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... of clustering and sequencing, that is typical of qualitative case studies and ethnographic research; the logic of "coding" and categorising recurrent in textual analysis (for example media content analysis); and finally the hermeneutic logic of identifying "constructions of meaning", typical of discourse-analytical and narrative approaches. In total, 17 researchers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and Montenegro have participated in this training, out of which 43% were female and 53% were PhD candidates or PhD holders. Participants used this training as an opportunity for networking and exchanging of ideas and experiences. Source: RRPP The colloquium, which was held from February 15-16, 2013 ...

... inspire development in the region to the benefit of its people. Journalists were invited to the event on Wednesday, 27 February 2013, as of 6 p.m., at the Sarajevo hotel, Dzemala Bijedica 169 A, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Programme of the event. Contact: Dinka Zivalj - Spokesperson Regional Cooperation Council Trg Bosne i Hercegovine 1/V 71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina E-mail: press@rcc.int A panel discussion and an award for best achievement in cooperation in South East Europe were central elements of the marking of the ...

... The decision to grant this assistance was taken to alleviate the impact of the economic crisis on Bosnia and Herzegovina's budgetary and external position. The total macro-financial assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina amounts to €100 million and is in line with the commitment of the 27 EU Member States to the European perspective of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a concrete sign of how the European Union provides support to the people of BiH. The first instalment was paid after the country ...

This two year MA programme is conducted as a joint degree between four partner universities (Graz, Belgrade, Skopje and Zagreb) and the third generation commences in Graz in October 2013. Students enrol in and spend the first year at Karl-Franzens University of Graz. In the second year, students spend at least one semester on mobility at a partner university. Mobility partner universities include Belgrade, Skopje, Zagreb, Bologna, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, Poitiers, Sarajevo and South East European ...

... Biscevic, the first Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council, and to Erhard Busek, former Special Coordinator of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The panelists and special guests include: Goran Svilanović, RCC Secretary General; Zlatko Lagumdžija, Deputy Chair of the Council of Ministers/Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Nickolay Mladenov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria; Nikola Poposki, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair-in-Office of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) in 2012-2013; Ovidiu Dranga, State Secretary for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania, incoming Chair-in-Office of the SEECP; Kieran Dowling, Ambassador of Ireland ...

The overall objective of the Project was to strengthen education-research-innovation (eri) triangle and to improve knowledge transfer from academia to industry by building structural and legislative framework and by implementation of recognised good practices. The project focused on education-research- innovation (eri) triangle. In this report the achievements of the projects are explained: such as an impressive number of case studies and good practicerecipes offering possible solutions in ...

The document addresses: 1) The role of doctoral education in boosting research and innovation/technology transfer at the University of Vienna 2) The role of technology transfer system within Saarland University (correlation and cooperation) 3) The present status of the education-research-innovation activities related to knowledge transfer and academic entrepreneurship: towards a better understanding 4) Reflection from the university perspective as well as analysis of ...

In 1993 the European Union took the decision to open its borders to the new democracies of Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe. Eight of them joined in 2004 and two more in 2007. However, the most ambitious European project ever has yet to be concluded. This book examines the state of play anno 2012. What have we learned from earlier accessions and how does this affect the perspectives of the remaining (potential) candidate countries? What explaines the much stricter conditionality of ...

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty the protection of minorities became an explicit founding value of the European Union. In its external relations the EU has with the membership perspective and increased integration in the common market strong instruments at her disposal to promote and foster the protection of human and minority rights in the Western Balkan states. The question, however, arises to which extent the EU made and makes use of this leverage in its enlargement policy. ...

... Nations, Regional Director, UNDP Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Orhideja Kaljosevska, Head of NIPAC Office, Secretariat for European Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Turkey - Ahmet Yücel,Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry for EU Affairs Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Bosnia and Herzegovina - Nevenka Savić,National IPA Coordinator, Directorate for European Integration Expectations of, and ownership by the Beneficiaries – Serbia - Ognjen Mirić,Coordinator for EU Funds, Serbian European Integration Office The viewpoint of Member States - Julius Liljeström, Director, Deputy Head of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden ...

After mapping the economic situation and the competitiveness of the countries in European neighbourhood, the paper proceeds to an analysis of the selected aspects of these countries’ competitiveness The economic impacts of existing agreements between EU Member States and neighbouring countries. A simulation of various scenarios covering free trade in goods between the EU and some of its neighbours is attempted. Where possible, the effects of bilateral agreements on the growth and productivity ...

... Providing think tanks from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia with training and networking opportunities, the TRAIN programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans. During a series of seminars, participants will receive training on the conduct and efficient communication of policy research and ...

Mobility Periods Basileus I : Started 15 July 2008 Last possible start of mobility : 1 September 2009 Project enddate : 30 November 2011 Basileus II: Started 15 July 2009 Last possible start of mobility : 1 September 2010 Project enddate : 30 November 2011 Basileus III: Started 30 November 2010 Last possible start of mobility for students: 31 December 2011 Last possible start of mobility for staff: 29 October 2014 Project enddate : 29 November 2014 Partners & Associates in ...

... objective of the conference was to contribute to integration of statistical systems of the countries of the Western Balkans into a joint European statistical system through development, processing and distribution of statistics in the area of education on the basis of single standards and harmonised methodology. The delegations of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia participated actively as did the representatives of Eurostat, Centre for Research in Education and Innovation (CERI/OECD), European Training Forum (ETF), National Educational Council of Finland, International Network of Educational Policy Centres, KulturContacta, UNICEF, Centre for Educational Policy and Belgrade University. The workshop ...

... vulnerable groups, including refugees and internally displaced persons. It will also help strengthen the law enforcement agencies in the fight against organised crime, terrorism and corruption, and will advance Bosnia and Herzegovina's alignment with EU laws and standards. "The EU continues to prove its commitment to the European perspective for Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is now crucial that an effective coordination mechanism is put in place by the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to make the best use of EU support, for the benefit of the country's citizens,"stressed Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle. The funding comes under the ...

After 1991, as Yugoslavia began to disintegrate, new states emerged alongside each other, each with their own citizenship regimes determining who was a ‘citizen’ and therefore had the privileges of citizenship (residence rights, welfare rights, property rights, political rights, etc.). CITSEE examines these regimes against the background of Europeanisation, focusing in particular on the enlargement and related policies of the European Union, but also other the impact of other international ...

... The event recorded a massive interest resulting in participation of 114 young people from FYR Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Kosovo*, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania and Ukraine, who formed 49 teams and presented their apps at the grand finale on the last day of the event. The Overall Winner at the event was the team of iDERMA (Croatia) who won S4S Fellowship, participation at Mobile Monday Budapest and Alcatel One Touch. The application awarded ...

... the extent to which those prerequisites are already met, since a full understanding of the researcher profession in its complexity is indispensable for sound decision and policy-making. The report (see link below) is accompanied by country fiches - of which we present here the ones prepared for the Western Balkan countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is a potential candidate to enter the European Union. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU was signed in June 2008 encouraging BiH to develop socio-economic policies which include strengthening the role of science in the country and prospects for national economic growth based on domestic knowledge-intensive ...

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 a call in ...

This report also provides in-depth statistics about the composition of project consortia: 74.5% of all the grant agreements involve at least one SME and 11.1% of all the projects have an SME as its coordinator. The average EU contribution going to SMEs participating in thematic research projects so far has been about €275000 per project. When looking at FP7 in its entirety – including Research for the Benefit of SMEs and the Marie- Curie Actions – the conclusion is that of the about 91000 ...

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, ...

... of global risk in transition countries": How the best practices can help transition countries to face the effects of the global risk? will be held in Peja, Kosovo* on May, 30th 2013. The conference is organized by Public University "Haxhi Zeka" (Kosovo*) in Cooperation with State University of Zenica (Bosnia & Herzegovina), European University of Tirana (Albania) & European University College Dukagjini (Kosovo*). Language: English Cost fee: 50€ (per participant) Submission Authors are invited to submit electronically to: peja-conference@uni-pr.edu Deadlines - Abstract submission is December 20-th, 2012and abstract confirmation of acceptance is January 31 ...

This Deliverable follows-up on Deliverables D2.10 and D2.12 (including update) reporting on the thematic priorities defined in the first and second phases of the identification and consultation process from 2008 – 2011 (ICT, AgroFood, Health, Transport, Environment, Transport II and Social Sciences and Humanities). It gives the regional research priorities in the field of Energy for the Western Balkan countries. Thus, D2.43 provides the results of the consultation process in the field of ...

The topics presented in the report are important because many of the drivers of and the challenges to the recovery of industrial demand and employment are to be found outside Europe. The new industrial markets outside the EU are key to European competitiveness, particularly in the context of the recovery. More importantly, however, they are crucial for European industrial competitiveness in the long term. This is because the emerging industrialised economies are increasingly competing with ...

... round table discussion Discussion on barriers to cooperation in international cooperation in innovation, research and technology transfer (sharing experience from MIRA and WBC region) – proposals how to overcome some barriers The experience of the IT1, EIB, and MIRA Survey Presentation on activities of Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Research Workshop on Migration from BiH, Workshop on Emigration Issues in the Western Balkans-joint approaches) Source: MIRA project Workshop on Innovation in EU-Mediterranean and Western Balkans was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina on November 5-6, 2012. WBC-INCO.NET co-organised the event together with the project MIRA, Fostering the European ...

... The Ministerial Round Table on Science, Technology and Innovation for South East Europe to convene on November 23, 2012 will focus on intensifying the STI system capacity and collaboration in the SEE region. The Round Table will be co-chaired by Sredoje Novic, Minister of Civil Affairs, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and by Gretchen Kalonji, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences. Ministers and high level officials, experts of science, higher education and research from 11 South East European countries will participate: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and ...

... national workshops in Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine in partnership with local universities, with the aim of increasing awareness of the importance of institutional autonomy for the modernisation of universities’ management structures. The second project, entitled ‘Empowering Universities to fulfil their responsibility for Quality Assurance’ (EUREQUA), will support universities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo* in improving their internal quality assurance (QA) processes and in linking them into a comprehensive, all-encompassing system that leads to the enhancement of quality and the creation of a quality culture. The project will focus on extensive capacity building for universities in quality assurance, through training, mentoring and ...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2012–2013 is being released amid a long period of economic uncertainty. The tentative recovery that seemed to be gaining ground during 2010 and the first half of 2011 has given way to renewed concerns. The global economy faces a number of significant and interrelated challenges that could hamper a genuine upturn after an economic crisis half a decade long in much of the world, especially in the most advanced economies. ...

The survey on consumers’ attitudes, expectations and behaviours towards traditional food is innovative in the Balkans and highlights some interesting results. Generally, Balkan consumers express a positive attitude towards traditional food. In order to explain consumers’ behaviour towards traditional food, it can be said that there are different types of consumers giving more or less importance to components considered as traditional. Thus, the future supply of traditional foods should ...

This publication includes also the presentation of the FOCUS-BALKANS project (Focus on food consumers in the Balkans). This project focuses on the important challenge of filling knowledge gaps and rebuilding networks. The general objective of the FOCUS BALKANS project is to improve competencies and understanding in the field of food consumer science in the Balkans countries. This will result in a stronger participation of WBC scientists in projects related to food consumer science and an ...

... of linkages among MIRA and WBC-INCO.NET in view of network building Discuss cooperation possibilities and synergies between the activities of both projects Identify common innovation needs/demands and good practices Discussion of a toolbox Agreement on Joint Activities It is organized by the Bosnian Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA, Bosnia Herzegovina), possibly Montenegrin Ministry of Science (MoS-ME) with support from DLR, BC (and potentially other MIRA partners involved in EMIS-activities ...

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