The city of Čačak received 17 million euros from the Government of Serbia for the construction and equipping of a new business and technical facility in the Science and Technology Park, writes the Regional Information Agency (RINA). The construction of the NTP will be financed from the loan contracted by the state with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The mayor of Čačak, Milun Todorović, said that the location where the park will be built already has about 6,000 square meters of space and more than 30 companies.
“With the construction of a ‘smart building’ on a new 12,000 square meters and equipping it, we are creating even better conditions for new innovations and further scientific and technological development of our city,” he said.
It was announced that the new building will be built according to all energy efficiency standards, and the start of the works is planned by the end of the year, after the tenders have been completed.
The Čačak Science and Technology Park makes its infrastructure capacities available to technology companies and startups, and its primary activity is working with startups that are in the pre-incubation phase, writes RINA.
Within the infrastructural capacities, the Čačak Science and Technology Park has office space, a production hall, a coworking space and conference rooms.
EBRD loan worth 80 million euros
A total of 80 million euros of credit, which the Government of Serbia contracted with the EBRD, will be used for the improvement of scientific infrastructure, the construction of new and additional buildings of science and technology parks.
This, 70 million euros will be allocated for the projects of Science and Technology Parks in Niš and Čačak and the construction of a brand new one in Kruševac, which will occupy an area of 1.6 hectares, and the total investment with equipment amounts to 16.5 million euros.
The remaining ten million euros are intended for the BIO 4 campus in Belgrade.
The Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, said after signing the loan agreement, that the plan is to announce tenders for the execution of the works, and that they are expected to start by the end of the year.
She reminded that the works on the construction of the BIO 4 campus in Belgrade should start by the end of the year, for which EUR 200 million was provided by the earlier loan agreement with the Development Bank of the Council of Europe.
