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... National and regional authorities, business organisations, business support providers and education institutions will brand their events under the umbrella of the Week in an effort to bring entrepreneurship in the spotlight. In the West Balkan Countries, events will take place in various places in Croatia (click for details) and in Serbia (no details available yet). Hundreds of events will take place throughout Europe and beyond. Events range from fairs to conferences, online events, art & performance, to networking events, company open days and competitions. Topics such as entrepreneurship, innovation, environment, growth, business support, business strategy, creative thinking, etc. will be covered ...

The main objectives of this deliverable are - as agreed upon at the workshop in Bled (March 2008, see D3.14) - to develop the technical platform (online questionnaire and homepage for data retrieval) for the information system and to collect data about national RTD policies and programmes with regard to Climate Change Research in Western Balkan countries. For further information on climate change research in WBCs see also D2.12 "Report on each of the thematic priorities defined in the second ...

The National Report on the Progress of the Bologna Process in Serbia for the years 2007-2009 focusses on the following questions: Important developments relating to the Bologna Process, including legislative reforms and changes in institutional structures since 2007 National structures responsible for the implementation of the Bologna Process Implmentation of and access/admission to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of the ...

On this page you will find progress reports on recent developments regarding S&T cooperation in/with/for the Western Balkan Countries. These reports have been provided by the members of the WBC Steering Platform on Research in preparation of the Steering Platform Meeting in Paris on Dec. 19, 2008. Please visit this page again if you are searching for a particular country report which is not available for download yet because further reports are being uploaded continuously. ...

The European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies have publicised the European Economy Economic Papers No. 346 on the 'Adjustment capacity of labour markets of the Western Balkan countries', with a focus on labour markets, and background studies on several countries of the region. The main question addressed in this study is the performance of the labour markets in the Western Balkans; to find ...

The SCORE Policy Paper presents the regional/common ICT Research & Development priorities of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia. The priorities were defined following a two-phase consultation process that involved more than 320 ICT stakeholders in the region. Moreover, the paper presents concrete recommendations on what the Western Balkan countries on the one hand and the EU on the other hand could further undertake in order to enhance the ...

The National Report on the Progress of the Bologna Process in Montenegro for the years 2007-2009 focusses on the following questions: Important developments relating to the Bologna Process, including legislative reforms and changes in institutional structures since 2007 National structures responsible for the implementation of the Bologna Process Implmentation of and access/admission to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of the Bologna degree system the Relationship between higher education and ...

The Chamber of Commerce Belgium-Luxembourg South-Eastern Europe is an officially certified Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Belgium and Luxembourg in charge of Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece,Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia including Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), and Slovenia, aswell as of cooperation with Bulgaria, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Turkey.One of the prominent goals of the Chamber is, acting both on the federal levels and on those of the Regions, support of business expansion with the different countries of the South-Eastern ...

"Policy Background The integration of Western Balkan countries (WBCs) into the European Union (EU) is a major political and economic project designed to assure stability and development in the region. The association of these countries to the Seventh (EC) research framework programme (FP7) has to be seen as a means to facilitate this integration and support their economic development through joint research efforts and allowing the WBCs to get familiar with the EU decision-making on research ...

... ensure the proper preparation and conduct of its 2009 parliamentary elections. Montenegro needs to continue to pursue judicial reform with determination. Bosnia and Herzegovina now urgently needs to achieve the necessary political consensus and to proceed with reforms, in particular with a view to assuming greater ownership of its governance. Serbia needs to follow by positive developments through full cooperation with ICTY and making tangible progress in priority reform areas related to the rule of law and economic reform. If Serbia meets these conditions, it could obtain candidate status in 2009. Kosovo/UNMIK shares the European perspective of the Western Balkans ...

... reform of public administrations is essential for both candidate and potential candidate countries in their path towards the EU. The future activities of the School will strengthen the administrative capacities of the signatory Parties while promoting regional co-operation. Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, acting on behalf of Kosovo pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, shall, after signature, engage to ratification, acceptance or approval in accordance with their respective legal requirements ...

... to Serbia software experts that the country is serious about joining the super-computing revolution of the 21st Century, greatly contributing to the national computer infrastructure. He expressed, on the behalf of the Government, the gratitude to Spain, the hosting country of the PRACE centre, for the assistance it offered to Serbia in the process of joining the Partnership. In Đelić`s view, Serbia will be involved in the major `Blue Danube` project over the next seven year, securing three million EUR for its implementation from the national budget, while the rest will be secured from EU funds. He expressed his expectation that the PRACE membership will assist Serbia to confirm its capacity to ...

... and WBC-INCO.NET (Coordination of research policies with the Western Balkan countries) with the support of the European Commission and hosted by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce. It will be held on December 11-12, 2008, in Belgrade, at the Serbian Chamber of Commerce (Resavska 15, room 1, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia) Around 150 participants are expected to participate in the Conference. In addition to Western Balkan ICT stakeholders, ICT experts and researchers from neighbouring and other EU countries (e.g. Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey) will attend, as well as European Commission officials. For more information and registration ...

SCIndeks is a service of the Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science in cooperation with the National Library of Serbia, financed by the Serbian Ministry of Science and Technological Development. It is a part of the integrated system of bibliographic scientific information of Serbia. The intensive activities to extend SCIndeks coverage retroactively to the period 2001-2002 for all journals and the period of 1996-2002 for humanities journals, are in due ...

... apply for the 5-day "Conference Tour". Source: RES BOAT website, as accessed on November 25, 2008. A five-day RES BOAT Conference Series will take place from March 23 to 27, 2009 aboard a boat (the RES BOAT) passing through five countries (Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia) on the Danube river with the final event to be held in Belgrade in the geographic vicinity of Romania and Bulgaria. The RES BOAT will bring together all European stakeholders to support knowledge-transfer in the filed of RES at European level and promote project results of FP7, FP6, IEE, SAVE ...

... and Herzegovina to the "Seventh European Framework Programme" on November 24, 2008. Bosnia and Herzegovina have thus become the 12th associated country to the EC's 7th Research Framework Programme (FP7). The other Associated Countries are Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Israel, Switzerland, Turkey, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRoM), Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania ...

... the two countries have been identified at this meeting: energy efficiency, nanotechnology and the food industry. Serbia and Portugal will sign a Cooperation Agreement on Science and Technology by the end of this year. Spain: Furthermore, Serbia is opening bilateral cooperation with Spain. China: Minister Djelic and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Guobang agreed that a science and technological agreement between Serbia and China shall be signed in December in Beijing in the course of a visit of a Serbian delegation to China. The priorities in the economic cooperation of the two countries lie in the drawing of Chinese investments, especially in the sector of telecommunications, IT and the car industry. Japan ...

... and programming, was held at the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade on June 24-25. The following institutions participated in the training: South Environment and Weather Agency, Serbia; Republic Hydrometeorogical Institute, Banjaluka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro; Research and Development Center for Bioengineering, Kragujevac, Serbia; Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia; RCUB, Belgrade, Serbia Source: Newsletter SEE-GRID-SCI project SEE‐GRID‐SCI (SEE‐GRID eInfrastructure for regional eScience) is a 2 year project co‐funded by the European Commission, starting on May 1, 2008. SEE‐GRID‐SCI stimulates widespread eInfrastructure uptake by new user groups extending over the region, fostering collaboration and providing advanced ...

... a lecturer in the University of Tirana. Furthermore, he is an author of university text books, scientific articles and monographs. Before his nomination for Minister of Education and Science he was a vice-president and spokesman of the Albanian parliament and chairman of the Laws’ Commission. Božidar ĐELIC - Serbia Vice-president of the government of Republic of Serbia and minister for Science and Technological Development, was born in 1965 in Belgrade (Serbia). He graduated at leading French business school “Hautes Etudes Commerciales” at the Institute of Political Sciences and obtained his masters degree in financial management in 1991 from Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts, USA ...

... Kyoto Protocol in the Republic of Croatia, with an Action Plan Croatia National Program to Mitigate Drought Impacts and Combat Desertification (NAP)-thematic area CLIMATE Croatia Strategy on Sustainable Development of Forestry Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic First National Communication to the UNFCCC Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic National Environmental Protection Programme Serbia Three cooperating INCO-NETs (with focus on the regions Western Balkans, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and South East Asia) will contribute to the development of a common database on relevant national and international science policies and programmes tackling global issues such as climate change. The topic of research dealing ...

... countries.To get more information on possible participation in a Eurostars project, please contact your EUREKA national project coordinator which can be found at http://www.eureka.be/contacts/home.do. Such contact points for the EUREKA programme are located in the WB countries Albania, Croatia, FRY of Macedonia and Serbia. Source: EUROSTARS and EUREKA websites, IRE Weekly newsletter. EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is the first European funding and support programme specifically dedicated to small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The projects under this programme can address any technological area, but must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the ...

The Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans (RRPP) aims at establishing and strengthening research capacities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. The programme has an implementation perspective of 10 years and will support the development of research capacities in the area of social sciences, especially in topics relevant to transformation. It should offer a cooperation platform to researchers in the region, particularly those that are to become the driving force of ...

... progressive technologies and new materials, renewable sources of energy and energy efficiency, and social sciences and humanistic sciences. The Protocol of the Second Session of the Joint Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation was agreed on and signed between the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia and Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. The cooperation in the field of science and technology is based on the signed Memorandum on the initiation of programmes of scientific-technological cooperation between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Croatia, signed by the Minister of ...

... Faculty of Physics, as well as engineers from “Zastava tools” who had produced hydraulic parts for the big LHC Detector System. Djelic recalled that Yugoslavia was one of 12 CERN countries founders which had ratified founding Convention, to quit it then for a while, but today’s Serbia is Serbia which is coming back into the world and Serbia which will come back into the CERN. The giant accelerator, 27 km-long circular tunnel with vacuum tube located 100 m under ground, had started up on September 10, but due to a LHC massive quench the experiment was stopped and its re-start delayed till April 2009. CERN, The European Organization ...

... has expressed interest in becoming associated to the Seventh Euratom Research Framework Programme (2007-2011). With respect to the integration into the European Research Area, Serbia has still to adopt a national strategy aimed at increasing public and private investment in research and promoting scientific careers and mobility of researchers. Moreover, Serbia has not yet developed an integrated research policy. Overall, Serbia needs to continue its efforts to develop and adopt actions to facilitate its integration into the European Research Area. In the 2008 progress report for Serbia, Chapter 4.1.9 deals with Education and Research. The assessment of the EC in the S&T sector is copied here ...

Assistant Minister Viktor Nedovic opened the meeting. He welcomed the participants, who came from 30 different European countries, and expressed his pleasure that such an important meeting was being held in Serbia. He added that a collaboration between European scientists, which is the priority of the COST programme, is of great importance to Serbia. The meeting was being chaired by Francesco Fedi, the director of COST. During his stay, Prof. Fedi also met with the Serbian Minister of Science at that time ...

... flexible, inclusive, open and creative, is a matter of the survival of the nation. The experience, which Latvia has accumulated over the past decade in life-long learning, has become attractive to the FYR of Macedonia and Croatia. These countries expressed their willingness to participate in collaborative projects. Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro are involved in TEMPUS projects. In the area of research relations between the WBCs and Latvia started under the EC’s 6th Framework Programme. The leading country was Croatia (participating in 53 projects with Latvia), followed by Bosnia Herzegovina (5), Serbia (5), and Albania (3). There are ...

... priorities. Apart from the presentation of the State Secretary, the Rector of the University of Belgrade, Prof. Dr. Branko Kovacevic, participated in the 22nd Rector's Meeting and had presentation under the topic ''The role of the University in the 21st Century''. Source: Viktor Nedovic, Ministry for Science and Technological Development Serbia Dr. Snezana Pajovic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Science and Technology Development of Serbia, participated at the 5th Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society forum which was held from October 5 to 7, 2008 in Kyoto (Japan). She participated in a ministerial round table presenting the ...

Partners for Investment Promotion is a 18 months programme co- financed by the European Union which aims at helping the business communities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia to develop a favourable environment for attracting foreign investments (FDI). The project was launched in May 2008 and is endowed with a total budget of approx. 1.1 million Euros. Main project objectives: to strengthen the role of Chambers of Commerce in the Western Balkans to attract and retain foreign ...

... to strengthen its national research capacity in terms of research infrastructure and human resources and reforming the funding of national research projects. International cooperation is being improved. A bilateral S&T agreement was concluded with Slovenia on 3 July 2008, and agreements with other countries (Albania, Croatia, Greece and Serbia) are in the pipeline. The memorandum of understanding associating Montenegro to the Seventh EC Research Framework Programme (FP7) was signed in Brussels on 25 January 2008 with effect from 1 January 2008. The implementing measures (setting up national contact points, relations with the Board of Governors of the Joint Research ...

... eLeadership Programme for the Western Balkans, which will aim to introduce important innovations for Southeast Europe to capitalize on the benefits of ICT use in the governance processes. The eSEE Initiative membership includes Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and UNMIK/Kosovo. In addition to the eSEE members, the bSEE Taskforce also includes Greece. Source: RCC website The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat hosted a meeting of the Electronic South East Europe (eSEE) Initiative Working Group and the Broadband South East Europe Taskforce (bSEE), at its premises in Sarajevo ...

... ERA-MORE values through awareness campaign, including promotional events, dissemination of printed material with valuable information and delivery of information and services through national researchers’ mobility portal www.mobilnost.rs, linked to pan-European Mobility Portal http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess. Source: Viktor Nedovic, Ministry of Science and Technological Development Serbia At November 3, 2008 the kick-off meeting of the Serbian national mobility network development was held in Belgrade, at Faculty of Information Technology. The mobility center will establish a structured network to assist researchers in their mobility experiences. The mobility portal can be found at www.mobilnost.rs, linked to ...

The network's main aims are the following: to contribute to raising the level of innovative development in Serbia, awareness-raising concerning the need for innovation support to influence the creation and strengthening the core of the knowledge-based economy to promote innovation as a key factor for the development of individuals and communities to contribute to the transfer of knowledge and technology from research to the business sector through joint ...

In this training workshops are promoted two different aspects: first, policy makers are trained in the use of statistical indicators for policy-making while the second part is oriented toward the applications and production of indicators geared towards statisticians. The target for the learning group are national statistical offices dealing with Science and Technology statistics in Western Balkan Countries (WBC), and the representatives of the relevant ministries, responsible for S&T ...

... research institutes and industrial communities in the EU's convergence and outermost regions, to fully utilise their research potential; strengthen their capacities and increase participation in the Framework Programmes. The network offers its 16 partners from: Greece (coordinator), Poland, Romania, Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Turkey, Israel, Serbia and Croatia, the means to collaborate and establish a system of mutual learning which will result in better services that will be tailored to the needs of researchers. Source: Karen Fiorini The ResPotNet website, www.respotnet.eu launched earlier this year by the NCP network, has been developed to facilitate ...

The Serbian delegation was headed by Viktor Nedović, PhD, Assistant Minister for International Scientific and Technological Cooperation within the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia.and Croatian delegation was headed by Mrs. Ivana Puljiz, Director of the Directorate for International Cooperation and European Integration within the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia. Starting from the need to support the scientific and technological cooperation based on mutual interest, while respecting national ...

Young Scientists of various disciplines (geography, history, polical science, law, sociology and economics) from CEE/SEE and Austria shall have the opportunity to present their papers and/or projects and to exchange proposals and ideas on the theme of the conference. Further aims of the Forum are to encourage Young Scientists to deal with the CEE/SEE region, to support the building of networks and to support the mobility of Young Scientists, particularly from SEE. A collection of papers will be ...

On that occasion, Minister Djelic asked Commissar Potočnik to include Serbia in the EURATOM research Program. Commissar Potočnik promissed to visit Serbia again in spring of 2009 in order to present the 7th. Framework Programme to Serbian researchers. During the discussion, he supported the initiative to reopen calls for regional projects concerning the WBCs. He also met Viviane Reding, Member of the EC in charge of Information Society and Media, Joaqu ...

... in accordance with EU standards, and established mechanisms to introduce and promote new businesses throughout the region. The dutch NGO SPARK has undertaken some effective initiatives to help launch promising SMEs in the Western Balkans. By establishing local Business Start-Up Centers (BSCs) in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia as well as creating a pan-region Southeast European Network of Start-Up Centers and Incubators (SENSI), SPARK aims at building an enabling environment for entrepreneurs under 35 years old ...

... and potential candidates over the next years. Financial assistance plans for the Western Balkans and Turkey The European Commission has completed the strategic planning of EU financial support for 2008-2010 to the candidate countries and potential candidates: Croatia, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and Kosovo. The money is intended to boost political and economic reform and development, so as to help the countries realise their European perspective. The overall indicative amount under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) is € 4.47 billion. The strategies adopted set out the priorities for EU financial ...

... should be considered: the Candidate countries Croatia and FYRo Macedonia has been merged in one category with Turkey the Associated Countries Albania and Montenegro have been included in the same category as all other associated countries (such as Israel, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) the data of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are to be fund under Third Country statistics. FP6 final review The EC has also published a final report on the Subscription, Implementation and Participation in FP 6, covering all FP6 activity areas and implementation aspects, from submitted proposals and applicants to signed contracts and participants, including success rates and ...

A European Commission funded report examining the potential sources of and obstacles to competitiveness in the West Balkan Countries has become available on line. "A Recommendation for a Regional Investment Strategy”, published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), notes that to compete effectively, the Western Balkans need to leverage both short-term cost advantages and the region's proximity to EU markets, and to invest continuously in value-added ...

The Basileus project, which is coordinated by the University of Gent in Belgium, provides funding for academic mobility from the Western Balkans to the EU and vice-versa. Students and staff members of all partnership universities (eight EU universities and twelve universities in the Western Balkans region), as well as students from educational institutions in the Western Balkan countries not included in the Basileus partnership, can apply for scholarships. A number of application cycles has ...

... Society Institute in Macedonia. Source: RRPP website The Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) in the Western Balkans focuses on Social Sciences and has a perspective of 10 years. In the end it will cover six countries in the region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo/UNMIK, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. It is run by the University of Fribourg upon mandate of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). The implementation of the Programme started in summer 2008 with a number of nucleus partners in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Serbia ...

... can exchange their own experience using the programme as a tool which allow them to learn more about disease. Colleagues from Bulgaria talked about web habits, and neccessary education of library staff as well as the students-users of electronic library, library 2.0 users. Presentations were given by colleagues from Serbia about Open Access. Two colleagues presented electronic library in Gymnasium of Zemun. Slavica Jankovic and Valentina Tasic are librarians in Gymnasium and demonstrated how a school library can follow new trends. Rss feed aggregation was a topic of Mr Vedran Vucic, president of the GnuLinux Centre. He made several medical ...

... end of June 2009 At the end of the Programme, the European Fund for the Balkans will invite the fellows to a final review meeting presenting the results of their work and evaluating the fellowship programme. Contact: Kristina Jovanovska Programme Manager European Fund for the Balkans Resavska 35, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia Telephone/Fax: +381 (0)11 30 33 662 email: kristina.jovanovska[at]balkanfund[dot]org www.balkanfund.org/fellowship2009 "Decision makers of tomorrow" are the target group of the programme by the European Fund for the Balkans. Applications will be accepted from October 10 to November 10, the ...

... on the Balkans, in particular by building constituencies in the societies of Southeast Europe which are offered an opportunity to experience and learn about Europe. The Fund is both grant-making and operational. Through its activities, it supports individuals and projects from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (incl. Kosovo). The European Fund for the Balkans operates regionally from a secretariat based in Belgrade. For further information: Any enquiry about its programmes and call of proposals may be directed to Hedwig Morvai-Horvath, Executive Director, or to info@balkanfund.org. Other projects of the King Baudoin Founcations in ...

Version 1.13 of Mr. Myer W. Morron’s FP7 Book, which follows on from the highly acclaimed FP5 and FP6 versions has been published by EFPConsulting Ltd. It replaces drafts that were previously released. The downloadable book continues to be free as it was in the previous framework programs. The book is constantly updated and registered users are notified of important changes and updates by Email. The book is over 200 pages long and covers subjects such ...

... enlargement. The process is on track, he insisted: the June European Council reaffirmed the EU accession perspective of the Western Balkans; since then, the EU has opened further negotiation chapters with both Turkey and Croatia; and the EU has signed Stabilisation and Association agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina and with Serbia ...

EU support for RTDI is provided mainly through the Seventh Research Framework Programme, the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme and the Structural Funds. When operating individually, these three funding sources already act as effective tools in support of RTDI. However, their value can be further enhanced by combining them. How can this be done? The answer to this question is provided by the "Practical Guide to EU funding opportunities for Research and ...

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