Common Guidebook on Eco-Innovation Project co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF and IPA) Contact: [email protected] WP5 Output 5.1 Guidelines for transfer of ecoinnovations Project number DTP1-291-1.1 Title of the project Eco-innovatively connected Danube Region (EcoInn Danube) Version Final Authors Centrum vedecko-technických informácií SR , SLOVENSKO (LP SCSTI) Търговско-промишлена палата – Враца, BULGARIA, (ERDF PP1 CCI-VRATSA) Energy Agency of Savinjska, Šaleška and Koroška Region, SLOVENIJA (ERDF PP2 KSSENA) Digitális Jólét Nonprofit Kft., MAGYARORSZÁG (ERDF PP3 Digitális Jólet) Bwcon GmbH, DEUTSCHLAND (ERDF PP4 bwcon) BIC Brno spol. s r.o., Podnikatelské a inovační centrum, ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA (ERDF PP6 BIC Brno) Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Vedecký park, SLOVENSKO (ERDF PP9 CUSP) VYSOKÉ UČENÍ TECHNICKÉ V BRNĚ, ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA (ERDF PP10 BUT) Somogy Megyei Vállalkozói Központ Alapítvány, MAGYARORSZÁG (ERDF PP11 SMVKA) Economica Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, ÖSTERREICH (ERDF PP12 ECONOMICA) Javna ustanova za razvoj Međimurske županije REDEA, HRVATSKA (ERDF PP13 PI REDEA) Područna privredna komora Banja Luka, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA (IPA PP1 CCI BL) Regionalni centar za društveno – ekonomski razvoj Banat Doo, SERBIA (IPA PP2 RDA BANAT) Date 31 May 2019 Front picture by: ©WDGPhoto/Fotky&Foto Common Guidebook on Eco-Innovation 3 Introduction Perhaps you are a scientist with a bright new idea, wondering what to do next. Perhaps you are an entrepreneur with a brilliant business plan and need to find financing. Or perhaps you are an entrepreneur in a field where a transition to more environmentally friendly approach would do wonders for our world, and you need to find the right research partners to help you make that transition. Or, perhaps, you are all of the above… The good news is that you do not have to do it alone. There is information available out there, and there are professionals who can help you with your project. What is more, you do not need to limit yourself to your own country; cross-border cooperation across Europe is a growing trend. The purpose of this Guidebook is to map the environment for eco-innovation in the Danube Region countries; to offer a general overview and to point the interested reader towards relevant sources of more information. Overview of the contents This Guidebook focuses on several aspects of Depending on the nature of the eco-innovation the innovation environment: in question, another batch of product-specific legislation will need to be studied, such as legal • We start with an overview of norms on health care, waste management, professional organizations which can help you energy production, construction, waste and offer you various supporting services in the treatment or general product safety; all of this innovation field. They are generally the best is too specific to be included in the Guidebook. starting point if you are looking for complex information. • Financing a project is another big issue and we put together a list of possible national • Then there follows a section on and international grant providers and private intellectual property protection instruments investors to whom you can turn for support. available in the country of your interest. Since Good news is that eco-innovation is when you innovate, you are marketing an idea increasingly a priority for governments across which needs to be protected from being the Danube region and there are opportunities copied. With a contact to the local patent office open for those who look for them. and patent lawyers you have a good starting point. • An integral part of doing business is promotion of the new product or service. Each • A brief introduction of national country offers various events and legislation on state aid, contracts, and starting opportunities for thematic networking, and a company is provided for further study, these are listed in the Guidebook for your depending on where your project leads you. inspiration. 4 How to read the Guidebook The Guidebook consists of two main parts: • A nation-specific part dedicated to concentrate on international methods of each country in the Danube Region gives Intellectual Property protection, on specific information on the country and its international financing and on state aid rules in national legislation. Each country analysis the European Union. The reader should follows a common structure of chapters. therefore check the Annexes for complex information on any country of interest. Note • Annexes which provide information that the Annexes are not always referenced in common to more countries. There you can the national part. study the topic to a greater depth. The Annexes Important advice to the reader Always double check information that is provided herein before using it or acting upon it. We are covering topics that are susceptible to rapid changes and may become outdated very fast. 5 List of contents Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 4 Tables and figures................................................................................................................................ 7 Austria .................................................................................................................................................... 11 National innovative infrastructure .................................................................................................... 12 National Legislative Framework ........................................................................................................ 15 Funding of additional development .................................................................................................. 23 Promotion and marketing ................................................................................................................. 28 Expert database ................................................................................................................................. 29 Bosnia .................................................................................................................................................... 32 National innovative infrastructure .................................................................................................... 33 National legislative framework .......................................................................................................... 38 Funding of additional development .................................................................................................. 44 Promotion and marketing ................................................................................................................. 51 Expert database ................................................................................................................................. 51 Bulgaria .................................................................................................................................................. 53 National innovative infrastructure .................................................................................................... 54 National legislative framework .......................................................................................................... 57 Funding of additional development .................................................................................................. 63 Promotion and marketing ................................................................................................................. 74 Expert database ................................................................................................................................. 77 Croatia ................................................................................................................................................... 80 National innovative infrastructure .................................................................................................... 81 National legislative framework .......................................................................................................... 86 Funding of additional development .................................................................................................. 92 Promotion and marketing ................................................................................................................. 98 Expert database ............................................................................................................................... 100 Czech Republic ..................................................................................................................................... 103 National innovative infrastructure .................................................................................................. 104 National legislative framework ........................................................................................................ 106 R & D funding by the state .............................................................................................................. 114 Promotion and marketing ............................................................................................................... 119 Expert database ............................................................................................................................... 121 Germany .............................................................................................................................................