Vitebsk Business Center Awarded Technology Transfer Center Status

October 18, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Private unitary enterprise "Vitebsk Business Center" has received the status of a technology transfer center, the enterprise director Leonid Shur told a BELTA correspondent. To obtain this status, the business center prepared an innovation commercialization project, which underwent expert evaluation and was approved by the board of the State Committee on Science and Technology of Belarus. As a subject of innovation infrastructure, the business center plans to assist scientific organizations, universities and enterprises in the scientific and technical sphere in finding business partners ready to implement innovators' developments in production, and to create conditions for interaction between innovators and investors for the commercialization of scientific and technical activities. In addition, Vitebsk Business Center is ready to provide assistance in establishing innovative enterprises and to support transactions involving intellectual property rights. Obtaining the status of a technology transfer center will allow Vitebsk Business Center to participate in the development and implementation of sectoral and regional scientific and technical programs and innovation projects, as well as to more fully utilize the center's potential in research and innovation. The emergence of the first technology transfer center in the Vitebsk region should contribute to the revitalization of investment and innovation activity in the region, Leonid Shur is confident. The Entrepreneurship Support Center of Private Unitary Enterprise "Vitebsk Business Center" was established in 1994. The main activities of the business center include assisting in attracting investments to the Vitebsk region, creating new enterprises and jobs, as well as stimulating private initiative. -0-