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Agreement for mutual cooperation between the NiCat cluster and STP Niš signed
The Science and Technology Park Niš (STP Niš) and the Niš Cluster of Advanced Technologies (NiCat cluster) signed the agreement for mutual cooperation today with the goal of improving cooperation and joint work on developing the innovation ecosystem.
STP Niš was founded in 2020 for the purpose of providing infrastructural support and professional services to subjects of innovation work (companies, scientific research and innovation organizations), attracting innovative (domestic and foreign) technology development companies, and creating conditions for founding a larger number of startup and spin-off companies and their development. Today, over 40 innovative companies are intensively developing their projects in this dynamic environment.
For 10 years since its founding, the NiCat cluster has been working on increasing the value and scope of cluster members’ traffic on the domestic and foreign market, strengthening capacities of companies for technological development and innovations, and the development of new technology products and promoting the city of Niš as a good location for business in the field of advanced technologies.
Being what they are, both of these organizations who gathered over 100 companies through mutual cooperation and in the interest of strengthening cooperation among their members can achieve the best results in defined fields, such as joint work on the branding of Niš and lobbying for the protection of the tech scene in Niš, mutual promotions, joint participation in development projects, education with a focus on technological entrepreneurship, activities related to the establishment of cooperation among member companies, etc.
During the past few years, the innovation ecosystem has advanced quite a lot – significan startup projects were mapped, conditions for the development of technological entrepreneurship have been somewhat lightened, and different types of financing are available for domestic innovators depending on the development phase. The shortcomings and challenges that need to be worked on have been recognized, and what is necessary is the continuous strengthening of startup ideas and capacities, as well as research activities by mature companies.
