European Innovation Council pilot: €344 million to 107 visionary ideas of start-ups, SMEs and researchers

The European Commission has announced the latest results of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot. Over 100 game-changing ideas from across Europe are on track to receive EIC support totalling €...

World Economic Forum’s Competitiveness and Innovation Accelerator in the Western Balkan has been kicked-off

This is the first regional accelerator in the WEF’s Global Accelerator Network. The Strategic Dialogue on the Western Balkans is a key initiative of the Forum to support the future-oriented agenda that...

Increase in funding for game-changing green innovation and woman-led companies

A significant increase to the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pilot budget is expected to be adopted by the European Commission in March 2020, to support game-changing, market-creating innovation and...

HTH Styria Pitch & Partner 2020

The Health Tech Hub Styria (HTH Styria) is an initiative of 6 leading stakeholders in the Styrian innovation system (Human.technology Styria, Joanneum Research, Medical University of Graz, SFG, Science...

Europe’s Transformation: Where People Matter - Austrian Presidency Event

The 4th International Growth in Transition Conference: ‘Europe’s Transformation: Where People Matter’, jointly organised by the Federal Ministry of Sustainability and Tourism and the Environment Agency...

RTO Innovation Summit

The conference programme will show the world of innovation between research and industry, understand the current and future impact of RTOs for European citizens and European industry in all five clusters...

Zadar County development Agency

CCIT employes 43 employees. It is one of few organizations in Albania having a special department – the Centre for Business Research and Training (ACBRT), dedicated to the development projects and trainings...

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tirana

CCIT employes 43 employees. It is one of few organizations in Albania having a special department – the Centre for Business Research and Training (ACBRT), dedicated to the development projects and trainings...

Istra Development Agency

The Istrian Development Agency (IDA) Ltd. was founded by the Istrian Region and its 9 towns on December 14th 1999 as an operational body entrusted with the implementation of development programmes in ...

Apply Now for COVID-19 Fast Track Access

In order to facilitate the research on the COVID-19, CERIC has set up a dedicated Fast Track Access to a selected number of instruments.

INNOWWIDE - 2nd Call for Viability Assessment Projects (VAPs)

INNOWWIDE – Viability assessment of collaborative and INNOvative business solutions in WorldWIDE markets, is a Horizon 2020 project that aims to fund at least 120 European innovative SMEs and start-ups...

Call for expressions of interest - Pilot living labs at the JRC

Living labs are a modern way of creating user-centred environments that enable innovation, co-creation and start-up development. Living labs integrate research and innovation processes in real life communities...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Albania with Focus on Tirana

This study was carried out against the background of the ‘EU for Innovation’ project, supported by the European Union and implemented by the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH...

WBC-RTI.INFO Newsletters sent in 2018

WBC-RTI.INFohas prepared several newsletter issues in 2018. Thematic articles were drafted while relevant stakeholders contacted and in some cases also interviewed.

New WBIF Publication: A Guide to the Western Balkans Investment Framework

The Guide to the Western Balkans Investment Framework is now available online. It provides an overview of the blending facility and explains its working arrangements and the project selection and implementation...

Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum (WB6 CIF)

Western Balkans 6 Chamber Investment Forum (WB6 CIF) is a joint initiative of chambers of commerce and industry from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia. ...

IPR (SME corner)

Useful information for managing intellectual property rights in your business and projects. Today’s economy is increasingly driven by intangible values like knowledge, inventiveness and creativity. ...

H2020 Online Manual

The H2020 Online Manual offers: an overview of all steps you need to know for the electronic management of proposals or grants; easy navigation by process steps; a brief descriptions on how...

EU for Innovation

'EU for Innovation' is designed to create different incentives to improve the innovation ecosystem and to boost start up creation in Albania. The programme seeks to improve the innovative ecosystem and...

ideaLAB: Fostering students' entrepreneurship and open innovation in university-industry collaboration

The general objective of the project is to advance employment and self-employment potential of graduates from WBC and enhance innovativeness of companies by fostering students’ entrepreneurship, creation...

High-Level Innovation for a Value-Driven Exploitation of a Joint S3 in The Adriatic Area

The HIVES Project wants to deal with the main challenges in the field of entrepreneurial innovation in the IPA Adriatic area: low R&D investments,low propensity among SME to collaborate on knowledge...