SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
INNOVATION ENVIRONMENT IN THE USTI REGION
USTI REGION
#NEW START
SMART ACCELERATOR +I
OBJECTIVES OF THE CHALLENGE
- to enable the development of capacities and competences in individual regions of the Czech Republic contributing to the creation of conditions for strengthening smart specialisation, development of innovation ecosystems and development of cooperation between actors across spheres of the so-called “smart specialisation”. triple/quadruplehelix (especially research organizations, educational institutions, the corporate sector and the public sector) in accordance with the priorities defined by the National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as the “National RIS3 Strategy”) and its regional dimension (hereinafter referred to as the “Regional RIS3 Strategy”)
- It is a substantive follow-up to the Smart Accelerator I and II calls implemented in the 2014-2020 programming period in the OP R&D and its purpose is to further develop cooperation between institutions responsible for the preparation and implementation of R&D support instruments and at the regional level and to use the outputs of the implemented interventions and projects for further regional development.
Implemented by: Usti Region Office, Innovation Centre of the Usti Region + participation of other partners
Registration number: CZ.02.01.02/00/22_009/0004316
Implementation period: 1. 10. 2023 – 31. 3. 2027
PROJECT SUPPORT

SMART ACCELERATOR ii
The Innovation Centre of the Usti Region is a co-organiser of the project Support and Development of Innovation Environment in the Usti Region II (Smart II – ÚK).
The project builds on the Smart Accelerator for Usti Region project and aims to support the development of innovation economy in the Usti Region in accordance with the National Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization of the Czech Republic (i.e. the National RIS3 Strategy) and its regional annexes for the Usti Region.
The aim of the project is to improve the environment for improving the innovation performance of the region, to support the ecosystem and to expand the capacity and core competencies of experts.
KEY ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT

#EDUCATION AND COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT
creation of an expert team that connects and stimulates innovation activities in the region

#MAPPING AND ANALYSIS OF THE REGION
data collection and creation of documents and analyses for innovative development of the region

#MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION OF THE REGION
visibility of regional success stories in the field of entrepreneurship, innovation, R&D

#ASSISTANCE
subsidy support for the preparation of development projects

#PILOT VERIFCATION
projects to attract/retain experts and commercialise R&D results

#TWINING
gaining experience in the commercialisation of research results (TU Dresden)

#BASIC TEAM
Implemented by: Usti Region Office, Innovation Centre of the Usti Region + participation of other partners
Registration number: CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/18_055/0014194
Implementation period: 15. 3. 2019 – 15. 9. 2022
PROJECT SUPPORT
