Open Calls
062-026 Western Balkans Academia–Business Innovation Policy Lab
Date: 01 SEPTEMBER 2026 Deadline: 23 SEPTEMBER 2026
The RCC is looking for a qualified consulting company or a consortium of individual consultants to support the RCC in designing, launching and facilitating the first operational cycle of the Western Balkans Academia–Business Innovation Policy Lab (Policy Lab). The Policy Lab will be launched as a light, action-oriented coordination platform. It will bring together research institutions, businesses, public authorities, innovation intermediaries, investors and development partners to identify shared cross-regional challenges, form credible partnerships and connect promising initiatives with existing expertise, programmes and financing instruments. It will not create a new funding facility or finance capital-intensive regional projects. Its added value will lie in convening the right actors, structuring collaboration, reducing duplication and helping partners move from fragmented dialogue to jointly owned implementation pathways.
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.