universityâenterprise cooperation
universityâenterprise cooperation
universityâenterprise cooperation
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• Organization and coordination of scienceresearch<br />
and development projects for the<br />
needs of industry in collaboration with<br />
members of the University and other relevant<br />
institutions;<br />
• Supporting regional development<br />
and retention of enterpreneurial and<br />
qualified workforce in the region;<br />
• Business support to enterprises that have<br />
entered the Incubator of Technology –<br />
development center in Osijek Ltd. and<br />
outside it.<br />
4.2.2.6 Innovative companies<br />
Rudjer Innovations Ltd. – RI (www.r-i.hr)<br />
began operating in early 2007. as a daughter<br />
company of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute<br />
with the aim to encourage <strong>cooperation</strong> and<br />
partnership of research institutes, faculties<br />
and innovative communities with enterprises<br />
from the economy. Rudjer Innovations<br />
represent and protect intellectual properties<br />
of innovators and have an important role<br />
in technology transfer and innovative<br />
technologies application. The company<br />
connects science with the economy and<br />
industry, and through partnerships with<br />
academic, innovative community, and<br />
economy is open to the entire Croatian<br />
community, providing them with support<br />
through the commercialization of ideas,<br />
innovations, or results of scientific research.<br />
Technology transfer includes appropriate<br />
management of intellectual property and its<br />
transfer from science to industry so as the<br />
innovative ideas become a finished product.<br />
4.2.2.7 Local communities<br />
Regional Development Agency Porin<br />
Ltd. (www.porin.hr), has arisen from the<br />
Business Incubator of the same name, which<br />
was established in 1996. in Rijeka. Regional<br />
development agency is an institution for<br />
formulating and implementing projects that<br />
encourage regional economic development.<br />
Through work integration of regional<br />
economic entities, and local and regional<br />
institutions, through promotion of regional<br />
resources and attracting foreign and domestic<br />
investments, it stimulates development of<br />
enterpreneurship, application of modern<br />
technologies and employment, as well as<br />
the quality of life in Primorsko-Goranska<br />
County. Basic activities are aimed at:<br />
• Drafting and implementation of strategic<br />
documents for Primorsko-Goranska County,<br />
and monitoring of regional development<br />
for the Regional operational program PGC<br />
2008-2013 and preparation of the County’s<br />
development strategy;<br />
• Raising the competitiveness of the<br />
region and economic operators through<br />
involvement in international and local<br />
consortia, systematic enterpreneurship<br />
(networking, internationalization,<br />
counseling, working with target groups,<br />
growth and development of SMEs,<br />
warranty instruments), institutional<br />
<strong>cooperation</strong> with domestic and foreign<br />
partners, systematic entrepreneurial<br />
infrastructure (business incubators, info<br />
center, EU info home);<br />
• International <strong>cooperation</strong> through economic<br />
<strong>cooperation</strong> and the drafting<br />
and implementation of EU projects in<br />
accordance with most EU framework<br />
programs;<br />
• Attracting domestic and foreign investors;<br />
• Management and development of human<br />
resources through informal education for<br />
all target groups and their availability on<br />
the labor market;<br />
• Promotion of the region and economic<br />
operators.<br />
Technology Park Zagreb Ltd. – TPZ<br />
(www.raza-tpz.hr/Default.aspx?sid=153), part of the<br />
Development Agency of Zagreb, is the first<br />
technology park, business incubator for high<br />
technologies in Croatia, established in 1994.<br />
Technology Park acts as an entrepreneurial<br />
incubator, and helps small enterpreneurs to<br />
realize their entrepreneurial initiatives in<br />
the early stages of growth and development.<br />
Mission of TPZ is:<br />
• Creation of new entrepreneurs through the<br />
encouragement of entrepreneurship in the<br />
areas of development and high technologies<br />
in the City of Zagreb and through helping<br />
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