GTL Regional
Nitra, Slowakia
Local Support Structure
Would you like to learn more about who supports you in your region and with which partners we work together? Here we introduce you to our contact persons and a regional network that could support you in implementing your business idea.
Funded Partners
PEDAL Consulting is the top Central European performer of the European Union’s biggest research and innovation program ever (Horizon 2020) that seeks to drive smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth and jobs by transforming great ideas from the lab into business-led market solutions.
While there are many grant funding prospects from the European Commission and other international organisations for startups, companies and large enterprises, accessing these grants often proves to be challenging due to the very particular requirements of each call and the highly competitive nature of the application process. PEDAL will help you to successfully go through the application process.
Miroslav Poláček
Project Manager
Technical Experts
Slovak University of Agriculture In the time since its foundation in 1952, the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra has achieved the position of one of the leading universities in Slovakia. The university has a strong tradition of cooperation with business and industry and plays an active role in economic regeneration. The university provides education in the field of agriculture and related research areas such as, among others: Agricultural biology, food resources, sustainable agriculture, operation of energy facilities on agricultural production, rural tourism development. An important goal is to make a significant contribution to the economy and society as a whole through teaching and research programmes.
vice-rector of SUA for communication and practice
Focus of Content
Do you have a sustainable business idea and want to become a successful green entrepreneur? Find out here which specific green topics are trendy in your regional GTL and how you can combine them with your business idea. Find out what expertise is available in your regional GTL.
Regional Approach
Would you like to learn more about the approaches and structures that await you in your regional GTL? Find out here how we work and how it fits with your sustainable business idea.
The goal of the programme is to come up with tangible solutions to societal challenges that are in relation to the negative effects of climate change. To support development of solutions that are optimized to the needs of the target group while the use of resources and development risks are minimized will be facilitated by applying a human centred and creative problem solving methods (the design-thinking methodology).
- Participants will develop their ideas with direct contact with the final user of their product and service. With the support of mentors they will test their ideas, to get quick and cost-efficient feedback and eventually to improve their solutions.
- Experienced mentors will guide the participants in the discovery of the main topics and tools of the business development. Thanks to a balanced use of theoretical and practical knowledge together with successful experiences (start-up and entrepreneurship). Moreover, the events organized within the programme will provide knowledge and experience in many different thematic concepts like sustainable agriculture, bio-architecture, sustainable tourism and waste and energy management among many others. The goal of the workshop is to hone the business and technical skills required to develop and manage a new company