South Great Plain Regional Innovation Agency

Relevant programme: Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border Co-operation Programme

Title: Computer Industry Competency Based Cross-border Business Building 

Acronym: CompComp

Projekt ID: HUSRB/1002/211/047

Duration: 01.01.2012.-31.12.2012.

The main objective of the project was to build new business connections across the border based on competency research among the members of the Vojvodina ICT Cluster (VIC, Novi Sad) and the Software Innovation Pole Cluster (Infopólus, Szeged). Both VIC and Infopólus had their own methodology to measure the competencies and market domain presence of the member companies. These methodologies could be developed, merged and applied for VIC and Infopólus the same time. Based on the database to be created possible cooperation targets had been identified and business partnership built up.

The project is a focused effort to find potential partnerships in the ICT industries of the cross-border region. The main target groups are the cluster member companies in SIPC and VIC. (The clusters are open for companies that are willing to join.) The competency database will also provide vital information for the cluster managements about potential expansion of the cluster activities. It will also be a useful tool for national or regional development agencies that look for ITC companies in other partnerships.

Additional activities, based on the existing research included targeted training on legal issues of building a cross-border business effort, intellectual property rights, possible patenting issues. Business training modules included project management, marketing and sales, customer relationship management.

Building new business partnerships requires knowledge of the potential partners. Information about companies in an other country speaking an other language can be very hard to obtain. The collection of the information
(compilation of the cross-border competency database) is a focused effort for the ICT industry and its most active companies. They are leaders in their respective regions but has little knowledge of the markets in the other country and the potential partners. Businesses looking for partners in the region can also get up to date information about competencies available. New business relationships are created and this will create new jobs in the region.

Brochure

• Univerzitet u Novom Sadu (University of Novi Sad)
• Vojvodjanski IKT klaster (Vojvodina ICT Cluster)
• Regionalna Agencija za razvoj malih I srednjih preduzeca “Alma Mons” doo, Novi Sad (Regional Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Size Enterprises, Alma Mons Ltd. Novi Sad)

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Budget: 109 948,53 EUR
Contribution of the European Union to the project budget: 93 456,25 EUR
Budget of the Agency: 61 489,00 EUR
Contribution of the European Union to the budget of the Agency: 52 265,65 EUR

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