1. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE Vukovar-Srijem County
Ivan Ambroš, PhD
Development Agency Vukovar-Srijem County
HRAST Ltd.
Vinkovci, CROATIA

2. Development Agency HRAST
Vision: to be a dynamic and respectable institution which fosters development of Vukovar-Srijem County and provides users and regional environment variety of useful services, contents and programs
Mission: implementation of county’s development strategy, improvement and coordination of existing development activities and planning of development according to the Strategy of Development of the Republic of Croatia and EU demands

3. Development Agency HRAST
20 employees in 4 departments (established under the EU funds):
Department of Regional Development and Strategic Planning
Department of Rural Development and Agriculture
Department of Entrepreneurship and Investments Attracting
Department of Human Resource Development

4. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
Letter of Expression of Interest (LOI - Letter of Interest) signed by Eko-sustav in Romania, Bucharest, before the start of the Danube-INCO.NET project in October 2013

5. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
22 and 23 of May 2014 Training for DTC partners in Stuttgart related to DTC founding, visits to Steinbeis Transfer Center – “Optical Chemo- and Biosensors” in Tübingen and Natural and Medical Sciences Institute (NMI) Reutlingen
4 and 5 of March 2015 in the premises of the Technology Park Vinkovci Ltd. - first meeting (set-up meeting) on establishment of the first center for technology transfer in Vukovar-Srijem County

6. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
Development Agency HRAST in May 2015 in Karlsruhe participated in conception workshop for “Made in Danube” project proposal

7. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
Conference „Connect Ideas to business 2016“ 2 of May 2016 Karlsruhe - wood processing company Spačva presented their innovative idea

8. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
3 and 4 of May 2016 Karlsruhe - Training for DTC Business Plan, DTC Structure and future funding opportunities
Visits to Wood cluster proHolz in Ostfildern and Center of competences for wood in Biberach

9. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
9 of June 2016 Bucharest: Workshop of EUSDR Priority Areas on innovation and technology transfer

10. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
29 July 2016 Cluj-Napoca – Twinning and meetings with North-West Regional Development Agency and Furniture Cluster of Transilvania

11. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
21 September 2016 Vinkovci - workshop for HORIZON2020 call organized in Development Agency HRAST

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4 November 2016 Bratislava
5th Annual Forum of the EUSDR
Development Agency HRAST and Vukovar-Srijem County signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

13. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
attended by 40 invited guests, ranging from DTC network members, project partners and representatives from local and international ministries and universities

14. DTC projects Evaluation
ROSEWOOD - European Network of Regions On SustainablE WOOD mobilisation (HORIZON2020)
Implementation
Danube-INCO.NET - Advancing Research and Innovation in
the Danube Region (FP7) – partner Eko-sustav
Made in Danube - Transnational Cooperation to transform
knowledge into marketable products and services for the
Danubian sustainable society of tomorrow (Interreg Danube)

15. Croatian wood sector
48% of Croatian territory (2,5 mil ha) forests and forest land
employees in forest based industries
10,4% of Croatian export – export of wood industry
Wood industry and forestry generate 3% of Croatian GDP
Wood industry in Croatia has growth potential, but for
competitiveness on world's level, new technologies and new
products with high added value are needed.

16. Vukovar-Srijem County
Eastern most Croatian county, covering an area of 2448 km2, accounting for 2,8% of Croatian territory 
Forest areas cover ha, which makes 28,7% of the county area
Total wood stock is approx. 19 mil m3 with average wood stock m3 of gross wood mass, managed by „Hrvatske šume“, Administration Vinkovci
Mostly oak, but also ash, elm, hornbeam

17. Spačva basin Largest oak forest in Europe Natura 2000
hectares ( in Croatia/Vukovar-Srijem County)
96% of famous Slavonian oak
lat. quercus robur, cro. hrast lužnjak – slavonski hrast
Slavonian oak from Spačva basin high quality and high priced raw wood material
Best of the best

18. Wood Cluster SLAVONIAN OAK
founded in 2010 by Vukovar-Srijem County
35 members
Triple helix:
university
industry
government

19. DANUBE TRANSFER CENTRE
supported by Vukovar-Srijem County (government)
using existing RDI capacities (university)
to meet the needs of companies (private sector)

20. Made in Danube
Transnational Cooperation to transform knowledge into marketable products and services for the Danubian sustainable society of tomorrow
Applied on Interreg Danube 1st call
1st step November 2015
2nd step May 2016
Approved in December 2016
Start date
End date

21. Made in Danube Expectations
Promoting bioeconomy, circular economy and local use of locally available resources for environment protection and smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
Bridging the gap between research and industry
Pilot implementation of the Local Action Plan for Competence
Centre in wood sector
5 Innovation Partnership Agreements
10 Cooperation Agreements
1 Local Action Plan - Deliverable D in WP5 - focused on sustainable forestry thru new technologies and new products development

22. Thank You for Your attention!
Ivan Ambroš, PhD
Development Agency Vukovar-Srijem County
HRAST Ltd.
Vinkovci, CROATIA