Advancement of Innovations

Growth of entrepreneurship is one of the goals of the state. In order to guarantee a successful business growth it is necessary to ensure a smooth innovation development by communication and training. Innovation development means communication or dissemination of information. Successful implementation of innovations requires the promotion of the innovation application and awareness. This process has to become a natural state of a target community.

Innovation development is a complex issue and it is not just founding new institutions, establishment of nurseries or increase of financing for theoretical research but it involves science institutions, business companies, financial institutions and even the trade unions. In development of innovations the active participation of the government and authorities is also needed.

The communication process promoting an innovation application practice and use helps to disseminate innovations and ensures their development. Independent innovation development research singled out two main reasons of an innovation implementation in practice. It was stated that people and companies were attracted to use innovations for the following factors:

• they had a possibility to watch or participate in an innovation implementation process;
• they received precise information (recommendations) on the benefits of the innovation application.

These two factors are directly connected with the innovation development activity. The second factor is employed by the communication process; however, the first one requires certain competences and can be realized through training, communication with narrow target group. The training process is more complex and restricted; therefore, it is used to ensure qualitative innovation development factors. During the training innovation application is enhanced in a separate sector, a science field or in an individual case. For instance, innovations in laser production can be promoted by training, not by dissemination method, as in this case special competences are needed and just passing general information would be useless. Therefore, in order to successfully achieve an efficient innovation development it is necessary to employ both factors.

The KSTP seeking to ensure innovation development in the Klaipeda Region carries out various activities:

1. Communication:

• guarantees dissemination of educative information;
• promotes the best practice in a communicative way;
• organizes direct communication activities, e.g. "Science Fair", "Marine Technology virtual exhibition".

2. Training:

• consults on innovation application issues;
• organizes training on innovation business management and innovation application for entrepreneurs of the region;
• communicates with Klaipeda University scientists, creates and applies training programmes on innovation application.

However strong the organization it can not cover all innovation development activities, therefore, the Klaipeda Science and Technology Park creates a wide innovation development net, invites you to join it and become a member of the community.