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The SUPER-SME Consortium. Centre for Science, Technology, Society Studies at the Institute of Philosophy Academy of Sciences o f the Czech Rep. STSS Centre Prague, Czech Republic www.flu.cas.cz/stss. SUPER-SME Kick- Off : 9-10 February 2006, Metz.
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The SUPER-SME Consortium Centre for Science, Technology, Society Studiesat the Institute of Philosophy Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep. STSS Centre Prague, Czech Republic www.flu.cas.cz/stss SUPER-SME Kick-Off: 9-10 February 2006, Metz
STSS Centre Research Topics • Social and cultural context of S&T • Innovation studies • Science and innovation policy • Knowledge and communication
EU Projects Participation • 5 FP: - RECORD (Recognising Central and Eastern European Centres of RTD) • - TAMI (Technology Assessment in Europe: Between Method and Impact) • 6 FP:- INES (Institutionalisation of Ethics in Science Policy) - Pro-Act (Practical Regional Innovation in Action) • - SUPER-SME
Praha- Industry generates almost 16,5 % of the total gross value added of the region of Prague;- Services represents near 83,2 %;- Agriculture is negligible with only 0.2 % of the gross value added of the region;- High concentration of financial and other services and trade.
S&T + Innovation Actors • Academy of Sciences (30 institutes) • 5 major public (research) universities • cca. 20 Public Research Organisations • 255 (institutional) members of Association of Research Organisations (both public and private organisations doing research in some way)
Innovation and Intermediation System • Prague City Development Section • Centre for Regional Development • CzechInvest (Investment and Business Development Agency) • Prague Economic Chamber • 3 Technology Centres (BIC) – (Academy, Charles University, CTU)
BRIS – Bohemian Regional Innovation Strategy • project supported by City Prague/ EU in 2002-2004 • developing regional innovation strategy • proposal of a business service system stemming from the needs of SMEs
SME needs • access to funding (venture & seed capital, innovation angels, etc.) • entrepreneurial know-how (innovation management, marketing, property rights, etc. – non-technical skills) • access to international markets
SUPER-SME expectation • Broadening know-how in: • innovative SME needs and practices • S&T- business mediating practices • networking practices
Looking forward to collaboration STSS Centre Adolf Filáček (filacek@kav.cas.cz, stsscz@cesnet.cz) Jiří Loudín (edist@lorien.site.cas.cz, stsscz@cesnet.cz)