S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
S&T Country Report - Albania - WBC-INCO Net
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<strong>Net</strong>herlands, and co-owned by local stakeholders represented in the Coordination<br />
Committee of the centre.<br />
BSC Bitola is a project of 5 local partners covering: Municipality of Bitola, University<br />
"St.Kliment Ohridski"-Bitola, Regional Chamber of Commerce-Bitola, Regional<br />
Enterprise Support Center and Faculty for Technical Science-Bitola<br />
The centre is supported by SPARK (formerly ATA - the Academic Training<br />
Association) through a grant of the Dutch Government.<br />
Industry/Sector (technology area): Not available<br />
International activities: BSC Bitola is part of a big regional network of Business<br />
Start-up Centres and Incubators in South Eastern Europe (the Southeast European<br />
<strong>Net</strong>work of Business Start-up Centers and Incubators (SENSI).<br />
Name of<br />
initiative:<br />
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University Business Start-Up Centre<br />
(UKIM - BSC)<br />
Contact person: Radmil Polenakovik (Manager)<br />
Email: radepole@mf.edu.mk<br />
Website: http://www.bsc.ukim.edu.mk/en<br />
The Ss. Cyril and Methodius Business Start-Up Centre (UKIM - BSC) was<br />
established in April 2006 as a result of Austrian Development Agency (ADA) funded<br />
two years project. Main objectives of UKIM-BSC are to:<br />
• become a Business Start-Up Centre at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius,<br />
that will serve as a creative incubator of innovative technology based and<br />
service oriented solutions;<br />
• improve the entrepreneurial spirit among students, recent graduates and<br />
UKIM-staff through entrepreneurial training, and to increase the practical<br />
business skills of the students and graduates in order to run their own<br />
businesses;<br />
• improve and strengthen the entrepreneurial knowledge and experimental<br />
methods in most of the curricula at UKIM (cross curricular approaches); and<br />
• foster economic development through networking activities among new<br />
established companies, focusing on SEE regional Private Sector Development<br />
cooperation and EU economic integration.<br />
UKIM - BSC offers the following services: entrepreneurial and small business<br />
management training; assists students and recent graduates to start their own small<br />
and medium enterprises (SMEs); increases impact of the Entrepreneurial issues to<br />
UKIM regular curriculum and courses, through UKIM staff training; implements a<br />
Micro Credit structure for financing start-ups.<br />
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