Projects funded

Regional Innovation Strategy for Eastern Serbia and North-West Bulgaria Region

Project ID: 2007CB16IPO006-2011-2-154
Acronym: Regional Innovation Strategy -RIS
Project title: Regional Innovation Strategy for Eastern Serbia and North-West Bulgaria Region
Call: 2007CB16IPO006-2011-2
Priority axis: Priority Axis 2
Action: 2.1 Links and networking on institutional, business and educational levels
Budget: 127360.37 €
EU co-financing: 108256.31 €
Start date: 21.01.2013
End date: 21.01.2014
Status: In implementation
Description: The present project team will rely for the achievement of the projects results & outputs to strategic approaches, successfully realized in other EU countries, such as Ireland and Poland. The development of Regional Innovation strategy will be done through developing analyses in following areas: Social Capital and Innovation Culture; Innovation Needs of Enterprises; Scientific and Research Potential of Region; Innovation Support System ( R&D and business connection). By forming the working group for development of the RIS which will consist representatives of municipalities (8 members), representatives of the R&D institutions and universities (6 members), representatives of the business sector and NGOs (6 members) and 4 representatives of Regional Development Agencies, project team will ensure involvement of main actors in the field of innovation. Using the data from the study working group, together with the project team will develop RIS and will ensure a creation of the right road map for the future Region with innovative specialization of the economy. Innovation is a priority issue number one for the EU. It’s however difficult for the cross-border region as it costs a lot of resources: financial, human, organizational, etc. It’s good that the multiplication of good ideas is usually cheaper than inventing them again and again. The development of Regional innovation Strategy will ensure a creation of the right road map for the future region with innovative specialization of the economy and Increasing level of competitiveness among the target group by increasing their level of innovative activities, and increasing level of cooperation between institution and providing better service to SME, in the field of innovation will answer to a large extent to the identified needs of the communities from both sides of the border for accelerating the economic development.

Partners

  • Regional Center for Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship Timok ZajecarSerbia, Zajchar