Emkice KIC - ACRID Network
About
Emkice KIC is a regional Knowledge Innovation Center and VET provider that designs and delivers practice-oriented programs at the intersection of digital transformation, green transition, and industrial competitiveness including craftsmanship. Operating from offices in Brussels Geneva, Trieste, and Skopje, we partner with universities and VET centers, municipalities and public agencies, tech parks, SMEs to translate European policies and research into skills, pilots, and market outcomes.
Size & Network. Emkice KIC is the initiator and co-founder of the European Excellence Center Science and Tech SPACE Park Skopje (www.space.mk ) and the ACRID Network(www.acrid.eu ), engaging 23 senior leads and 148+ international experts across 23 thematic working groups present in 10 EU associate/candidate countries (Western Balkans, Türkiye; from 2023 also Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia; from 2025 Switzerland).
The network spans agriculture and bio-economy; climate, energy and mobility; circular economy; environment and waste; digitalization and AI; entrepreneurship and finance; health, pharmacy and toxicology; food and feed safety; rural development and tourism; leadership; public-policy evaluation; raw/critical materials; transport and automotive design; micro-credentials and VET; municipalities and smart cities; and specialized task forces in animal biotechnology and livestock sciences, zootechnics and indigenous meat production, and conflict resolution, migrant and refugee integration.
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Emkice KIC - ACRID Network