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4.2.2.4 University of Split
www.unist.hr
On February 27 th 2009, Senate of University
of Split adopted the Scientific Strategy of
the University of Split, wherein the need to
increase the number and amount of science
projects with the public sector and the
economy was defined in its objectives and
tasks. Also, one of the objectives of Scientific
strategy is to enable the transfer of knowledge
and technology through: the establishment
of science-technology park, through
licensing, promotion of innovative clusters,
founding of spin-off companies, drafting
of appropriate documents for intellectual
property management, and establishment of
the Technology transfer office.
The Technology transfer office – UTT
(www.utt.hr) was founded within the Tempus
project CREATE “Stimulating Croatia’s
Entrepreneurial Activities and Technology
Transfer in Education”. Its objective is to
become the meeting point of the University
and economy, and to that end, the Office
provides support to researchers in all phases
of technology implementation: from the idea,
invention, process of intellectual property
protection to establishing enterprises and
commercialization of intellectual property.
As part of the European entrepreneurial
network – EEN, the Office offers a wide range
of services to entrepreneurs and scientists.
Office for Science
(www.unist.hr/Default.aspx?alias=www.unist.hr/znanost)
was established in 2007 at the University
of Split within the Tempus project “Capacity
Building for Research in Croatia”. Office of
Science was founded to enable the scientists
and administrators to develop a scientific
strategy of the university, to increase the
involvement of Croatian scientists in research
projects of the European Community, to help
scientists with the application, management
and completion of international projects, in
particular the projects from The Seventh EU
Framework Program.
4.2.2.5 Josip Juraj Strossmayer University
of Osijek
www.unios.hr
The Strategy of international science-research
projects at the University of Osijek till 2012.
defined the objectives and activities for their
achievement. One of the objectives of the
Strategy is to encourage inclusivity, not exclusivity
of international cooperation - the establishment
of interdisciplinary and international network
of researchers at the University level,
which includes the activities for increasing
cooperation with the economy through planning
and implementation of intensive knowledge
transfer programs (so-called Knowledge
Management).
The main components of the Program for
technology transfer development at the
University of Osijek are:
1. TEHNOPOLIS - the establishment of the
technology park at the premises of the
former Biotechnical science-education
Center in Osijek;
2. Center for excellence in agriculture
– the establishment of the center which
includes experimental station for conducting
experiments in the fields of agriculture and
food technology;
3. Development of the Technology – development
center in Osijek, which includes the
opening of the Office for technology transfer
at the University campus;
4. Adoption of Regulation act of technology
transfer which regulates the technology
transfer based on the results of publicly
funded research.
Technology Development Centre Osijek
Ltd. – TRC (www.tera.hr) was founded in
2002. as a result of cooperation between
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek,
city of Osijek and Osijek-Baranja County.
The Mission of TRC is:
• Knowledge based development of economy
by using significantly improved existing
technologies (products, services, processes
and procedures with added value);
• Commercialization of publicly funded
researches of the University of Osijek;