RISE - Rising competencies & skills in less developed Danube regions through food sector cross-topic innovations

Project RISE - Rising competencies & skills in less developed Danube regions through food sector cross-topic innovations is co-financed by is supported by the Interreg Danube Programme co-funded by the European Union.
The project aims at Improving entrepreneurial competences and skills in remote areas through FOOD innovation potentials & answers on current global challenges. 
The consortium includes 11 partners and 4 associated partners from 11 countries of the Danube region and unites national and regional, public and private organizations and universities.
Lead Partner:
Pomurje Technology Park, Slovenia
Project partners:
South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency, Hungary
Burgenland Business Agency, Austria
The Roznava Regional Advisory and Information Centre, Slovenia
Innovation Centre INION, Czechia
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia, Serbia
Regional Agency for Entrepreneurship and Innovations - Varna, RAPIV
Pforzheim University, Germany
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Digital Innovation Hub ONEX, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Digital Innovation Hub Agrifood, Croatia
Associated Strategic Partners 
Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije - Zbornica kmetijskih in živilskih podjetij, Slovenia
Wirtschaftsförderung Nordschwarzwald, GmbH, Germany
Ministarstvo privrede I preduzetnistva, Bosnia and Herzegovina
RURALNI PODUZETNIČKI INKUBATOR, KRKA KISTANJE d.o.o.za lokalni razvoj, poticanje razvoj poduzetništva

Duration: 01/01/2024-30/06/2026

Overall budget: 2.062.153,14 euro
Interreg Funds: 1.649.722,48 euro