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... Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, France, Albania, the Russian Federation, Japan and China with more than a hundred bilateral projects. In the near future, cooperation with the USA, Israel, Austria and Spain will begin as well. Furthermore, there is an open call for joint project proposals with institutions from countries with which Macedonia has not signed agreements for scientific cooperation yet. All these activities are intended to facilitate the incorporation of Macedonia in the European activities in the scientific research area, which has been recognised in the opinion of the European Commission for the status of this sector in the country, stating that ...

The Macedonia Community Development Project (MCDP) has evoked considerable interest among those involved in CDD because it focuses on sustainable development in a post-conflict environment and in the context of a recent decentralization initiative. Although the MCDP had a total budget of only $8.7 million and was completed in less than ...

A significant amount of new borrowing for infrastructure investment isbeing contemplated by SEE countries, often based on bilateral and multilateral funding. This short approach paper seeks to set out the key issues that will need to be kept in mind when evaluating the proposed borrowing and investments. While the note is indicative, and needs to be supplemented by more detailed analysis by each Government, it suggests that caution needs to be exercised in any new borrowing. World Bank (2006): ...

... this purpose each project partner has to know whether it is really located in an International Cooperation Partner Country (ICPC) or not (which is and has been difficult to decide in the phase of the first open FP7 calls for proposals for applicants/partners in countries like Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia) andwhat amount of lump-sum contribution for participants from ICPC the European Commission has foreseen. The first question has already been extensively discussed in this journal. Basically, a list of the international cooperation partner countries is published on the CORDIS Website “Participate in FP7 - Eligible countries” (http://see-science.eu ...

... to FP7, and finally the internal adoption procedure at the level of the European Commission and in the respective Association Countries.The Memorandum of Understanding enters into force as soon as it is signed and is retroactive to January 1, 2007. This means that research entities from Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia are eligible for participation and funding as Associated Country for all calls since January 1, 2007. The signing ceremony will take place at the same time with all three Western Balkan countries. The Croatian Minister for Science, Education and Sports, Dragan Primorac, the FYR of Macedonia Minister of ...

... is funded by the European Commission under FP6. It is coordinated by the Centre for Social Innovation (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation) in Austria, with project partners, research ministries and agencies in the project countries Austria, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. Article published in see-science.eu eJournal spring 07. More Than 300 Valid Project Applications in the First Call The first pilot joint call for the submission of research projects from 14 countries was successfully concluded on March 31, 2007. Expectations were really exceeded with a ...

... 16, has proved to be a meeting of milestones in several ways. With the accession of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the objective of integrating all the South East European Countries into CEEPUS has been accomplished. CEEPUS now comprises 14 countries: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia. Exchange with Bosnia-Herzegovina is scheduled for the academic year 2008/09, provided that all the necessary legal steps at local level will have been completed by then ...

The S&T ministries from Albania, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are among the partners as well as the official NCP from Bosnia-Herzegovina. In addition, S&T ministries from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey participate to add critical mass and momentum. The proposed project supports the bi-regional dialogue through the Steering Platform on Research for WBC ...

The JRC also supports the EU Enlargement policy. This is done through the Enlargement and Integration Action (E&IA), which is published every year. The main objective of the E&IA is to strengthen collaboration with the New Member States (NMS), Candidate Countries (CC), including Croatia and FYR of Macedonia and Potential Candidate Countries (PCC), including Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. More particularly, the E&IA focuses on complex scientific and technical issues within the JRC remit, which underpin EU legislation and cover a wide range of policy areas, such as environment, health, food, energy, chemicals, agriculture and nuclear safety ...

A study of foreign direct investment costs and conditions for two industrial sectors in five Western Balkan countries was conducted by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group. The Western Balkans benchmarking study assessed the investment prospects in the food and beverage processing sector for all five countries in the Western Balkan region; in the automotive components sector for all countries other than Albania; and, for Albania alone, in the leather and ...

This is a power point presentation held by dr. Zoran T. Popovski, State Secretary of the Ministry for Education and Science (2005). The author gives a short review of the S&T sector in FYR of Macedonia. Then he presents the legal framework and focuses on financial aspect of S&T in Macedonia (budget contribution in R&D). He also names several difficulties in this field. Furthermore, he describes the European Research Area Project, the Framework Programmes, and conclusion from meetings connected to the relation between the ...

This document present some statistical data on Gross Domestic Product of FYR of Macedonia in 2003. It states that GDP the country in 2003 had a nominal value of 253,454 million denars. The nominal increase in relation with 2002 was 3.9%; the real GDP growth rate was 3.4%. State Statistical Office (2004): Republic of Macedonia - State Statistical Office. State Statistical Office

This is a power point presentation held by Milic Uvalic at the UNESCO-ROSTE Workshop in Stockholm in 2004. First, she presents economic constraints for S&T in SEE. Then some main features in SEE are presented: national policies in S&T, investment in R&D, human resources in R&D, impact of S&T on competitiveness and employment. Last but not hte least she focuses on international/regional/bilateral cooperation. Uvalis, Milica (2004): Science, Technology, and Economic Development in South Eastern ...

This Memorandum is based on the results of the Vienna Workshop "Future Perspectives of International Research and Technology Co-operation". This workshop was focussed on the future role – both the opportunities and the challenges – of the non-candidate South Eastern European countries – shortly called the Western Balkan countries – within the envisaged European Research Area and the future research and technology activities of the European Union, in particular the Sixth EU Framework Programme ...

... ago. However, these instruments do not engage effectively with the underlying causes of instability. The danger is no longer ethnic hatred, nationalist extremism or military conflict, but a new crisis of economic and social dislocation. Effective government in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, political stability and interethnic peace in FYR Macedonia, economic and political reforms and the strengthening of the rule of law across the Western Balkans are stated as the main interests. European Stability Initiative (2004): Western Balkans 2004 - Assistance, cohesion and the new boundaries of Europe. European Stability Initiative ...

This is a report on situation in West Balkan countries and EC assistance to help them. It is stated that the EC is the largest single donor in the Balkans, spending over 839 million euro in the region in 2001 alone on top of 956 million euro in 2000 through the CARDS programme. EU assistance is focused on helping the countries to implement the Stabilisation and Association Process – namely, stabilising their internal economies and political relations, promoting regional co-operation between the ...

This is a report written by Marko Bonac and John Martin. The topic of this report is the current state of research and education networking in wider Europe. It focuses on geographic variations and in particular on the digital divide between the most developed and least developed National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). A major part of this report is based on a comprehensive survey of NRENs in "Neighbouring Countries" carried out in spring 2003. The survey reviewed the current standard ...

This is a paper produced by the European Stability Initiative in the year 2003. It states that there is a growing fear among the countries of the Western Balkans that they will be left on the margins of the new and integrated Europe. It recognises that the Western Balkan countries today face very different threats and opportunities from those which existed only three years ago. It notes that European policy instruments have not yet adapted sufficiently to meet these new challenges. There is a ...

This is a report conducted by Jadranka Djuricic (2004). First it presents the structure of the Ministry of Science and Environmental Protection of Republic of Serbia. Then some ongoing activities are described. The the author focuses on research in Serbia and international cooperation. Last but not the least some future activities are presented. Djuricic, Jadranka: Ministry of Science and Evironmental Protection - Republic of Serbia. Ministry of Science and Evironmental Protection

This report on education in Albania has been prepared within the framework of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members of the OECD as a part of its programme of co-operation with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. The themes covered are teachers, curriculum, governance, and early childhood education and care. Each section provides an overview of the education systems, issues and barriers to reform, and recommendations. The recommendations are designed to be of use for natonal ...

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