About Business Development Agency of Karlovy Vary Region

Our agency was established in 2010 as a contributory organization funded by the Karlovy Vary Region to promote the competitiveness of the Karlovy Vary Region.

Our mission

  • Development of the innovation environment within the region (support for the introduction of innovations in companies based in the Karlovy Vary Region, establishing and developing cooperation between the business sector and research organizations),
  • Support for available and quality human resources (organization of seminars, workshops, cooperation on educational and school activities),
  • Development of the entrepreneurial environment (mapping the needs of the business sector, trends in the labor market, business development tools),
  • promoting entrepreneurship, sharing entrepreneurial experience with students and young people,
  • implementation of marketing events with the aim to change the image of the Karlovy Vary Region (www.zijemeregionem.cz),
  • mapping of industrial zones and brownfields,
  • cooperation on educational and school activities and on international projects
  • organization of seminars, workshops, and networking
  • consultancy in the area of subsidies,
  • services for investors.

For years we have collaborated with many regional and national entities, including universities, high schools, business organizations, municipalities, cities, authorities, state institutions, research centers, professional chambers, interest groups and associations, and professional platforms.

Ours is a well-established, trustworthy organization with a stable position in the region where our mission and specific activities are irreplaceable.

Implemented projects

CI-Hub: Circular Innovation Hub (2024 – 2026)

Project description: PDF document

IaaS 4 DR: Innovation as a Service for accelerated innovation and industrial transition in industrial rural and remote areas with low innovation capacity in the Danube Region (2024 – 2026)

Project description: PDF document

Smart akcelerátor 2.0 / Smart accelerator 2.0 (2019 – 2022)

Operational Program: Research, Development and Education

www.ris3kvk.cz

Smart akcelerátor (1. kolo) / Smart accelerator - 1st round (2016 – 2019)

Operational Program: Research, Development and Education

www.ris3kvk.cz

Support for the Activities of the Permanent Regional Conference of the Karlovy Vary Region (2018 – 2019)

Operational Program: Technical Assistance

www.rskkvk.cz

Support for the Activities of the Permanent Regional Conference of the Karlovy Vary Region (2015 – 2017)

Operational Program: Technical Assistance

www.rskkvk.cz

Working4Talent (2012 – 2015)

Operational Program: Interregional Cooperation Program (INTERREG IVC)

Clustrat (2011 – 2014)

Interreg Central Europe Program

www.clustrat.eu

UNIPRANET (2011 – 2014)

Creating and strengthening partnerships between universities and practitioners

Operational Program: Education for Competitiveness

www.unipranet.zcu.cz

Contact information: see the link Contact, FB