“Innoweek” – the week of Innovation, Science and Technology in Novi Sad, is a project financed by the Autonomous Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and coordinated by Informest, whose aim is to represent in a serie of events and meetings in Vojvodina’s main city, the Friuli Venezia Giulia ‘s regional system of scientific research, innovation and technological development.

The general objective of the project is to favor and consolidate the cooperation between the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in a number of key sectors of the technological development already identified, establishing permanent relations among scientific institutions and local actors of the territorial development, promoting common projects and intensifying bilateral exchange programmes.

The Protocol Agreement in force between the Region FVG and the Province of Vojvodina since June 13^th, 2007, and updated on January 30^th, 2009, with the signature of a joint declaration from the two Presidents Renzo Tondo and Bojan Pajtic, contains a working map to enhance the cooperation between the two regions. In particular, strengthening the so-called ‘Regional Innovation System’ (i.e. the cluster of research centers, academy, local institutions and innovative enterprises in the region) has been identified as a priority in the partnership building process, considered the excellence of the ‘Friuli Venezia Giulia model’ at European level and the receptiveness of the innovation network in Vojvodina.

The ‘Innovation Week’ that is going to be organized in Novi Sad by Informest and the two project partners on 21-23 September 2010, will allow some of the actors of the Friuli Venezia Giulia innovation system to present themselves to potential partners in Vojvodina and activate a knowledge exchange path capable of rising a long-term strategic partnership between the two geographical areas.

It is foreseen the creation of several bilateral Working Tables that will gather research centers, enterprises and institutions to debate around the following priorities:

• Biotechnologies applied to agrofood and medical / health care sectors
• Energy efficiency and new energy sources
• ICT for personal and collective mobility.

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Project coordination, promotion, organization, project administration.