1. UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe Dr. Davide Poletto SC [email_address] http://www.unesco.org/venice UNESCO VENICE OFFICE

2. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 Excellence in Basic and Engineering Sciences&Education Physics and Mathematics in SEE February 18th-21 st Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Nis Serbia

9. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 Science framework

10. May 2009 National Consultations on the National Strategy on STI of Albania (2009-2015) Tirana 3-6 September 2009 International Conference on Science and Development - Optimal Infrastructures for Stimulation of Scientific Research in Europe Wrocław, Poland November 2009 Ministerial Round Table on Research and Higher Education Tirana Ministerial Round Tables (Paris 2001, Ljubljana 2007, Budva 2008) Conference of Parliamentary Committees for S&T Conferences on specific topics Investment in S&T, (new) role of Academies of Sciences, Higher education and research linkages (Venice 2001-Venice Process) Technical Workshops STI Statistics and Indicators National STI Strategies Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Serbia, FYROM UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 POLICY EVENTS

11. Scientific networks Seismology, astronomy, mathematics & physics Sharing Research Infrastructures (Rozhen Observatory) 10-16 May 2009 5th Congress of Balkan Geophysical Society, Geophysics at the Cross-Roads Belgrade, Serbia 10-23 August 2009 5th International Summer School in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in SEE Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina 19 September – 1 October 2009 International Biophysics Summer School Rovinj, Croatia October 2009 International School of Spectroscopy’ Rozhen, Bulgaria 4 November 2009 Basic Sciences for the Development of Energy: Alliance for the Future Budapest, Hungary UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010

12. BES SURVEY THROUGHT SEENET MTP Rationale: identification of basic indicators related to the research centres/institutions in SEE to better focus scientific cooperation and new projects/activities in the next future: It has been conceived under 8 headings: General data, financial profile, research staff profile, research infrastructures, performance profile; R&E programmes; Regional and international Coop., Dissemination of Scientific Information. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010

16. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 4. Research Infrastructures Proceeding from FP7 definition of RIs “ facilities, resources and related services used by the scientific community for conducting leading-edge research, knowledge transmission, knowledge exchange and preservation”. We included in this heading: major scientific facilities (according to market value-threshold of 100.000 Euro), equipment/instrumentation, resources&services for scientific exchange, ICT infrastructure for scientific information access.

17. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 5. Performance Profile This heading refers to certain outputs linked to their performance capacity: - patents registered; - peer reviewed publication; - implementation of EU SC Cooperation initiatives; - prizes/awards; - additional info.

19. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 7. Regional&International cooperation Questioned research centres are asked to refer about relevant initiatives of regional-international cooperation in place in the last 5 years. The aforementioned list of major fields of Science is put in relation to the following variables: - partners; - subject of cooperation; - Typology of Cooperation.

20. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 8. Production and dissemination of Scientific Information This heading relates to different science dissemination and production activities such as on line and hard copies sc publication, scientific events, networking, etc.

21. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 Filling the Survey The database will be filled on line by identified research centres/institutions upon invitation. The UNESCO South-eastern European Network in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics (SEENET - MTP), is in charge to provide relevant data related to their specific field of competence. In case of non-availability of information, cooperation of surveyed centres and/or national authorities (concerned Ministries, National Commissions for UNESCO, etc.) will be requested.

22. UNESCO VENICE EBES 2010 Additionally Important... Due to the nature of the on line survey, constituted of multiple chapters, questioned institutions are strongly recommended to organise an efficient internal process of data collection prior to survey submission: although extended, time availability to fill the on line survey is limited. Data loss is inevitable when exceeding the time limit of about 10 hours: a data saving option is not currently activated!

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