RCC Western Balkans Innovation & Research Platform

The Regional Cooperation Council organises on 19 March 2025, 10.00, online the exchange which includes information about the RCC’s key actions (informing about RCC’s activities within the Common Regional Market Action Plan(CRM) designed to foster, inter alia, innovation ecosystem in the Western Balkans Six) as well as information and presentation by several actors on Innovation & research initiatives in the Western Balkans

The session will provide participants with a deeper understanding of key innovation and research developments in the Western Balkans. It will highlight ongoing and planned initiatives that create opportunities for the region’s research organisations, innovators and businesses.  

• Bernhard Fabianek – DG Research & Innovation
• Elke Dall – Policy Answers Project
• Prof. Ivan Svetlik (University of Ljubljana) – Rectors’ Forum of Southeast Europe and Western Balkans
• Emilija Jovanova – Western Balkans Circular Economy Hub
• Gazela Pudar Drasko – Universities Revitalising Growth and Empowerment in the Danube Region (URGE) project
• Katarzyna Kotowska – EIT InfraBooster initiative
• Milica Trajkovic – ETF WB agri-food network

More details and the presentation prepared by POLICY ANSWERS are provided in the attachments.