The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organising Balkathon – “Smarten up for the future”, a regional online competition that encourages Western Balkan (WB) collaboration, co-creation and real-life change, with the idea to help the region, businesses and citizens to strengthen their resilience to global challenges. Balkathon brings together young innovative people, start-ups, digital innovation centres, science parks, universities, small and medium enterprises, etc. from the Western Balkan region in order to trigger digital innovative and practical business solutions in different areas.

Balkathon 4.0 focuses on (1) Sustainable Tourism, (2) Green Economy, and (3) Entrepreneurship.

Benefits for participants include a two-day mentoring programme with experienced experts, the opportunity to win 10.000 euro for your idea, and additional mentoring support to implement your idea in the Western Balkan region.

For more information, link for the application and Balkathon guidelines please consult the source page of this announcement: https://www.rcc.int/balkathon/