One of the key challenges one encounters in the Western Balkans is finding the right contacts for interesting projects.

Smart Balkans Networking page serves the sole purpose of helping practitioners, experts, policy-makers and interested individuals/organisations find possible counterparts in the region quickly and easily. This is intended to be a ‘work in progress’ type of page aimed to be updated by any newly discovered contacts for you to get in touch with.

Albania

• EU for Innovation
• Innovation Map Albania
• Protik Innovation Center

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Innovation Centre Banja Luka
• INTERA Technology Park
• BIT Alliance
• Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer of the University of Banja Luka

Kosovo*

• BONEVET
• Innovation Centre Kosovo (ICK)
• TechPark Prishtina

Montenegro

• Science and Technology Park of Montenegro
• Entrepreneurship Center Tehnopolis

North Macedonia

• Fund for Innovation and Technology Development of North Macedonia
• SEEUTechPark

Serbia

• Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia
• Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia
• Science Technology Park Belgrade
• Science Technology Park Cacak
• Science Technology Park Nis
• ICT HUB
• Business Incubator Novi Sad

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence