Newsletter 1/2011

  • Editorial

    Editorial. With an enormous density of universities, research facilities and technology-oriented companies, cross-border co-operation in science and innovation is destined to become one of the top hallmarks of the Central European Region. more >>>

  • The centrope_tt voucher, a financing tool to promote co-operation between business and research

    Centrope_tt. The centrope-tt voucher constitutes a new financing tool for cross-border alliances in the field of technology transfer. 30 companies from CENTROPE have already received this allowance. Interested parties may apply for the voucher until end of January 2011. more >>>

  • Masaryk University Brno

    Towards a knowledge region. What are the barriers to achieving research excellence? What are the obstacles to successful technology transfer? A survey conducted in South Moravia provides answers to these questions so essential for building a knowledge region – insights that in many ways hold true for CENTROPE as a whole. more >>>

  • Sustainable growth: clean technologies represent a major opportunitiy for CENTROPE

    Potential clean technologies. Every year, the Eurecan European Venture Contest assigns awards to young, innovative companies with the potential to dramatically impact their industry and contribute to European competitiveness and growth. With Vienna-based crystalsol GmbH, one of the 25 winning companies that made it to the final round is from CENTROPE. more >>>

  • A CENTROPEAN scientist: Eduard Stefan Buzetzki from the Institute of Physical Chemestry at the STU Bratislava

    A researcher´s view. For Austrian scientist Eduard Stefan Buzetzki, CENTROPE is an opportunity for the region to merge its know-how – and thus to keep up with rapidly growing economies such as India or China, which seem to speed away, especially when it comes to new technologies. more >>>

  • Well integrated in Europe, but lacking integration within: Central Europe in the 7th EU Framework Programme for Research and Technolocial Development

    Mapping research co-operation in CENTROPE. Research institutions from CENTROPE are successfully involved in Europe-wide research. But is there also a CENTROPEAN Research Area? An analysis of participation in FP7 shows that only a comparatively small number of projects include research institutions from more than one CENTROPE country at the same time. more >>>

  • CENTROPE, home of 5.000 ICT companies

    Days of communication & co-operation. In the field of digital technologies, all four CENTROPE countries present remarkable scope for development. The B2B Software Days (Vienna, March 2011) offer a platform for establishing contacts between companies and setting up cross-border networks to unfold CENTROPE’s full potential. more >>>

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