Minutes (available once adopted by EC)
09:00-09:30 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Carole Mancel-Blanchard, Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, EC DG R&I, co-chair Marijeta Barjaktarovic Lanzardi, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair Agnieszka Mierzyńska, 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 |
09:30-10:30 | Main Developments in Research and Innovation: Updates from the European Commission 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 Marta Brites, Western Balkans Investment Framework, EC DG ENEST Katrina Barkane, Valorisation support ecosystem: Booster and other support services, EC DG R&I Stephanie Demart, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, EC DG Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Q&A, General Discussion |
10:30-11:10 | Main Developments in Research and Innovation: Updates from the Western Balkans WB updates: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia (5 min per WB) Q&A, General Discussion (10 min) |
11:10– 11:25 | Technical break |
11:25-11:50 | Main Developments in Research and Innovation: Updates from the EU Member States and International Organisations EU MS and international organisations (CEI, COST, Berlin Process, ESS, EUREKA, RCC, EIT, 2-3 min each) Q&A, General Discussion (10 min) |
11:50-12:20 | Strengthening R&I Capacity in the Western Balkans Thomas Estermann, STAND Project, European University Association Aleš Bošnjak, Cobiss.net “Co-operative Online Bibliographic System and Services“, Director of National Institute of Information Science, Slovenia Heidi Sen, Head of European Partnerships – Europe Direction, International and European Affairs Department, BPI France |
12:20-12:30 | Update by POLICY ANSWERS Elke Dall, POLICY ANSWERS Coordinator, ZSI (5 min) AoB, Q&A, General Discussion (5 min) |
12:30-12:40 | Concluding remarks and next steps Anne Haglund Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I, co-chair Marijeta Barjaktarovic Lanzardi, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair Agnieszka Mierzyńska, Head of Europa Unit, Department for International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish EU Council Presidency, co-chair |