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Project
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Higher Education Teaching
Infrastructure Programme in Serbia
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Higher Education Teaching
Infrastructure Programme Location – Serbia 10SER01/08/21 1.Publication reference
EuropeAid/130152/C/SER/RS 2. Procedure Restricted 3. Programms IPA 2014.
Financing 2010 National IPA 5. Contracting AuthorityEuropean Union,
represented by the Delegation of the European Union, on behalf of and for the
account of the beneficiary country.6. Nature of contract
The ongoing Higher Education Teaching
Infrastructure Programme (HETIP) aims to refurbish 27 high education
institutions in Serbia, at five public Universities and to deliver
sophisticated and state of the art specific scientist equipment and modern
ICT equipment. The Project is funding renewal of laboratories, research
cabinets, study rooms and communal facilities for 27 Serbian public faculties
in: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Niš, Kraljevo, Novi Pazar, Bor, Vrnjačka banja,
Čačak, and Leskovac. The activities implemented under Result 3 of the Action
will complement the results of HETIP by supporting innovative SMEs driven
collaboration with public R&D institutions that have benefited from
purchased equipment.
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The Ministry of Science and
Technological Development has signed a 200 million Euro loan with the
European Investment Bank (EIB), a 35 million Euro loan with the Council of
Europe Development Bank (CEB) and a 22 million Euro loan with the European
Commission for the implementation of the R&D Infrastructure Investment
Initiative, which together with National co-financing of around 195 million
Euro, creates a facility of over 400 million Euro that aims to enhance the
R&D capabilities in Serbia.With the purpose of ensuring the best possible
use of these funds, the Government of the Republic of Serbia made the
decision to establish a limited liability company that will act as the main
Project Implementation Unit (PIU) carrying out all duties in connection to
the preparation, publication, evaluation and award processes of all tenders,
the co-ordination of activities and administrative support to the awarded
contractors, the management of the disbursement process, and the provision of
progress reports to the IFIs.Eptisa will act as the main technical advisor to
the Ministry of Science and Technological Development in the implementation
of the R&D Infrastructure Investment Initiative and will provide support
to the PIU in the tendering and construction of all the related buildings and
facilities. The project is implemented according to Serbian legislation and
regulations.The purpose of this contract is to ensure that EU and EIB
standards and best practices are respected through suppport to the PIU in the
implementation of the EIB R&D Infrastructure Initiative.This investment,
will include upgrading a mix of hard and soft loan components, including:
New capital equipment for research;
Human Resources Programme aimed at
attracting back some of the around 1400 Serbian scientists working abroad;
Centres for the Promotion of Science:
Belgrade, 10.000 m²; Svilajnac, 3.000 m²;
The Petnica Science Centre, Belgrade,
7.979 m², value of works 5.8 MEuro;
National Laboratory for Physics,
Materials and Nanoscience, Belgrade, 12.000 m², value of works Phase I – 6
MEuro, Phase II – 9 MEuro;
Main Building of the University of
Novi Sad, 8.199 m²;
Science and Technology Parks:
Belgrade (Zvezdara), 16.446 m²; Kragujevac, 8.000 m²; Novi Sad, 2.130 m²;
Appartments for scientists and young
researchers: Belgrade, 116.202 m²; Kragujevac, 10.000 m²;
Creation of Centres of Excellence in
priority research fields; energy and energy efficiency, environmental
protection and climate change, materials science and nanosciences,
agriculture and food, biomedicine and information and communication
technologies;
Upgrade of the Academic Computer
network and infrastructure for the “Supercomputing Initiative”;
Infrastructure for the Ministry of
Science and Technological development.
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EPTISA’s Regional Office for
Southeast Europe at: eptisasee@eptisa.com
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Monday, June 5, 2017
Higher Education Teaching Infrastructure Programme in Serbia
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