1. Public Agency for Technology of Republic of Slovenia TIA Klavdija Uršič 20th april 2011

2. Slovenian Government Science and Technology Council Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology Ministry of Economy Enterpreneurship fund (SPS) Enterpreneurship fund (SPS) JAPTI ARRS TIA Directorate for Science Directorate for Science Directorate for Technology Directorate for Technology Directorate for enterpreneurship and competitiveness Directorate for enterpreneurship and competitiveness Intelectual Property office Intelectual Property office Government Office for Local SElf Government and Regional Policy Ministry of Defense Implementation institutions Government Office for Growth Ministry of Environment Eco fund Other ministries Regional development fund Regional development fund HRD fund Policy makers and financers Slovenian innovation system Public venture capital fund Public venture capital fund National assembly

3. Mapping of institutions Basic Aplicative industrial Market research research development

4. R&D investment Sweden 3,73% Slovenia 1,59% EU 27 1,84% Slovenia: Private: ~60% Public: ~40%

5. European Innovation Scoreboard 2009 Innovation followers Source: Pro Inno Europe

6. WHY transnational cooperation?

7. TIA is a part of the union of innovation

8. R&D&I financed projects at TIA More than 400 projects active. Only approx 20% in services.

9. TIA in numbers

10. Technology transfer supportive actions Fostering creativity and innovation Innovation management Development of mechanism for fostering innovation and support R&D(technology bench marking and development of new niches in transnational cooperation, creation of environment for B2B meetings and collaborative actions) Value chain approach analyses Creation of policy tools Regional research studies (technology, non -technology and service based) Policy recommendations Clusters (maritime sector,….) and other activities based on policy and companies, innovators, knowledge based institutions interest TIA`s areas of interest

11. Car industry; – How to decrease the weight of the car? – mechatronic assembly (not classical automobile assembly) – safety in the traffic Maritime industry: - Education in the maritime sector - Innovation and technical solution cooperation in boat construction Some more in depth areas of interest - industry & knowledge based institutions -

12. Some more in depth areas of interest - industry - Airplane industry: – Airplanes on solar energy Environment and ecology – Virtual reality applications (for examplee: pollution purposes in the sea,….) – Some parts of the car are going in the renewable system into trash. But there are parts which can be renewed and used again, for example parts of the machine: turbo chargers,… How can we be build a system where industry can renewed this parts?

13. Some more in depth areas of interest - industry & knowledge based institutions - Food – Food chain (example: fruit and vegetable,…) – Fishery sector (for example: biodiversity, solutions in the environment …) Transport: – How to upraise the usage and the value of already storaged data? Traffic Noise Barriers and photovoltaic modules (also from renewable materials – ecology, environment) – Road risk management

14. Some more in depth areas of interest - innovators - Innovators as individuals; – interested in exchanging results – professional development of an innovator (example: to be ready for communication with financing institution, to break through at already existed experts point of view)

15. More in depth areas of interest More in depth areas of interest are available on TIA. TIA is interested to focus on initiatives shared with companies, innovators, knowledge based institutions and other stakeholders to develop with them specific supportive instruments for R&D&I

16. “A competitive world has two possibilities for you: you can lose or, if you want to win, you can change!” Lester C. Thurow TIA is ready for cooperation!

17. Contact person: Klavdija Uršič M: 0038641701000 Email: klavdija.ursic@tia.si

18. THANK YOU