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... cooperation and modernisation in higher education between the European Union and partner countries in the surrounding area, including Central Asia. The programme focuses on international cooperation and not on mobility. The geographical coverage of the so-called partner countries is: Western Balkans countries covered by the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA): Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Kosovo/UNMIK, Montenegro, and SerbiaCountries of Eastern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East covered by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI): Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel (new), Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Morocco, the Palestine Authority, the Russian Federation, Syria ...
... Eastern Europe?’, held on September 28-29, 2006 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference was organised by the UNESCO Office in Venice, the Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Austrian Science and Research Office in Ljubljana. It gathered together ministers and representatives responsible for science and finance from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey, as well as a number of international experts and representatives from international organisations active in South Eastern Europe. Both events acted as an excellent platform where it was possible to evaluate current and potential initiatives ...
... have had different experiences in this regard. The major focus for all of them was participating as associated countries in FP7 and the governments in most countries decided to use funds from IPA (or its predecessor, the CARDS programme) to pay for the “entrance fee”. Whereas Montenegro or Albania reported that it was not possible to prioritise research on the planning documents, Serbia has had good experiences with the CARDS programme and has again managed to prioritise ICT infrastructure as well as the development of local-regional business and innovation support structures, such as clusters, incubators, and business/technology parks ...
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The WEB-MOB Project: Development of Researchers Mobility Policy Guidelines for the Region of Western Balkans
News
17. Dec. 2007
The consortium consisted of seven partners from six different countries (Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania and Croatia), geographically covering the whole region. During the lifetime of the WEB-MOB project, the partners have identified existing obstacles to incoming mobility in every country, and which in many cases had not been identified by administrations in charge of research. More specifically, mobility guidelines were developed so as to ...
... a cooperating NIP country. Ales Mihelič says “We are delighted that one of the key elements of the Slovenian EUREKA Chairmanship programme - the widening of EUREKA’s frontiers into the Balkans - is happening so early in our term.” EUREKA Chair has established initial contacts with Montenegro and Albania received EUREKA NIP status in 1993. Some research organisations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, involved in EUREKA project activities together with neighbouring companies from the Western Balkans, should also be on track. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and research organisations from both Croatia and Serbia have already participated in 15 EUREKA ...
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A new Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) for Social Sciences
News
17. Dec. 2007
... the University of Fribourg has been entrusted with its implementation. Nicolas Hayoz /users/2504.html and Jasmina Opardija /users/2505.html, University of Fribourg (CH) Article published in see-science.eu eJournal fall/winter 2007. The Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) aims at strengthening research capacities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo/UNMIK, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia ...
... European Union, in 2007-2009 The European Commission has finalised its planning for the financial assistance the candidate and potential candidate countries will receive in 2007-2009 under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA). An overall indicative amount of 3.96 billion will help Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UN Security Council Resolution 1244) enhance political and economic reform and development, on their path towards EU membership. Read more http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/index_en.htm FP7 Cooperation programme: FP7-KBBE-2007-2B The third FP7 KBBE call has been published on 30 November ...
The present report was developed by the SCORE project team and provides a brief overview of the ICT research environment ALBANIA. The document was firstly developed in March 2007 in the context of the SCORE Consultation Document that served for consulting expert ICT stakeholders about the relevant ICT research priorities in each WB country for the period 2007 – 2013. The document was finally updated and optimised in September 2007. SCORE (2007 ...
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FP7 - Workprogramme 2008 - Cooperation - 2 Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Document
4. Dec. 2007
This is the workprogramme 2008 published for the thematic field of 'Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology' in the Cooperations Programme.
European Commission C(2007)5765 of 29 November 2007: WORK PROGRAMME 2008, COOPERATION, THEME 2, FOOD, AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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... occasion for the presentation and promotion of the Grants Database which was launched by the Stability Pact in February 2007. The handover of this database to the Information Office of the Steering Platform is currently under discussion.The meeting will be opened by Genc Pollo, Ministry for Education and Science, Albania, Goran Svilanovic, Chair of Working Table I and Cristian Adomnitei, Minister of Education, Research and Youth, Romania who discuss a Proposal for the Establishment of the Task Force ‘Fostering and Building Human Capital‘.Panel Discussion deal with Parliamentary Co-operation and Fostering and Building Human Capital. Further events of the Stability ...
The SEE-ERA.NET White Paper in a nutshell The WHITE PAPER offers strategic recommendations and implementation scenarios for connecting the research systems of Southeast Europe to the European Research AreaThe WHITE PAPER identifies opportunities for developing S&T policy strategies, fostering of institutional reforms, institution building and infrastructure development in the Western Balkan countriesThe WHITE PAPER presents scenarios for improving human capacity building and international ...
... held on 28 and 29 September 2006 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The conference was organized by the UNESCO Office in Venice, the Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Austrian Science and Research Office in Ljubljana. It gathered together ministers and representatives responsible for science and finance from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey, as well as a number of international experts and representatives from international organizations active in South Eastern Europe (SEE). Both events acted as an excellent platform, on the basis of which it was ...
Summarising the recommendations of the White Paper, priority should be giving to the following activities: 1. strengthening strategic reform processes with regard to the national research and innovation systems in the Western Balkan countries and contributing to their sustainability through institution and capacity building. 2. assuring a high level of participation of the Western Balkan countries in the 7th EU Framework Programme on Research and Technological Development and Demonstration ...
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Strengthening the Strategic Cooperation Between the EU and Western Balkan Region in the Field of ICT Research
Project
16. Nov. 2007
... The main contribution of the SCORE project will be the development of ICT Strategic Research Agendas for the participating Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia) and a Policy Paper with “Recommendations for shaping EU scientific co-operation with the Western Balkan Region in the field of ICT research: 2007-2013” that will enable EU RTD policy-makers to define realistic research policies and agendas for the region. SCORE Objectives are ...
In October 2007, short impact studies for Tempus in the Western Balkan countries were published by DG Education. Those can be downloaded here. They cover a brief overview on the higher education system, participation of the countries in Tempus and also a brief assessment of the impact. DG Education (2007): Tempus Impact Studies. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/tempus/news_en.html. Accessed: 14.11.2007. DG Education ...
The respective documents can be downloaded from see-science.eu at /doc/2408.html. Below you find an overview on the impact assessment carried out for the different countries. Impact of Tempus in Albania Tempus has contributed to the harmonisation of higher education in terms of the development of unified curricula, with 70% of higher education institutions stating that over half their curricula comply with the Bologna criteria as a result of Tempus. Curriculum development projects also support the development and introduction of credit ...
The SCORE project is running an Open Consultation to find out what are the ICT research priorities for the period 2007 – 2013 in each of the following Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia. SCORE is an EC funded project that aims to contribute to the shaping of EU ICT research policy in the Western Balkan region, in a way that meets the interests and actual needs of regional ICT stakeholders. Its main contribution will be the development ...
The annual strategy document includes also a summary of the progress made over the last twelve months by each candidate and potential candidate: Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UN Security Council Resolution 1244). In addition, the 2007 progress reports were published, where the Commission services monitor and assess the achievements of each of the candidate and potential candidates over the last year. The so-called "enlargement package" contains also ...
... and Transport of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and with the close co-operation of the European Commission Delegation in Sarajevo. Participants include Ministers of Transport and Communication or of Information Society from the Parties in the Stability Pact’s electronic South East Europe (eSEE) initiative – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Romania and UNMIK/Kosovo. In addition senior officials of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, UNDP and the EC as well as the Secretary General of the Regional Co-operation Council (RCC), the future successor organisation to ...
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Event Review: A Roadmap for the Western-Balkans: Using IPA and other EU Funds to Accelerate Convergence and Integration
News
31. Oct. 2007
... applied to Western-Balkan countries as well, otherwise there is no credible membership perspective that could account for triggering reforms in case of potential candidates.Tamás Szemlér: EU Financial Support for the Western Balkans: Well-suited to Real Needs? Session 2Experiences of Beneficiary Countries, a Prognosis of IPA's SuccessDitmir Bushati (Agenda Institute, Albania )Haris Abaspahic ( ACIPS Center for Policy Research, BiH)Iskra Belceva & Darko Blazevski ( Central Finance and Contracting Department, Ministry of Finance, Macedonia )Carlos Filipe (EU Commission, Head of Unit, Financial instruments coordination, DG Enlargement)Chair: Dragan Djuric (Head of Capacity Development Unit, Capacity Development Programme, Montenegro ) The second and third sessions ...
