GIZ ACCESS II Project

Project

GIZ ACCESS II Project

is supporting the Serbian institutions by preparing an in depth analysis of demand and supply of business incubators thus ensuring successful preparation and implementation of the activities under the Result 2. The analysis should collect data of the current state of business incubators in Serbia. This section will create a kind of an ID for each incubator and the general context in which the Serbian incubators work. On the basis of the ID, a methodology for the analysis and recommendation will be proposed. The analysis is then evaluating the performance of individual incubators and recommends the improvements, which primarily relates to the SWOT analysis and priority interventions. Currently, the project has performed a qualitative evaluation of 11 Technology and Business Incubators in Serbia based on quantitative data from questionnaire and desk research. SWOT analysis has been prepared for each incubator. The assessment of the willingness to change and adequate support from founder is being particularly weighted. A set of benchmarks for the founders will be set to ensure their commitment and future sustainability of the supported incubators. Finally, a Roadmap for future development of business incubators in Serbia will propose activities necessary for the development of business incubators in Serbia. Specific recommendations for different categories of incubators will be developed. The categories certainly include the technology start-up (both ICT and other technology sector) companies in technology incubators, and those that are focused on local, production based SMEs as well as social incubators. The preliminary scanning of the incubators showed that each on has its specificities. The implementation of activities listed under Result 2 will partly implement the Roadmap developed by GIZ ACCESS II project.

i.e. Milena Peralovic Junior Project Manager at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH https://www.linkedin.com/in/milena-peralovic-0674775b/ Ognjen Miric  https://www.linkedin.com/in/ognjen-miric-0a41718a/ Regional Manager for Western Balkans and Turkey at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Serbia Tomislav Knezevic Senior Project Manager bei Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomislav-knezevic-63215a13/ Dragana (Zmijanac) Petkovic https://www.linkedin.com/in/dragana5kovic/ etc