A Republic of North Macedonia
delegation came to Area Science Park for a three-day exchange of
best practices and networking as part of the Eu4eg "Eu for
economic growth" project.
The project, which began two years ago, aims to develop and
strengthen the economic system of North Macedonia for greater
competitiveness and growth, particularly on the innovation
front, through a total funding of about 9.5 million euros and is
developed in three steps.
The first will be the mapping of entrepreneurial ecosystems,
identifying the availability of support services in the
territories, and creating a 'capacity building' program aimed at
business support organizations to enable them to provide new
services to Macedonian SMEs and start-ups. The second step is
launching four business acceleration programs to support the
growth of selected groups of start-ups.
The third point is constructing a financing program for
business innovation and renewal projects.
Among the results of Eu4eg is the funding of 27 joint
projects between Macedonian SMEs and business support
organizations.
"With the Balkans, we plan to develop a robust dialogue on the
possibility of building together, of studying and designing,
research infrastructures," said Caterina Petrillo, president of
Area Science Park.
"We are talking about an intervention in Balkan countries
where the number of research infrastructures is deficient. There
is a technology gap that we can help fill with our expertise,
even to prepare the access of these countries into the European
Union."
To create this collaboration, according to Petrillo, "when we
start with a coordinated action, to build these infrastructures,
the key element is training. We have to take charge of this,
too," she added.
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