A few more days for applications to the Thematic Innovation Councils (TICs)

A few more days for applications to the Thematic Innovation Councils (TICs)

Ministry of the Economy, Entrepreneurship, and Crafts, in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy, is informing the potential stakeholders about the possibility of applying for membership in the Thematic Innovation Councils.

The process of establishing a national innovation system is an ongoing process, which should ensure the implementation of incentive activities, synergies and efficient use of public and private resources for research, development, and innovation.

One of the main goals is to change the so-called governance model into the “policy” model of the network under which the private, scientific and public sector cooperate at the local, national and international level.

Strategies that carry out the most important activities related to the topic are:

  • Croatian Smart Specialization Strategy (S3) for the period from 2016 to 2020.
  • The Strategy for innovation encouragement of the Republic of Croatia for the period from 2014 to 2020.

The implementation of these strategies is also carried out through strategic projects funded by the European Regional Development Fund, where the current project is carried out by the Ministry of the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts as the Project Holder and the Croatian Chamber of Commerce as a partner institution on the projects.

Thematic Innovation Councils (TICs)

A very important result of the strategic project “Innovation Network for Industry” (INI) and Thematic Innovation Platforms is the formation of Thematic Innovation Councils, for which the calls to all stakeholders was sent on October 29 and published on all relevant links (https://hgk.hr/poziv-na-iskaz-interesa-za-clanstvo-u-tematskim-inovacijskim-vijecima; https://mzo.hr/hr/poziv-za-iskaz-interesa-za-clanstvo-u-tematskim-inovacijskim-vijecima, https://www.mingo.hr/page/poziv-za-iskaz-interesa-za-clanstvo-u-tematskim-inovacijskim-vijecima).

Connecting business and scientific-research communities

Over the past few days, MNGPO, in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, has been working to inform the potential applicants for membership in the Thematic Innovation Councils. It will consist of (1) representatives of the business sector who will represent 70% of the members of the Council, (2) representatives of the scientific and research community who will be 20% of the Council, and 10% of the members will refer to (3) representatives of the public authorities.

One of the goals is to include representatives of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises among the representatives of the company, as they want to encourage them to participate directly in raising awareness of the importance of research, development, and innovation.

The objective is to set up the Thematic Innovation Councils to be responsible for 5 priority areas and 13 sub-areas S3:

Health and quality of life:

  1. Pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, medical equipment and devices;
  2. Health services, new methods of preventive medicine and diagnostics;
  3. Nutrition

Energy and sustainable environment:

  1. Energy technologies, systems, and equipment;
  2. Environment-friendly technologies, equipment, and advanced materials

Transport and mobility:

  1. Added value manufacturing of road and rail vehicles parts and systems;
  2. Environment-friendly transport solutions;
  3. Intelligent transport systems and logistics

. Security:

  1. Cyber Security;
  2. Defense dual-use;
  3. Mine action program

Food and Bioeconomy:

  1. Sustainable food production and processing;
  2. Sustainable wood production and processing