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The Western Balkan countries (WBC) are an exciting region to work with and in, facing however many internal and external struggles—aspiring EU membership, improving their governance and policies—with the area of Research and Innovation being only one of them, and often not one of high priority. But research is genuinely international and fairly advanced when it comes to integration. The European Research Area (ERA) is very open for cooperation, and the past years have seen the association of almost all countries from the region to the 7th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development and more or less active participation in the ERA and its governance, the struggles to improve the mobility of researchers, to improve the exchange of knowledge, etc. Regional cooperation and participation in several support activities have been one way to tackle the challenges. [...]