Switzerland – Foreign economic-aid-related services – (26078) 704 Implementation Agency in the frame of the “Swiss-Serbian Innovation Programme”

The Swiss-Serbian Innovation Programme is a four-year bilateral programme funded by SECO’s Economic Development Cooperation, specifically by its trade promotion and private sector development units, with expected contributions from the Serbian Government. It aims to strengthen Serbia’s innovation ecosystem through three interconnected components. The programme builds on existing Swiss interventions, creates synergies and adds new projects in the innovation ecosystem. It will work with an implementing agency, which will act as a facilitator, ensure the overarching coordination of the programme, and at the same time implement one of the three components. Furthermore, the programme will collaborate with Swiss actors and local Serbian actors in the innovation ecosystem such as NITRA, the Innovation Fund, the Science and Technology Park in Belgrade, and with academic and private-sector organizations.