A few of the projects awarded so far will support development of precision agriculture in Serbia.
- Green Innovation Vouchers scheme marks first anniversary in Serbia
- Initiative has provided €435,000 for innovative solutions to date
- New applications for mega vouchers up to €50,000 welcome
Serbian small businesses have started to benefit from a new scheme designed to increase their innovation capacity in green technologies and resource efficiency.
The Green Innovation Vouchers initiative marked its first anniversary with a ceremony in Belgrade today, awarding eight new local companies with a total of €135,000 for green investments, in the presence of Viktor Nedović, State Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development; Filip Abramović, Assistant Minister for Waste Management; Katarina Obradović Jovanović, Assistant Minister for SMEs; and Zsuzsanna Hargitai, EBRD Director for the Western Balkans.
In its first year the scheme has supported 29 projects with vouchers worth a combined €435,000. The successful projects come from sectors such as precision agriculture, energy and materials efficiency, waste management, renewables and eco-friendly products.
The Green Voucher Scheme was introduced a year ago in Serbia to promote green technologies and resource efficiency as core elements of the country’s transition to the green economy. The EBRD-led initiative is funded by Austria’s DRIVE (Delivering Resource Efficiency Investments) Programme and supported by Italy through the Central European Initiative (CEI).
The EBRD has moved into a new phase of the scheme which will target projects with larger resource-efficiency impact, and increased the value of the vouchers up to €50,000. A new call for applications for mega vouchers is open from 29 November 2018. SMEs and R&D service providers can apply through the web page http://inovacionivauceri.ebrd.rs.
The following eight new projects were awarded vouchers today:
|
No. |
Project |
Company |
R&D Service Provider |
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1 |
Development of technology for production of apple pomace flour |
Desing d.o.o. Beograd |
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade |
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2 |
Development and testing of an advanced system for material tracking and waste reduction in printing industry |
Grafostil d.o.o. Kragujevac |
Faculty of Engineering, University of Kragujevac |
|
3 |
Development and testing of a solar-wind hybrid power system for irrigation |
Green Day d.o.o. Beograd |
School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade |
|
4 |
Development and testing of an industrial pump with improved efficiency for abrasive, aggressive and viscous media |
NIP INOX d.o.o. Donja Mutnica |
Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade |
|
5 |
Development of technology for production of mortar from slag of heating plants |
SABA BELČA d.o.o. Preševo |
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade |
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6 |
Development and testing of an ultracapacitor system for energy storage |
Stevanović trafo d.o.o. Niš |
Innovation centre of advanced technologies CNT d.o.o. Niš |
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7 |
Development and testing of a software for design and optimization of plate heat exchangers |
TRACO d.o.o. Beograd |
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade |
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8 |
Development of technology for production of pellets and briquettes from raspberry and blackberry pruned material |
Zlatibor Gradnja-Kop d.o.o. Užice |
Faculty of Technical Sciences Čačak, University of Kragujevac |
