Agenda

Minutes (available once adopted)

09:00-09:15Welcome Remarks and Introduction
Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I, co-chair
Marko Vukasinovic, Director General for International Cooperation, European Integration and EU Funds, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair
Agnieszka Mierzynska, Head of Europa Unit, Department for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish EU Council Presidency, co-chair
Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC
09:15-10:30Main Developments in Research and Innovation: Updates from the European Commission and the Western Balkans
Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I
Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC
David Hudson, EC DG ENEST
WB updates (5 min per WB)
EU MS and organisations (2 min each)
Q&A, General Discussion (10 min)
10:30-10:40Technical break

10:40-11:50
Main Developments in Education and Training: Updates from the European Commission and the Western Balkans
Filip Van Depoele, Head of the ‘International Unit’, EC DG EAC, co-chair
WB updates (5 min per WB)
EU MS and organisations (2 min each)
Q&A, General Discussion (10 min)
11:50-12:00Technical break
12:00-12:30Towards the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platform on Research and Innovation
Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I
Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC
Q&A, General Discussion (10 min)
12:30-13:00Strengthening R&I Capacity in the Western Balkans
Karolina Dutkiewicz-Garcia, Assistant of MEP Eszter Lakos, European Parliament
Claudia Barbosa, Chief Operating Officer, HIseedTec, Portugal
Malwina Gebalska, European Partnership on Social Transformations and Resilience, National Science Centre (NCN), Poland
13:00-13:10Update by POLICY ANSWERS
Elke Dall, POLICY ANSWERS Coordinator, ZSI (5 min)
AoB, Q&A, General Discussion (5 min)
13:10-13:15Concluding remarks and next steps
Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I, co-chair
Marko Vukasinovic, Director General for International Cooperation, European Integration and EU Funds, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair
Agnieszka Mierzynska, Head of Europa Unit, Department for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish EU Council Presidency, co-chair