Rudolfovo

The public research institute Rudolfovo - scientific and technological center Novo mesto was founded by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia with the aim of supporting the technological development and innovation of South-Eastern Slovenia and the Cohesion Region of Eastern Slovenia, and thus the whole of Slovenia. The operation of JRZ Rudolfovo is aimed at achieving the following goals: - creation of an ecosystem of new small and medium-sized highly innovative companies, which will be based on high technology and will give the geographical area of South-Eastern Slovenia the necessary stability, quality jobs and economic prosperity based on high added value, - business support for existing large and medium-sized companies to innovate their products, services and processes in collaboration with researchers from JRZ Rudolfovo and thereby increase their competitiveness and added value, - increasing public investments and the number of researchers and the Cohesion Region of Eastern Slovenia (KRVS), - support for the green and digital transformation of the Slovenian economy and public sector, - establishment of state-of-the-art research infrastructure in selected fields of activity, which will be the basis for transferring knowledge to the economy and the public sector, - improving excellence in science, - transfer of knowledge to younger generations, - to inspire young people for professions in the field of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), - cooperation with higher education organizations.