Second Science & Technology Project

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The development objective of the Second Science and Technology Project is to support Croatia to absorb European Union (EU) funds in the research and innovation sector by capacitating selected public sector organizations and stimulating the demand for those funds from the business and scientific communities. There are two components to the project. The first component of the project is capacity building for absorption of EU funds. This component will provide technical assistance primarily to the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (MSES), Unity through Knowledge Fund (UKF) and Business Innovation Croatian Agency (BICRO), and other organizations may be considered based on needs analysis. It consists of three types of activities. The second of the project is research and innovation programs. This component will finance programs previously supported by Science and Technology Project (STP), through MSES, BICRO and UKF, in order to maintain and increase the pool of Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and researchers that could apply to future EU-financed grant schemes. A detailed review of the projects financed under the STP will be performed and the results of this review will be taken into account in the preparation of the future calls.