BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGANISATION
KTU regioninis mokslo parkas (KTU Regional Science Park, KTU RSP) is a public institution established in 1998 with an intention to increase an efficiency of research and development (R&D) activities at Kaunas University of Technology and Kaunas region.
KTURSP is an institution established with an aim to support technology oriented and innovation related start-ups as well as spin-offs in Kaunas region and Lithuania. Today KTU RSP is the largest partner of science and business cooperation in this Baltic country.
It is the only Science Park in Lithuania with business incubation facilities and innovation centre on site. Together with the Ministry of Economy it is a shareholder of Kaunas Regional Innovation Centre, KTURSP is a member of Kaunas Chamber of Commerce and a member of Kaunas Region Business Employers Confederation.
KTU RSP has internal business incubation facilities and comprehensive support services for start-ups and spin-offs. More than 240 companies have been incubated here with a success rate exceeding 90%. Today, it integrates more than 74 companies: 40 from IT sector, 23 from High tech sector, 6 consultancies, 5 advertisement & publishing companies and 29 associated members. More than 90% employees of KTU Regional Science Park companies are graduates, students or current academic staff of Kaunas University of Technology.
KTU RSP has more than 15 years of experience in assisting and supporting innovative and technology-oriented SMEs, start-up and spin-off companies in Kaunas region and Lithuania. It has performed such roles as Assistant in E-Learning to innovative SMEs, Mediator of 500 Business Partnerships, Author of Regional Innovation Strategy, Facilitator of newly established businesses, Connector of different generation activities in Innovative Space Creation, and National Coordinator for the EU-scale Spatial Data project and many more. KTU RSP’s services include business and technology transfer consultancy, technical-administrative services, organization of workshops and training courses for entrepreneurs, access to laboratories of Kaunas University of Technology. Training is one of priority activities for KTU RSP foreseen in its strategic plan and goals. KTU RSP organizes and provides more than 20 information events during a year, about 10 training workshop cycles for SMEs and entrepreneurs and whose, who want to start their own business. KTU RSP has perfect abilities to provide training seminars and workshops for entrepreneurs/intrapreneurs, as it has two conference rooms and 2 workshop rooms, and all needed technical assistance.
HOW THE ORGANISATION WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DISSEMINATION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE PROJECT RESULTS
KTU Regional Science Park will:
• Exchange of experience and expertise during and after the project
• Participation in the Dissemination of the project information
• Promotion of the information about the project to our network of contacts
• Contribution to exploitation and sustainability of the project results
