but to complement current and future national customs systems and to assist human controllers in Western Balkans and EU neighbouring counties. Therefore, the service will be developed according to the ...

... deploy a workforce of around 3,000 business support experts. The Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) is responsible for managing the Network. SME success stories, thanks to Enterprise Europe Network's brokerage services, corroborate the partners' views. At this point, the Network covers 44 countries, including: Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Turkey, the United Kingdom, USA, the former Yugoslav Republic ...

... amp;2008 CBC Serbia-Bosnia and Herzegovina Local Publication Notice The application form with entire application pack is available on: • the web site of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Serbia (http://www.evropa.gov.rs) • on the Web Site of the Directorate for European Integration of Bosnia and Herzegovina (http://www.dei.gov.ba) • on the EuropeAid website (http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/work/funding/index_en.htm) Further information: jtscbcsrbbih@mfin.gov.rs Fax: +381 31 512 394 On July 8 the EuropeAid call with the reference 128806 was published with the deadline of October 6, 2009 ...

... every country. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia met the necessary conditions. For Serbia and Montenegro the entry into force of the visa waiver will depend on fulfilment of all remaining open benchmarks of their respective roadmaps by the date of adoption of this proposal by the Council. Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina still need to continue their efforts to get a positive recommendation from the Commission. In Albania and in Bosnia and Herzegovina shortcomings still exist in the institutional framework to fight against organised crime and corruption, in addressing weaknesses in the procedure for delivering passports, and in the areas of border ...

Both documents are available only in Bosnian language: for the draft strategy: http://www.mcp.gov.ba/zakoni_akti/strategije/?id=833 for the Framework Law: www.mcp.gov.ba/zakoni_akti/zakoni/?id=830 A public debate on Draft Strategy on Science Development in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Action plan had been open by July 6, 2009. The Draft Strategy was developed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, representatives of the entity ministries and the research community. Once adopted, it will be the first such document at the state level. Furthermore, the Framework Law on ...

The WP is to be read in association with the Framework Programme and People Specific Programme decisions, and with the relevant Guides for Applicants. The most current Guides and other documents are available on CORDIS under www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/PEOPLE. Part I describes the background to the WP and the broad policy objectives. Part II gives details of the 2009 Actions, while Part III gives the corresponding information, in overview form, of the relevant calls. The Annexes contain reference ...

Breakdown of applications by country of the applicant and by type of projects (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals) European Commission: Breakdown of applications by country of the applicant and by type of projects (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. European Commission/Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

On May 20, 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted the Framework Law on Scientific and Research Operations and Coordination of the Inter-entity and International Scientific and Technical Cooperation. www.mcp.gov.ba/zakoni_akti/zakoni/?id=830 (only in Bosnian) 52. sjednici Predstavničkog doma, održanoj 29. aprila 2009. godine, i na 29. sjednici Doma naroda, održanoj 20. maja ...

Number of applications submitted by partner region (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. Number of applications submitted by partner region (Tempus IV - Second Call for proposals), 2009. European Commission/Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)

This booklet intends to highlight the scientific impact of the projects carried out in the frame of the SEE-ERA.NET Pilot Joint Call. SEE-ERA.NET has started as a regional ERA-NET, implemented by the national key stakeholders in fourteen European countries, including EU member states and all Western Balkan countries (WBC). The SEE-ERA.NET has created a strong commitment among the participating countries towards supporting multilateral research cooperation through a Pilot Joint Call (PJC) which ...

The Ministerial Conference which took place on June 19, 2009, welcomed Bosnia and Herzegovina, the new EUREKA National Information Point country, represented by Mr. Senad Sepić, Vice-Minister of Civil Affairs. The Conference encouraged Bosnia and Herzegovina to contribute actively to the network. EUREKA was created as an intergovernmental initiative in 1985. It aims to enhance European competitiveness through its support to businesses, research centres ...

This document deald with COST's Vision of its place in the European Research Area in 2020. COST Secretariat, COST Statement - The Role of COST in the ERA 2020, Brussels 2009. Leonardo Piccinetti/Europe for Business.

The statement adds that while Eureka’s role as a truly independent platform must be preserved by all means, coordination between Eureka and EU policies should lead to synergies that drive forward the European Research Area. An example is the Eurostars programme, which provides dedicated research funding for SMEs. The ministers welcomed the dramatic and positive turn around brought by the successful launching of the Eurostars programme. This resulted in 192 new individual bilateral and ...

CERGE-EI, with financial support provided by the Global Development Network (GDN) announces a research competition in all fields of the social sciences. Proposals are invited from economists, demographers, political scientists, sociologists, and other social scientists. Projects with a significant commercial aspect or that propose funding the distribution of previous results (such as book preparation) rather than original research are explicitly excluded. The sponsors have identified several ...

... communities, feel free to send any important information about your R&D projects, results and events to CORDIS: opoce-cordis-marketing@publications.europa.eu Source: CORDIS press release. CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has announced the launch of ten new National Services, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Ukraine ...

On the 2951st meeting of the External Relations Council in Luxembourg (June 15, 2009) the Council adopted conclusions on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkan Countries, welcoming the progress in the visa liberalisation dialogues. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf, as accessed on June 29, 2009 Council Website http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_Data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/108515.pdf

Eligible entities include public bodies, public equivalent bodies, private organisations, including some SMEs and NGOs. Each project must include at least one partner from an eligible EU-member state (eligible territories of Greece, Italy and Slovenia) and one partner from an eligible non EU-member state (eligible territories of Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia). The overall indicative budget for the programme is 63,750,000 Euros, with the minimum total budget for each project being 500,000.00 Euro and the maximum total budget being 5 million Euro. The Programme will cover up to max 85% of eligible expenses, with a lower ...

The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of health research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR1244). Please note, some of the reports might be updated after the workshop. Please check this site again before disseminating the pdf version of the reports and rather forward the link to interested peers. The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant ...

For further information and for downloading the relevant documentation, please visit www.ceinet.org/CERES. A short presentation of the CERES programme is attached - see below. For further information: Alessandro Lombardo Junior Executive Officer Central European Initiative - Executive Secretariat Via Genova 9 34121 - Trieste, Italy +39 040 77 86 744 email: lombardo@cei-es.org website: www.ceinet.org The deadline for submitting research project proposals in the framework of the CEI ...

We would hereby like to inform you that a Joint Call for European Research Projects will be published on September 1, 2009 as part of 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. The following themes/thematic areas will be supported through the call: ICT – I) Software systems for learning process management and support II ...

... The national background reports provide an interesting overview on the field of transport research in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244). The partners of WBC-INCO.NET and relevant experts compiled reports on the research system in the field of transport for each Western Balkan country. The reports have been discussed in a workshop for priority setting and resulted in ...

Researchers from Bosnian institutions have already played an active role in COST Actions as near-neighbouring country participants. So far, they have contributed to Actions in the Individuals, Societies and Cultures and Health (ISCH) and Forestry, Products and their Services (FPS) Domains. Bosnia and Herzegovina joins the COST family as a full member.

Within the overall aim of ensuring that the relevant institutions of the Republic of Croatia achieve readiness for eventual EU membership and develop institutional capacity and practical experience with the management of investments similar to those co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Regional Competitiveness Operational Programme (RCOP) shall serve as a basis for using the EU pre-accession assistance for the purpose of achieving the strategic priority of promoting ...

The workshop will be of an exploratory nature, looking at opportunities for joint project development in EU RTD Framework programmes and/or Official Development Aassistance funding schemes as well as for projects on national level with national (cross-sectoral) funding. In addition to these practical goals the workshop has the goal of laying the foundation for a (UNESCO, to be confirmed) publication on the issue of ICT and scientific diaspora in SEE which shall combine scientific analysis with ...

Further information is available in the attached guidelines for applicants. Source: Leonardo Piccinetti/Europe for Business. The Croatian Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFCA) is seeking proposals for projects that will contribute to sustainable regional development and industry competitiveness of high value added sectors of the economy and knowledge based SMEs by supporting innovation commercialisation in the public R&D sector in Croatia, with financial assistance from the ...

In addition to Macedonia, whose citizens could travel to EU without visas starting on January 1, 2010, Serbia and Montenegro met most of the Criteria, while Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina fail to meet any of the criteria. Kosovo/UNMIK was not included by this evaluation process. The report was sent to EU member states for review, after which the European Commission will present the final version of the report to be adopted. Source: http://www.oneworldsee.org/EC-Releases-Schengen-White-List-Scorecard-for-Western-Balkans, as ...

Executive Summary The indicators for the 2009 stocktaking were designed to verify whether the original goals of the Bologna process - which were expected to be achieved by 2010 - were actually being achieved in reality. Whereas in 2005 it was sufficient to show that work had been started, and for the 2007 stocktaking it was often enough that some work towards achieving the goals could be demonstrated or that legislation was in place, in 2009 the criteria for the indicators were substantially ...

This report on the activities of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat is submitted by the Secretary General of the RCC to the RCC Board in line with Article 10 of the Statute of the RCC. It covers the period between 1 March and 8 May 2009. In the period under consideration the RCC Secretariat continued with the active implementation of the RCC Strategic Work Programme 2008-2009, in particular contributing to the development of regional cooperation in SEE and cooperation with the ...

For this booklet, the King Baudouin Foundation undertook research into scholarship opportunities that exist in EU member state and EFTA countries for Western Balkan students. The information provided in this handbook is the result of research conducted within Western Balkan countries and EU Member States. (...). This handbook is an attempt to provide complete information about scholarships opportunities for Western Balkan students and researchers in European Union Member State and EFTA ...

This report assesses progress in implementing FP7 and what remains to be done to fully reach its original objectives. The accompanying Commission Staff Working Document provides more details on the topics covered. Scientific research drives the production and exploitation of knowledge, it generates ideas and solutions that foster economic growth, competitiveness and employment and it helps address long-term challenges, such as climate change and population ageing The overarching objective of ...

... classification of countries according to their relation with the EU (Member State/Candidate Country/Associated Country) is the same under FP7 as under FP6, the composition of these country groups has changed with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania in 2007, and with the association of Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007 and 2008. These new memberships have only had a marginal effect on the aggregate characteristics of their respective groups. Candidate and Associated Countries account for 8% of FP7 participation in terms of applicants and 8,4% of FP7 participation in terms of EU financial contribution. They have an ...

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 Steering Platform Meeting in Liblice/Czech Republic on May 28, 2009. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because ...

The project involves fifteen partners, among them the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), several SEE-based universities and the WBC-INCO.NET partners such as GSRT and TÜBITAK. A regular newsletter is available on the project's website, where users can sign up for a free subscription. The current issue (attached) deals with the following topics: SEE-GRID-SCI Regional Meteorologists workshop collocated with SEEGRIDSCi PSC03 in Bucharest SEE-GRID-SCI National ...

Below are the relevant documents (call, guidelines, and application form) for the different countries: Albania (pdf, 170kb) Bosnia and Herzegovina (pdf, 170kb) Kosovo (pdf, 170kb) FYR of Macedonia (pdf, 170kb) The guidelines specify all relevant requirements for the applicants to be taken into consideration prior to submitting a project idea: Guidelines (pdf, 150kb) Please use the following form for applications: Application Form Project Idea (doc ...

For further information, please have a look at the attached call text and project fiche. Contact: Chiara Casarella: casarella@cei-es.org, Tel: +39 040 7786 742 Information provided by Chiara Casarella. The Central European Initiative's Executive Secretariat offers ten post-doctoral fellowships in the context of the CEI Research Fellowship Programme – CERES, co-funded by the EC through its Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development – Marie Curie Actions. ...

The JRC Enlargement and Integration Action 2009 is focused on: * the two New Member States NMS (Bulgaria and Romania), * FP7 Associated Countries FP7 AC (Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), * EU Candidate Countries CC (Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Turkey), * Potential Candidate countries PCC (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro), as well as * at ad hoc basis on the European Neighbourhood Policy Partner Countries ENPPC. The E&IA 2009 is composed of two main ...

Speach of Commissioner Janez POTOČNIK (European Commissioner for Science and Research), held at the Ministerial conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo on April 24, 2009. For further details on the event, please see our event review. Janez Potočnik, Developing regional research strategy for the Western Balkans. Speach held at the Ministerial conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, 24 April 2009. European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/potocnik/news ...

This deliverable includes the minutes of two of the five consultation sessions to be held within Task T2.4: - ICT on December 10, 2009 in Belgrade, Serbia and - Agro Food on January 15-16, 2009 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Ministry of Education and Science, Montenegro

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