Funding: EU4Innovation, Enpact, GIZ, SEDEP
Duration: October 2024 – end of December 2025
Description: The Ecosystem Connectors project builds bridges across European entrepreneurship ecosystems with the aim of encouraging a stronger economic integration through facilitating partnerships, knowledge sharing and resource exchange between entrepreneurs and stakeholders. Through regular networking events, dedicated training and workshops, and exchange trips, the project will provide entrepreneurs across the Western Balkans and Ukraine with market access and business development support, and access to opportunities for international growth. The project’s first edition focuses on connecting the ecosystems of Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina with that of Berlin, while the second edition focuses on Ukraine and Berlin. Berlin Sarajevo Tirana kicked off first in October 2024, but as of 2025, the two projects are running in parallel. The project primarily targets innovative startups from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Berlin that have a proven track record (pre-seed/seed funding, traction through revenue/nr of customers) and are seeking to expand to Berlin and the West Balkans vice versa specifically. It also targets startup support organizations and ecosystem enablers like incubators/accelerators, startup hubs, associations, and clusters that support startups with internationalization. Indirectly, the project also engages policy actors and political partners. Ecosystem Connectors: Berlin, Sarajevo, Tirana takes a holistic approach that incorporates facilitated partnerships through networking activities, knowledge sharing, and resource exchange between entrepreneurs and stakeholders.
Eugen Musta, Head of CIT Hub at the Canadian Institute of Technology, was part of the Ecosystem Connectors delegation that traveled to Berlin as the lead of the CIT Hub. The mission of CIT Hub is to drive innovation and entrepreneurship through structured incubation programs, expert mentorship, and skills development. His efforts reflect CIT’s commitment to fostering sustainable and inclusive growth, with a particular emphasis on green economy initiatives and smart city solutions.
Link: https://enpact.org/ecosystem-connectors-berlin-sarajevo-tirana/