The Western Balkans Innovation Vouchers are a financial incentive designed to facilitate partnerships and knowledge exchange between small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and public research institutions across the Western Balkans (WB).
On 12 April 2024, the Western Balkans Innovation Vouchers pilot programme has been launched as part of the pilot programmes of POLICY ANSWERS project (R&I POLICY making, implementation ANd Support in the WEsteRn BalkanS).
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 (𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬).
The call for applications is open to SMEs operating in the WB region, while public research institutions will be service providers. The beneficiary and service provider must be from different Western Balkans economies for each application.