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Communication from the Commision to the European Parliament - Western Balkans: Enhancing the European Perspective
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12. Mar. 2008
The document is focusing on policy advice and EU instruments aimed at Western Balkans countries in their further stabilisation, economic and political development, and moving closer to the EU. The Commission supports the efforts of the Western Balkan countries for reform and regional cooperation mainly through its Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance. It has taken a new initiative in the area of donor coordination, involving the international financial institutions and bilateral donors. This ...
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Deliverables of the project Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of Renewable Energy Sources in Western Balkans (FP6)
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11. Mar. 2008
Please find enclosed all deliverables of the project Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of Renewable Energy Sources in Western Balkans, under the Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 6, Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems. The project ran from January 2005 to December 2007. Deliverables of the project Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of Renewable Energy Sources in Western Balkans (FP6): http://www.vbpc-res.org/ (13.03.2008) Virtual Balkan Power Centre for Advance of ...
... region in order to gradually advance towards visa liberalisation. This would enable the Council and the Commission to closely monitor progress in necessary reforms. Visa facilitation and readmission agreements Visa facilitation and readmission agreements were signed between the EU and Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia on 18/9/2007 and entered into force on 1/1/2008. The visa facilitation agreements will make it easier to issue short-term visas for citizens of the Western Balkan countries and introduce a reduced fee of 35 for visa applications. The agreements set time-limits for issuing a ...
... to grant up to 100 scholarships for postgraduate students from the Western Balkans each year to follow Erasmus Mundus master courses, starting in the academic year 2007-08 (Western Balkans window): academic year 2007-08: the Decision adopted on 14.12.2006 (CARDS 2006, EUR 4 million) covers Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.academic year 2008-09: the Decision adopted on 5.11.2007 (IPA 2007, EUR 4 million) extended eligibility to Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Exchanges of up to 500 undergraduate and graduate students, doctoral and post-doctoral candidates and academic staff between the EU and the ...
... repairing Jadran Shipyard. Moreover, the tourist companies HTP Budvanska Rivijera and HTP Ulcinjska Rivijera are to be slated for privatisation this year, as well as the Niksic-based Ferrous Metallurgy Institute, oil company Montenegrobonus, Marine Bar, and Barska Plovidba. Following the adoption of the restructuring programmes, the strategic companies Luka Bar, Montenegro Airlines and Zeljeznica Crne Gore are also to be privatised. Source: Intellinews On March 6, 2008, the government of Montenegro adopted the 2008 privatisation programme ...
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WBC-INCO.NET Press Release: S&T Policy Coordination with Western Balkans: New Project Supports Integration
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8. Mar. 2008
Please find attached the press release text in order to inform about our initiatives in your networks. It would be great if you could inform us briefly about your communications: Elke Dall dall@zsi.at Project coordinator WBC-INCO.NET c/o Centre for Social Innovation Linke Wienzeile 246, A-1150 Vienna. Austria. Many thanks in advance! We would like to ask our readers - YOU! - to also inform on their websites and in their networks on the start of WBC-INCO.NET project. In our press release we ...
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Initiative: Strengthening capacities in the Western Balkans countries to address environmental problems through remediation
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8. Mar. 2008
... in clean-up (remediation) activities (both making measurable progress and communicating this to those affected),3. To ensure control of existing pollution and prevent similar environmental mistakes happening in the future, through building up knowledge and capacity in the local communities and at the national level to solve these issues. UNDP Montenegro initiated negotiations with the Royal Netherlands Embassy. With support from five other UNDP offices in the region, UNDP Montenegro prepared the Regional Environmental Hot Spots Programme, funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Belgrade and signed in October 2007. Involving six countries/territories and covering nine environmental hot spots, this ...
... philosophy, social work, sociology, public health, human rights & public law, or journalism/media studies. The program does not support scholars in philology, the visual and performing arts, or business. The program may operate in: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo/UNMIK, Kyrgyzstan, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan and Ukraine. AFP fellows are placed in carefully selected university departments that are amenable to change and demonstrate a realistic and clear vision for future development. The program, which represents part of a conscious strategy to combat rain drain, helps universities in the region retain promising ...
... transnational co-operation areas in Europe. It is the only transnational programme area with such a large number of non-EU countries participating (candidates, potential candidates and third countries). The eligible area for TCP-SEE comprises Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Greece, Hungary, parts of Italy, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Republic of Moldova and parts of Ukraine. The operational programme can be found in the document service of wbc-inco.net at http://www.wbc-inco.net/doc/3230.html (registration is for free). For further information also see the webpage of the Programme: http://www.congress.hu/see/ The ...
... WBC will be added soon) The EC has recently launched the Enterprise Europe Network, which is an EU-wide support network for enterprises. The network is made up of over 500 contact points engaging 4,000 members of staff and includes all EU countries as well as additional third countries. Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and FYR of Macedonia have also managed to get a successful bid in the new Enterprise Europe Network, which replaces the old EICC/IRC network ...
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Minutes of the Steering Plattform Meeting on Research for the Western Balkan Countries in Thessaloniki (October 29, 2007)
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28. Feb. 2008
Find enclosed the Minutes of the Meeting of the Steering Platform on Research for Western Balkan Countries which took place on 29 October, 2007 in Thessaloniki Greece.
Conference organiser were the General Secretariat for Research and Technology and the Greek Ministry of Development. Minutes of the Steering Plattform Meeting on Research for the Westn Balkan Countries in Thessaloniki, 2008 ZSI
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Minutes of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries Meeting in Berlin (March 29, 2007)
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28. Feb. 2008
Following the launch of the Steering Platform on Research for the Western Balkan Countries on June 26, 2006 in Vienna, jointly by the Austrian Council Presidency and the European Commission, the German Council Presidency and the European Commission jointly held the first regular meeting of the Steering Platform on March 29, 2007 in Berlin/Germany.The meeting was held back to back with the meeting of the Steering Board of the SEE-ERA.Net. Here you find the FINAL minutes of the meeting adopted at ...
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Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe passes baton to Regional Cooperation Council
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28. Feb. 2008
The participants noted that the Stability Pact through its activities since 1999 had significantly contributed to the stabilisation of South Eastern Europe. The overall socio-economic situation as well as security in the region has improved and the Euro-Atlantic integration of South Eastern European countries is well on track. From March on, the Regional Co-operation Council will play a key role in consolidating achievements of the Stability Pact to date and in making further progress in the ...
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Strategy for the Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in South East Europe. Regional Approach for the Western Balkans
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27. Feb. 2008
The regional approach is based on integrated policy from a regional perspective, aimed at promoting peace, stability and sustainable development in the Western Balkans. It encompasses Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Kosovo. In the Balkans, political, military, development cooperation and economic instruments are used in an integrated manner. Strategy for the Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in South East Europe, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/regional_approach_for_the_western_balkans.pdf (27.02.2008) Royal Netherlands Embassy, Belgrade http ...
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Discussion Paper: Intra-Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans: Under which conditions does it foster economic progress?
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27. Feb. 2008
The main motivation for regional cooperation in the Western Balkans is providedby the EU, formulating it as conditional for the countries’ EU accession aspirations.Economically, this claim includes the establishment of regional free trade agreements (RTAs)whose direct economic effects are twofold and limited: Whereas inflows of FDI are likely toincrease due to a bigger market, an increase of interregional trade will be moderate and mighteven stall microeconomic restructuring. To gain ...
As a response, this publication aims to address some common misunderstandings aboutuniversity–enterprise cooperation, to offer an understanding of its concepts, and to offeradvice on how best to apply these.It tries to explain how university-enterprise cooperation has evolved in the EU – not on apolitical whim, but as a creative response from the world of learning to its changing roleand environment. It explains the principles of university-enterprise cooperation and offerspractical examples, ...
This report provides macroeconomic indicators and performance tables on GDP growth, inflation, account balances, FDI, etc. of Central eastern Europe and the Baltic states, South-Eastern Europe and Commonwealth and of Indipendent States and Mongolia. EBRD Transition Report 2007, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/ebrd_transition_report_2007_2.pdf (27.02.2008) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ...
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Doing Business 2007. How to Reform. Comparing Regulation in 175 Economies.
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27. Feb. 2008
Doing Business 2007: How to Reform is the fourth in a seriesof annual reports investigating the regulations that enhancebusiness activity and those that constrain it. Doing Businesspresents quantitative indicators on business regulations and theprotection of property rights that can be compared across 175economiesfrom Afghanistan to Zimbabweand over time. Doing Business 2007 Overview, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/doing_business_2007_overview.pdf ...
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Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. Ownership, Harmonisation, Alignments, Results ans Mutual Accountability
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27. Feb. 2008
This is the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness with the participation of a broad selection of countries worldwide.
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/paris_declaration.pdf (27.02.2008)
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... ensure the implementation and promotion of the CEEPUS II programme and for the approval of evaluation reports and the restructuring of the programme. It meets at least once a year.Currently CEEPUS has 14 member countries Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republicand Slovenia. Discussion about the inclusion of UNMIK/Kosovo is currently ongoing. Further information:http://ceepus.scholarships.at The 14th Meeting of the Joint Committee of Ministers will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on February 29, 2008 ...
