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Name of
initiative:
Business & Technology Incubator of the Technical Faculties
of the University of Belgrade
Contact person: Gordana Danilović Grković (Project Manager)
Email: danilovic@ikomline.net; danilovi@EUnet.yu
Website: http://www.bitf.co.yu/
The Business & Technology Incubator has been established as a partnership
between the four technical faculties of the University of Belgrade (Civil Engineering,
Mechanical, Electrical and Technological/Metallurgical), the Municipality of Palilula
and the Democratic Transition Initiative. The project has also received support from
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Establishment of the incubator is based on international experiences and best
practices. It has the following goals:
• To encourage and support students in starting up their own businesses and
keep student in Serbia;
• To develop a pool of young and well trained entrepreneurs who will in the
future create a new business core of the city; and
• To create the conditions for practical application of the results obtained
through science and research activities of university professors and their
associates, by spinning-off private enterprises and transfer of knowledge and
technologies.
The aim of the incubator is to give support in the early stages of business
development in the form of subsidized overhead (office and research space and
technological and telecommunication infrastructure), administrative assistance (legal,
accounting, etc.), as well as business counselling (planning, management, marketing,
etc.).
The first training programme at technical faculties in Belgrade, ‘How to start own
business’ was organized by Business Technology Incubator, supported by OSCE
December 4-8, 2006. 26 young people - potential entrepreneurs, students and
graduated, from these faculties, were attending THE training. After the training, the
management team of the incubator continues to help these young people, preparing
the first students' business plans. As the result of this training, there is the registration
of the first enterprise by people from Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy.
Industry/Sector (technology area): ITC
International activities: Supported by Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) and Israeli Government.
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