Innovation Eco-System in the Cross-Border Area
Municipality
Project Value
389,028.00 €
Project Status
Completed
Beneficiary
Implementing Partners
EuroPartners Development
National Agency of Scientific Research and Innovation (ARTI)
Fund for Innovations and Technology Development (FITD)
National Centre for Development of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Learning (NCDIEL)
330,674.00 €
01.2018 - 04.2021
Overall Objective
The project aims to increase competitiveness and trade in the cross-border area, through facilitating the transfer of know-how technologies among start-ups and SMEs.
Summary of the Project
This project aimed to establish innovation support infrastructure for the transfer of know-how technologies among start-ups and SMEs in the cross-border areas between North Macedonia and Albania. The main purpose of the proposed action was to help establish, within the existing educational and businesses context, an innovative eco-system of SMEs and start-ups.
Activities
- Research on the innovation potential and on the application of national innovation strategies;
- Establishment of a cross-border and cross-sector innovation platform;
- Launching pilot innovation hubs within universities;
- Capacity building for innovation stakeholders;
- Promotion of an innovation eco-system between North Macedonia and Albania.
Results
- Developed cross-sector innovation platform for the transfer of know-how and technologies among start-ups and SMEs;
- Enhanced capacity of innovation stakeholders to create an effective innovation eco-system in the cross-border area with two innovation hubs;
- Increased competitiveness of start-ups and SMEs in the cross-border area.
Project Reference Number
391-283
