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SIVA`s vision

” SIVA will help with creating innovation and business development in Norway through real estate investments and development of strong

regional innovation – and value added environments. SIVA has a special responsibility to enhance growth in the regional areas of

Norway ”

TittelSIVA SF and SIVA TECH AS

SIVA SF- A leadership oriented network organisation

SIVA SF is an organisation owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry. It is divided into six main work areas: head department, real estate, international, innovation, travel destination development, and industry. All of these areas work consists of leadership, real estate investments, facilitate innovation and incubator systems and enhance the importance of networking within business. Thus, these five departments work closely together in Norway. Travel destination development is especially targeted for development within Norway, and thus has its own department.

SIVA TECH AS is the operator for SIVA SF working internationally.

Tittel40 years experience with

innovation• During the last 40 years SIVA – The Industrial Development Corporation of

Norway has created innovation systems and innovative concepts across Norway.

• During the last 15 years SIVA has also implemented the same concepts abroad in emerging economies and countries with market potential. Projects were carried out in Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, South Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Romania and Kenya.

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SIVA SF in Norway

TittelFacts about SIVA SF

• State owned company with head office in Trondheim

• Ownership represented by Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry

• 32 employees

• Own and runs 44 business parks

• Ownership in 25 knowledge –and research parks, 58 business gardens and16 industry incubators

• Responsible to follow up 24 incubators

• Responsible to follow up 9 NCE- Norwegian Centre of Expertise

• 8 000 employees in SIVA industry buildings

• Total balance:

2,3 billion Norwegian kroner

• Investments, 2007:

390 millions Norwegian kroner

• Business equity:

740 millions Norwegian kroner

• Owner capital in 140 companies

TittelInnovation system in Norway – SIVA network

10 Research parks 15 Knowledge parks 58 Business gardens 24 incubators 16 industry-incubators 9 Norwegian Centres of

Expertise (NCE) 44 industry-/business parks 12 loans – and venture funds 1 600 part owners 1 500 businesses localized

together 20 000 work places 250 new businesses every year

Target 201040 new environments, 600 new businesses yearly, – tomorrows businesses

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SIVA`s roles and targets

Social economical role• Develop strong regional environments that creates value in regards to business.• Enhance innovation • Develop new work places

Business economical role • Strengten business capital through investments• Financing programs for innovation and networking

Network for added value and new ideas

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How to create growth?

• Mobilize to cooperation• Facilitate • Locate businesses together in one environment• Develop and make network responsible • Motivate entrepreneurship• Stimulate to cluster specialization • Build visible and leading R&D expert centre's• Develop international relations• Develop a good infrastructure

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Norwegian Centre of Expertise:

- Program developed by SIVA, Norwegian Research Council and Innovation Norway.

- Supports innovation activities in regional connection, through cooperation between businesses, scientists, universities and municipalities.

- The goal is to support regional clusters that has a potential to become world leading in their fields of expertise.

- Today; nine clusters, 100 million NOK over ten years time span, more than 500 companies in the clusters in total.

NCE Instrumentation Trøndelag

NCE Raufoss

NCE Systems Engineering Kongsberg

NCE Microsystems Vestfold

NCE SubseaHordaland

NCE Maritime Møre Oslo Cancer Cluster

NCE Culinology Rogaland

NCE Aquaculture Nordland

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SIVA international

SIVA TECH AS is the daughter company of SIVA SF.

Presented here are some of SIVA`s investments and business network systems abroad presented

SIVA TECH funds their projects from SIVA SF, from the Ministries, or funds, like the EU funding programs. SIVA TECH also helps the SIVA network in Norway with international contacts and possibilities.

International- strengthen marketing access and competitative advantages

• Invest in physical infrastructure

• Offer competence and network

• Professional real estate development

• Risk and capital help

• Access to markets

• Mobilize private and institutional resources

The Baltics – Latvia and Lithuania

Tekstfelt

Ogre

Lithuania - - 2 Industrial parks- these two are now sold.

Latvia – Industrial park

Russia

• SIVA centre opened 13. April 1999 in Murmansk , and in 2006 approved as innovation centre.

• Today, the Polarstar Innovation centre has 22 businesses as tennants with a total of 150 employees.

• Polarstjerna Innovasjonssenter is a building of 3000 m2.

• An incubator of 800 m2 opened in i April 2008 and has today seven tenants.

Russia• New business centre in Murmansk for

Norwegian SMEs is establishment. The business centre with focus on logistic services is named Techno park –Nor and is situated in the close proximity to Murmansk airport with opportunity for storage and transportation of goods by air, sea, railway and road.

• Size: 8000 m2• This will facilitate: The

internationalization of Norwegian SMEs and strengthen Russian-Norwegian cooperation.

• Cooperation with

Innovation Norway

Russiawww.barentsnova.com

• Invest in Norway

• Invest in NVR

• Business news

• Cooperation

• Network

• Student portal

• Meeting point

• Municipality database for business possibilities in Northern Norway and North West Russia

• 10. Information about doing business in Russia

Bosnia - Hercegovina

Innovation Center in Tuzla (BiT)

In 2005 the BIT opened.18 young companies100 new working places In co-operation with

Norad and SINTEF

Croatia

• Pilot project in Croatia in Sibenik in cooperation with SINTEF on behalf of Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Incubator is aimed to start up new businesses within maritime. Leiv Eriksson Nyskapning

• ( LEN) is project leader on behalf for SIVA.

Business Innovation Maritime Center in Sibenik