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The Information Day for 14 Mini and Matching Grants Awardees

The Innovation Fund team in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Office organized the Information Day for companies that were awarded funding under the Mini and Matching Grants Programs.

The aim of the Information Day was to provide detailed information on the necessary procedures of the Programs that will enable the companies to implement their projects successfully.

At the start of the Information Day, Ms. Mirjana Jelić, Assistant Director of the Patent Department of the Intellectual Property Office and Ljiljana Kundakovic, Interim Managing Director of the Innovation Fund welcomed the participants.

Program Managers of the Innovation Fund addressed implementation requirements of the Mini and Matching Grants Programs. Companies had the opportunity to become familiar with procurement requirements, financial management practices and monitoring of the projects.

Representatives of the Intellectual Property Office on this occasion presented general information on procedures for the recognition of patent, trademark and industrial design, as well as the services of the Intellectual Property Office.

Mini and Matching Grants Programs are implemented by the Innovation Fund through the Innovation Serbia Project, financed by European Union pre accession funds – IPA and administered in cooperation with the World Bank.