Project cooperationUpdated on 8 January 2026

Industrial End-Users and Pilot Sites for Horizon Europe Industry Projects

Chairman at PROEKSPORT ALBANIA ASSOCIATION GARMENT&FOOTWEAR PRODUCERS

TIRANA, Albania

About

PROEKSPORT ALBANIA Association offers access to a large and diversified industrial ecosystem for Horizon Europe Industry-related projects. Representing over 700 manufacturing factories and 65,000 employees, the association enables the involvement of industrial SMEs as end-users, pilot and demonstration sites, providing real production environments for testing, validation and deployment of innovative solutions.

We support consortium building by facilitating engagement with manufacturing companies across multiple industrial value chains, contributing to pilots, demonstrations, user validation, skills development activities and impact-driven dissemination. Our members are particularly suitable for projects focusing on digital transformation, Industry 4.0 technologies, workforce upskilling, process optimisation and sustainable industrial practices.

PROEKSPORT ALBANIA aims to participate in Horizon Europe projects as an industrial association, end-user representative and pilot facilitator, strengthening the practical relevance, scalability and exploitation potential of project results, while supporting the integration of widening country industries into European value chains.

Stage

Ideation - identifying the project idea

Topic

CL4 | MAT-PROD-04: Optimise the usage of resources in a circular economy (RIA)
CL4 | MAT-PROD-05: Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (RIA)
CL4 | MAT-PROD-31: Efficient capture / purification / utilisation of CO2 for the production of competitive products (RIA)
CL4 | MAT-PROD-44: Attracting management talent for capacity building for Technology Infrastructures staff members (CSA)

Call

Cluster 4 2026 Call - INDUSTRY
Cluster 4 2026 Call - INDUSTRY two-stage

Organisation

PROEKSPORT ALBANIA ASSOCIATION GARMENT&FOOTWEAR PRODUCERS

Non-for-profit Organisation (NGO)

TIRANA, Albania

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