Minutes (available once adopted)
09:00-09:15 | Welcome 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 |
09:15-10:30 | Main 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) |
10:30-10:40 | Technical 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) |
11:50-12:00 | Technical break |
12:00-12:30 | Towards 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) |
12:30-13:00 | Strengthening 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 |
13:00-13:10 | Update by POLICY ANSWERS Elke Dall, POLICY ANSWERS Coordinator, ZSI (5 min) AoB, Q&A, General Discussion (5 min) |
13:10-13:15 | Concluding 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 |