Selected ReferEnces
The team of Koestinger Consulting has implemented projects in over 20 countries. Some project examples include:
SUSRUR-Towards SUStainability for tourism SMEs in RUral & Remote Areas
The SUSRUR (Towards SUStainability and resilient scenarios for tourism SMEs in RUral & Remote Areas) project, co-funded by the European Union launched in January 2023. The project aims to support SMEs from 5 rural & remote areas of Europe (Asturias region (Spain), Western Macedonia region (Greece), Harghita county (Romania), Utena (Lithuania), Steirisches Vulkanland (Austria)), by promoting sustainability and innovative practices & strategies while providing tools and skills to strengthen their competitiveness in a post COVID-19 scenario, increasing their awareness and capacity to accelerate and implement the twin green & digital transitions.
Impact Coaching of the Vienna Business Agency
Do you want to solve a social or ecological problem with your company? Do you have an idea for making better use of resources?
In impact coaching, our experts advise you free of charge on behalf of Vienna Business Agency so that your company can act more sustainably. Our team of coaches and management consultants are available to you for four hours. Get support to implement your idea.
SDG Innovation LAB Vienna
The SDG Innovation Lab is an interactive and intensive support program designed in the form of a business accelerator for Viennese SMEs that are willing to design sustainable products and services aligned with the SDGs ( the Sustainable Development Goals) and be innovative like a startup.
CleanTech Accelerator -Africa
The UNIDO ITPO Italy’s FIPEE Call is a remote acceleration program in English and in Spanish, aimed to accelerate 25 high-impact cleantech solutions, innovations and projects of MSMEs and startups from Botswana, Cuba, Ethiopia, Kenya and Peru, to tackle the most urgent global issues in energy and environment and ultimately contribute to UNIDO’s mandate of accelerating Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development.
Marine Litter Prevention Wester Balkans
A mentoring program designed specifically for enterprises registered in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro on plastic reduction and recycling, B2B meetings and Study Visit to Austria
ExportStars certification Program
For rookies and more advanced export enthusiasts, ExportStars is an global educational program and international community offering export education as well as a variety of on-demand self learning courses on international and sustainable trade, import-export management and export consultancy
Entrepreneurship education in Shkodra - GoodStartup School
rogram is designed to help young entrepreneurs, first time founders and young people with business ideas to develop them further. The project was implemented as a pilot project in 2022 with the support of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship of Albania and developed again in 2023-2024 and funded by EU4 Innovation and GIZ Albania to strengthen the startup ecosystem in Shkodra region.
Agro Incubator Tirana
The AGRO Incubator Tirana is a pilot project, developed for the first time at the Agricultural University of Tirana, designed to be the first address for the students and academic staff of all five faculties to develop Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
The AGRO INCUBATOR Tirana has a special focus on supporting innovations, research and economic practices related to 17 SDG and specifically SDG14 and SDG15:
Good Businesses and communities Moldova
Consultancy on regional and local economic development- Designing and implementing business-friendly communities and municipalities, capacity-building activities in Moldova, networking and study visits in Austria , Albania, North Macedonia, Estonia
Facilitating workshops and training, moderation of conferences and study visits
Continuous facilitation of workshops moderating events, conferences and study visits
Lean educator in different startup ecosystems worldwide delivering and facilitating bespoke workshops and experimental leaning masterclasses on topics such as Customer Discovery (Steve Blank), product solution fit, product market fit, lean start-up /Build Measure Learn (Eric Ries), Business Modelling (Alexander Osterwalder) Lean Canvas ( Ash Mayura), Design Sprint (Jake Knapp) OKR and AKI, and Design Thinking.
International key note Speaker and moderation of activities
More than 5 years keynote speaker in Europe and USA speaking on topics on Sustainability, innovation and women empowerment through entrepreneurship and digitalisation
Contionously developing own and branded innovation programes
Designing accelerators as a service for corporate partners, international organizations and also for Universities. Sometimes designed it from scratch and sometimes we combined it from the previous programs. Here some examples
