Service Request: Local Agency to provide full event service management for the POLICY ANSWERS Workshop on Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures in Podgorica

26 March - 6 April 2025

POLICY ANSWERS (R&I POLICY making, implementation ANd Support in the WEsteRn BalkanS) is a project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101058873. POLICY ANSWERS supports policy coordination in the Western Balkans (WB) together with the EC and the EU. 14 partner organisations, representing network nodes in the region and EU expert organisations, support policy dialogue through formal meetings (such as ministerial and steering platform and ad-hoc policy meetings), monitoring and agenda setting, capacity building and implementation of the EU’s Western Balkan Agenda, as well as the alignment of thematic priorities.

A special workshop titled “Workshop on Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures: Opportunities for the Western Balkans” will be organised in the framework of the Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting on Research and Innovation. This workshop is a deliverable of the POLICY ANSWERS project under Work Package 5 (Task 5.4): Regional Promoter Scheme for Research Infrastructures. The goal of the workshop is to explore how Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures can serve as a catalyst for scientific and economic development in the Western Balkans. The workshop will take place on 13 May 2025 in Podgorica, Montenegro, as a satellite event preceding the Steering Platform Meeting, which will be held on 14–15 May 2025 in Podgorica.

The purpose of this service is to engage a local Agency to provide full event service management for the event. This service request and relevant activities are coordinated by the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI) in cooperation with other partners involved in the organisation of the Western Balkans Steering Platform meeting. The workshop is designed to accommodate up to 100 participants, requiring a venue with sufficient capacity. It will take place at the Science and Technology Park of Montenegro, located at Boulevard Mihaila Lalića, Podgorica, Montenegro.

Applications in English must be submitted until 6 April 2025 (17:00 CET) via e-mail to Sanja Damjanovic s.damjanovic@gsi.de and policy-answers@westernbalkans-infohub.eu containing both

  • work experiences, skills and qualifications; related references from previous work
  • a price offer (see requirements above)

For more details about the scope and purpose of the service, required qualifications/skills/experiences as well as ways to submit the application, please consult the attachment below.

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