Open Calls

072-025 Strengthening Regional Smart Specialisation Ecosystems Initiative

Published: 26 SEPTEMBER 2025 Deadline: 08 OCTOBER 2025

The RCC is looking for a qualified consulting company or consortia of individual experts to assist in enhancing the institutional capacity of the region’s Smart Specialisation teams (S3). The assignment aims to support S3 teams in the Western Balkans by providing tailored coaching and co-writing support for EU project proposals, offering mentoring and proposal review support, delivering capacity-building online workshops for S3 stakeholders and preparing a compendium of good practices and case studies on S3 implementation and project success stories.
The consultancy aims to support the activities undertaken by the RCC in the framework of the implementation of the Common Regional Market Action Plan 2025-2028 (CRM 2.0). The CRM 2.0’s Human Capital Development pillar seeks to foster the growth of a regional innovation ecosystem by supporting innovation-related initiatives and enhancing workforce skills.

Qualified bidders are invited to submit their applications in line with the Open Call for Consulting Services.

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066-025 Technical support to the RCC for Content Development of GAWB Observatory Platform

Published: 19 SEPTEMBER 2025 Deadline: 03 OCTOBER 2025

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is seeking consultancy services to support the content development of GAWB Observatory Platform.
The purpose of this assignment is to collect, prepare, and upload content to the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans (GAWB) Observatory Platform—an online tool designed to visually present the progress of Sofia Declaration’s implementation.
The Observatory Platform will consist of several sections that require structured content and regular monthly updates. It will feature both a public and a private layer, with the Service Provider responsible exclusively for the public layer.

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