spring 08

Published on Apr 30, 2008

Dear readers,
this journal marks the transition of our work from our project see-science.eu, which ends April 30, 2008, to the WBC-INCO.NET. Many activities are therefore running in parallel and our journal is also a bit delayed: a new layout, a new logo and further increased volume of the journal are just the most superficial changes. The new project now includes 26 partners and will continue to inform you via the regular journal – but mainly through the web-newsletter, which will be initiated.

We do not only inform you about the project, but also about EC activities – progress in the association to the Framework Programme on page 2, EU communications on the Balkans on page 3 and 4. We provide an overview on the eligibility of the WBC to community programmes and recommend our updated “Needs-Offers-Matrix”. Updates on the focus of research infrastructure are summarised on page 6 and further interesting programmes and initiatives introduced on page 7 and 8. Our regional focus, starting on page 9, is placed on the one hand on Albania, as we introduce their bilateral programmes and on the other hand on Croatia, with a focus on innovation. In this issue, we invited the Stability Pact / Regional Co-operation Council to inform about the transition and effects on the education and research fields on page 12. Some articles give an insight into the project activities: our focus on global issues in RTD programmes and priorities on page 14, the INCO-NET training workshops in Belgrade and Sarajevo on page 15. On the same page, information on access to scientific literature is provided by eIFL.net, an important global network in this field.
As usual SEE-ERA.NET hosts a specific page in our journal – page 16 informs about the recent project developments. Several event announcements and reviews round up the journal (pages 17-19) and we also recommend some further reading on page 20. We hope you enjoy the new journal and we would like to encourage you to register for our regular e-mail-updates on http://www.wbc-inco.net/ejournal/list.

The eJournal spring 08 is published on April 30th, 2008. It can be downloaded here. Registration for further issues can be done via /ejournal/list.
In the following you find links to the main articles and we would like to invite you again to comment to them through sending e-mails to us or through making annotations / comments directly on the website.

Link digest

Country focus

Albania

Albania Intensifies Bilateral Co-operation in Scientific Research
Bilateral Cooperation between Albania and Italy - An Example

Croatia

Fostering Innovation in Croatia
Good practice: Technology Park Zagreb

Stability Pact / RCC

Stability Pact passes baton to Regional Co-operation Council
New Task Force on Education and Research
Facilitating Knowledge Circulation
The RCC in the Competitiveness Agenda for SEE

Projects and initiatives

SEE-ERA.NET Spotlights
New Project Focussing on International Co-operation: INCONTACT
eIFL.net – Access to knowledge in the Western Balkans
Serbia: Consultative Bureau for International Projects launched
Center for Project Management Successful

Events

International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development
Event Announcement: Science, Higher Education and Innovation Policy Forum in Montenegro
Call for Participation: How to Improve Access to Research Information
Event Announcement: International Conference on Culture and External Relations
Conclusions on the Challenge of Brain Circulation
Event Review: COST DAY in Skopje

Books and reports

Science in the Balkans: A Road to Stability
Science and Technology in the Western Balkans – Reports from the Information Office
Thematic Report on Science and Technology in Kosovo/UNMIK published

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