Three new countries join the EIT RIS

From 1 January 2025, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has welcomed Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Israel to its EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RIS). This programme addresses Europe's persistent innovation divide by providing tailored support to regions with lower innovation performance. 

Eligibility for the EIT RIS is determined by the EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda, SIA (2021-2027). Countries must be classified as either 'moderate' or 'modest' innovators in at least one of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) annual reports from 2018, 2019, and 2020 for the 2021-2024 period, or from 2021, 2022, and 2023 for the 2025-2027 period. All countries eligible during the 2021-2024 period will remain eligible for 2025-2027, now joined by the three new countries.