Public Agency for Technology of Republic of Slovenia

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

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

Mapping of institutions Basic research Aplicative industrial Market research development

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

European Innovation Scoreboard 2009 Innovation followers Source: Pro Inno Europe

WHY transnational cooperation?

TIA is a part of the union of innovation

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

TIA in numbers

TIA`s areas of interest • 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 B 2 B 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

Some more in depth areas of interest - industry & knowledge based institutions • 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 • 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?

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

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)

More in depth areas of interest are available on 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

“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!

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

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