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WBC-INCO.NET Innovation Infrastructures: Albania FINAL VERSION Submission Date: July 22, 2011 In FP7 2007-2013, Albania participates in all four pillars (capacities, cooperation, people and ideas) as well as Euratom and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) initiatives. Contact Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html National Contact Points for different areas to be found at the European Commission CORDIS Website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=MSS_AL_FP7NCP_EN Innovation Support Dissemination level: Public Page 36 / 78
WBC-INCO.NET Innovation Infrastructures: Albania FINAL VERSION 3 Key Innovation Infrastructures Innovation Support Submission Date: July 22, 2011 A national system of innovation can be understood as a “network of institutions in the public and private sectors whose activities and interactions initiate, import, modify and diffuse new technologies” (Freeman 1987: 1). These institutions ranging from technology/innovation centres, science and technology parks to clusters, business start-up centres and incubators constitute a country’s innovation infrastructure. In the following chapter, the particular elements of the Albanian innovation system are presented. 3.1 Technology/Innovation Centres (TICs) A Technology/Innovation Centre (TIC) is an institution established in order to facilitate technology transfer as well as to promote research uptake and innovation by linking researchers and universities with SMEs. TICs enable the industry to exploit new and emerging technologies by providing linkages between research and SMEs. Business Relay and Innovation Centre (BRIC) within the Albanian Agency for Business and Investment (AIDA) Acronym: BRIC Organisation title in local language: Qendra e Ndërmjetësimit të Inovacionit të Biznesit Organisation type: Agency/Fund As Albania currently lacks a support body bringing enterprises fully into the innovation dynamics, a Business Relay and Innovation centre (BRIC) is being set up to fill the institutional gap in the Albanian innovation system and implement the programmes supporting actions of the Business Innovation and Technology (BITS) policy according to the Strategic Programme for the Development of Innovation and Technology of SMEs (2011-2016) (METE 2011: 5-7). Its purpose is to address the following tasks: • Awareness raising and promotion; • Provision of information; • Technology transfer and diffusion; • International technology and knowledge transfer; • Entrepreneurship, quality and process improvement; • Financial resources. BRIC is designed as a department within AIDA and is newly created. AIDA is in the phase of staff recruitment and it is expected to start its proper operation at end of May 2011. The BRIC department is responsible for implementing the strategy of business innovation 2011-2015 and its action plan. At the beginning, BRIC will consist of a small team of five people operating within AIDA. In this way, it can concentrate on its first programmes (innovation funding, Dissemination level: Public Page 37 / 78
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