09:35 – 09:45 | Welcome remarks and introduction Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I Carla Matias dos Santos, Portuguese EU Council Presidency Xhavit Rexhaj, Kosovar* Deputy Minister of Education and Science, WB Co-chair Filip Van Depoele, EC DG EAC Liliana Pasecinic, EC DG JRC |
09:45 – 10:55 | Western Balkans Agenda on Innovation, Research, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport DG R&I, DG EAC, DG JRC, DG NEAR (10 min) WB6 progress reports / latest R&I developments (3 minutes per WB6) EU Member States (5 minutes) Int. organisations: COST, EIT, EUREKA, CEI, RCC, Berlin Process (15 min) Q&A, general discussion (20 min) |
10:55 – 11:00 | Technical Break |
11:00 – 11:45 | Researchers’ mobility in the Western Balkans MSCA: Cooperation in researchers’ training and mobility: opportunities for Western Balkans’ researchers and organisations, Stephanie Demart, EC DG EAC (10 min) (Presentation) Study on researchers’ mobility: Elke Stewering, International Service Facility (ISF) (10 min) (Presentation) Interaction with the WB6 and other stakeholders (20 min) Discussion |
11:45 – 11:55 | Update from the ISF Ulrike Kunze and Desiree Pecarz, ISF (10 min) (Presentation) |
11:55 – 12:00 | Concluding remarks and next steps Ruta Zarnauskaite, Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I |