Тип пројекта: Active projects

Project name: UrBan hEat islands REsilience, prepAreDness and mitigation strategY (Be Ready)

Project lead institution: Sofia Development Association

Project partners: Sofia Development Association (Bulgaria), DEX Innovation center z.s. (Czech Republic), Association Tehnopol of Galati (Romania), Chișinău Town Hall (Moldova), Municipality of Galați (Romania), Science and Technology Park Nis (Serbia), City of Niš (Serbia), City of Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovenia), Pannon Novum West Transdanubian Regional Innovation Nonprofit Ltd. (Hungary), Capital City Podgorica (Montenegro), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia), RICANY (Czech Republic), South Moravian agency for public innovation JINAG (Czech Republic), City of Kranj (Slovenia), Policy Consult Ltd (Bulgaria), Development agency North Ltd. (Croatia)

Project budget: 2.408.382,62 euros

Financier: Interreg Programme Danube Region, Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)

Project goal: The “BE Ready” project focuses on strengthening capacities for adaptation to climate change and disaster management related to environmental risks in the Danube region, specifically addressing urban heat islands (UHIs). In cooperation with 19 partners and 9 ASPs from 12 countries, the project introduces a new approach – “green acupuncture”, targeting small but effective, contextual interventions to combat UHIs in critical urban areas. Activities include testing solutions through “green”, “white”, and “blue acupuncture”, that is, interventions based on vegetation, innovative materials, and the use of water resources. Main results include methodologies and tools for UHI risk assessment, tested solutions in 9 pilot cities, a common strategy for improving climate change resilience, action plans, policy recommendations, and awareness campaigns. The project aims to effectively use joint knowledge for a better understanding of UHI effects and strengthening institutional capacities at the local and regional level.

Project activities:

• Providing research, assessment, and operational tools to local and regional authorities to better understand UHI, its causes and effects.
• Joint creation, testing, and validation of jointly developed solutions to mitigate the effects of UHIs in cities.
• Support to partner cities in the development and adoption of action plans for increased resistance to the effects of UHI with concrete actions that promote green, blue, or white measures.
• “Green Acupuncture” enables partners, both cities and knowledge partners, to take targeted, small but powerful, context-based measures to combat UHIs in critical urban areas.
• Pilot cities are testing solutions in three fields: “green acupuncture” (vegetation-based interventions); “white acupuncture” (based on innovative surfaces and materials); and “blue acupuncture” (new uses of water resources).
• The main results of the project include:
  • jointly developed and implemented methodologies and tools for UHI risk assessment, data analysis, and modeling at the city level;
  • jointly designed solutions to address UHI, tested and reviewed in an urban environment by 12 pilot cities;
  • a joint strategy for improving preparedness and resilience to climate change for local and regional governments in the Danube region;
  • action plans and transformative strategic outlooks for participants;
  • policy recommendations;
  • virtual training program with SPOCs;
  • awareness campaigns in 12 countries over a 30-month period.

Project name: Adaptation of existing space and equipping the video and audio production lab

Project lead institution: Science and Technology Park Niš

Project budget: 4.005.684,00 dinars

Financier: Naftna industrija Srbije

Project goal: The Science and Technology Park Niš is the key organization for the support and development of innovations in southern and eastern Serbia. With more than 50 member companies and almost 600 predominantly young people working from the Park, STP Niš has become the center of events for the innovative community. STP Niš has established significant cooperation with all student organizations, the University of Niš, and the wider community. In addition to traditional and modern media for promotion and networking, STP Niš launched the “Startup Breakfast” podcast with over 30 episodes, further confirming its role as an incubator of creativity and innovation. The planned laboratory for audio and video production will be available to all members, partners, and the wider community; thus, STP Niš will continue to strengthen its role as a place for creating quality content and encouraging cooperation and innovation.

Project activities:

• Adaptation of existing space
• Interior design
• Procurement of equipment
• Training the employees and the STP Niš community:
  • Training the technical staff to work with the equipment and software
  • Training the staff responsible for the realization of shows, podcasts – including conception, design, distribution, promotion, community development, and monetization.

Project lead institution: Science and Technology Park Niš

Project partners: Innovation Center Zubin Potok, Regional Innovation Start-up Center Paraćin, the Municipality of Sokobanja, Center for the Development of Jablanica and Pčinj Districts, Zip Center for Youth – Business Incubator, Business Incubator Kruševac, the City of Novi Pazar, Business Incubator Center Bor, the City of Vranje

Project budget: 44.990.000,00 dinars

Financier: Innovation Fund

Project goal: The goal of the Program is to establish the operation and raise the capacity of regional innovation startup centers, including startup centers, incubators, Smart City centers, and similar support organizations. The program develops the competences of startup centers for providing support in a consistent and organized manner, as well as for inclusion in an integrated system of support for innovation, with the aim of achieving self-sustainability for further work and functioning. The program achieves the integration of regional innovation startup centers with science and technology parks, with the aim of developing an innovative community at the local level, and with the function of systemic development of innovation as well as improvement of the innovation ecosystem on the territory of the Republic of Serbia.

Project activities: The plan of project activities should contain activities that will increase the capacity of regional innovation startup centers to perform the following tasks:

• Promotion of the regional innovation startup center in their local community in order to attract entrepreneurial (startup) teams and individuals who have an innovative idea.
• Development of entrepreneurial spirit among the youth by organizing various events
• Education and assistance to teams and individuals in business development and commercialization of innovative ideas, through familiarization with different business models, defining and researching the market, determining target users, sales and marketing plans, and growth and development strategies
• Assistance in generating, evaluating, validating, and testing ideas
• Networking through the organization and participation in events and meetings (meetups) with other subjects of the innovation ecosystem
• Provision of work space with the necessary internet connection where there is computer equipment, a room for meetings and presentations, offices, as well as other supporting equipment
• Mentorship by providing experienced experts in the fields of technology, innovation, and business who can provide answers to questions important for the development of a new innovative company (startup).
• Assistance in providing financial support for business development, through education about models and concrete sources of financing, as well as assistance for writing an application for obtaining funds
• Consulting in the fields of legal, financial, and administrative affairs, as well as issues of intellectual property protection
• Preparing teams for presenting a business idea to investors (Pitch Preparation)
• Assistance in prototype development and testing

The Science and Technology Park Niš is a part of the “Technopark Serbia 2 – Boosting Exports through Technoparks” project, through which the Government of Switzerland supports further development of innovations and technological entrepreneurship in Serbia.

The project’s goal is to empower science and technology parks to recognize specificities of innovation development in their regions and develop technology parks suited for their environment in order to encourage the founding of new startup companies.

By developing and strengthening the regional network of science and technology parks through this Project, with the support of the Government of Switzerland, support is given to the founding and development of new startups so they can compete with companies from the most developed parts of the world with their services and products while working from Serbia. At the same time, founding new startup companies increases the strength of the startup ecosystem and raises its visibility on the international scene.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Government of the Republic of Serbia are considering financing the expansion of modern science and technology parks in Serbia:

1. one in Niš with approximately 16,200 m² gross area
2. one in Čačak with approximately 12,800 m² gross area
3. one in Kruševac with approximately 11,000 m² gross area

The parks in Niš and Čačak were formally established as science and technology parks, while the existing facility in Kruševac is currently a Business Incubator, which will formally grow into a Regional Industrial and Technology Park after expansion.

It is expected that each development will be implemented separately through the newly formed Ministry for Public Investments of the Republic of Serbia, which is responsible for the implementation of state projects. After implementation, the Government will hand over the Project to the science and technology parks for operational management, which will manage the buildings in accordance with the standard rules prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

The project falls under the “B” category in accordance with the EBRD’s Environmental and Social Issues Policy 2019.

A more detailed description of the works planned for construction and reconstruction, as well as the way to involve all stakeholders, is given in the Non-Technical Summary of the Project, which is available to the public together with the Stakeholder Involvement Plan.

All stakeholders have one month to submit feedback (their opinion and suggestions regarding the Project) from the date of publishing the Non-Technical Summary of the Project and the Stakeholder Involvement Plan. In addition, a Complaint Form is available to all stakeholders, through which they can address all problems related to the implementation of the Project (all information about the Complaint Mechanism can be found in the Stakeholder Management Plan).”

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