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BIC Bratislava | project co-ordinator The Business and Innovation Centre - BIC Bratislava Ltd. was established in 1991. Our mission is business and innovation consulting, transnational technology transfer, financial consulting, regional development, support in the EU Framework Programmes for research, technology development and innovation (FP7 & CIP), project management and investment consulting. BIC Bratislava is a coordinator of the Enterprise Europe Network representation in Slovakia, one of the co-founders of the SPICE (Science Parks and Innovation Centre Expert) Group and of the Slovak Association of BICs and RAICs.
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National Agency for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises National Agency for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises has been established in 1993 with the aim to support the development and growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Slovak Republic in line with the state structural, industrial, technical, regional and social politics. The agency coordinates activities, including financial ones, at the international, state, regional and local levels in order to support the development of SMEs in the Slovak Republic.
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Slovak Chamber of Commerce and Industry SCCI represents and co-ordinates common interests of its members in matters of business activities in Slovakia and abroad, provides services and performs other tasks - providing contacts of companies in Slovakia and abroad, contact of professional unions, organizing of business missions abroad and receiving foreign business missions, organizing of participation in fairs and exhibitions, organizing of conferences and trainings, publishing, legal consultancy in the field of business support and business protection, customs consultancy.
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Regional Advisory and Information Centre Prešov Regional Advisory and Information Centre Presov (RAIC Presov) was established in 1993 as a business support centre, association of legal entities, and it provides services for entrepreneurs and participates in various regional, national and international projects. Our mission is to support small and medium-sized enterprises and to create conditions for the socio-economic development of Prešov region by means of our services and activity.
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BIC Group s.r.o., the mother company of BIC Group Holding, was established in 1993. Our main clients are small and medium-sized enterprises, self-governing bodies, municipalities, state and public administration and research organizations. Services provided by BIC Group s.r.o. are mainly of a consulting nature as our offer ranges from processing to implementation of various development projects. We focus mainly on the areas of innovation, technology transfer and foresight, in which we have vast experience and know-how.
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I-Europa, s.r.o. - EurActiv.sk
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Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic The Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic is a central body of state administration of the Slovak Republic for industry, energy, heat and gas, mining and treatment of solid fuels, oil and gas, ore and industrial minerals, promoting small business and medium business development strategy of the business environment, internal trade , foreign trade, tourism and consumer protection, conservation and utilization of mineral resources.
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SARIO - Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency The main mission of SARIO is to contribute to the acceleration of economic growth of the Slovak Republic and to improve the quality of life in Slovakia - SARIO achieves this goal by presenting the economic environment of Slovakia, attracting foreign direct investments and developing of the FDI projects up to their final stage.
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SIEA - Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency SIEA is the national energy agency in the Slovak Republic, established by decree of the Minister of Economy. SIEA gains, proceeds and disseminates information concerning activities of private and legal entities in the energy sector and efficient usage of energy sources with respect to protection of environment as well as in accordance with requirement on reduction of energy intensity of national economy in order to ensure sustainable growth.
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IPO - Industrial Property Office The Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic is a central state administration body operating on activities of the Government and central state administration bodies, in the field of industrial property protection, i.e. patents, utility models, designs, topographies of semiconductor products, trademarks and designations of origin /geographical indications.
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Co-operating organisations
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1st Slovak Engineering Cluster 1st Slovak Engineering Cluster is an association of entrepreneurs in engineering industry, research and development organisations, educational institutions, universities and public authorities in order to ensure transfer of up-to-date knowledge and results of science and research in practice and adjust curriculums to the needs of entrepreneurs with the aim to support sustainable economic development of engineering industry particularly in the area of Central Slovakia.
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Automotive Cluster Western Slovakia Cluster of companies and organisations in Slovakia supplying products, components and services in the area of automotive industry. Autocluster provides services in marketing, access to markets, finance and customers and supports its clients in development of co-operation with suppliers on different levels in partner countries and regions.
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The aim of BITERAP is to significantly contribute to the increase of quality and effectivity of ITC processes supporting the execution of elected power on all levels of self-government and public administration of the Slovak Republic, and most of all on the level of cities and communities.
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Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI) Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (SCSTI) is a state-owned institution with task to gather, process and provide science-related information and build complex information systems for R&D. Currently, the SCSTI fulfils the functions of Specialised Scientific Library; National Centre for Popularisation of Science and Technology in Society; Centre of Patent Information of the SR – PATLIB; and the Technology Transfer Centre with nation-wide coverage.
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University of Economics in Bratislava The University of Economics in Bratislava, established in 1940, is one of the most important educational and scientific-research institutions in the Slovak Republic. The University provides higher education in the field of economics and business in Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral programs for full-time and part-time students.
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Slovak Economic and Social Committee The Slovak Economic and Social Committee is a community of interest of legal entities which act in various branches of economic and social life of civil organized society in the Slovak Republic. Main function of the Committee is to contribute to deepening and further development of co-operation and social dialogue between the civil organized society and the Government of the Slovak Republic by experience, initiative and knowledge exchange from industry, agriculture, education, science and innovation, as well as by informing about mutual attitude to respective questions being discussed in The European Economic and Social Committee and European Union Council.
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Idealist7FP - your global Partner Search and Support Network for your ICT Projects Ideal-ist reduces the barriers faced by organisations wishing to participate in the ICT programme by offering transnational partner search. The project provides an entirely web-based platform and thus making it the ideal tool for joining ICT projects, finding partners for your project idea and finding services to support you in your ICT project within the EU Seventh Framework Programme.
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IT Association Slovakia (ITAS) is a professional association representing the most significant local and international companies operating in the Slovak market in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT). ITAS was founded in September 1999. The stated mission of the ITAS is to promote and develop an information society as a precondition for the building of a modern Slovak state, to meet the demands of the 21st Century.
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The Kosice IT Valley Association is a partnership of leading international and national IT companies, universities and the public sector with the aim of establishing an it center of excellence in the region, thereby making a genuine contribution to the benefit and prosperity of it´s population.
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Office for EU Programmes, FEI STU At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava an Office for European Union Programs (OEUP) was established functioning university wide in assisting the potential participation in these programs for teams from inside the university but also for collaborating institutions.
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SME Portal - www.msponline.sk is focused on small and medium sized enterprises, potential enterpreneurs, and wider public. The portal serves as the information source for the wider public interested in small and medium sized enterpreneurship in Slovakia as well as for visitors abroad looking for information on business environment and/or plan to start the business activities in the Slovak Republic.
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The National Forest Centre was established in 2006 and is the successor to the following institutes: Forest Research Institute Zvolen; Forest Management Planning Institute Zvolen; and The Institute for Training and Education of Forestry and Water Management Staff of the Slovak Republic.
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The mission of SDC as the only professional organization for this field is to gather, store, and spread information about design, to initiate and create platforms for development and support of design in SR, and to suggest conceptions of design development. SDC cooperates with designers, companies, agencies, public administration, professional international organizations, and schools specializing in design.
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Portal podnikajte.sk has been created in 2005 as an important indicative of OZ GIMMA. Podnikajte.sk is a portal for small and medium enterprises, start-ups, a portal about establishment and management of incorporated business companies. The portal podnikajte.sk focuses on providing actual and clear information on how to start a business, business plans, taxes, marketing and so on. It also includes a part focused on business education and presentation of examples of successful business practice.
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Slovak Environmental Agency is a professional organisation of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic (MoE SR) with nationwide scope of powers, which focuses on the environment protection and landscape planning in accordance with principles of sustainable development.
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The Slovak Productivity Center (SLCP) was established in year 1998 as an open, national organization to support research and application of the latest knowledge transfer into Slovak economy. Our field of expertise is competitiveness, productivity and quality improvement.
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SUTN is a institution dedicated to development, approval and publishing of Slovak Standards, international cooperation and fulfillment of other duties arising from the NSB Status with determined government contribution for providing standardization activities in state interest. It is a national standardisation body and participates at the meetings of international and European standardisation organisation to the extent of its authorization, set up and administer collections of European, International and foreign standards, regulations and publications related to standardization.
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Slovak tradesman association (SZZ) was established by Ministry of Interior in 1992. After 40 years it became successor of the association abandoned in 1952. SZZ is association of professional organisations, e.g. tradesman communities, as well as SMEs on voluntary basis..
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Main aim of the SPIRIT portal is to contribute to information availability and dissemination for the Slovak research and development organisations and companies, which are interested in development of international co-operation and participation in the European RTD and innovation networks and thus to increase quality and exploitation capacity of the Slovak RTD results.
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STU - Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) is a modern educational and scientific institution. Since its foundation in the year 1937 more than 105.000 students have graduated. In average, 16.000 students study at the STU every year. At present, the STU consists of seven faculties. In the area of scientific and research activities the STU successfully joins European Union programs.
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Portal www.szco.sk (SZCO stands for samostatne zárobkovo činná osoba - physical person in self-employed gianful activity). This portal is focused mainly on entrepreneurs, sole trader, SMEs, and wide public interested in information about how to start a business in the Slovak Republic.
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Technical University of Košice The Technical University of Košice (TUKE) was founded in 1952. Today it has nine faculties, around 16 000 full-time undergraduate students. Almost 900 teachers work here, and the same number of research and administrative staff. TUKE caters for a wide range of educational needs not only in the East-Slovak region, but throughout Slovakia and Central Europe, as in many specializations it is the only centre of education and research in this area. TUKE closely co-operates with other universities and with industrial organizations throughout the region and the Slovak Republic.
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Institute of Technology, Slovak Academy of Sciences (IT SAS) IT SAS has been formed to coordinate and support research in the field of new progressive materials and technologies. Research, development and innovation (RDI) activities are realized in four competence centers (CC) working in the fields of the multifunctional materials and nanotechnologies. Multifunctional materials are new construction materials having different attributes and functions in a given system. Nanotechnologies give new possibilities to prepare multifunctional materials on the nanometer scale.
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The Publishing house for professional literature Verlag Dashöfer acts on the slovak market since 1997, when it started to provide the large public audience with professional information. The publishing house is part of an international holding wich acts in 12 different countries of the world. In the 11 years of work it has managed to constantly increase it‘s offer by information products from the areas like law, management, personalistics, taxes, accounting, technical management and building industry.
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Transport Research Institute (VUD) VUD is a scientific and research organisation with more than 50-years of history. Its activities cover all modes of transport, in particular, in the field of engineering and technology, operation, economy, legislation, management and organisation, informatics and automation, environment, power system, transport infrastructure safety and quality, transport services and tourism management, transport policy, certification and testing in transport.
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European Commission Representation in the Slovak Republic EC Representation in the EU Member States are part of the EC press and communication service. Their chief duties are speaking for the Commission as its voice in Slovakia; reporting back to the Commission in Brussels on political, economic and social developments in Slovakia; providing information about the European Union across Slovakia through recognised outlets such as public libraries, business advice centres and education services.
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ZEP SR - The Association of Electrotechnical Industry of the Slovak Republic The Association of Electrotechnical Industry of the Slovak Republic (ZEP SR) is the biggest employers’ representative organisation, which was established in 1991 as an independent professional association active in the field of electrotechnics, electronics and ICT. Nowadays it unites 62 electrotechnical and ICT companies, 6 members-observers, 4 universities and 6 secondary training institutions aimed at electrotechnics.
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ZPVVO - Association of Industrial Research and Development Organisations ZPVVO activities focus on the systemic and legislative support for research and development co-operation with various sectors of science and technology and regional government authorities, the use of trans-national R&D co-operation and the EU Structural Funds to support R&D, information, dissemination and organisational activities.
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ZSPS - ACES - Association of the Construction Entrepreneurs of Slovakia ZSPS - ACES, the employer´s structure of the construction entrepreneurs in Slovakia, is the main representative of the employers in construction industry of the Slovak republic. ZSPS is recognized as "sectoral social partner" in the Slovak Republic in social dialogue by employees and governmental partners on national and regional level. It represents Slovak employers in construction industry also in dialogue with governmental and regional partners as well as all professional associations and unions acting in formation of the construction market of the Slovak Republic.
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