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Science Technology Park Belgrade — Quadruple-Helix Tech Growth Hub
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Serbia's first science-technology park has supported 240+ tech companies employing 2,800+ people and exporting to 60+ countries since opening in 2015 with €5M in Swiss co-funding; its ParkUP! and Raising Starts programmes have since been replicated in Novi Sad, Niš and Čačak.
240+
Tech companies supported (as of 2026)
2,800+
People employed (as of 2026)
60+ countries
Export markets reached (as of 2026)
EUR 4.97 million (EUR 1.07M + EUR 3.9M across two stages)
Swiss co-funding (2015)
Details
- Maturity
- Scaling
- Promoter
- Naučno-tehnološki park Beograd (Science Technology Park Belgrade)
- Period
- 2015–present
- Region (NUTS)
RS11- Keywords
- Tech incubation, R&D commercialisation, startup acceleration
Context
The Science Technology Park Belgrade opened in 2015 as Serbia's first science-technology park, established through a partnership between the Government of Serbia (Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development), the City of Belgrade, the University of Belgrade, and the Swiss Government, which contributed EUR 4.97 million across two funding stages via the Swiss-Serbian Cooperation Programme.
Objectives
The park aims to accelerate the development of tech companies through shared physical and programmatic infrastructure, bringing together government, city, university and donor partners in a quadruple-helix model.
Activities
It runs eight tailored development programmes, including the ParkUP! student startup bootcamp and the Raising Starts pre-seed accelerator, alongside three physical innovation laboratories (3D, Laser and Electro) and a softlanding service for international companies entering the Serbian market; it also hosts the Business Technology Incubator of Technical Faculties Belgrade (BITF) and Serbia's Innovation Fund on site.
Results
As of 2026 the park has supported more than 240 tech companies, roughly two-thirds of them early-stage startups, employing over 2,800 staff and exporting to more than 60 countries; its operating model has since been extended to three further Serbian cities (Novi Sad, Niš and Čačak) plus affiliated innovation hubs in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Conclusions
Reported figures on companies, jobs and exports come from the park's own reporting and a European Investment Bank donor case study; no independent academic evaluation of net additionality was found.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- High (€500k–€5M) — EUR 4.97 million in Swiss co-funding across two stages (EUR 1.07M + EUR 3.9M) via the Swiss-Serbian Cooperation Programme, plus unquantified contributions from national government, City of Belgrade and University of Belgrade.
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years) — Opened in 2015 and has operated continuously for over a decade; the operating model has since been extended to three further Serbian cities.
- Staffing & skills
- Managed by Naučno-tehnološki park Beograd (Science Technology Park Belgrade) under a public-private-university-donor governance structure.
Conditions for success
- Quadruple-helix partnership uniting national government, city, university and an international donor
- Shared physical infrastructure (labs, incubator space) alongside programmatic support
- Sustained multi-year, multi-stage donor co-funding
Common failure modes
- Impact figures are self-reported by the park and a donor case study; no independent evaluation of net additionality (jobs/revenue that would not have existed otherwise) was found.
Where it fits
- Governance type
- public-private-university-donor partnership
- Scale
- city, with multi-city network
- Income level
- upper-middle income (Serbia)
Commonly funded by
National / regional programmes
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- C-NAPSE web research — accessed 2026-07-08
- Naučno-tehnološki park Beograd (Science Technology Park Belgrade) — accessed 2026-07-08
- European Investment Bank — Belgrade technology park nurtures Serbian startups — accessed 2026-07-08
- Science Technology Park Belgrade — About us — accessed 2026-07-08
- eKapija — Companies at Science-Technology Park Belgrade making millions in revenues and export — accessed 2026-07-08
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Where it's been adopted
Documented replications and adaptations of this practice elsewhere.
| Place | When | Adopter | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novi Sad, Serbia | — | — | Public-private-university-donor operating model extended to a second Serbian city |
| Niš, Serbia | — | — | Public-private-university-donor operating model extended to a third Serbian city |
| Čačak, Serbia | — | — | Public-private-university-donor operating model extended to a fourth Serbian city |
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