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Projects and consortia

Projects designed by Business Agency Association

Some projects start with us. The BAA team shapes the idea, writes the application, finds the partners and builds the consortium.

In Circular DigiBuild we are the lead partner. In the others another region leads, and in Motors of Growth the Bulgarian partner is the National Employment Agency. This page lists approved and funded projects only.

7approved projects designed by BAA
€8.5 millionbudget of the four projects from the 2021–2027 period
45organisations in the four consortia

Flagship project

The largest project BAA has written and led as lead partner.

BAA is lead partner
Interreg Danube Region · 01.2024–06.2026

Circular DigiBuild

Digital technologies for a circular construction sector in the Danube region

Construction produces more waste than almost any other sector and is slow to go digital. Circular DigiBuild brought together construction firms, IT companies, universities and public authorities from 13 Danube countries to apply big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things to circular building.

Partners tested the solutions in three pilots and worked with digital building logbooks, renovation passports and blockchain-based material tracking. The project closed in Pécs in 2026 with a shared 2030 Danube Region Digital Innovation Strategy for Circular Construction and 13 national action plans. The EU Strategy for the Danube Region named it a lighthouse project in Priority Area 8.

BAA wrote the project, built the consortium and acted as lead partner.
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€2.80 million
budget, 80% from Interreg
18
partners and 21 associated strategic partners
13
Danube region countries
3
pilot solutions

Ongoing projects

Three Interreg Europe 2021–2027 consortia put together by BAA.

Interreg Europe · 2023–2027

CEI BOOST

Boosting circular economy innovation through emerging technologies

Partners look at how digital technologies, artificial intelligence included, can speed up the circular economy in rural and peripheral regions. Results are already showing up in policy: Lithuania launched a new eco-innovation scheme for SMEs worth up to €10 million, and Madeira changed two ERDF schemes.

BAA wrote the project and built the consortium. Partner.
  • Lead partnerRegion Västerbotten, Sweden
  • Consortium12 partners from 9 countries
  • Budget€1.87 million
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Interreg Europe · 2024–2028

Green Hydra

Policies to bring SMEs into the green hydrogen value chain

Ten regions, from frontrunners to those catching up, are improving their support so that small and medium-sized firms can enter the hydrogen sector as suppliers, engineers, consultants or manufacturers. In March 2025 BAA hosted the project's interregional event in Sofia.

BAA wrote the project and built the consortium. Partner.
  • Lead partnerMunicipality of Ravenna, Italy
  • Consortium11 partners from 10 countries
  • Budget€2.25 million
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Interreg Europe · 2025–2029

Motors of Growth

Policies to attract and keep skilled workers in industrial regions

Seven European regions with growing industry share one problem: they cannot find enough people. The project improves policies for attracting and keeping skilled workers, including measures for people who want to move back to their home region.

BAA wrote the project and built the consortium.
  • Lead partnerRegion Västerbotten, Sweden
  • Consortium7 partners from 7 countries
  • From BulgariaNational Employment Agency
  • Budget€1.56 million
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Completed projects

Earlier projects and partnerships that started at BAA.

Black Sea Basin 2014–2020 · 2020–2022

BSB 908 Smart Farming

Digital transformation of agriculture in the Black Sea Basin

Partners from six Black Sea countries developed a model for bringing smart farming and Internet of Things technologies to agriculture. The project set up a platform and a network for cross-border trade and exchange between farmers, universities, institutions and entrepreneurs.

BAA wrote the project and built the partnership. Partner.
  • Period14.07.2020 – 13.07.2022
  • Partnership6 Black Sea Basin countries
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Romania–Bulgaria CBC 2007–2013 · approved 2014

Green Energy Cluster Constanța–Dobrich

A cross-border renewable energy cluster

The project brought together renewable energy companies, researchers, local authorities and NGOs from Dobrudja on both sides of the border. Approval came in 2014. The cluster was registered in Dobrich in 2015, opened offices in Kavarna and Constanța, and had 30 members by 2016. The team produced a database of the sector, a study of good practice in green energy clustering, a strategy and an operational plan.

BAA wrote the project and was lead partner.
  • PartnerConstanța Maritime University, Romania
  • Members30 organisations (2016)
  • Budget€490,840
PHARE BG 2005/017 · 2008

Varna Tourism Cluster

Setting up a cluster of the tourism industry in Varna

The idea goes back to 2001, when BAA and the Varna Chamber of Tourism were the regional tourism coordinator in the USAID project Bulgaria Competitiveness Exercise. More than 250 people from the industry joined the talks. In 2008 hotel owners, tour operators, a trade fair organiser, a training centre, an advertising agency and a regional daily newspaper formed the Varna Tourism Cluster consortium.

BAA developed the project together with the Varna Chamber of Tourism.
  • Start29.02.2008
  • Membershotels, tour operators, a training centre, media

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