SELFGOVERNMENT OF NITRA

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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA AND SUPPORT OF
INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY
REGION OF NITRA
IMIS Visiting Scheme 10. - 11. 07. 2006
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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA
REGION OF NITRA
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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA

• It is situated on the south-west of Slovakia
• Neighbours Region of Trnava on the west,
• Region of Banská Bystrica on the north,
• the long south bound is a frontier with
  Hungary

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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA
It's situated at the connection of the north jag
of Pannonia basin and the south-west jag of
Carpathian Mountains. The relief of the region
has a mainly plane and upland character. It
belongs to the warmest areas and the most
productive agricultural areas of the Slovak
Republic. The region of Nitra belongs to the
drainage of the european river Danube. Its
affluents are Váh with Nitra, Hron and Ipel. The
axis of the region is the river Nitra with
affluent itava. The main mineral resources of
the region are carbon and turf.
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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA

• It consists of 7 districts
• Komárno, Levice, Nitra, Nové Zámky, ala,
• Topolcany, Zlaté Moravce

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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA
Extent 6 342 km2 Population 711 000 Way of
transport International roads - E77 (
ahy-Banská Bystrica-Ruomberok-Trstená) -
E571 ( Bratislava-Nitra-Zvolen-Lucenec-Koice) Int
ernational railway - Bratislava Nové Zámky
Budapet International combined transport AGTC
- C E52 Bratislava Nové Zámky - túrovo
(Hungary) - C E61 Kúty - Bratislava Nové
Zámky Komárno (Hungary) airport -
Nitra-Janíkovce
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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA

• Population
• 13 of the population of SR
• density is 113 / 1 km2
• There are 350 seats of which there are 15
  towns and
• 335 villages here
• Employment 35 in industry
• 17 in
  education
• 11 in
  agriculture
• Unemployment 13

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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA

• Economy
• 49 392 legal entities
• ownership - 98 private sector
• sector structure - 39 trade and services
• -19 industry
• 40 297 physical persons
• 89 tradesman

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Industry - chemical/ Plastika Nitra, Duslo
ala/ - electrotechnical /Volkswagen Nitra, Osram
Slovakia Nové Zámky/ - mechanical
/SES Tlmace, lodenice Komárno, Topos a.s.
Tovarníky / - wood industry /Decodom
Topolcany, Idea Nitra, EXUNACO
Pukanec / - building industry / Pozemné
stavitelstvo Nitra / - textile / LEVITEX Levice,
Ozeta a.s. Topolcany / - energetic /JEMO
Mochovce / - paper industry/ KAPPA túrovo a.s
/ - food industry / breweries Topvar, Zlatý
Baant, Víno Nitra, milk and
poultry factories ect. /
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• Agriculture
• - 467 000 ha of agricultural soil of which 405
  000 ha is
• ploughland
• Agricultural production, mainly vegetable
  production cereals,
• corn, pulses, fruit, vegetable, tobacco, sugar
  beet
• Animal production cattle, pork and poultry

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Business and investor possibilities
investment - close to the economically strong
triangle
Bratislava- Vieden-Budapet
- dense traffic net roads, international
railways, water,
air - qualified labour in
the mechanical, chemical, textile,
nuclear energetic and food industry
- investment to the
environmet (protection
of water resources) -
scientific and technological experts in the
universities of the region
tourism development thermal spa, cultural and
historical monuments
and characteristic products
(quality wines), tourist paths, shoots
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SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA
Administration The governmental concept of
decentralization and modernization of the public
administration in Slovakia was approved by
Government Resolution 230/2000 The competences
of the regional self-government are regulated by
Act 369/1990 Coll on Local Institutions and Act
302/2001 Coll (as amended) on the Self-government
of Higher Territorial Units The sphere of
activity for a self-governing region has been
defined as follows In the process of
self-government execution, the self-governing
region takes care of the general development of
its territory and the needs of the regions
inhabitants
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• DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF
  SELF-GOVERNMENT OF NITRA
• Is a Basic strategic dokument
• Content
• characteristic of the region
• SWOT analysis finding the strong and weak
  spects, opportunities
• and dangers
• defining the main problems in the development of
  the region

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VISION OF STRATEGY The Self-governing Region
of Nitra is a progressive region that focuses
primarily on the needs of regions inhabitants
and intensively supports agriculture and
entrepreneurship in order to reach success and
to create job opportunities .
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CRITICAL AREAS 1. Human resources and social
infrastructure 2. Development of agriculture,
related food-processing sector and
development of countryside 3. Environmental
protection 4. Development of infrastructure 5.
Industry and services 6. Development of
co-operation with foreign partners 7.
Informatisation and communication systems
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• ACTIVITIES OF THE SELF-GOVERNING OF NITRA
• creation of suitable conditions for the
  development of human resources, including
  reconstruction of school, social, health care and
  cultural institutions established by the
  Self-governing Region of Nitra
•   37 projects were submitted for co-financing
  from EU resources as well as other projects aimed
  at the improvement of education and further
  education and creation of infrastructure for
  business activities
•   regional-planning pre-conditions for
  establishment of industrial parks in locations
  with high unemployment rate, projects aimed at
  the support of small and medium enterprises
  (regional innovation strategy, information centre
  for enterprisers at the Regional Office),
  promotion of the Self-governing Region of Nitra
  in the international context
•   establishment of a joint regional agency
  representing Slovak regions in Brussels,
  co-operation with regions in Hungary, Italy and
  France (exchange of experience), participation in
  inter-regional projects (exchange of experience
  with EU regions)
• separated waste collection, support systems
  for small and medium enterprisers, certificates
  of quality for countryside, equality of
  opportunities

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REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - PROJECT The
project RIS SK was approved in the 5th framework
for research and development of European Union.
Coordination institution Regional center of
Slovak Center of productivity at VUNAR, Ltd. Nové
Zámky. Project partners TechnikZentrum
Lubeck, Germany, ECO PLUS Wienna, Austria and BIC
Bratislava, Slovakia. The objective this
project formulation of innovation strategy for
Nitra Self-Governing Region based on methodology
of EU
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• REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - PROJECT
• Specific objectives
• monitor the present innovation potential of
  Nitra region
• create environment supporting creativity and
  innovation, especially for small and medium size
  companies
• increase the competitiveness of the
  organizations and companies
• development of existing and support of new
  business subjects
• increase the economic potential
• help to decrease unemployment
• offer to best university graduates the
  alternative of local employment in exchange with
  emigration
• take over the experience of EU members states,
  in first place from project partners
• with the help of the European regions create a
  vital infrastructure for development and
  realization of innovation strategy, that will
  function even after the project completion
• and
• establishment of Regional center of creativity
  and innovation with impact in whole region
• prepare a special educational institution
  focused at creativity, innovation and development
  of human potential virtual university.

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• REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - OBJECTIVES
• 1. To mobilize and support development of
  innovation potential and innovation skills of
  towns and villages in Nitra region and its
  citizens
• 2. To focus on development of human potential, to
  pursue creativity and innovation
• 3. To create optimal environment for innovative
  people, for creative life, for creative and
  innovative business making
• 4. To establish infrastructure of regional
  innovation and educational incubation network,
  covering the whole Nitra Self-Governing region
• 5. By use of innovation potential and
  establishment of own innovation base to provide a
  sustainable competitiveness of wide business
  sphere in short term and long term future.

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• REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - PRIORITIES
• Creation of innovation environment and
  innovation
• awareness making
• Information exchange and education in the
  field of
• innovation and creativity
• Support of innovation process (organization
  and
• realization of innovations development of
  new products
• and services)
• Provision of support mechanism for innovation
  finance

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• REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - REALISATION
• Center of creativity and innovation, and the
  forerunner of future Regional center of
  creativity and innovation
• Project of Regional innovation and educational
  incubation network of Nitra region with seat in
  Nové Zámky and branches in every district (7)

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REGIONAL INNOVATION STRATEGY - REALISATION New
opportunity offered us project IMIS. Our basic
concept however had to change
Activities will be worked out in two axles
- Planning, ensuring and education of human
resources, needed for a well operating of
network incubators. Networks without own assigned
geographical residency, without material
conditions, but ensuring with all the non
material and human conditions and for successful
operating of needed soft facilities. (CS1, CS2
and CS3) - Parallel ensuring of
needed financial sources, which enables in the
middle timed measure securing the
necessary material sources and
infrastructure (CS4)
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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• gyurovszka_at_unsk.sk