GROOMING THE NEXT DIGITAL BUILDERS

Bulgaria 🇧🇬 

For their commitment to empowering future digital generations 

FROM SCIENTISTS TO INNOVATORS FOR INDUSTRY

Poland 🇵🇱

For their dedication to supporting knowledge transfer from academia to business and empowering new entrepreneurs 

500 WOMEN IN TECH

Georgia 🇬🇪

For their devotion to empowering women and helping them embrace technology 

HELLO PAUL

Lithuania 🇱🇹

For their dedication to improving the health and survival rate of prematurely born infants 

BIOCAM CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY

Poland 🇵🇱

For their commitment to using disruptive technologies to prevent gastrointestinal diseases including cancer 

SUNSHINE CAFE

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For their devotion to raising awareness about the benefits of prevention over treatment 

CREATIVITY ACCELERATOR FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Estonia 🇪🇪

For their commitment to teaching children to imagine and create  

UNCOMMON.LT

Lithuania 🇱🇹 

For their devotion to building youth’s digital skills from scratch 

ORBELIANI METI

Georgia 🇬🇪

For their part in making funding for civic initiatives run by young people more accessible 

"APRICOTS OF DONBAS" AND "PRAYER" BY LYUBA YAKIMCHUK  

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For the poet’s commitment to giving testimony of the war to a global audience 

MIHAIL VUCHIKOV aka MISHO'S OTHER BULGARIAN WOMEN

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

For the artist’s determination to launching debate about trans women in society and promoting equity 

BIGGER THAN TRAUMA

Croatia 🇭🇷

For the director’s devotion to cultivating acceptance and healing of war trauma

ENERGY ACT

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For their determination to supply schools with green energy in areas affected by war

SOLAR CAMP FOR YOUNG LEADERS

Serbia 🇷🇸 

For their commitment to educating future generations about renewable energy production 

WOLTAIR

Czechia 🇨🇿

For their commitment to supporting individuals and businesses in their energy transition endeavours   

LESSONS ARE MEASURING UP - CHALLENGE SERIES

Lithuania 🇱🇹

For their determination to equipping young people with problem-solving skills and enabling them find sustainable solutions  

EKOTECHNOLOGICZNI

Poland 🇵🇱

For their commitment to helping reduce our digital carbon footprint 

LITTAR

Romania 🇷🇴

For their determination to using waste materials in road construction and cutting emissions 

DIGITALISATION OF EDUCATION IN MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS IN PLOVDIV

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

For putting digitalisation at the front and centre of education in municipal schools, creating citizens of the future 

ENHANCING THE CODING AND ROBOTICS SKILLS OF UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH

North Macedonia 🇲🇰

For helping Macedonian youngsters forge prosperous career paths in STEM 

CREATING EXPORT ACADEMY IN UKRAINE

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For helping Ukrainian SMEs diversify exports away from Russia and confidently operate in new markets 

ECONVERSE

Poland 🇵🇱

For providing the skills, tools, and ecosystem for Polish youngsters to become entrepreneurs 

GAMING CENTRE OF SISAK MOSLAVINA COUNTY

Croatia 🇭🇷

For proving that it is possible to create a new industry from scratch in a place with no previous traditions 

FUTURE MAKERS 2022

Romania 🇷🇴

For helping young Romanians turn their ideas into businesses and succeed as entrepreneurs 

NORD SECURITY

Lithuania 🇱🇹

For their commitment to making everybody’s online future safer 

SIGMA SOFTWARE

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For their determination to expand, against all odds, in more than a dozen new markets in 2022 

SMARTLYNX

Latvia 🇱🇻 

For making a timely and successful decision to diversify its portfolio during the Covid-19 pandemic  

DEXCOM

USA 🇺🇸 in Lithuania 🇱🇹

For rapidly and sustainably expanding its operations in Lithuania and the wider emerging Europe region in 2022

DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS

USA 🇺🇸 in North Macedonia 🇲🇰 

For the company’s commitment to North Macedonia’s high-level skills and automotive-industry-related capabilities 

VOLVO

Sweden 🇸🇪 in Slovakia 🇸🇰

For the company’s commitment to climate neutral manufacturing in the region 

#TECHFORUKRAINE

Poland 🇵🇱

For their determination to support Ukraine by engaging relevant stakeholders from around the globe 

THE THREE SEAS STOCK EXCHANGES INITIATIVE

Central and Eastern Europe 

For fostering cooperation and advocating for the interests of emerging Europe’s stock markets at EU level

DANUBE TECH VALLEY INITIATIVE

Slovakia 🇸🇰 

For their commitment to enhancing collaboration in building a start-up hub in the region 

ComparEST

Estonia 🇪🇪 

For their commitment to using technology in supporting foreign direct investors  

DIIA.PL and mOBYWATEL

Poland 🇵🇱 Ukraine 🇺🇦 

For their commitment to helping Ukrainian citizens rebuild their lives more easily in Poland and supporting collaboration between two digital solutions 

LT 5G SANDBOX

Lithuania 🇱🇹 

For their commitment to building an ecosystem that will boost more innovation in the economy 

THE MEDIA INITIATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For their determination to investigate and report war crimes and help hold war criminals to account 

DEMOCRACY IN ACTION LABS

Albania 🇦🇱 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇦 Georgia 🇬🇪 Serbia 🇷🇸

For their determination to connect democracy activists from various countries and giving them a platform to share their experiences 

THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN LAW INITIATIVE

Czechia 🇨🇿

For their support of the rule of law throughout the region

PR ARMY

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For helping keep Ukraine in the minds of global audiences through media relations 

PARTIZAN

Hungary 🇭🇺 

For their commitment to running an open debate about the country’s future 

THE KYIV INDEPENDENT

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For their determination to defend editorial independence  

ALONA ANDRUK

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For being a leader in gender equality and fostering sustainability in the fashion industry 

MIHAELA PASEK-VIRLAN

Romania 🇷🇴  Slovakia 🇸🇰 

For growing a multinational company during the pandemic and decentralising leadership, enabling talent to thrive 

ARJODITA MUSTALI

Albania 🇦🇱

For her work educating young people about careers in the technology sector and introducing them to opportunities 

LIGIA KORNOWSKA

Poland 🇵🇱

For being a leader in the healthcare sector in Poland and leading the implementation of AI in the sector 

ELENA BOZHINOVSKA

North Macedonia 🇲🇰

For driving societal and legal change for disadvantaged communities and students in North Macedonia 

ANNA POPSUI

Ukraine 🇺🇦

For helping young people from Ukraine stay connected and access psychological support