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RDA Celje

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RDA Celje is Regional development agency of Savinjska Region. Legal status is limited liability company (non-profit organization). NUTS Area is NUTS III – SAVINJSKA REGION. The strategic location of the Savinjska Region is very important for investors with a global view. It is located in the northeast of Slovenia, in the heart of Central Europe. In the north it borders with Austria, and in the east with Croatia. The region has two urban centres – Celje and Velenje and offers positive development potential. As an industrial region with tradition in manufacturing, mining, and energy production, it is facing new technological challenges. By encouraging entrepreneurship and with construction of adequate infrastructure (for example: Tehnopolis Celje - technological city with 17 hectares of exceptional opportunities for the growth and development of new technology companies) will be able to effectively utilise its human resources. The region is a popular tourist destination with several natural spa and wellness centres. With 50,000 inhabitants, Celje is the third largest, and the fastest developing, city in Slovenia - located by the Savinja river and being at the crossroads of the main branch V.TEN and the side branch of the X.TEN corridor. Main projects of RDA Celje are : • Regional development program; • Technological city Technopolis Celje with technological park; • Regional innovation and technological centre; • Business industrial zones in Savinjska region and Western Balkans, Revitalization of brown-filed zones; • Regional business incubator and Regional scholarship scheme; • Intelligent energy, ecology, environment. Regional development agency Celje (RDA Celje) is one of 12 regional agencies in Slovenia, with 31 municipalities. RDA Celje represents economy of one of the more advanced regions in Slovenia. RDA Celje is aware that openness and active participation in international global world are very important for small Slovenian economy. This is why the strategy of Savinjska region is to be a connection bridge between more developed Western Europe and emerging markets of South-Eastern Europe. RDA Celje acts as the initiator and organizer of innovative network for supportive environment in the regional economy. Innovative network includes: Technology park, network of Technological centers, Business incubator, University incubator, Centers of excellence, International university, institutions and centers of knowledge, Technological platforms and Clusters, which are all complement and connected to each other to create optimal supportive environment for enterprises in the region. Since 2003 RDA Celje has established several business models, that have been very useful and successful in the regional economy. These models are also useful as an instrument for internationalization of Slovenian and foreign SMEs in SE Europe http://www.rra-celje.si