Transcript Regional Research Promotion Programme in the Western Balkans

Regional Research Promotion Programme in the
Western Balkans - RRPP
Bojana Radovanovic
RRPP LCU in Serbia
“Making work pay in Western Balkan countries: the
case of Serbia and Macedonia”
September 2013
RRPP goals
• Main goal: RRPP was established in 2008 with the aim
of strengthening research process in the field of social
sciences
• Other goals:
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To support research
To improve competencies of researchers
To support societal transformation
To promote regional cooperation
RRPP pillars
RESEARCH PROJECTS
METHODS COLLOQUIA
AND MENTORING
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
NETWORKING AND COOPERATION
RRPP organization
• Swiss Development and Cooperation Agency (SDC)
• University of Fribourg, Switzerland
• Local Coordination Units (LCU) in the Western Balkans
• LCU Serbia – Institute of Economic Sciences, Belgrade
RRPP projects
• 50 projects (almost 4 million CHF) funded
• First phase 2008-2011 (8 from Serbia)
• Second phase 2011-2013 (7 from Serbia)
• Third phase 2013-2016....
• RRPP invested in Serbia around 1 million CHF so far.
RRPP mentoring and seminars
• Excellent opportunity to increase/deepen knowledge in
methods, expand research networks and build
partnerships, connect to international and regional
experts
• 17 seminars so far, more than 350 researchers, mainly
PhD students and young researchers
• Topics: Project management, academic writing,
quantitative research methods, focus groups, interviews,
research design, publishing...
Regional and international networking
and cooperation
• Regional seminars, RRPP Annual Scientific
Conference (up to 100 participants), travel grants to
international conferences. More than 350 researchers
participated so far.
• RRPP Annual Scientific Conference: „Social, Political
and Economic Changes in the Western Balkan“.
• 24th-26th May, 2013: Belgrade, Serbia
RRPP policy dialogue
• aimed at influencing necessary systemic changes in
social science research, while involving a number of
relevant stakeholders such as responsible ministries,
rectors, deans, researchers from different disciplines and
of different age.
• In Serbia, policy dialogue initiative haA two goals:
– Improvement of scientific production quality in Serbian social
sciences;
– Securing that social science research is carried out and
implemented for the country’s socio-economic development and
welfare.
RRPP policy dialogue
• Project results:
– Publication: “Social Science Research Sector in Serbia: An
Overview of the Current Situation, Main Challenges and Policy
Recommendations“
– Policy brief
• Issues covered: Assessment Levels of Both Scientific and
Research Capacities in Serbian Social Sciences and the
Identification of Salient Obstacles, Research Funding, Scientific
Evaluation System, Young Researchers and Perspectives of Social
Sciences Research in Serbia, Implementation of Research Findings
and Cooperation Between Decision Makers and Researchers,
Establishing the “Social Science Researchers Association”
NEW CALL FOR PROJECT
PROPOSALS
NOVEMBER 2013
For more information please visit:
http://www.rrpp-westernbalkans.net/
or contact:
RRPP Local Coordination Unit in Serbia, Institute of
Economic Sciences, Belgrade
Zmaj Jovina 12
11000 Beograd
+381 11 2629 950
[email protected]