TIRANA, October 4/ATA/- Third round of programme UK-Albania Tech Hub invites Albanian and Western Balkans tech start-ups to apply before 18 October 2019.
According to the Albanian Investment Development Agency (AIDA), the UK-Albania Tech Hub is a programme that supports collaboration between Albania and the UK in the area of technology. Following the second successful round, the programme this year will continue to include and accept applications from start-ups located in the Western Balkan countries as well.
The hub aims to facilitate bilateral tech partnerships between Albania and the UK. It focuses on tech start-ups that have the potential to contribute to growth in the UK by sharing innovation, skills and business opportunities between the two countries.
The programme is based on the successful UK-Israel Tech Hub and the programmes includes a three step approach to supporting tech start-ups:
There are up to 20 spaces available for start-ups with high-growth potential to participate in a workshop series in Tirana which will include training and mentoring session to help grow their ideas and develop their capacities using local and UK practices and expertise.
Following a competitive process, a number of the start-ups that have successfully completed the training programme will be chosen to continue their training in London, to embark on further training, mentoring and explore business opportunities in UK’s tech sector.//a.i/
