Slovak Business and Innovation Centre

Acronym: BIC

BIC Bratislava was established in 1991 as a first Business and Innovation Centre in the Central and Eastern Europe. Since then BIC Bratislava became a leading expert organisation for entrepreneurial support, internationalisation of businesses, innovation, research and regional development in Slovakia.

Main activities of BIC Bratislava:

• development of innovative business and support of the public-private (academia-industry) partnerships;
• supporting innovation and trans-national technological cooperation in Slovakia as a coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network in Slovakia (2008-2014) and Innovation Relay Centres (1997-2008);
• co-organiser and member of the Coordination Office for the National FP7 Supporting Infrastructure in Slovakia, National Contact Points and National Expert/Delegate for INCO, SME and People;
• formulation of the Regional Innovation Strategies for 4 Slovak regions (Bratislava, Trnava, Nitra and Presov) and development of the RIS 3 for the Bratislava Region (Smart Specialization Strategy) and the National Innovation Strategy S3;
• building the innovation and technology transfer infrastructure (National Centre for Technology Transfer and technology transfer offices in the public research organisations);
• active membership in national and international networks for research and innovation.

BIC Bratislava has a long tradition in leading and participating in the EU projects focused on research and innovation (more than 50 projects funded by FP4-FP7, CIP, Central Europe Programme 2007-2013, Phare, IVF).

Website: http://www.bic.sk

Address:
Bratislava
Slovakia

Projects:

• Danube-INCO.NET