Western Balkans Regional R&D Strategy for Innovation
A coordinated effort to develop a regional research and development (R and D) strategy for innovation was launched by the Joint Statement of Sarajevo, signed on April 24, 2009, by the ministers from the Western Balkans (WB) responsible for science...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18433254/western-balkans-regional-research-development-strategy-innovation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16626 |
| Summary: | A coordinated effort to develop a
regional research and development (R and D) strategy for
innovation was launched by the Joint Statement of Sarajevo,
signed on April 24, 2009, by the ministers from the Western
Balkans (WB) responsible for science and research; the
European Union (EU) commissioner for science and research;
and the Czech Republic Presidency of the Council of the
European Union, under the auspices of the regional
cooperation council secretary general. In June 2011, the
World Bank signed an agreement with the European Commission
(EC) to provide technical assistance for the development of
the WB regional R and D strategy for innovation technical
assistance (RIS-TA). The strategy aims to strengthen the
region's research capacity, enhance intraregional
cooperation, promote collaboration with business sectors,
explore possibilities for financing R and D from EU funding
schemes and other external sources, and help integrate the
region into the European research area (ERA) and innovation
union. This report is organized as follows: section one
gives introduction; section two gives strategic context;
section three describes reform program; section four
presents action plan for regional cooperation; and section
five presents proposed programs. |
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