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Welcome to the SMARTLABOR Repository – Your Open Database for Smart Agriculture and Skills Development in the Western Balkans

The SMARTLABOR repository provides open access to a wide range of methodologies, tools, and resources to advance smart agriculture and related skills. Its mission is to support informed policymaking across the region by encouraging the adoption of technological innovations and promoting sustainable growth in the agricultural sector.

Within the repository, you’ll find a variety of resources—from surveys and policy roadmaps to interactive maps and research tools—tailored to the needs of civil society organizations, policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders. All materials developed through the SMARTLABOR project are free to download, replicate, and reuse, contributing to capacity building and fostering evidence-based policymaking.

Discover national and regional actors in the Western Balkans, access workshop content, explore policy recommendations, and visualize key stakeholders through interactive maps. Use this platform as a resource hub to collaborate, innovate, and shape the future of agriculture through smart specialization.

The SMARTLABOR repository serves as a lasting knowledge platform for all stakeholders—CSOs, government institutions, researchers, and businesses—committed to advancing smart agriculture, innovation, and sustainable development.

Get started today! Explore the SMARTLABOR repository, share your resources, and join us in building a smarter agricultural future for the Western Balkans.

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Heinrich Böll Foundation
2015

Unlocking the future: Zameci promene: Održiva poljoprivreda kao put prosperiteta za zapadni Balkan

Znaor, D. (2015). Unlocking the future: Zameci promene: Održiva poljoprivreda kao put prosperiteta za zapadni Balkan. Heinrich Böll Foundation.

Publications Office of the European Union
2021

Recent agricultural policy developments in the context of the EU approximation process in the pre-accession countries

Martinovska Stojcheska, A., Kotevska, A., Stamenkovska, I. J., Dimitrievski, D., Zhllima, E., Vaško, Ž., Bajramović, S., Kerolli-Mustafa, M., Spahić, M., Kovacević, V., Ali Koç, A., Ahmet, B., & Ciaian, P. (2021). Recent agricultural policy developments in the context of the EU approximation process in the pre-accession countries (A. Martinovska Stojcheska, A. Kotevska, & P. Ciaian, Eds.) (EUR 30687 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/041338

Publications Office of the European Union
2021

Agricultural policies and European Union accession processes in the Western Balkans: aspirations versus reality

Erjavec, E., Volk, T., Rednak, M., Ciaian, P., & Lazdinis, M. (2021). Agricultural policies and European Union accession processes in the Western Balkans: Aspirations versus reality. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 62(1), 46–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2021.1872302

Publications Office of the European Union
2021

The best practices and potential of smallholders’ participation in short value chains in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Djordjevic Milosevic, S., Möllers, J., Di Marcantonio, F., Ciaian, P., Nesevic, D., Thimo, E., Vukčević Zorić, A., Ali Koç, A., Buzarovski, D., Tasev, I., Damnjanović, A., & Marković, P. (2021). The best practices and potential of smallholders’ participation in short value chains in the Western Balkans and Turkey (S. Djordjevic Milosevic, J. Möllers, P. Ciaian, F. Di Marcantonio, B. Ilic, & D. Pavloska-Gjorgjieska, Eds.) (EUR 30785 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/921512

Publications Office of the European Union
2022

Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans – the first thematic workshop on agri-food

Radovanović, N., Gerussi, E., Nikolić, A., & Banse, M. (2022). Smart specialisation in the Western Balkans: The first thematic workshop on agri-food. Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/14858

Publications Office of the European Union
2022

Analysis of Value Chains in the Western Balkan Economies – Enriching the Potential for Regional Cooperation in Priority Areas

Matusiak, M., Radovanovic, N., Rakhmatullin, R., Stehrer, R., Beraha, I., Berrer, H., Boch, M., Djuricin, S., Graser, G., Jovanovic, B., Korpar, N., Ljumovic, I., & Marjanovic, D. (2022). Analysis of value chains in the Western Balkan economies: Enriching the potential for regional cooperation in priority areas (M. Matusiak, N. Radovanovic, & R. Rakhmatullin, Eds.) (EUR 31024 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/060677

Publications Office of the European Union
2022

Analysis of value chains in the Western Balkan economies: Enriching the potential for regional cooperation in priority areas

Matusiak, M., Radovanovic, N., Rakhmatullin, R., Stehrer, R., Beraha, I., Berrer, H., Boch, M., Djuricin, S., Graser, G., Jovanovic, B., Korpar, N., Ljumovic, I., & Marjanovic, D. (2022). Analysis of value chains in the Western Balkan economies: Enriching the potential for regional cooperation in priority areas (M. Matusiak, N. Radovanovic, & R. Rakhmatullin, Eds.) (EUR 31024 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/060677

Publications Office of the European Union
2022

Soil health in the Western Balkans

Zdruli, P., Wojda, P., & Jones, A. (2022). Soil health in the Western Balkans (EUR 31163 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/653515

Publications Office of the European Union
2023

Food quality standards and participation of farmers in modern supply chains in the Western Balkans

Nes, K., Di Marcantonio, F., Colen, L., & Ciaian, P. (2022). Food quality standards and participation of farmers in modern supply chains in the Western Balkans (EUR 31158 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/095299

Publications Office of the European Union
2024

Perspectives on growth of the agri-food sector in the Western Balkans

Radovanovic, N., Sanz, M., & Burzic, I. (2023). Perspectives on growth of the agri-food sector in the Western Balkans. Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/885420