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Aug 07 2018 
ECO OASIS FOR BELGRADE’S CITIZENS
Imagine if you could walk out of your apartment in Belgrade and walk into an eco-oasis that is powered by energy from renewable sources and equipped with smart software solutions, and in that way reduces GHG emissions, improves waste management and enables a healthier environment.
The residents of Belgrade’s 19a block might get such an oasis, according to the idea of Srdjan Petrovic and the CSO “My beautiful city”. The potential of this idea has been recognized and awarded by the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge project (CSUD), as one of the 34 best innovative solutions in the area of fight against climate change. The Ministry of Environmental Protection implements the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge (CSUD project with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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Jun 26 2018 
Science Meets Industry” conference held during the “Innovation week 2018
The representatives of the Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge (CSUD) project participated in the “Science Meets Industry” conference during the “Innovation week 2018”, the first scientific-corporate gathering of this kind, organized by the AFA Association in cooperation with the Electrical Engineering Faculty’s Innovation Center and the Science-Technology Park Belgrade, with the help of AIK Bank.
More than 100 participants contributed during numerous panels, lectures and presentations, in which the best experiences, examples, practices and innovative projects were presented, all of which helped contribute to the transformation of the economy and society. During the two-day conference, participants had the opportunity to listen to representatives of the best local and international companies that do business in the area, representatives of the scientific community, industrial representatives, startups, guests from abroad, as well as representatives of the government and ministries.
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Brochure on open-data related innovative ideas of local self-governments
In partnership with the Ministry of Environmental Protection and with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNDP prepared a brochure to present award-winning project ideas received within the Public Call of the Climate Smart Urban Development project. The Call sought innovative ideas and projects of local governments to open up their public data of importance for combating climate change and to improve the management of this data, thus helping local communities in Serbia to become more resilient to climate change. The awarded solutions will initially find their application in eight award-winning cities and municipalities, and later throughout Serbia because of the great possibility of their application in various fields.
Brochure you can find on this link.
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Jun 18 2018 
Fund grant competition opened for creating regional startup centers
The Ministry for Innovation and Technological Development has started an open competition for granting funds as part of the Program for supporting the creation of regional innovative startup centers, which amount up to 250 million dinars.
The goal of the program is to systematically enhance the innovative ecosystem through the support of the creation of regional innovative startup centers which will, together with similar centers in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš, provide the necessary conditions and equal opportunities for the realization of innovative entrepreneurial ideas in Serbia.
Organizations from the innovative ecosystem are eligible to apply for the grants (scientific and technological organizations, industrial and innovative parks, incubators, accelerators) and will compete together with their local governments to prove that they have the capacities to open a regional innovative startup center.
The grants are divided into three categories: up to 20 million dinars for the adaptation of space for the regional innovative startup center with the goal of providing the necessary infrastructural conditions for the startups’ business, up to 20 million dinars for supplies in order to provide the technical and technological conditions necessary, as well as up to 6 million dinars for the realization of the program and governing, in order to ensure sustainable business and support the startups.
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Jun 07 2018 
“Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge” project supports fight against plastics, this year` s theme of the World Environment Day
In anticipation of the World Environment Day, this year celebrated with the slogan “Beat Plastic Pollution! If you can`t reuse it, refuse it”, we supported within the “Innovation Challenge”, project idea of the Faculty of Chemistry, University in Belgrade which introduces new biomaterials which could replace use of commercial plastic.
The project idea introduces new materials, such as production of innovative biopolymer composites based on microbial exopolysaccharides and waste from wood processing, paper and agricultural industries, which could potentially replace some of the commercial plastics (fossil fuel derived plastics) in different areas of use.
“Climate Smart Urban Development Challenge” project is implemented by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
