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... within the WBCs. Croatia, which is by far the country with most links (2359 counted), co-operates intensely with Germany, UK and Italy. The FYR of Macedonia again is strongly entangled with Greek and Serbian/Montenegrin partners, but also with Germans. Also the Netherlands are strong co-operation partners for researchers from Serbia and Montenegro, which was registred as one country in the EC database for the whole period of FP6. Obviously some countries submit far less proposals than others (e.g. Austria compared to the UK), but this data was not available and therefore not taken into account in this evaluation. Thus ...

This is a Report on a conference of science and technology in the Western Balkans, Brussels, January 17, 2008. At a conference in Brussels, on 17 January, the Romanian government led adiscussion among key opinion formers and stakeholders exploring how the EU’s research programmes could be applied to building up the region’s scientific and technological capabilities – and, ultimately, create a climate for faster economic growth and greater political stability. This publication includes a report ...

Synergies in funding opportunities between: 7th Framework Programme for Research, Competitiveness and Innovation Programme / Structural Funds Practical guide for EU funding opportunities for research, development and innovation, EC/DG Research, available from: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/rtdinfo/index_en.html EC, DG for Research

Please see pictures from the reception here. TURBO Spring Reception was held on the March 13, 2008 in Stanhope Hotel in Brussels. The reception was also dedicated to promote WBC INCO-NET Project. Project Coordinator Ms. Elke Dall was present along with more than one hundred participants. The reception also welcomed the President of TUBITAK Ms. Yetis, Ms. Friederichs, Mr. Genovese, etc. from the European Commission and representatives of the Chambers and Regions such as Croatia, Serbia etc.

... Lord Roper, a Member of the British House of Lords who will guide the participants through the different aspects of the Programme. The participants:Up to 30 participants will be chosen to participate in the programme. They will come from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, FYROM, Kosovo, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova and Turkey. In addition, a certain number of participants will be selected from broader Europe and the United States.The Programme is specifically designed for students who are currently undertaking or are about to start their postgraduate studies as well as recent graduates at the beginning of their ...

Aims of the project: Motivation and reinforcement of young scientists to engage in the region Central and South East Europe;Presentation of research projects for the public;Promoting exchange of information and creation of networking;Promotion of mobility;Publication of the lectures in a well-known journal. Target group: Young scientists from/residing in Austria, Central and South East Europe dealing with South East Europe in the fields of economics, geography, history, law, political sciences ...

... took place in Istanbul on May 4-5, 2007, and as a side event to the Conference on May 4, the Stability Pact organized the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministers responsible for Education, Science and Research in South Eastern Europe. All South Eastern European countries, except for Serbia, to this date signed this document. By adopting this document South Eastern European countries agreed that education, higher education, science and research are areas of key importance for the future of the South East European region and for the EU integration process of the Western Balkan countries. Furthermore, on 24 ...

... many successful FP7 proposal submissions as possible. Training workshops on good proposal preparation will be organised, together with occasional courses on other relevant topics to meet the specific needs of scientists. Contact Steve Quarrie http://www.wbc-inco.net/users/3242.html Director of the Bureau The Ministry of Science of Serbia opened an office to provide support for preparing proposals for the EU Framework Programme 7 on March 4, 2008, called the Consultative Bureau for International Projects ...

The document is accompanying the Communication from the Commission to the European and the Council. It elaborates in detail the steps taken so far and initiatives involving Western Balkans countries focusing on different fields: - moving closer towards the EU and enhancing regional cooperation - people-to-people contacts; familiarising people with the EU - civil society development and dialogue - good governance - parliamentary cooperation - trade integration - investment and economic and ...

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 ...

... sources in all sectors including transport. A long-term view demands that the Commission works very closely with all candidate and potential candidate countries. Negotiations for participation in the CIP have been opened with several potential candidate countries in the Western Balkans region which are also interested to join; and with Serbia and Albania in particular. Europa RAPID Press Release IP/08/367, 03/03/2008 Montenegro is the fourth country of the group of candidate and potential candidate countries to join the EU's Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) after Croatia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in October 2007 and ...

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 ...

... border traffic regime The Regulation on a local border traffic regime was adopted on 20.12.2006 . It creates a framework for conclusion of bilateral agreements between bordering Member States and the Western Balkan countries. Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary have expressed willingness to conclude bilateral local border traffic agreements with Serbia. Bulgaria has expressed a similar willingness to conclude an agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Political declarations to that effect were annexed to the relevant visa facilitation agreements. An agreement between Serbia and Bulgaria on border control and procedures in railway transport, signed on 15.4.2005, entered ...

... 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 Western ...

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 ...

... 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,Â helps universities in the region retain promising young scholars ...

... eccf.su.ac.yu/tid/english.htm In the context of the Western Balkans countries on their way to the European Union, a conference is held with the topic "Corruption, Criminal and Kitsch - the State, Causes, Consequences and the Strategies to Minimize them" September 8-11, 2008 in Palic, Serbia ...

... complex 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 office will inform institutions of details of Calls and deadlines as they are announced by the Commission. The office will provide advice and guidance to individual Serbian scientists on opportunities within FP7 for funding project ideas and how to put together a successful consortium of partners. It will also provide occasional advice and guidance to scientists during proposal preparation to facilitate as many successful FP7 proposal submissions as possible. Regular training workshops on ...

... all 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) Paris http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/paris_declaration.pdf

... 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 ...

The priority objective of the Strategy for the Development of SMEs and Entrepreneurship in Serbia is to create a framework for the development of a sustainable, internationally competitive and export oriented SME sector. A Strategy for the Development of SMEs and Entrepreneurship in Serbia 2003-2008, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_strategy_serbia_2003_2008.pdf (26.02.2008) The Government of Serbia http://sensi.biz ...

... nor to make programmes and plans in order to create jobs with a full meaning of working andto absorb workers from the process of privatisation and transition. One such programme with a clear definitionof the employment development strategy is the Programme for Business Incubators and Clusters Developmentin the Republic of Serbia 2007-2010. Programme for business Incubators and clusters development in the Republic of Serbia, 2007-2010http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/national_programme_incubators_serbia.pdf, (26.02.2008) Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/national_programme_incubators_serbia.pdf

Small and medium-sized enterprises are the key to sustainable growth. The policy of the Government of Serbia in the area of SMEE development has as its objective the creation of healthy small and medium-sized enterprises and businesses The Plan of the Government of Serbia for stimulating SMEs and Entrepreneurship Development 2005-2007, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_and_enterpreneurship_plan_serbia_2007.pdf (26.02.2008) Ministry of Economy ...

Here you can find the European Charter for small entreprises, according to European Commission Questionnaire for 2005. European Charter for Small Enterprises, Report on Small Enterprises in the Republic of Serbia, available from: Serbiahttp://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_charter_report_2005_serbia.pdf (26.02.2008) The Government of Serbia in cooperation with the IMF http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_charter_report_2005_serbia.pdf

This document has both the status and significance of strategic state document. It defines the long-term government policy in relation to the European Union. The general aim of such policy and ultimate goal of strategy in cooperation with the European Union is the accession of Serbia/Serbia-Montenegro to the European Union. National Strategy of Serbia for the Serbia and MNE accession to the EU, available from: , (26.02.2006) Government of the Republic of Serbia http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/national_strategy_for_eu_accession_for_serbia_and_mne-final.doc

... development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF. Updated everythree years with annual progress reports, they describe the country’s macroeconomic, structural, and socialpolicies in support of growth and poverty reduction, as well as associated external financing needs andmajor sources of financing. This country document for Serbia and Montenegro prepared in 2005, is beingmade available on the IMF Website by agreement with the member country as a service to users of the IMFwebsite. Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Serbia and Montenegro, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/prsp_report_serbia_and_montenegro.pdf (26.02.2008) The Government of ...

This document provodes background information about the higher eductaion system of Serbia. Bologna Process: Serbian National Report 2005-2007, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/serbianationalreport_bologna.doc, 26.02.2006 Prof. Dr. Emilija Stankovic http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/serbianationalreport_bologna.doc

Since March 2002, the Commission has reported regularly to the Council and the Parliamenton progress made by the countries of the Western Balkans region.This is the first progress report for Montenegro since its independence following a referendumwhich was held on 21 May 2006. The report:– briefly describes the relations between Montenegro and the Union;– analyses the political situation in Montenegro in terms of democracy, the rule of law, human rights, protection of minorities, and regional ...

This is a report about the Economic Reform and Development Agenda of Montenegro in the period of 2007-2011. Economic Reform and Development Agenda Montenegro 2007-2011, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/ebrd_-_draft_strategy_for_mne.pdf (26.02.2008) Vukotic, V. Podgorica, document of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/ebrd_-_draft_strategy_for_mne.pdf

This report provided by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH deliveres background information on the higher education system of Bosnia and Herzegovina. BiH- National Report on Higher Education: 2005-2007, available from: http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna/links/National-reports-2007/National_Report_BiH.pdf Ministry of Civil Affairs of BiH http://www.ond.vlaanderen.be/hogeronderwijs/bologna/links/National-reports-2007/National_Report_BiH.pdf

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are prepared by member countries in broad consultationwith stakeholders and development partners, including the staffs of the World Bank and the IMF.Updated every three years with annual progress reports, they describe the country's macroeconomic,structural, and social policies in support of growth and poverty reduction, as well as associatedexternal financing needs and major sources of financing. This country document for Bosnia andHerzegovina, dated ...

This report aims to outline the current functioning of the education system in Montenegro, to provide an overview of urgent needs to keep the system functioning over the next 12-18 months, and to point to key issues of long term reform and development of the sector. It was prepared by OSI1 in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Science (MES) Montenegro. It also incorporates input from several donors active in Montenegro, with significant contributions from WUS Austria and UNICEF. The ...

This document will present the sequence of what has been done so far inthe area of the reform of the education system in Montenegro. After the strategicdocument – “The Book of Changes”, which includes the proposals for a new,reformed education system, the Ministry of Education and Science made legalbase for the accomplishment of proposed solutions by shaping of a set of laws oneducation. The Strategic Plan of Education Reform 2003-2004, available from: ...

Small and medium enterprises may have considerable influence on the development of BiH. With aright development policy, legal framework and coordinated institutional support on all levels, SMEsmight win a greater share of the domestic market and, gradually, of foreign markets, be a qualitypartner to larger domestic and foreign companies, they could initiate sound development project andconsequently create more jobs. This means that SMEs might actively participate in the povertyreduction process ...

Report on the Higher Education Strategy 2005-2015 of Serbia.(in serbian!) Higher Education Strategy 2005-2015, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/strategija_mps_2005-2010.pdf (26.02.2008) Serbian Ministry of Education and Sports, Belgrade http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/strategija_mps_2005-2010.pdf

You can find enclosed the analysis of the 2005 Questionnaire on the implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises in Kosovo Progress Report on the implementation of the European Charter for Small Enterprises in Kosovo 2005, available from: http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_charter_report_2005_kosovo.pdf> Department of Private Sector Development Policy, Pristina http://sensi.biz/images/stories/sensi_literature_list/sme_charter_report_2005_kosovo.pdf>

... Grid initiatives by establishing a Grid infrastructure that will expand and support the European Research Area in the region. The initiative is coordinated by the Greek Research & Technology Network and the project consortium consists of representatives from National Grid Initiatives of Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Hungary, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Croatia, as well as CERN in an advisory role. The project has established National Grid Initiatives in all countries in the region, developed the regional Grid infrastructure, and is currently supporting more than 20 end-user applications from more than 10 different scientific fields. The Greek Research and Technology ...

8. The overall objective of the Tempus IV will be to contribute to an area of cooperation in the field of higher education involving the European Union and partner countries in the surrounding area. In particular, Tempus promotes the voluntary convergence with EU developments in higher education deriving from the Lisbon Strategy to create more jobs and growth, and the Bologna Process to establish a European Area of Higher Education. Tempus IV invites the submission of cooperative projects under ...

... from the Slovenian government there is no registration fee for EREF-2008. Further information:Boris CizeljSlovenian Business and Research Association (SBRA) www.eref.si "PPP and Private Funding of RTD, Innovation and Education" are in the focus of the EREF-2008 taking place in Nova Gorica, Slovenija, on June 5-6, 2008. Vojvodina (Serbia) is one of the guest regions (together with Styria, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Prague, and Istanbul).The Forum will bring together senior representatives of regional authorities and entities from business, research, innovation and education domains, as well as knowledge stakeholders from South-Eastern and Eastern Europe ...

... clear economic utility.The funding includes labour costs and costs for consultancy services in the area of R&D. A special financial bonus is available for projects with female leadership. Target countries for this call are all Western Balkan countries (Albania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) but also Bulgaria and Romania as well as the Central European countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Slowenia), Malta, Cyprus, Turkey and Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Moldavia, Ukraine, Belorussia and finally Russia.Project coordinators have to be located in Vienna, Austria. Funding is provided by the City of Vienna. Further information ...

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