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| 13 May 2025 | |
| Workshop on Technology-Oriented Research Infrastructures: Opportunities for the Western Balkans Science and Technology Park of Montenegro, Bulevar Mihaila Lalića, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro | |
| 15:30 16:00 | Registrations with Welcome Coffee |
| 16:00 19:00 | Moderator: Sanja Damjanovic, POLICY ANSWERS Showcasing Key Technology-Oriented Research Initiatives Open Discussion: How to leverage Synergies between National and EU Funding, Public-Private Partnerships, and Investment Strategies |
| At the end of the event, a transfer is organised towards the Hotel Hilton for the Welcome Dinner | |
| Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting on Research and Innovation Hotel Hilton Podgorica Crna Gora, 2 Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog, Podgorica 81000, Montenegro – Princess Jelena meeting room | |
| 19:00 20:00 | Registrations and Information |
| 20:00 22:00 | Welcome Dinner Restaurant Crna Gora |
| 14 May 2025 | |
| 08:00 09:00 | Registrations and Information |
| 08:00 09:00 | Welcome coffee served in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
| Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting on Research and Innovation (Part 1) | |
| 09:00 09:15 | Welcome Remarks and Introduction Anne Haglund-Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, 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 Filip Tarlowski, European Cooperation Expert, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish EU Council Presidency, co-chair Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC (online) Liselotte Isaksson, Deputy Head of Cooperation, European Union Delegation to Montenegro |
| 09:15 10:30 | Western Balkans Agenda: Priorities and Objectives in Research and Innovation with the Western Balkans EC reports on latest R&I developments DG R&I, DG JRC, DG EAC, DG ENEST (approx. 5 – 10 min each) Discussion and Q&A |
| 10:30 11:30 | Western Balkans Agenda: R&I Developments in the Western Balkans (part 1) (Presentation) Western Balkans’ progress reports (AL, BA, XK[1]; 15 min each) General discussion and exchange |
| 11:30 11:50 | Coffee break served in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
| 11:50 12:50 | Western Balkans Agenda: R&I Developments in the Western Balkans (part 2) (Presentation) Western Balkans’ progress reports (ME, MK, RS; 15 min each) General discussion and exchange |
| 12:50 13:30 | Western Balkans Agenda: R&I Developments in the Western Balkans (part 3) (EU MS Master Presentation) Christian Gollubits, Head of Unit Bilateral Cooperation Programmes, Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research, Austria Tim Grebe, Senior Scientific Officer, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, Germany & Ralf Hanatschek, Senior Scientific Officer, DLR Projekttraeger, Germany Ferenc Nagy-Rebek, Head of Department of Science Policy and International Scientific Cooperation, Ministry of Culture and Innovation, Hungary (online) Slavi Krusic, Secretary, EU and International Cooperation Office, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Slovenia and Ales Bosnjak, Institute of Information Science, Director, Slovenia Lucian Brujan, Berlin Process, Programme Director International Affairs, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Alessandro Lombardo, Head of Project Management Office, Central European Initiative, Executive Secretariat (online) Katalin Alfoldi, Global Networking Task Leader, COST Association Branka Zizic, EIT Community Officer, EIT Community Hub Montenegro Filippo del Ninno, Human Capital Development Specialist, European Training Foundation Ines Marinkovic, Eureka NPC Austria, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (online) (Presentation) Elke Dall, POLICY ANSWERS Project Coordinator, ZSI GmbH (online) (Presentation) Sinisa Marcic, Senior Expert for Human Capital Development, Regional Cooperation Council General discussion and exchange |
| 13:30 13:35 | Closing Remarks Anne Haglund-Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, EC DG R&I, co-chair |
| 13:35 13:45 | Family Photo |
| 13:45 15:00 | Networking lunch served in the Restaurant Crna Gora (After lunch coffee available in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room from 14:30) |
| Western Balkans Steering Platform Meeting on Research and Innovation (Part 2) | |
| 15:00 15:15 | Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Member States Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC (online) Ivana Jankovic Mijanovic, Director General for Innovation and Smart Specialisation, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair Filip Tarłowski, European Cooperation Expert, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Polish EU Council Presidency, co-chair |
| 15:15 15:45 | Western Balkans Agenda: Priorities and Objectives in the context of Smart Specialisation EC JRC reports on latest developments (online) (Presentation) DG R&I, DG EAC, DG ENEST (approx. 5 – 10 min each) Discussion and Q&A |
| 15:45 16:45 | Western Balkans Agenda: S3 Developments in the Western Balkans (Presentation) Western Balkans’ progress reports (AL, BA, XK, MK, ME, RS; 5 min each) General discussion and exchange |
| 16:45 17:15 | Coffee break served in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
| 17:15 17:45 | Preparing the Western Balkans Steering Platform Ministerial Meeting October 2025 (Presentation) Anne Haglund-Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, EC DG R&I, co-chair Kalina Esmein, Policy Officer, Unit ‘Member States, Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC Bernhard Fabianek, Senior Expert, Unit ‘Horizon Europe Association’, EC DG R&I, (Presentation) Desiree Pecarz, Secretariat of the WB Steering Platforms by POLICY ANSWERS, ZSI GmbH (Presentation) |
| 17:45 18:00 | General Discussion Feedback from WB and SP members Discussion |
| 18:00 18:15 | Closing of the Day Anne Haglund-Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, EC DG R&I, co-chair Ivana Jankovic Mijanovic, Director General for Innovation and Smart Specialisation, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation, Montenegro, WB co-chair Liliana Pasecinic, Deputy Head of Unit ‘Member States, Partnerships and International Relations’, EC JRC (online) |
| 18:30 19:30 | R&I Discussion Session |
| 20:00 22:00 | Networking Dinner Restaurant Crna Gora |
| 15 May 2025 | |
| 08:15 08:45 | Registrations and Information |
| 08:00 08:45 | Welcome coffee served in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
| Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions (MSCA): Opportunities for Researchers’ Training, Career Development and Mobility | |
| 08:45 10:45 | Moderator: Sohail Luka, Policy Officer, DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Maria Vili, European Research Executive Agency (REA), MSCA Department (Presentation) Martina Lukic, NCP MSCA Montenegro, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation (Presentation) Filip Petrovic, NCP MSCA Montenegro, Rectorate, University of Montenegro Ana Gardasevic, MSCA Post-Doctoral Fellow, University Institute of Lisbon (online) (Presentation) Discussion and Q&A |
| 10:45 10:50 | Coffee break served in the foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
| Smart Specialisation: Productivity-based competitiveness and company-level innovation in the face of intense competition for labour and skills | |
| 10:50 11:50 | Moderator: Pirita Vuorinen, Senior Expert, European Training Foundation (online) The case of the Western Balkan Agri-Tech Sector Discussion and Q&A (Presentation) |
| 11:50 12:00 | Wrap Up and Closing Remarks Anne Haglund-Morrissey, Deputy Head of Unit ‘International Cooperation: Europe & Americas’, EC DG R&I, co-chair |
| 12:00 13:00 | Farewell Reception Foyer of Princess Jelena meeting room |
[1]This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.