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The TRAIN programme seeks to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks and political actors in the Western Balkans (i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia). Especially with a view to the European integration process, the voice of regional think tanks and their impact upon national policy-making must be strengthened and their visibility and credibility vis-à-vis EU actors enhanced. In order to build the necessary institutional capacity in the countries concerned and to support networking within ...

... Finally, CHER regularly organizes an international symposium to discuss the developments in higher education and higher education research. More information is available here: http://www.uni-kassel.de/incher/CHER/Welcome.html Date: From: 10 September 2012 To: 12 September 2012 The 25th CHER annual conference will take place in Belgrade, Serbia from September 10 to 12, 2012. The conference will be organized by the Centre for Education Policy (CEP) and the Centre for Education Policy Studies of the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education (CEPS). For the first time since its foundation, the CHER conference will be held in this part ...

... receive a monthly stipend to cover the tuition fee and cost of living. The scholarship is awarded for three years, conditional on timely fulfilment of all academic and project-related requirements. The call is open to citizens from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo (UNSCR 1244), FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. More information is provided in the document attached below. Additional information about the Doctoral programme in Comparative Politics is available at http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr or by email at dboban@fpzg.hr. As part of the Norglobal research project entiled 'European integration in higher education and research in the ...

The proceedings of the Danube Rectors Conference 2011 which took place in Vienna on November 17 and 18, 2011 are attached below including the agenda, all presentations etc. In case you are just interested in specific presentations and do not want to download the full proceedings, all presentations have also been individually linked in the programme available on the website: www.boku.ac.at/drc2011.html ...

... and their attitudes towards corruption. The paper is based on a survey conducted on the sample of over 1800 business owners and managers in the Western Balkans region. Using the original survey data collected in 2010 for seven countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – the authors explore business people’s views on the ways in which the business sector is dealing with corruption as well as on the perceived role of private and government agents in curbing corruption. The findings provide useful policy recommendations for countries in the Western Balkans region to ...

... below. Register here: http://www.balkanfund.org/balkanpeerexchange/ Date: From: 21 February 2012 To: 23 February 2012 This event is jointly financed and organized by the European Fund for the Balkans, Think Tank Fund and Human Rights and Governance Grants Program of the Open Society Foundations, Foundation for Open Society Serbia, National Endowment for Democracy and Balkan Trust for Democracy and open to members of think tanks and advocacy organisations operating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (UNSCR 1244 ...

The 4th issue of the SEERA-EI newsletter (December 2011) is available now and include the following topics: Eastern Europe Partnership Event: Policy Makers and National Representatives from the Region Gathered to Deliberate on the Enhancement & Sustainability of eInfrastructures in Eastern Europe National Programme Cookbook Joint Action Plan South East Europe i* Forum took place in Sofia ICT Turkey 2012 Event Bilateral Cooperation between Ministries of Bulgaria and Montenegro ...

... the EU amounted to about €147 mio in 2010. Background In 2000 the European Union established for the first time exceptional unlimited duty-free access to the EU market for nearly all products originating in the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo) in Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000). Only wine, sugar, certain beef products and certain fisheries products enter the EU under preferential tariff quotas, as negotiated under the SAAs. The regime was renewed in 2005, and due to expire on 31 December 2010. Therefore, on 22 February 2010, the ...

... June 2012 The aim of the 5th International Symposium of Industrial Engineering – SIE 2012, held in Belgrade from June 14 to 15, 2012, is to contribute to a better comprehension of the role and importance of Industrial Engineering and to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Industrial Engineering program in Serbia, established at FME, Belgrade. The Symposium is expected to foster networking, collaboration and joint effort among the conference participants to advance the theory and practice as well as to identify major trends in Industrial Engineering today. According to these goals the Symposium addresses itself to all experts in all ...

As part of WBC-INCO.NETs Work Package (WP) 8 on Innovation support, the underlying task of this report is to collect good practice examples of innovation activities that can be adapted to the region of the Western Balkan countries or to some individual countries of the region. This deliverable presents a collection of good practice examples of programmes, instruments and measures aiming at supporting innovation activities. The examples are presented in two parts: the first part (Chapter ...

The European research and innovation cooperation and the close connection between research, innovation and education play a decisive role in securing future growth. Therefore, the EU gives high priority to this area and allocates considerable funds annually to finance the research programmes. During the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU, there are two dossiers on the research- and innovation area that will dominate the work of the Council. The European Institute of Innovation and ...

... Preparation for acquis implementation, strengthening of administrative capacity, contribution to socio-economic development Kosovo1 62,900,000.00 Justice, home affairs and fundamental rights; private sector-led economic development; public administration reform Montenegro 26,493,599.00 Justice, home affairs and fundamental rights, public administration reform, social development, environment and climate change Serbia 178,556,810.00 Strengthening of the rule of law and public administration, overcoming of the economic crisis and improvement of competitiveness, support to social inclusion and reconciliation Turkey (including participation in European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument) 232,968,023.00 Justice, home affairs and fundamental rights; environment and climate ...

... time and have a representation of 5 and 2 participants respectively. (Participant means coordinator or partner of a proposal, and number of proposals equal to number of coordinators.) In total there are 37 eligible countries: EU27, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Israel, Turkey, Serbia and Albania. Around 52% of the proposals originated from one country, while 48% are submitted by multinational consortia, with a 3% increase compared to last year. In total ...

... nbsp; together with an assessment of the impact of alternative scenarios for the instrument. Currently, the EU is dealing with 5 candidate countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey) and 4 potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99). By 2014, only Croatia is foreseen to become a Member State. Socio-economic indicators show that, with the exception of Iceland, enlargement countries are still well below the EU average and ...

... the index is prepared is available in the FAQs. Source: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/press/ The Western Balkan countries rank as follows among the 183 countries assessed: country - rank - score (maximum score =10) Croatia 66 4.0 Montenegro 66 4.0 FYR Macedonia 69 3.9 Serbia 86 3.3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91 3.2 Albania 95 3.1 Kosovo UNSCR 1244 112 2.9 Transparency International http://www.transparency.org/content/download/64426/1030807

... nbsp; together with an assessment of the impact of alternative scenarios for the instrument. Currently, the EU is dealing with 5 candidate countries (Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro and Turkey) and 4 potential candidates (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia as well as Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99). By 2014, only Croatia is foreseen to become a Member State. Socio-economic indicators show that, with the exception of Iceland, enlargement countries are still well below the EU average and ...

... regional initiatives (ex. ERI SEE) and strategies (ex. EUSDR) dealing with those subjects and shall put a focus on innovation and a coherent project- and result-oriented work. In particular, the TFBHC and the RCC, in close cooperation with Serbia as the host country, will support the further development of the Education Reform Initiative of South Eastern Europe (ERI SEE) as a platform for regional cooperation in education and training and a potential implementing structure for EU funded regional projects. A milestone in this process will be the envisaged setting ...

... the CEP on behalf of the ERI SEE, and by the Task Force Secretariat. Source: Task Force Newsletter, no 7Date: 10 November 2011 from to 4th annual Task Force Fostering and Building Human Capital of the Regional Cooperation Council meeting will take place on November 10 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. This meeting will be kindly hosted by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science. This occasion will present itself as an opportunity to summarize major achievements in the work of the Task Force in the past year and to decide upon next steps ...

A booklet called „Structuring inter-regional co-operation, international co-operation, INCO-NET projects‟ outlines the activities of all INCO-NET projects which have been selected for FP7 funding in 2006, 2009 and 2010. INCO-NET projects cover different regions of the world and aim to establish co-ordination platforms by bringing together a range of stakeholders in the EU and relevant third countries. Other objectives include implementing awareness and dissemination activities, strategic ...

An updated list of all RTD Association and Co-operation Agreements has been published in table format, providing information such as the dates when agreements were signed, when they entered into force, and last and next renewal dates. The information covers a number of different types of agreements in the field of RTD, including countries associated with FP7, countries with EU International Agreements on Science and Technology (S&T) and countries with Euratom International Agreements. For ...

... was headed by Radivoje Mitrovic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia. According to the regulations of both Parties, the Committee selected 12 bilateral projects. Serbia joined DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) The mission of DARIAH is to enhance and support digitally-enabled research across the humanities and arts. DARIAH aims to develop and maintain an infrastructure in support ...

... to an improved service-friendly climate and new qualification of programme management and support staff. In total, nine SME innovation and competitiveness support measures were evaluated: Project for Supporting SMEs to Invest in Innovation Project for Supporting the Development of Competitiveness of SMEs and Innovation Project EEN (Enterprise Europe Network) in Serbia 2009–2010 CIP/EIP Programme in Serbia 2009–2010 Competition for Best Technology Innovation EU FP7 Programme Business Incubator Network Innovation Fairs Innovation Projects These programmes are implemented by the Government of Serbia and managed by the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development (MoERD), the Ministry of Science and Technological Development (mSTD) – integrated within the ...

... would have a comprehensive approach integrating the three axes of the knowledge triangle, namely education, research and innovation. As a launching event for the two-year activity, the World Bank, in cooperation with the European Commission, the Regional Cooperation Council and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia, has organised a workshop in Belgrade on November 23–25, 2011. This workshop aimed at setting the ground for a regional strategy preparation, namely by addressing the questions why to cooperate at regional level; what should be the areas for cooperation; how this cooperation should be implemented; and how ...

... will take place in Vienna in early 2014. Furthermore, a business plan for sustaining the “Regional RTDI Evaluation Platform”, based on a fee-based membership system, will be developed. The EVAL-INNO project is coordinated by the Centre for Social Innovation (Austria) with partners from Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro and Serbia: Applied Research and Communications Fund – Bulgaria National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Special Account for Research Grants – Greece Public Foundation for the Development of Industry – Hungary University of Montenegro (International Relations Office) – Montenegro Mihajlo Pupin Institute – Serbia Despite the fact that innovation systems in ...

... Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science emphasised that “the Vienna Declaration is a major contribution to a future research agenda on social innovation”. In the frame of the conference, WBC-INCO.NET co-organised the session: “Social innovation for inclusion and integration” including the following speakers from Croatia, Serbia, the USA and Portugal: Paul Stubbs (Institute of Economics, Zagreb), Sanja PopoviÊ PantiÊ (Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade), Sanja CrnkoviË-PozaiÊ (consultant, Zagreb), Dennis P. Culhane (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) and Ana Vale (consultant, Lisbon). Consultation session in the field of SSH: Identification of research topics of regional priority for the WBC ...

... held under the title “Women revitalize European creativity”, was the establishment of the first association of women innovators and entrepreneurs in Europe − EWI. Representatives of the governmental and non-governmental sector in BiH, the European Association of Inventors, French, German and Swedish associations of inventors, and innovators from Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina attended the conference which took place in Banja Luka on September 8 to 11, 2011. “It is our desire to create the preconditions for the development of programmes and strategies to protect intellectual property, marketing of new ideas, to exchange experiences on supporting innovation such as ...

... NET PLUS Joint Call, EVAL-INCO was also used in the implementation of joint calls in other international ERA.NETs like the BLACK SEA ERA.NET and ERA.NET RUS (an ERA.NET for cooperation with Russia). In addition, EVAL-INCO supported also the international peer review process in national calls in Serbia and Russia. Well, where do the evaluators in EVAL-INCO come from? As an initial step in late 2008, the “International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union” (INTAS) – already being in liquidation – contacted all evaluators (more ...

... innovation infrastructures in the WBC region, covering several important aspects of the National Innovation Systems (NIS) and presenting the status quo of innovation institutions and programmes in the Western Balkan Countries (WBC). The reports identify in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Kosovo (UN Res. 1244), Montenegro and Serbia: Innovation-related key government institutions and Key programmes as well as Key innovation infrastructures such as Technology and Innovation Centres (TICs), Clusters, Technology and Science Parks (TSPs), Business Start-up centres (BSCs), Technology Incubators (TIs) and other related organisations. In addition, an exhaustive Conclusive Summary Report complements and summarises all seven national ...

... turn for the worse in recent months. In its latest forecasts, published in October 2011, the EBRD significantly cut its forecasts for growth in the region in 2012 by an average of more than two percentage points relative to the July forecasts. The biggest reductions were in Albania, Romania and Serbia. The main reason is the worsening crisis in the eurozone, the effects of which are bound to be felt throughout SEE because of the close trade, investment and financial linkages that this region has developed with the eurozone. Vulnerabilities are particularly severe at present, and confidence is low (see &ldquo ...

... Renewable Energy Sectors Clustering Potentials in the Cross-Border Area” – FRESC was to map opportunities for development of clusters among SMEs belonging to the food industry and renewable energy sectors in the cross-border area in order to improve long-term competitiveness and sustainable development of bordering areas of Hungary and Serbia. The results of the project are, among others, the study “Food Industry Clustering Perspectives” and several visits of stakeholders to Serbia and Hungary, respectively ...

Institute Vinca is the largest multidisciplinary institute in Serbia. Founded in 1948 as the Institute for Physics, a nuclear science research center, during the two subsequent decades its program changed in favour of non-nuclear issues associated with the country’s industrial development. Today 820 people are employed in the Institute, ~400 are researchers working in 16 laboratories which cover ...

Serbian National Agency for Regional Development, Coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network in co-organization with Serbian Chamber of Commerce, partner of the Enterprise Europe Network Serbia, are organizing a brokerage event that will take place during the X International Trade Fair of Entrepreneurship BUSINESS BASE on the 2nd of December 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. B2B Topics: Civil construction Metal industry Electrical engineering & materials Recycling The brokerage event aims at initiating business and technology co-operations such ...

... has been identified as a role model – a country with desirable innovation practices. The workshop itself was organized with the aim of presenting the results of reports on the current situation within the national innovation system of the WB countries; namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia and Serbia. The second day included a guest lecture by Jadranka Švarc, PhD, on the topic Sustainability of the Innovation System in Croatia in terms of the Global Crisis and included a methodological workshop, describing the possibility of using data from the Community Innovation Survey. The workshop closed after the discussion on ...

... After its successful application to the SEE-ERA.NET PLUS Joint Call EVAL-INCO was also used in the implementation of joint calls in other international ERA.NETs like the BLACK SEA ERA.NET and ERA.NET RUS. In addition EVAL-INCO supported also the international peer review process in national calls in Serbia and Russia. All personal data in EVAL-INCO are held strictly confidential according to the privacy statement of PT-DLR. Since EVAL-INCO is a living database, DLR likes to invite experts in all fields of S&T to register at http://www.eval-inco.pt-dlr.de/ in order to be prepared ...

... Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative, Ambassador Peter Sorensen. “The encouraging messages of the European Commission’s latest Enlargement Package such as the acknowledgment of Croatia’s preparedness for membership in mid-2013, recommendations to open accession negotiations with Montenegro and to grant candidate status to Serbia, serve as a strong incentive for others to embrace a greater responsibility in fulfilling the necessary reforms”, said Secretary General Biscevic. “By pooling together all regional stakeholders around concrete projects in the fields of rule of law, freedom of expression, economic cooperation, research and innovation, transport and energy ...

... nbsp; RECENT EVENTS High Profile Speakers Since the start of the 2011-2012 academic year, LSEE has hosted a number of high-profile speakers, including policy roundtables with the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Finance Minister of Montenegro and a public lecture by the Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia. Read More Involvement in the Region LSEE has also significantly contributed to a number of important international commitments, including the 4th International Black Sea Symposium, the Summer School for Democracy in Belgrade and the Regional Cooperation Council conference on “New Skills for New Jobs in the Western Balkans ...

... and value chain development, youth employability, migration and remittances, human capital, other); 3) "Managing Diversity” (national, ethnic and religious identities, gender, youth, minorities incl. Roma). Papers to be presented can revolve around the region in general or focus on specific processes in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. Selected candidates will be able to present and discuss their work in one of the many methodological or thematic workshops to be defined based on participant selection. All interested candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae (1 page), an abstract of their proposed conference paper (max. 300 words) and a short ...

On this page you can find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries for download. 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 Sarajevo on December 1, 2011. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available yet because further ...

... zoran.cica@etf.rs Please find more information in the document attached below and at the conference website: http://hpsr2012.etf.bg.ac.rs/index.php Date: From: 24 June 2012 To: 27 June 2012 IEEE Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing 2012 will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, June 24 - 27, 2012. The Call for Papers has just been launched (deadline for submission is January 20, 2012). Contributions from interested parties (universities, institutes, companies) in the West Balkan region is very welcome. ...

Recommendation 13 of the White Paper reads as follows: Functional STI policy dialogue fora between the EU and EECA countries should be further advanced: It is suggested to policy stakeholders from EU MS, the European Commission, and EECA countries to assess present formats of STI policy dialogue among both regions in order to identify options for the dialogue to become more efficient and effective as well as to increase the active participation of the countries in both regions in such policy ...

The ICIP (Improved SME Competitiveness and Innovation Project) has undertaken an in-depth analysis of the innovation and competitiveness support programmes in Serbia, aiming at raising awareness for strong policy coordination among main stakeholders to further adapt supporting tools in accordance with the needs of enterprises and business and innovation service providers. In total nine SME innovation and competitiveness support programmes have been evaluated that are implemented by the Government of Serbia and ...

The European Commission has specifically linked the development of entrepreneurial attitudes and behaviours to education and training. The development of a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship is one of the eight key competences recognised at EU level in the Key Competences Reference Framework. This study is an attempt to get a first impression on the level and type of activities taken at practitioner level to include entrepreneurship in teacher education. It is a pilot study that might ...

... Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education (NIFUSTEP) and the Centre for Education Policy. The purpose of the Knowledge Base is to gather and systematize information and data on higher education and research in the Western Balkan countries, i.e. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and to act as a resource centre for researchers, policy makers, as well as other stakeholders, such as higher education institutions, students, general public etc., from the Western Balkans and beyond. http://www.herdata.org ...

... The Application Procedure Frequently Asked Questions More on Tempus Tempus Information days for 5th Call for Proposals in WBC, 2011 & 2012 DATE LOCATION NTO/NCP CONTACT CONTACT DETAILS NOVEMBER 2011 8-9/11/2011 ALBANIA, Tirana Edit Dibra edibra@tempusalbania.edu.al 18/11/2011 SERBIA, Belgrade Marija Filipovic Ozegovic office@tempus.ac.rs 23/11/2011 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, Sarajevo Suad Muhibic suad.muhibic@tempusbih.com 28/11/2011 MONTENEGRO, Podgorica Vanja Drljevic tempuscg@t-com.me DECEMBER 2011 01/12/2011 KOSOVO*, Mitrovica Goran Lazic tempuskosovo@gmail.com 02/12/2011 KOSOVO*, Prishtina Kimete Canaj ...

... ldquo;The idea to form this group came from European parliamentarians, who in this way wanted to support their BiH counterparts. FYR of Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia have already had the opportunity to be convinced of the usefulness of such groups, and now they BiH will join them, for the first time since it has entered the Stabilization and Association process, said Amer Kapetanovic, the Head of the Department for European Union Cooperation in ...

Read about innovation and the EU Strategy for the Danube Region. The region hosts the most international river basin in the world, linking 14 countries and 115 million people. the Strategy provides specific opportunities. Work is already being done to make full use of the Danube's considerable research and innovation prospects, including smarter transport links, cheaper and more secure energy through better connections, and co-operation to minimise environmental risks and disasters. This issue ...

This deliverable outlines the results of a survey conducted as part of the WBC-INCO.NET project initiative to support innovation capacities in the WB region. The survey aimed to pinpoint both present and likely future research and market needs, as well as identify possibilities for collaboration in the region. The survey was carried out in two rounds, the second building on the results of the first. Two questionnaires were jointly designed by JRC-IPTS and Ivo Pilar. These addressed ...

Executive Summary The survey was carried out in two rounds, the second building on the results of the first. Two questionnaires were jointly designed by JRC-IPTS and Ivo Pilar. These addressed consecutively market and research stakeholders. Questionnaires aimed to identify research and innovation needs both of today and in the future in order to support the design of a joint action plan for the region towards 2030. A dedicated workshop shall take place in the near future with both industry and ...

... order to achieving its 2020 target of 20% of energy consumption from renewable sources. Although progress has been made in the energy audits of buildings and the training and accreditation of energy audit experts, Croatia’s administrative capacity remains insufficient for the promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Serbia Almost two years after Serbia submitted an application for EU membership in December 2009, the Commission published in October 2011 its recommendation for giving Serbia the status of EU candidate country. In the Commission’s opinion document (PDF) energy is one of the sectors in which Serbia can align to the EU acquis more ...

Serbian National Agency for Regional Development, Coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network in co-organization with Serbian Chamber of Commerce, partner of the Enterprise Europe Network Serbia, are organizing a brokerage event that will take place during the X International Trade Fair of Entrepreneurship BUSINESS BASE on the 2nd of December 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. B2B Topics: Civil construction Metal industry Electrical engineering & materials Recycling The brokerage event aims at initiating business and technology co-operations such ...

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