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Welcome to the SMARTLABOR Repository – Your Open Database for Smart Agriculture and Skills Development in the Western Balkans

The SMARTLABOR repository provides open access to a wide range of methodologies, tools, and resources to advance smart agriculture and related skills. Its mission is to support informed policymaking across the region by encouraging the adoption of technological innovations and promoting sustainable growth in the agricultural sector.

Within the repository, you’ll find a variety of resources—from surveys and policy roadmaps to interactive maps and research tools—tailored to the needs of civil society organizations, policymakers, researchers, and industry leaders. All materials developed through the SMARTLABOR project are free to download, replicate, and reuse, contributing to capacity building and fostering evidence-based policymaking.

Discover national and regional actors in the Western Balkans, access workshop content, explore policy recommendations, and visualize key stakeholders through interactive maps. Use this platform as a resource hub to collaborate, innovate, and shape the future of agriculture through smart specialization.

The SMARTLABOR repository serves as a lasting knowledge platform for all stakeholders—CSOs, government institutions, researchers, and businesses—committed to advancing smart agriculture, innovation, and sustainable development.

Get started today! Explore the SMARTLABOR repository, share your resources, and join us in building a smarter agricultural future for the Western Balkans.

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Publications Office of the European Union
2023

The identification of priority domains in Kosovo. A mapping exercise

Hollanders, H., & Rexhëbeqaj, V. (2023). The identification of priority domains in Kosovo: A mapping exercise (E. Gerussi, Ed.). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/234515

Publications Office of the European Union
2018

Supporting an innovation agenda for the Western Balkans: Tools and methodologies

Matusiak, M., & Kleibrink, A. (Eds.). (2018). Supporting an innovation agenda for the Western Balkans: Tools and methodologies (EUR 29179 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/48162

Publications Office of the European Union
2019

Smart Specialisation and the Wider Innovation Policy Context in the Western Balkans

Radovanovic, N., & Benner, M. (2019). Smart specialisation and the wider innovation policy context in the Western Balkans (EUR 29918 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/380898

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
2020

An input–output analysis of sectoral specialization and trade integration of the Western Balkans economies

Mandras, G., & Salotti, S. (2020). An input–output analysis of sectoral specialization and trade integration of the Western Balkans economies. Economies, 8(4), 93. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies8040093

Publications Office of the European Union
2022

Smart specialisation implementation framework for the EU enlargement and neighbourhood region

Matusiak, M., Radovanovic, N., Nauwelaers, C., Kaczkowska, K., & Kramer, J. (2022). Smart specialisation implementation framework for the EU enlargement and neighbourhood region (EUR 31018 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/532404

Publications Office of the European Union
2023

Methodological guidelines for qualitative analysis of economic, innovation and scientific potential in the EU enlargement and neighbourhood

Radovanovic, N., & Bole, D. (2023). Methodological guidelines for qualitative analysis of economic, innovation and scientific potential in the EU enlargement and neighbourhood (EUR 31540 EN). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/171562

Publications Office of the European Union
2024

Measuring territorial innovation strengths

Hollanders, H., Tolias, Y., Radovanović, N., González Evangelista, M., Fabbri, E., Gerussi, E., Sasso, S., & Miedzinski, M. (2024). Measuring territorial innovation strengths (N. Radovanović, M. González Evangelista, & E. Fabbri, Eds.). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/73871

Publications Office of the European Union
2024

Green transition and smart specialisation in the Western Balkans

Radovanovic, N., & Stevanovic Carapina, H. (2024). Green transition and smart specialisation in the Western Balkans. Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/370696

Publications Office of the European Union
2024

Smart Specialisation in the Western Balkans: potential for knowledge-based economic cooperation

Radovanovic, N., Fabbri, E., Matusiak, M., Conte, A., Salotti, S., Dosso, M., Hollanders, H., Merkelbach, I., Tolias, Y., Duran Silva, N., Fuster Martí, E., Massucci, F. A., & Plazas, A. (2024). Smart specialisation in the Western Balkans: Potential for knowledge-based economic cooperation (N. Radovanovic & E. Fabbri, Eds.). Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/86912

Publications Office of the European Union
2024

Guidelines for the stakeholder dialogue in the process of designing and implementing Smart Specialisation strategies in the EU Enlargement and Neighbourhood Region

Radovanovic, N., & Bole, D. (2024). Guidelines for the stakeholder dialogue in the process of designing and implementing smart specialisation strategies in the EU enlargement and neighbourhood region. Publications Office of the European Union. https://doi.org/10.2760/498191