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EVAL-INCO is a database of evaluators which is used to facilitate the assessment of proposals for research projects, submitted in the context of the Joint Calls of regional ERA-NETs.

Researchers are invited to register for this evaluators database online.

Commissioner Potocnik also maintains a personal blog in which he discusses a "theme of the week". You can read his views on different topics, in June he wrote for example about "Greening air transport: We’re ready for take-off", "Sustainable development: where there’s a will, there’s a way", "A step ahead for research infrastructures!" and "JRC-Ispra Open Day 2009". Here we copy his words on the Visit to Serbia: on the way towards foll integration into the European Research Area.

COST invites researchers throughout Europe to submit proposals for research networks and use this unique opportunity to exchange knowledge and to embark on new European perspectives. A continuous Open Call for Proposals is used to attract the best proposals for new COST Actions.

The next collection date is September 25, 2009 at 17:00 Brussels time.

All visitors to the ICT-WEB-PROMS website from the Western Balkan countries (WBC) are invited to complete the online questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies in the WBC.

With this survey we contribute to the policy dialogue in the region and provide governments in the Western Balkan countries (WBC) and the European Commission as well as recommendations for the implementation of research and innovation policy and for financing projects in the ICT field.

The Cross-border Programme Serbia – Montenegro under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Component II has been published on June 25, 2009 with a deadline on September 23, 2009. Budget for the call is 1,980,000 EUR. Based on the Cross-border programme Serbia – Montenegro, single calls for proposals will be launched at a regular interval on both sides of the border in order to select cross-border cooperation projects that contribute to the strategy's objectives and fall into identified priorities and measures.
The Cross-border programme Serbia – Montenegro is implemented jointly by Serbia and Montenegro. EuropeAid reference: 128739.

The European Commission's DG INFSO has launched a competition in the field of  ICT for energy efficiency - "The Best ICT4EE Project Award". The winner will be selected by a combination of both internet voting and an expert jury.

The aim of the competition is to promote innovation in ICT that will contribute to substantial and measurable improvements in energy efficiency, and that have the potential to provide visible and convincing showcases for investment by business, citizens or both.

Closing date: August 31, 2009.

The “Research in Industry and Academia” Grant is a Croatian grant aiming at increasing mobility of young scientists and experts between academia and Croatian industry as well as to strengthen long-term cooperation between two sectors. The grant supports engagement of excellent young researchers and professionals in Croatian enterprises. Eligible candidates shall come from Croatian public scientific institutions or Diaspora and have MSc. or PhD degree. In addition, grant supports engagement of excellent young researchers and professionals in Croatian public scientific institutions. Eligible candidates shall come from Croatian industry and have MSc. or PhD degree.

The HIDE project (FP7) invites to the workshop "Restrictions in the Implementation of EU Data Protection Directive for Public Interest, Security and Defense" in Ljubljana, September 17-18, 2009.

The aim of this workshop is to bring together representatives from the European government and non-government organisations, with the emphasis on the Balkan region and the New Member States, to identify and discuss issues related to restrictions in the implementation of EU data protection principles.

The Steering Platform for Research for the Western Balkan Countries met in Liblice on 28 May 2009. The Platform was co-chaired by the Czech Presidency of the Council of the European Union – which hosted it – the Republic of Albania on behalf of the Western Balkan Countries, and the European Commission.

The Conclusions of the Platform meeting are published in the following article. The chairs and participants are dedicated to follow-up on the conclusions and invite all readers to also contribute with their activities. Further integration of the Western Balkans to the European Research Area is an aim to be jointly achieved!

The deadline for submitting research project proposals in the framework of the CEI Research Fellowship Programme – CERES, scheduled on 28 June 2009, is rapidly approaching.

A new Europe Innova call for proposals on "Sustainability of Novel European Innovation Support Tools" is open until August 31, 2009.

The Summer University Programme of the Centre international de formation européenne that still has a few places available in different Eastern European cities and in Turkey.

A limited number of scholarships is available to particularly qualified candidates.