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    Join The Event: ,,Empowering Innovation: The New EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy”

    Mobilizing the EIT and EIC to support Europe’s next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs

    Science-Technology Park of Montenegro   |   Bul. Mihaila Lalica, Podgorica

    Date: July 4th 2025, 11:45 – 15:30h

    Join us for a high-impact event designed to raise awareness and spark dialogue around Europe’s evolving innovation agenda. Hosted in Montenegro, this gathering will spotlight the key EU innovation instruments, primarily those of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) in light of the EU’s new Startup and Scale-up Strategy. The event will highlight how local entrepreneurs, policymakers, and innovation hubs can align with emerging EU priorities and investment criteria.

    Participants will gain insights into:

    • What is a new EU strategic approach to less developed innovation regions of Europe
    • What defines a fundable and scalable venture in today’s EU landscape
    • How to plug into the EIT ecosystem
    • What has EIC prepared for the Widening countries
    • Practical steps for Montenegro’s innovators to catch up with EU opportunities and requirements
    • Institutional support to innovators from Montenegro

    Whether you’re a founder, incubator, investor, or policymaker — this is your moment to connect, learn, and lead the regional innovation conversation.

    Event Agenda:

    11:45 – 12:00Registration of participants
    12:00 – 12:10Welcome addresses: Branka Zizic, EIT Community Officer MontenegroIvana Jankovic Mijanovic, General Director, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation of Montenegro
    12:10 – 12:35Adam Cedric, European Commission: New EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy, online
    12:35 – 13:00Laurent Roux, EIT: Experiences with Western Balkans’ start-ups from EIT programmes, online
    13:00 – 13:30Ewa Kocinska Lange, EC, DG RTD: New EIC Scheme for Start-ups from the Widening Countries “Pre-accelerator”, online
    13:30 – 13:45Q&A session
    13:45 – 14:20Ilija Stojanovic, A2F Belgrade, Co-founder and Fundraising consultant: Breaking Barriers in Accessing EU Start-up Funding from the Western Balkans
    14:20 – 14:35Discussion with start-ups and innovative SME-s
    14:35 – 14:50Coffee break
    14:50 – 15:00Claudio Parinello, TEA Group: EIT Urban Mobility innovation support for Podgorica
    15:00 – 15:20Aleksandra Mugosa, Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation: Support to EU R&I funding applicants from Montenegro (Call for Stimulating Participation in Horizon Europe Programme)
    15:20 – 15:30Marina Banovic, University of Montenegro: Evolving Framework for Intellectual Property Protection at the University of Montenegro

    The event will be held in English, to accommodate the growing international community of innovators in Montenegro.

    Please register to the event via THIS LINK until July 2nd

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