The Moravian-Silesian Region is undergoing a challenging economic restructuring with many negative social and environmental impacts. To complete the necessary structural changes and ensure long-term economic prosperity, the ambitious SMARAGD vision was created.
Smart and Green District (SMARAGD)
Principal Investigator
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava
Place of realization
Ostrava, Moravskoslezský kraj
Key partners
Importance for the region
SMARAGD is a shared vision aimed at changing the innovation ecosystem of the Moravian-Silesian Region. By linking cutting-edge research, development and innovative entrepreneurship, it will bring new energy and opportunities to the region, attracting experts, students, companies and technologies responding to today’s global challenges. These steps will lead to ensuring the sustainability of the economic development of the Moravian-Silesian Region. The natural leader of SMARAGD in research and education is the University of Science and Technology, and the Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre is a tool for supporting small companies and global corporations.
- Increasing the quality and internationalisation of science and research in the Moravian-Silesian Region
- Increasing the attractiveness of the region as a centre of higher education
- Expanding the capacity of the technology park
- Expanding the capacity of incubation and acceleration services for startups and mature companies from MSK
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