Europe 2020, Regional Innovation Strategies and future funding opportunities 17th April 2013, Brussels Innovation Strategy of the Bratislava Region

BSK is a developed region High concentration of companies and financial institutions, full employment VW Slovakia, investments in hi-tech, e.g. e-car manufacturing, Concentration of ICT companies – IBM, Siemens, HP and others Dynamic development of Slovak R&D ICT companies, e.g. ESET, Sygic, Ardaco, Sitel Member of S3 platform 2 Introduction of the Bratislava Region

3 Present situation Sufficient base of researchers – 53% of national R&D staff 62% of FP7 financial means run in Bratislava (20% in Košice) 70% scientific publications and quotations State level: No complex National innovation strategy has been developed in 20 years of existence of the Slovak Republic so far Regional level: all regions have carried out the RIS 2, but due to low competencies of the regional government’s insufficient implementation Low financing of R&D activities: 1.2% of the GDP

3 main domains: Materials ICT Biotechnologies Creation of a R&D and Innovation region of the European meaning in the context of the Vienna and Brno (JIC) region, Central Europe and the Danube region. 4 Vision and goals

1.Development of material infrastructure Creation of Competence centres, Science parks and “Science City”, Incubators, Technology and Innovation Centers (in cooperation with a private companies, universities, Slovak Academy of Science ) 2. Development of non-material infrastructure Research cluster development in 3 defined smart specialisation domains, National Knowledge and Technology Transfer Centre, Knowledge and TT support (patent fees, IPR protection, Infrastructure for spin-off creation, Support of PhD students, Transformation of SAS) 5 Instruments and activities

3. Financial infrastructure development Stimulation of risk funds development, Investment stimuli activation for the allocation of foreign high tech companies, IPR financial support, Development of specific loan and grant programs, Establishment of the Regional Innovation Fund (RIF), Funds rising for co-financing of PhD students, young scientists and foreign scientists, 6 Instruments and activities

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