EUREKA in Serbia

Snežana OmićEnhancing transnational research & innovation

cooperation in Danube Region:

Joint EUREKA - Danube-INCO.NET workshop

11-12 December 2014 Vienna

EUREKA and Serbia

• Membership in 2002

• Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

• High Level Group Representative• Prof. dr Branko Bugarski, Assistant Minister

• National Project Coordinator• Snežana Omić, Senior Advisor

Statistics

• Total No of projects: 87

• Total investment 219.89 ME

• Ongoing projects 22 and 36 organizations:• 15 SME’s, 10 Universities, 6 institutes, 3 large companies, 2

others

• Technological fields:• ICT 36.9% • new materials 19% • biotechnologies 15.5%

Funding scheme in Serbia

• Public sources - Financial plan of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

• 0.45 ME in 2013, 0.23 ME in 2014• Public Call is open during the whole year• Decision making process: 3 - 4 times/per year

Funding scheme in Serbia

• Innovative and R&D projects• All Eureka technological fields• Duration of the project up to 3 years• Grants up to 50% of total projects costs • Max. for project/per year 50 000 EUR• Eligible application for funding-Consortia of

Universities/Institutes/Innovative organizations with at least one Serbian company

Evaluation

• National• Individual/per project• Based on Eureka Project Assessment

Methodology (PAM)

Monitoring

• Project reports consisted of:• Technological and• Financial reports

• every 6 months

E! Danube Region Experience

• E! 6742 WINEREST - Sustainable And Innovative Use Of Wastes From Grape And Fruit Processing (2012-2016)

• Serbia, Czech Republic and Montenegro

Experiences

• Serbia is represented in TAFTIE by European Innovation Fund of Serbia

• No experience with E! bi/multilateral calls

• Positive experience with E! bilateral Info day and Brokerage event with Slovenia

Serbia and E!DI Call 2015

• Serbia recognize the importance of collaboration in Danube Region

• Intention to participate in Joint E!DI Call 2015

• EUREKA projects• Bottom-up approach• All technological/scientific fields

Call dissemination tools

• Websites:• Ministry of Education, Science and Technological

Development www.mpn.gov.rs• Center for Promotion of Science www.cpn.rs• Horizon 2020 Portal in Serbia:

www.horizont2020.rs

• Regular Info days/Horizon 2020/ International Cooperation Programmes

• Social media

NCP Serbia

Thank you for your attention

Snežana Omić

Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development

Phone: +381 11 3616 589

E-mail: snezana.omic@mpn.gov.rs