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The government developed the ‘Higher Education for All’ policy, as part of the Programme of the Government 2008-2012. The goal is for 25% of the population to receive higher education by 2012. To achieve this strategic goal and enable a larger group of students to enrol at universities, in 2008 the government opened a new university in Shtip, as well as new faculties in bigger cities with decreased or no tuition fees4. Source: EURAXESS The 2012 Researchers Report prepared by Deloitte ...

The Report establishes the baseline for annual updates and for monitoring the European Research Area (ERA). It is based on qualitative and quantitative data. It also provides the basis for further analysis on the observed correlation between a lower degree of openness in terms of some of the indicators for the research profession used in this report and low performance on the Innovation Union Scoreboard2, and for identifying clusters of low-performing countries. The qualitative data comes ...

... 1) Gender Politics and Discourses 2) Media, Political and Social Discourses 3) New Social Disparities/Social and Economic Change 4) States, Networks and Informality 5) Migration, Diasporas and Remittances Papers to be presented can handle topics within the region in general or deal with the processes of change in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. All interested candidates should submit a single PDF file containing a short Curriculum Vitae (max. 1 page), an abstract of the proposed conference paper (max. 300 words) and a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page) by 19 January 2013 at the latest to delia ...

Starting from the six ERA dimensions described in the ERA Green Paper, the report then looks where we are today, and which direction the future is taking, given the policy context of Europe 2020. Involvement of stakeholders in further building the ERA is looked at by analysing their involvement in a number of existing ERA instruments, using a taxonomy of stakeholder roles and functions. The report has been written as part of the FP7 project Forward Visions on the European Research Area (VERA). ...

This report constitutes a formal deliverable, namely D6.1 “Outline of ERA elements and stakeholders”, of Work Package 6 “Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Strategy” of the VERA Project (Forward Visions on the European Research Area). The main objectives of this project are both to provide relevant strategic knowledge for the governance and priority-setting of the research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI) system in Europe, and to set up a strategic conversation across the ...

Background At the end of October 2012 we have published the 100th issue of the e-newsletter of the Western Balkan countries INCO-NET. This was also a good opportunity to look back and think about developments achieved so far in the region in the fields of S&T and Innovation. Thus, we have issued ...

... basis in particular on the possible future actions that will be proposed to avoid duplication and ensure coherent governance. The Platform took note of the Joint Declaration adopted at the South East European Ministerial Round Table in Sarajevo on 23 November 2012, co-organized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Unesco Regional Bureau in Venice. The Platform asked for good coordination on the implementation of the recommendations to avoid overlap and duplication of work. With respect to work to be undertaken on Infrastructures, the importance of attending the meetings of the European Strategic Forum on Research Institutes ...

Compilation by FFG of questions posed by Austrian beneficiaries to the Research Enquiry Service (Helpdesk for the Framework Programme), covering all kinds of legal and financial aspects. Total of 200 pages, to be browsed by topics, regularly updated (download from http://rp7.ffg.at/rp7_faq). (current version as of October 11, 2012). FFG http://rp7.ffg.at/rp7_faq

... The Partners for Acquis Compliance and Energy Efficiency (PACE) project aims at facilitating the EU integration process of business communities in the six Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia). PACE offers companies a unique opportunity to benefit from a so-called EU acquis audit, analysing their compliance with EU legislation in selected areas. Western Balkan enterprises can also undergo an energy efficiency pre-check, carried out by their local chambers of ...

Every 6 months, high level political dialogue meetings are organised linking the EU Member States, Associated Countries and the Western Balkan countries. The meetings are co-chaired by the European Commission, the EU Council presidency country (currently Cyprus) and a country from the region (for this meeting: Serbia). Please find the presentations attached below. Please see also the link to the progress reports and conclusions of the Steering Platform Meeting. The 13th Steering Platform on ...

University and government economists, business experts and researchers are invited to submit abstracts. Potential papers should address any of the following, or related topics: Theory of economic integration Trade liberalization and regional cooperation Challenges of the EU enlargement EU enlargements in business perspective Integration policies: case studies Changing global competitive environment – theory and practices Legal environment of the EU Western Balkans; trade, cooperation and EU ...

The Strategy will identify priorities, recommend policy and institutional reforms and be accompanied by an action plan detailing initiatives to be implemented at the supra-national level. It is expected to be presented in 2013 and serve as a framework for a collective effort to promote the Western Balkans’ most urgent priority: increasing innovation, growth and prosperity. Expected results Larger number of scientific publications in high impact journals. Enhance collaboration between ...

... devoted to incentives and support to the development of regional “clusters based on research” across the Europe, with joint participation of universities, research institutions, enterprises and regional authorities (“triple helix approach”). The project is implemented by the consortium of 23 institutions and organizations from Spain, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. www.rtdcluster-health.rs.ba

... participated in this event. The Ministerial Round Table was financially supported by the Swiss Government, State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER); Italian Government; Austrian Development Agency (ADA). Source: email by Rosanna Santesso, UNESCO Ministers and high level representatives responsible for science from South Eastern European countries met in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on November 23, 2012 on occasion of the Round Table on Science, Technology & Innovation organized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe located in Venice, Italy. The high ...

... international organizations, such as the European Commission, participated in this event. The Ministerial Round Table was financially supported by the Swiss Government, State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER); Italian Government; Austrian Development Agency (ADA). Source: email by Rosanna Santesso, UNESCO In collaboration with the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice (Italy) convened the Ministerial Round Table on Science, Technology and Innovation for South East Europe (SEE) at the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Sarajevo. The high level discussions lead to the unanimous adoption of a joint declaration that ...

Attached please find the WBC-INCO.NET brochure (last updated October 2012).

... Submission of papers: Papers must be sent in electronic form at all three e-mails of assistants (find below) or on CD in Word or PDF format to the address: University of East Sarajevo, For JBD-EGT-2013, Alekse Šantića 3, 71420 Pale, East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina The scope of work is up to 10 pages. Arial 11 pt, 14 pt headlines, information about authors 10 pt. All the margins 2.5 cm. Abstracts of papers should be written to the volume of one A4 page with information about the authors of papers and title of the ...

... Conference at: Phone: +387 32 449-143, 449-145 Fax: +387 32 246-612 Email: sjasarevic@mf.unze.ba Source: Quality 2013 The 8th Research/Expert Conference with International Participation "Quality 2013" will be held in Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 06 – 08, 2013. The conference is organized by University of Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; University Erlangen Nuremberg (Germany) and Quality Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

... proposing remedies. Outcomes and recommendations of risk analysis are being used as well for daily coordination of joint operations. http://www.frontex.europa.eu Western Balkans Annual Risk Analysis (WB-ARA) 2012 has been prepared by the Frontex Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) in cooperation with the competent border-control authorities of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The joint analytical activity is an integral part of the Frontex-led Western Balkan Risk Analysis Network (WB-RAN) in which all the mentioned Western Balkan countries actively participate ...

These reports have been provided by the members of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in preparation of the Platform Meeting taking place in Belgrade on December 6, 2012. On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. The previous reports can be accessed at http://wbc-inco.net/object/document/10054, ...

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