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ICT R&D Challenges for the Western Balkans

Since 2000 the Western Balkans countries have achieved a remarkable progress in Information Society development through regional cooperation within the eSEE Initiative. The countries have established institutional and legal frameworks, started building infrastructure and are making progress in the implementation of the eSEE Agenda Plus. On the other hand, even though most countries are eligible for participating in the EU research programmes, the uptake is still slow, and ICT research and innovation capacity of the region is low. EU funded projects for awareness raising, research priority setting and training in project management and the rules of the FP7 programme are helping to speed up the progress, but more efforts will be needed to reduce the gap between the EU member states and the Western Balkans. Countries positions on the World Economic Forum Network Readiness and Global Competitiveness rankings reflects these findings.

eSEE Initiative; ICT R&D; information society

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