The second session of our study visit in Vienna in the framework of the CORYA project, was held at Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), our project partners! 🤗 

This session was highly insightful:

📌 Presentations by Gorazd Weiss (Senior Expert and Head of Department “Research Policy and Development) and Elke Dall (Senior Researcher and POLICY ANSWERS coordinator), shed light on the role of research policy in driving innovative solutions to social challenges, particularly through the ORRI projects in the Western Balkans. 

📌 The interactive workshop, facilitated by Samire Gurgurovci (Researcher) and Carmen Siller (Research Associate), demonstrated practical methodologies for fostering impactful citizen science projects. 

📌 This visit reinforced the critical importance of research-driven initiatives and the usage of citizen science methodology in addressing societal needs and fostering cross-border collaboration.  

A heartfelt thank you to Centre for Social Innovation and colleagues for welcoming us and sharing their valuable experience in the field! 🤗 

* Funded by The European Union through REINFORCING Project #ORRI