DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES

OPPORTUNITY FOR
AN INNOVATIVE TRANSFORMATION
OF THE SLOVENIAN ECONOMY

INDUSTRY | COMPETITIVENESS | STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES

The European Union has set up the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform - STEP, to strengthen its strategic autonomy in the green and digital age and regain its leading position in the field of disruptive technologies.

Slovenia sees STEP as a strategic tool for the innovative breakthrough of its economy.

The Slovenian Enterprise Fund (SEF), in cooperation with the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism and Sport, is therefore preparing a range of incentives encouraging Slovenian start-ups, innovators and industries to develop strategic technologies and using them as a basis for building new disruptive industries.

WHAT DOES STEP OFFER?

INCENTIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES.

FACILITATED ACCESS TO GRANTS, GUARANTEES AND CAPITAL.

PRIORITY TREATMENT AND BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES.


GOALS

DEVELOP AND PRODUCE STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES AND CREATE NEW EUROPEAN VALUE CHAINS (EVCs).

PROVIDE NEW SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCES FOR THE RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES.

STIMULATE THE INNOVATIVE TRANSFORMATION OF THE SLOVENIAN ECONOMY IN TIMES OF MAJOR ECONOMIC CHANGES.

STEP CONDITIONS

DEVELOP AN INNOVATIVE AND BREAKTHROUGH ELEMENT WITH GREATER ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.

AND / OR

CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCING OR OVERCOMING THE STRATEGIC DEPENDENCIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.

CLEAN, LOW-CARBON AND
RESOURCE-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND
DEEP TECH INNOVATION

BIOTECHNOLOGIES

IF EUROPE IS UNABLE TO IMPROVE ITS PRODUCTIVITY, WE WILL BE FORCED TO CHOOSE.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SIMULTANEOUSLY LEAD IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ACT AS A BEACON OF CLIMATE RESPONSIBILITY AND BECOME AN INDEPENDENT FORCE ON THE WORLD STAGE.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FINANCE OUR SOCIAL MODEL.
WE WILL HAVE TO ABANDON SOME, IF NOT ALL, OF OUR AMBITIONS.

THEREFORE, THIS POSES AN EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE.

MARIO DRAGHI, FORMER ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER AND PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, IN HIS REPORT "THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN COMPETITIVENESS"

NEED SUPPORT?

APPLY FOR AN EUR 80 MILLION PUBLIC CALL FOR TENDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES IN SLOVENIA.

BENEFIT FROM VARIOUS FUNDING SUPPORT SERVICES IN 11 EU PROGRAMMES AND OBTAIN THE STEP SEAL FOR DIRECT INCENTIVES.

JOIN THE EMERGING ECOSYSTEM OF SLOVENIAN BREAKTHROUGH TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE SUCCESSFUL USE OF THE STEP INCENTIVES.

STEP SLOVENIA

Under the guidance of the SEF, we have organised a special project unit called STEP Slovenia, to:

  • Inform, educate and motivate others about STEP.
  • Develop and provide support services for interested parties.
  • Build breakthrough innovations and business models together.
  • Set up an ecosystem of Slovenian strategic technologies.

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