1. EUREKA in Serbia Snežana Omić Enhancing transnational research & innovation cooperation in Danube Region: Joint EUREKA - Danube-INCO.NET workshop 11-12 December 2014 Vienna

2. EUREKA and Serbia Membership in 2002 Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development High Level Group Representative Prof. dr Branko Bugarski, Assistant Minister National Project Coordinator Snežana Omić, Senior Advisor

3. Statistics Total No of projects: 87 Total investment 219.89 ME Ongoing projects 22 and 36 organizations: 15 SME’s, 10 Universities, 6 institutes, 3 large companies, 2 others Technological fields: ICT 36.9% new materials 19% biotechnologies 15.5%

4. Funding scheme in Serbia Public sources - Financial plan of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development 0.45 ME in 2013, 0.23 ME in 2014 Public Call is open during the whole year Decision making process: 3 - 4 times/per year

5. Funding scheme in Serbia Innovative and R&D projects All Eureka technological fields Duration of the project up to 3 years Grants up to 50% of total projects costs Max. for project/per year 50 000 EUR Eligible application for funding-Consortia of Universities/Institutes/Innovative organizations with at least one Serbian company

6. Evaluation National Individual/per project Based on Eureka Project Assessment Methodology (PAM)

7. Monitoring Project reports consisted of: Technological and Financial reports every 6 months

8. E! Danube Region Experience E! 6742 WINEREST - Sustainable And Innovative Use Of Wastes From Grape And Fruit Processing (2012-2016) Serbia, Czech Republic and Montenegro

9. Experiences Serbia is represented in TAFTIE by European Innovation Fund of Serbia No experience with E! bi/multilateral calls Positive experience with E! bilateral Info day and Brokerage event with Slovenia

10. Serbia and E!DI Call 2015 Serbia recognize the importance of collaboration in Danube Region Intention to participate in Joint E!DI Call 2015 EUREKA projects Bottom-up approach All technological/scientific fields

11. Call dissemination tools Websites: Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development www.mpn.gov.rswww.mpn.gov.rs Center for Promotion of Science www.cpn.rswww.cpn.rs Horizon 2020 Portal in Serbia: www.horizont2020.rs www.horizont2020.rs Regular Info days/Horizon 2020/ International Cooperation Programmes Social media

12. NCP Serbia Thank you for your attention Snežana Omić Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development Phone: +381 11 3616 589 E-mail: snezana.omic@mpn.gov.rs