We’re very happy to share some insights into the 2026 Annual Programme – EMKICE & ACRID Network and the new European Excellence Center SPACE Park Skopje.
Our sincere thanks and gratitude go to our team, our friends, and everyone who stood by us throughout the past several challenging months. Despite many personal and professional commitments, your trust, patience, and support gave us the time and peace to focus on ourselves, our team, and the work that will shape 2026.
Details are coming, in 6000 mails started today… and upcoming announcements.
Official start 26th January 2026!
Direction is clear:
Science, Progress, Art & Advancement, Circularity and Education with good and positive people willing to share their experience, all in one ecosystem.
After a years of networking, trainings, coaching, EU projects, then designing domes, labs and ideas, surviving Covid19, building the team again, handling ACRID Network, international events, more then 360,000km drive personally and engaging external experts..
2026 will be the first full programme year of the Emkice & ACRID Network and newly European Excellence CoVE Center – powered by Emkice and co-financed SEBCoVE Project, SEBCoVE, EU Project ELeVATE, and MOBUILDING.
Our focus is simple:
Connect EU funding, Skills&Competences, Culture&Tourism, AgroFood, Deep tech, Young Talent and Partners from the EU Candidate Countries with Europe – in one hybrid but also physical place.
Draft 2026 agenda:
1️⃣ EU Funding Project Preparation – January–February
Intensive Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and Innovation Fund trainings and clinics for startups, universities, municipalities and NGOs.
2️⃣ Drone Challenge & Space Rover Education Hackathons – March
Weekend hackathons and school challenges around drones, rover prototypes and applied STEM.
3️⃣ Brussels Visit – 20–24 April
Study and networking trip to the European Commission and European Parliament, with meetings for project partners, startups and innovators.
4️⃣ Startups Month & Paulo Andrez – May
A month dedicated to entrepreneurship:
– “Zero Risk Startup” masterclasses & book signings with Paulo Andrez in Skopje, Pristina & Tirana TBC.
– networking with investors, mentors and ecosystem builders.
5️⃣ Drone & Rover Prototype Summer Camp – June
Hands-on SPACE Park International Summer Camp: teams design and build working drone and rover prototypes.
6️⃣ Solar Vehicle & EV Prototypes for Schools – July–August
Support for 6 selected high schools to build solar and EV prototypes as part of a regional green-skills initiative.
👉 If you are a startup, university, VET, School, Municipality, Chamber or Investor and want to plug into the 2026 program,
feel free to contact me directly or via DM.
