The EU should increase the effectiveness of its funding and support for Western Balkans in education, research and innovation, according to a statement issued last week by the joint science conference of the Berlin Process.
The Berlin Process was set up in 2014 as a platform to increase cooperation between the six Western Balkans countries, the host countries of the Berlin Process, and the EU.
According to a joint statement released lasty week after the 8th annual conference on the science, education, research and innovation pillar of the Berlin Process, the EU should launch a dedicated Western Balkans facility for skills, research and innovation. “This facility would pool funding and instruments from various EU programmes, such as the Framework Programme and theInstrument for Pre-accession Assistance.”