Activities

• May 2013: CIPTT is a supporting partner of the Balkan Venture Forum in Sofia, Bulgaria (forthcoming).  The Forum will showcase Balkans’ high-tech innovators and entrepreneurs to an audience of international venture capital and corporate investors.
  
• April 2013: CIPTT is publishing a book on “TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC POLICIES”.  This is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review and analysis of the current state of R&D, innovation, technology transfer, and human capital in the Republic of Macedonia. Financial support of The World Bank, the U.S. Department of State (Fulbright Scholarships), and the European Commission (FP7 grant) is gratefully acknowledged. The book is being published by the State Industrial Property Office.
• PUBLICATION: Stankovic M, Angelova B, Janeska V, Stankovic B  (forthcoming, 2013) SCIENCE AND INNOVATION POLICY IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE: BRAIN DRAIN AS BRAIN GAIN. International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development (in press).
• PUBLICATION: Stankovic M, Kambovska-Bozinoska M, Stankovic B (forthcoming, 2013) COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF MUSIC COPYRIGHTS IN MACEDONIA: CLIMBING UP THE LADDER IN THE CORNER OF EUROPE. International Journal of Intellectual Property Management (in press).
• November 2012: CIPTT participates in the USAID project “Business Without Borders” conference, in Bitola, Macedonia. Bratislav Stankovic was one of the distinguished speakers. He presented on the topic “DO MACEDONIAN SMEs PARTICIPATE IN TRIPLE HELIX INNOVATION?“, with particular analysis of factors influencing R&D, innovation, public-private partnerships, and brain circulation in Macedonia.
• November 22-23, 2012: CIPTT was a supporting partner of the Balkan Venture Forum in Belgrade, Serbia.  The Forum showcased Balkans’ high-tech innovators and entrepreneurs to an audience of international venture capital and corporate investors.  Bratislav Stankovic participated in a panel on Transforming Science Into Innovative Businesses.
• November 2012: CIPTT participates in a European Commissions-organized Regional Conference on Higher Education focused on building a Western Balkans Platform on Education and Training, Dubrovnik, Croatia.  The aim of this platform is to assist the Western Balkans with their reform efforts in the area of education and training, as well as to increase regional cooperation.
• November 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the Advisory Body of the World Bank-supported “Western Balkans Regional R & D Strategy for Innovation”, Tirana, Albania.
• October 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the Council on Health Research for Development (COHRED), Fair Research Contracting meeting, Bellagio, Italy.  Bratislav Stankovic presented on “Strategies for optimizing research & innovation through technology transfer (case study of Macedonia)”
• PUBLICATION: Stankovic M, Stankovic B, Angelova B, Temelkova J (2012) Is Triple Helix Innovation Possible in Macedonia? International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management 11: 221-233.
• June 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the Advisory Body of the World Bank-supported “Western Balkans Regional R & D Strategy for Innovation”, Dubrovnik, Croatia.  Bratislav Stankovic presented on R&D [EXCELLENCE] IN MACEDONIA and on COLLABORATION WITH THE MACEDONIAN DIASPORA.
• May 2012: Bratislav Stankovic presented on “PATENTING LIFE: POLITICS OF INNOVATION” at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.
• May 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the American Bar Association-UNDP International Legal Resource Center (ILRC) team that provides a legal opinion on the Uzbekistan’s Law on Innovations and Innovation Activity.
• April 2012: Bratislav Stankovic and Mirjana Stankovic presented on  “THE POLITICS OF BIOTECH PATENTS” at the Fifth International Research and Practice Conference in Medical Law, L’viv, Ukraine.
• April 2012: Bratislav Stankovic and Mirjana Stankovic presented on  “THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH ETHICS FOR MEDICAL LAW” at the Fifth International Research and Practice Conference in Medical Law, L’viv, Ukraine.
• April 2012: CIPTT established collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in particular on research and innovation issues relating to medico-legal context.
• April 2012: Bratislav Stankovic presented on “WHY PATENT?” at American Corner Tetovo, Macedonia.
• April 2012: Bratislav Stankovic presented on  “THE TOP 10 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES FOR STARTUPS” at the Balkan Venture Forum, Metropolis Arena, Skopje Fairgrounds, Macedonia.
• April 2012: Bratislav Stankovic participated in a panel on  “INNOVATION BEYOND THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGE” at the Balkan Venture Forum, Metropolis Arena, Skopje Fairgrounds, Macedonia.
• April 18-19, 2012: CIPTT is a supporting partner of the Balkan Venture Forum in Skopje, Macedonia.  The Forum showcased Balkans’ high-tech innovators and entrepreneurs to an audience of international venture capital and corporate investors.
• March 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the Advisory Body of the World Bank-supported “Western Balkans Regional R & D Strategy for Innovation”, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• March 2012: CIPTT establishes collaboration with the Washington, D.C. – based Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA).
• February 4, 18, 25, 2012: CIPTT participates in idea-to-investment coaching workshops of Macedonian startups and small innovative companies.  The workshops, conducted at the Business Hall of the Skopje Fair Congress Center, were attended by tens of interested participants from the private sector, the academia, and the government.
• February 2012: CIPTT holds meetings with the State Industrial Property Office for opening of venues for collaboration.
• January 2012: CIPTT participates in the work of the Ministry of Education and Science Task Force to improve innovation and patent protection in Macedonia, program “PATENT.MK”.
• PUBLICATION: Stankovic B, Stankovic M (2011) THE SELFISH PATENT, Case Western Reserve University Journal of Law, Technology & the Internet 3: 67-92.
• PUBLICATION: Todorovska M, Stankovic B (2011) TRIPLE HELIX INNOVATION MODEL: LINKING THE ACADEMIA, THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT, CASE STUDY OF MACEDONIA, United Nations University, UNU-MERIT.
• December 2011: CIPTT establishes collaboration with the European Center for Law, Science and New Technologies, University of Pavia, Italy.

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The work of the CIPTT is supported with a grant under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).