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The Newsletter to Support the Western Balkans’ Knowledge Societies and Ecosystems
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Updates from the Western Balkans
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Select the Economy to Explore Further
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Current Theme in Focus
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Erasmus + and the Western Balkans |
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| Culture on the Move: Erasmus+ through Intercultural Networking | |  |
| | Erasmus+ Information Session in Cetinje: Supporting Higher Education Participation for 2025 | | |
| | Results of Erasmus+ Capacity Building Projects in Higher Education | | |
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Calls
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Erasmus+ Call: Cooperation Partnerships Deadline: 5 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Youth in Western Balkans Deadline: 6 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Alliances for Innovation – Strengthening Education, Skills, and Enterprise Collaboration Deadline: 6 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Teacher Academies 2025 Deadline: 26 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Forward-Looking Projects for Innovative and Digital Solutions Deadline: 25 May 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to Transform Vocational Education and Training Deadline: 11 June 2025
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Resources
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| E-learning Course: Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Adult Education Providers | | |
| | 2025 Annual Work Programme for the Implementation of Erasmus+ | | |
| | Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2025 | | |
| | Self-paced Course: Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Schools | | |
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Programmes & Policies
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| | Upskilling pathways for REsiliency in the post-Covid era for FEMale Entrepreneurs (RE-FEM) | | |
| | Innovating Quality assessment tools for Pharmacy studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IQPharm) | | |
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Initiatives
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| Vitalizing ICT Relevance in Agricultural Learning (VIRAL) | | |
| | WeB-Nimbus Project | | |
| | Strengthening University Autonomy and Increasing Accountability and Transparency of Western Balkan Universities | | |
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Updates from the Region
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| News | | The Central European Initiative (CEI) Fund Announces 12 new Grants in its CEI Know-how Exchange Programme (KEP) | | |
| | Congratulations to the GreenFORCE Project to its Results so far | | |
| | MSCA Success Stories from the Western Balkans: Celebrating Research Excellence. An event report | | |
| | University of Sarajevo Hosts Workshop on Research-Industry Collaboration, Supported by POLICY ANSWERS | | |
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| Calls | Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament 2025 Deadline: 7 February 2025
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| Creative Europe to Support Around 40 projects to Boost Literary Translation in 2025 Deadline: 11 February 2025
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| Wetern Balkans Fund 7th Annual Call for Proposals 2025 Deadline: 19 February 2025
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| Western Balkans Fund Call for Proposals Deadline: 19 February 2025
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| EEN2EIC: Open Call for Local Nodes Deadline: 1 March 2025
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| Call for proposals 2025 – EAC/A08/2024 – Erasmus+ Programme Deadline: 5 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Cooperation Partnerships Deadline: 5 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Youth in Western Balkans Deadline: 6 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Alliances for Innovation – Strengthening Education, Skills, and Enterprise Collaboration Deadline: 6 March 2025
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| Empowering Citizen Science: IMPETUS Launches its Final Open Call for Innovative Projects Deadline: 13 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Teacher Academies 2025 Deadline: 26 March 2025
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| Third Call for Individual Mobility of Artists and Cultural Professionals Deadline: 30 April 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Forward-Looking Projects for Innovative and Digital Solutions Deadline: 25 May 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to Transform Vocational Education and Training Deadline: 11 June 2025
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| EUREKA Open Call for Network Projects Applications Deadline: 31 December 2025
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Events
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| POLICY ANSWERS Webinar: Water4All EU Partnership, Opportunities for the Western Balkans 30 January 2025 | | |
| | GREENFORCE International Winter School 2025: Scaling down Green Transition – Co-creating Nature-Based Solutions at the neighbourhood level 17 - 21 February 2025, Tirana | | |
| | Online COST Info Day 2025 18 February 2025 | | |
| | Horizon Implementation Days and Lump Sum Webinars 13 March - 3 April 2025, Online | | |
| | Eureka Global Innovation Summit 2025 1 - 2 April 2025, Hannover | | |
| | 20th International Conference on Road Safety in Local Communities 23 - 26 April 2025 | | |
| | SCAR/BIOEAST conference on research and innovation 10 - 12 June 2025 | | |
| | 7th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2025: Smarter, Faster and More Systemic Adaptation 16 - 18 June 2025, Rimini | | |
| | 6th Biannual Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluation Network 2025: Strengthening Evaluation Frameworks: Development, Policy, and Practice 17 - 18 October 2025, Sarajevo | | |
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Resources
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| E-learning Course: Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Adult Education Providers | | |
| | 2025 Annual Work Programme for the Implementation of Erasmus+ | | |
| | Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2025 | | |
| | Self-paced Course: Erasmus+ Funding Opportunities for Schools | | |
| | Fiscal Governance in the Western Balkans: An Analysis of Fiscal Rules, Fiscal Councils, and Medium-term Budgetary Frameworks | | |
| | Inter-municipal Co-operation in the Western Balkans | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Main Achievements by the End of 2024 | | |
| | Status of Environment and Climate in the Western Balkans | | |
| | The Impact of Migration to the EU on Labour Shortages in the Western Balkans | | |
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Programmes & Policies
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| Erasmus+ | | |
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Initiatives
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| WeB-Nimbus Project | | |
| | IGNITA Initiative | | |
| | Strengthening University Autonomy and Increasing Accountability and Transparency of Western Balkan Universities | | |
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| News | | Workshops at Universities in Tirana Empower Young Researchers in Citizen Science through CORYA Project | | |
| | Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina to profit of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme from 2025 | | |
| | EU Strengthens Social Care in Albania | | |
| | Congratulations to the GreenFORCE Project to its Results so far | | |
| | Congratulations to the BEAMING project for the achievements in 2024 | | |
| | Empowering Albanian Youth in Citizen Science: Highlights from the CORYA Study Visit in Vienna | | |
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| Calls | NASRI Launches 2025 National Calls for Research, Infrastructure, and Innovation Projects Deadline: 30 January 2025
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| Funding Opportunity for Albanian Researchers to Join Horizon Europe Brokerage Events Deadline: 6 March 2025
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Resources
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| Draft of the Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) in Albania | | |
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Organisations
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| Erasmus+ Office in Albania | | |
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| Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina to profit of the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme from 2025 | | |
| | Congratulations to the BEAMING project for the achievements in 2024 | | |
| | University of Sarajevo Hosts Workshop on Research-Industry Collaboration, Supported by POLICY ANSWERS | | |
| | Project Management Workshop at the University of Sarajevo, Supported by POLICY ANSWERS | | |
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Events
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| 6th Biannual Conference of the Western Balkans Evaluation Network 2025: Strengthening Evaluation Frameworks: Development, Policy, and Practice 17 - 18 October 2025, Sarajevo | | |
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Resources
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| EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Implementation Report 2022-2023 | | |
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Programmes & Policies
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| Innovating Quality assessment tools for Pharmacy studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IQPharm) | | |
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Initiatives
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| Vitalizing ICT Relevance in Agricultural Learning (VIRAL) | | |
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Organisations
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| Erasmus+ Office in Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
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| Results of Erasmus+ Capacity Building Projects in Higher Education | | |
| | Integrating EU Priorities into Higher Education Curricula | | |
| | Riinvest's Roundtable on Building a Stronger Support System in Advancing Innovation | | |
| | New report by Riinvest soon available: Implementation of the Digital Agenda for the Western Balkans in Kosovo | | |
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Calls
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Empowering Civil Society in Kosovo, Advancing Human Rights in the Digital Era Deadline: 3 February 2025
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Events
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| Riinvest Institute Conference: Activating the Sources of Economic Growth 15 - 17 May 2025, Pristina | | |
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Organisations
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| Erasmus+ Office in Kosovo | | |
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News
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| Culture on the Move: Erasmus+ through Intercultural Networking | | |
| | Erasmus+ Information Session in Cetinje: Supporting Higher Education Participation for 2025 | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Training on the Implementation of Circular Economy Principles in Montenegro Successfully Completed | | |
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Calls
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RAPTOR Call: EIT Urban Mobility Supports Innovations for Podgorica on CO2 Emission Monitoring Deadline: 12 February 2025
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| Erasmus+ Office in Montenegro | | |
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| Congratulations to the GreenFORCE Project to its Results so far | | |
| | Congratulations to the BEAMING project for the achievements in 2024 | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Peer-Learning Webinar: Inclusive Gender Equality in R&I and Education | | |
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| Congratulations to the GreenFORCE Project to its Results so far | | |
| | Event Report POLICY ANSWERS Workshop: Monitoring and Evaluation of Scientific and Technology Projects | | |
| | Congratulations to the BEAMING project for the achievements in 2024 | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Workshop: Optimise Your Business and Benefit from Circular Economy and Green Transition | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Workshop: Monitoring and Evaluation of Scientific and Technology Projects | | |
| | Advancing Green Transition and Innovation: POLICY ANSWERS Workshops Conclude in Serbia for 2024 | | |
| | POLICY ANSWERS Workshop on How to Implement Horizon Europe Project was held in Banja Luka | | |
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Events
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| EXPO 2027 Belgrade: Play for Humanity - Sport and Music for All 15 May - 15 August 2027, Belgrade | | |
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Resources
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| EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Implementation Report 2022-2023 | | |
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Programmes & Policies
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| STREAM IT | | |
| | Upskilling pathways for REsiliency in the post-Covid era for FEMale Entrepreneurs (RE-FEM) | | |
| | Innovating Quality assessment tools for Pharmacy studies in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IQPharm) | | |
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Initiatives
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| HDHL Food4Health | | |
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Other Highlights
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| Empowering Albanian Youth in Citizen Science: Highlights from the CORYA Study Visit in Vienna | | |
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Calls
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Western Balkans Fellowship Programme at the Austrian Parliament 2025 Deadline: 7 February 2025
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| Creative Europe to Support Around 40 projects to Boost Literary Translation in 2025 Deadline: 11 February 2025
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| RAPTOR Call: EIT Urban Mobility Supports Innovations for Podgorica on CO2 Emission Monitoring Deadline: 12 February 2025
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| EEN2EIC: Open Call for Local Nodes Deadline: 1 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Cooperation Partnerships Deadline: 5 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Alliances for Innovation – Strengthening Education, Skills, and Enterprise Collaboration Deadline: 6 March 2025
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| Empowering Citizen Science: IMPETUS Launches its Final Open Call for Innovative Projects Deadline: 13 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Teacher Academies 2025 Deadline: 26 March 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Forward-Looking Projects for Innovative and Digital Solutions Deadline: 25 May 2025
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| Erasmus+ Call: Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) to Transform Vocational Education and Training Deadline: 11 June 2025
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| EUREKA Open Call for Network Projects Applications Deadline: 31 December 2025
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| [Call for Action] Join the Mission Charter for EU Mission: Restore our Ocean and Waters! Deadline: 31 December 2030
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Events
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| Winter School on Open and Responsible Research and Innovation 2025 4 - 7 February 2025, Bankya | | |
| | GENDERACTIONplus Final Conference 2025. Towards new Horizons: Inclusive Gender Equality in FP10 and Beyond 12 February 2025, Brussels | | |
| | Online COST Info Day 2025 18 February 2025 | | |
| | Mission Ocean and Waters Forum 2025 and related events 3 - 7 March 2025, Brussels | | |
| | Conference "Research as the foundation of sports policy - challenges and perspectives" 10 - 11 March 2025, Warsaw | | |
| | Horizon Implementation Days and Lump Sum Webinars 13 March - 3 April 2025, Online | | |
| | Marie Curie Alumni Association Conference 2025 21 - 22 March 2025, Krakow | | |
| | Eureka Global Innovation Summit 2025 1 - 2 April 2025, Hannover | | |
| | Circular Biobased Economy Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) Info Day 2025 3 April 2025, Brussels | | |
| | STS Conference Graz 2025: Critical Issues in Science, Technology and Society Studies 5 - 7 May 2025, Graz | | |
| | Futures4Europe Conference 2025: Exploring Future-Oriented Collective Intelligence 15 - 16 May 2025, Vienna | | |
| | SCAR/BIOEAST conference on research and innovation 10 - 12 June 2025 | | |
| | European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) 2025 and Policy Conference 10 - 12 June 2025 | | |
| | European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation (Eu-SPRI) Annual Conference 2025: Shaping societal futures with STI Policies 11 - 13 June 2025, Dortmund | | |
| | 7th European Climate Change Adapatation (ECCA) conference 2025 16 - 18 June 2025, Rimini | | |
| | 7th European Climate Change Adaptation Conference 2025: Smarter, Faster and More Systemic Adaptation 16 - 18 June 2025, Rimini | | |
| | ENRIO Congress 2025: Research Integrity, Power Dynamics and Safe Institutional Culture 22 - 24 September 2025, Ljubljana | | |
| | Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies 2025 3 - 5 November 2025, Vienna | | |
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Resources
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| EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) Implementation Report 2022-2023 | | |
| | Scientific Report - For an Innovative, Sustainable and Fair Economy in Europe | | |
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The Western Balkans Information Hub acts as a source of high-quality targeted Information on research, technology and innovation but also education, culture, youth and sports in, with and for the Western Balkans. It is supported by the project POLICY ANSWERS, funded by the Horizon Europe programme - Grant Agreement no. 101058873, and coordinated by Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)
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