Name of Organisation : BIC Brno, Business and Innovation Centre

1
Name of Organisation BIC Brno, Business and
Innovation Centre
Activity Scope Czech Republic South East part
3 political regions Main Activities Care service
to SMEs - in innovation and business - in
RD solution and results applications
Research coordination - national and
international projects Activities Area Industry
- Machinery, Electrical and Electronics
engineering,
Power Production, Chemical Industry, Food
Industry
Marketing - Machinary, Elektrical and
Electronics, Chemicals, Power, Food,
Metallurgical products
- presentation at
Fair of firms Communication Transport Airport,
Train - EC, Highway-Praha Bratislava Direct
flights to London
2
WAYS OF SERVICES

• Creating of the teams consisting of
• RD co-operations (Universities)
• Development organisation (SME innovative
  companies)
• Industrial or marketing companies for realisation
  of innovations
• Care and support of SME - participation on EU
  project and Structural Funds
• - cooperation on business and
  strategy planning
• Participation in National and European
  technological platforms to provide the
  establishment with ideas to secure the
  sustainable development.
• Brno Business Background
• - Trade Fair Area with international Fairs and
  Exhibitions
• - Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Support activities in Structural Funds
  CzechInvest
• RD in 7 universities and 5 research institutes
  of the Czech Academy of Science

3
BIC Cooperation

• Care services for firms 160 registered,
• Incubation in rented space - Universities, CTP
  Invest,
• Participation in national and international
  cooperation and
• support projects,
• Innovation strategy of the Czech Republic
• Interreg
• Structural Funds
• FP7 participation support
• Partners - local
• - Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Universities, engineering, natural science,
  medicine , agricultural and forestry)
• Regional Development Agency
• South Moravian Innovation Centre
• Trade Fair and Exhibition

4

• International co-operation
• Local projects
• Support and development of the national and
  international infrastructure of the EU programmes
  research projects of the national support
  system,
• Structural Fund projects for firms
• International projects
• DETECT-it 2 co-partner of BIC Ostrava
• International Cooperation in Innovation Austria
• European Business cooperation (DG Enterprise)
• ClusterNet
• eccop.net
• 2 new projects are in the evaluation process.

5
OTHER ACTIVITIES

• Membership
• Chamber of Commerce cooperation in projects and
  education
• Bound member of the Czech Science park
  Association
• Member of the Czech National Advisory Group (reg.
  No 00010)
• Member of Association of Research Institutions
• EBN - member since 1992, EC BIC since 2004
• Advisory groups of the regional and Brno
  development strategy
• Advisory Group Innovation support in the CR
  Ministry of Industry and Trade

6
How do you find us?
BIC Brno Business and Innovation Centre Prikop
4, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic Tel.
420-545176130 Fax. [phone] E-mail
bicbrno_at_bicbrno.cz www.bicbrno.cz