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Zoran Nechev, Visiting Research Fellow (EU Enlargement) of the “Fellowship Programme for Policy Researchers from the Western Balkans Region” of the European Fund for the Balkans and the Think Tank Fund of the Open Society Foundations is the author of the Policy Brief on the EU Enlargement process towards the Western Balkans, which was made in cooperation with the host Institution – The Netherlands Institute for International Relations “Clingendael”. The Brief analyses the accession process of ...

Background With the aim of encouraging mobility between higher education institutions in the Western Balkan countries and those in the European Union (EU), the European Commission initiated a series of measures to increase the share of students primarily from the Western Balkans who spend at least one semester away from their home institutions, but also the share of young people from EU member states who come to Western Balkan (WB) countries. Objectives Aim of the paper (published by the BRS ...

The region has huge renewable energy potential, including Wind, Solar, Biomass and Hydro, as well as access to favourable fossil-fuel markets. Can this need and potential be matched and realised? Croatia joined the EU in 2013 and Serbia is making clear progress towards accession, so what will this mean for regional energy markets? Will investment be more favourable or will increased legislation have an effect? Following the success of our 2012 event which attracted over 200 attendees from over 25 countries, our 6th Annual Balkan Energy Finance Forum ...

... to the development of effective and efficient state administrations in the region by offering a tailor-made fellowship and training programme for highly qualified young professionals from the central government of the countries of the Western Balkans (including cantonal level government in Bosnia Herzegovina and regional level government of Vojvodina in Serbia). Up to 20 scholarships are made available for civil servants from the Western Balkans to spend a three-month fellowship in government institutions in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain. To read the full Call for Applications go to: Call for ...

... works with experts at local and international level, laying the foundations for innovative and sustainable businesses. Since 2001 the EU has funded EBRD Small Business Support in Serbia with €8 million. “Developing the private sector through support to small and medium-sized enterprises is in the focus of the EU in Serbia.” stated Ambassador Vincent Degert, Head of the EU Delegation in Serbia. Matteo Patrone, EBRD Director for Serbia, affirmed that "the track record of the EBRD Small Business Support programme in Serbia has been impressive – companies have been able to both increase their turnover as well as to create new jobs. This programme brings tangible benefits for Serbian companies, as it offers direct first-class consultancy services which address ...

... The RRPP LCU in Serbia recently published a policy brief entitled “An Overview of the Current Situation, Main Challenges and Policy Recommendations for Improving Social Science Research in Serbia”. This policy brief is the result of the project Establishing a Dialogue Between the Research Community and Decision-Makers with a View to Improving Social Science ...

... and stability throughout scientific cooperation in the country and abroad, Initiate democratic dialog and liberal discussions, Support civil society development in Serbia. The Club Alpbach Belgrade announces an open call for 25 candidates from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Kosovo* and Serbia ...

... on three sites chosen to be financed under the special EU Grant, whose implementation will raise impact and visibility of Ljubljana Process”, said Wenceslas de Lobkowicz, Advisor for Cultural Heritage in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enlargement. Projects to be finance are: the Franciscan Monastery of Bac in Serbia, Banja Luka Kastel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Apollonia Archaeological Site in Albania. Borče Nikolovski, Chair of the Task Force, underlined importance of successful realisation of EU funds of 500,000 euro for rehabilitation of monuments in need of urgent interventions, preliminary investigation, project design and creation of management plans ...

... the book Environmental Protection in Bor and Pancevo: Challenges of Participatory Approaches to Environmental Governance contributes to the understanding of decision-making processes in the environmental protection field. The papers collected in this volume focus on the actors and structural requirements of cooperative and participative environmental governance in Serbia. The relevance of this analytic orientation stems from the fact that Serbia’s EU accession grants it new opportunities for developing advanced environmental governance models. However, the readiness of key stakeholders to implement this model is still questionable. Thus, an analysis was conducted of the empirical material gathered in two case studies involving communities dealing with serious environmental issues (Pancevo and Bor ...

The projects will be implemented from June 2013 to March 2014. At the end of the projects, case studies will be written illustrating activities, advocacy strategies, successes and lessons learnt so that libraries everywhere can benefit. As for the National OA advocacy campaigns, In Serbia the winner is the National Library of Serbia - KoBSON with the project DOISerbiaThesis – assigning DOI to PhD thesis defended at Serbian Universities The goal of this project is to motivate young researchers who already finished their PhD studies to deposit their PhD thesis into OA institutional repositories (IRs). By assigning DOIs to PhD thesis researchers will ...

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