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form of new products, production processes
and services in accordance with the program
of sustainable development and competitiveness
on the global market. Croatian
Institute of Technology is actively working
on spreading education and awareness of
the importance of these issues and thus acts
as the coordinating point for technology
transfer matters and commercialization
of research results and protection of
intellectual property within the Croatian
scientific and academic community.
4.2.2.2 University of Rijeka
www.uniri.hr
The activities for achieving strategic goals
at the University and its constituents’ level
were defined by the operational plan based
on the document Strategy of the University
of Rijeka, 2007-2013. Goal accomplishment
is monitored continuously by the criteria
(benchmark indicators). One of the tasks is
the establishment of innovation system
of the University until 2010. year, and the
organization of a functional and sustainable
science-innovation center until 2013.
Strategic objective number 4 speaks about the
active involvement of the University in the
economy and community development, and for
it has defined criteria such as the increase of
the number of joint research projects, studies,
project analyses (surveys), expertise and
advisory services. Also, transfer of technology
through the development of entrepreneurship
and the commercialization of knowledge
with the increase of the number of protected
industrial properties.
University of Rijeka has decided to get actively
involved in ERA and EHEA by establishing
a functional institutional support system
for the application and implementation of
international projects. In accordance with
the adopted Strategy of the University, and
within the TEMPUS project “Capacity Building
for Research in Croatia”, Center for Science
of the University of Rijeka was founded.
The fundamental mission of the Center is
to support University researchers and its
constituents in the procedures of proposing
and implementing international development
and science projects, especially projects of EU
Framework Program.
Office for Technology Transfer, was
established within the Tempus project
CREATE “Stimulating Croatia’s Entrepreneurial
Activities and Technology Transfer in
Education”, and performs tasks related to the
disclosure, evaluation, legal protection and
commercialization of intellectual property
created at the University.
The purpose of Science-technology park was
set in the Strategy of the University. Science
- Technology park STeP Ri (Science and
Technology Park of the University of Rijeka)
(www.step.uniri.hr) was founded in August
2008, as the first science-technology park in
Croatia, by the University of Rijeka, Primorskogoranska
County and the City of Rijeka, in order
to encourage faster development of science
and enterpreneurship through the synergy of
scientific, technological and entrepreneurial
resources of the University and the region,
and thus create additional values. STeP Ri
objectives are:
• Assistance in the establishment and market
affirmation of the newly established, so
called spin-off companies founded at
the University, and the formation and
incubation of spin-off companies;
• Protection of intellectual property;
• Development of new products, models,
prototypes, therefore new technologies in
general;
• Licensing of new technologies into
existing regional, national and
international companies;
• Connecting the university community
members, enterpreneurs and partners
on the national and international level.
STeP Ri mission is to create a sciencetechnological
and business environment that
inspires and encourages the development
of science, innovation, creativity and
entrepreneurial spirit by providing adequate
infrastructure, professional services,
consulting and access to strategic network.
Technological-Innovation Center Rijeka Ltd.
– TIC (www.ticri.hr) is a science-technologic
incubator. TIC helps entrepreneurs to set up