Republic of Srpska is one of two constitutive entities within the Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is autonomous in area of economic development. In order to provide stronger support to development of business sector (in particular the SMEs, that account for 99,8% of all businesses in RS), RS has decided to apply for the membership in the EUNORS (EEN RS) will provide SMEs with opportunities to explore their development and innovation potential in cooperation with partners from other EEN countries. EUNORS will strengthen regional cooperation (SEE and EU), and strengthen cluster development. EUNORS will cooperate with RS stakeholders and other institutions providing SME support services. The project aims are supporting SMEs on knowledge bases to bring their ideas to the market and scale up business by developing a innovation structure and implementing to it action plan. The n innovative SMEs will foster interaction among the SMEs actors and ultimately support European countries to gain state of the art technical knowledge and achieve the ability needed to drive innovation to the market Enhanced growth and profitability of 48 SMEs in RS through provision of specialized innovation support services within EUNORS network. Specific objectives: • Enhanced innovation management capacity of 48 companies within 24 months in Republic of Srpska. • Provide key account management support for 8 successful applicants of SME Instrument • Build capacity of 8 experts form Consortium member organizations to handle innovation management capacity assessment and innovation support services provision The implementation of this innovation action will give an SMEs performance model in the knowledge based society and will have a great impact in developing the Republic of Srpska SMEs culture where there is a need to foster SMEs through strengthening innovation capacities and start up acceleration programmes.

This action relates to Horizon 2020 topic Innovation in SMEs under Other actions (Specific activities in the context of innovation support (H2020), in particularly the component: “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” in the Enterprise Europe Network. As identified by both COSME and Horizon programs, in Europe, and more specifically geographic area covered by EUNORS, SMEs face a number of internal and external constraints, particularly “lack of financial resources” and “inability to manage innovation processes efficiently and effectively”. To tackle these constraints, EUNROS will focus on providing customized EIMC expert support to SMEs in our target area, to a predefined number of beneficiaries with high potential for growth and internationalization. Additionally, EUNORS will work with SMEs in order to support them in the process of applying for SME Instrument (under H2020 Programme).

This action relates to Horizon 2020 topic Innovation in SMEs under Other actions (Specific activities in the context of innovation support (H2020), in particularly the component: “Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs” in the Enterprise Europe Network. The main aim of the project is: Enhanced growth and profitability of 16 SMEs in RS through provision of specialized innovation support services by EUNORS Network partners. Specific objectives: - Enhanced innovation management capacity of 15 companies within 12 months in Republic of Srpska. - Provide key account management support for 1 successful applicants of SME Instrument As identified by both COSME and Horizon programs, in Europe, and more specifically geographic area covered by EUNORS, SMEs face a number of internal and external constraints, particularly “lack of financial resources” and “inability to manage innovation processes efficiently and effectively”. To tackle these constraints, EUNROS will focus on providing customized EIMC expert support to SMEs in our target area, to a predefined number of beneficiaries with high potential for growth and internationalization. Additionally, EUNORS will work with SMEs in order to support them in the process of applying for SME Instrument (under H2020 Programme). Minimum number of service packages will be 16, from which 15 Enhancing innovation management capacity (EIMC) and 1 Key Account Management (KAM) package for beneficiaries of SME Instrument, FTI and FET-OPEN during 2019.

Supporting Female Youth from BiH and MNE in entrepreneurship, employment and leadership in ICT – FY4ICT was aimed on supporting, educating and motivating female youth from BiH and MNE to start their careers in ICT sector. Main focus was on enhancing entrepreneurial mind-set in ICT through the capacity building activities as well as through the exchange of best practices and non-formal learning mobility with experienced EU partner institutions (Slovenia and Bulgaria). Project was also focused on strengthening connections and links between BIH and MNE female youth organizations through newly established WB Regional Entrepreneurship Hub of Women in ICT which will be responsible for developing of entrepreneurial environment at regional level, capable to respond to all challenges and perspectives, and thus spreading visibility and connections at local, regional and international level, all enhanced by innovative web/mobile platform for networking, socio/professional promotion and learning.

Modern agriculture is largely based on new technological solutions closely related to the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and various software solutions, not only for monitoring, but also for managing production processes. In Bosnia and Montenegro agriculture remains largely dependent on manual farming, with technical and technological solutions being poorly explored. At the same time, both countries have strong ICT sectors employing sizeable number of highly educated professionals who develop front-end software solutions. Building a sustainable regional future for the large extent hence depends on the intersection of the two which, even though a concern that should be addressed in all parts of society as a critical strategic area for development and economic activity, has in so far not been given a fair attention in educational and training practices. With this in mind VIRAL project aims to trigger higher level of knowledge, skills and application with reference to use of ICT in agricultural education and training in both formal and informal settings. Henceforth, VIRAL connects key HEIs and industry learning communities’ participants in the process of co-creating and testing new in and out of the classroom methods and practices, initiating professional pitch competitions (hackathons), and spinning off a distinctive regional university-business collaboration platform. Core learning experience involving agricultural and IT engineering teaching staff and students and passing on the knowledge gained onto professional advisory services and collaboration practices with the companies in the field is realized through intensive training experience and study visits to European universities. On the impact level boosted ICTs use in agriculture underpins sustainable rural development, increases resilience of rural families, improves access of farmers to needed services, and further empowers women and youth living prospects in rural areas.