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B) Technology/Innovation Centres
In the year 2002, the Ministry of Education and Science allocated funds for the
establishment of technological nuclei at the following institutions:
• The Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics - Skopje;
• The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - Skopje;
• The Faculty of Electrical Engineering - Skopje; and
• The Faculty of Medicine - Skopje.
With the financial support of the TEMPUS Programme, as well as of the German
Programme for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), besides four above-mentioned
technological nuclei, five other technology transfer centres were established:
• Centre for Research, Development and Continuing Education at the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering - Skopje;
• Technology Transfer Centre at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and
Information Technologies (FEEIT) - Skopje;
• Centre for Applied Research and Continuing Education in the Field of
Agriculture at the Faculty of Agriculture - Skopje;
• Euro-Regional Technological Centre at the Faculty of Technical Studies -
Bitola (ETC Bitola); and
• Technology Transfer Centre for Chemical and Textile Engineering at the
Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy - Skopje.
Both, the Faculty of Biotechnical Sciences in Bitola and the Faculty of Agriculture and
Food in Skopje, participate in the work of the Regional Centre for Technology
Transfer in the Field of Biotechnology and Applied Sciences for the Countries of
Central and Eastern Europe, established at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
In the period from 1996 to 2004, the TEMPUS Programme has made a substantial
impact on the development of the Macedonian capacities for participation in the EU
research and development programmes. Three TEMPUS projects resulted in the
establishment of technology transfer structures at the Faculty of Electrical
Engineering, the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy and at the Faculty of
Agriculture, within the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. The objectives of
the TEMPUS projects were aimed at upgrading knowledge and skills, as well as at
procuring modern laboratories for education and training and for research and
development projects (The Government of FYR of Macedonia 2005).
Name of
initiative:
Technology Transfer Centre for Chemical and Textile
Engineering at the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy,
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje
Contact: Ruger Bosković 16, 1000 Skopje, FYR of Macedonia
Email: Not available
Website: http://www.tmf.ukim.edu.mk/index.php?id=108
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