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| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Mina Stareva, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International cooperation – Europe and Americas’, European Commission, DG R&I, co-chair |
| 09:15-09:30 | Main Developments in Research and Innovation: Updates from the European Commission Mina Stareva, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International cooperation – Europe and Americas’, European Commission, DG R&I, co-chair Emanuela Bellan, Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, European Commission, DG JRC Enrica Chiozza, Deputy Head of Unit “Regional Strategy and Investments”, European Commission, DG ENEST Q&A, General Discussion |
| 09:30-10:45 | Follow-up to Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting Marko Vukašinović, Director General of the Directorate for International Cooperation, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro After presentation, participants are invited to reflect on and discuss the following questions: – How did you like the Ministerial Meeting? – Which ideas do you have on the structure/organisation/format of the next Ministerial event (e.g. more interactive, dynamic)? – What are the policy areas/subjects you would like to discuss at the next Ministerial Meeting in relation to the further integration into the ERA (e.g. ERA Act, Innovation Act, innovation eco-systems)? – Which steps are you taking to implement the Conclusions of the 2025 Ministerial Meeting and what support would you need? – How to engage better EU Member States in the discussions? |
| 10:45-11:00 | Mapping the Future of Industry 4.0 in the Western Balkans Aleksei Savarsov, Smart manufacturing Innovation Centre, UNIDO (Presentation) |
| 11:00-11:15 | Foresight Exercise (click here to participate in the survey on trends shaping R&I futures by 22 February) Simon Winter, Senior Analyst, DLR-PT (Presentation) |
| 11:15 -11:30 | Update by POLICY ANSWERS Elke Dall, POLICY ANSWERS Coordinator, ZSI Q&A, General Discussion |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Strengthening R&I Capacity in the Western Balkans and Enlargement Region Bela Kardon, POLICY ENLARGE Coordinator, RCSID Q&A, General Discussion |
| 11:45-12:00 | Concluding remarks and next steps Mina Stareva, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International cooperation – Europe and Americas’, European Commission, DG R&I, co-chair > PSF Mutual Learning Exercises between national R&I policymakers Next topics are: Applying equity in Open Science R&I policies for advancing the circular economy |