📋 Tender Overview
The European Commission has announced a selection of 27 competence centers for chips in 24 member states, including Slovenia. The centers in individual countries will provide basic resources for the development of solutions in the field of semiconductors and chips, especially to small and medium-sized and start-up companies.
They will also provide support, training and access to large infrastructure facilities such as pilot lines and design platforms. At the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we prepared everything necessary so that the Slovenian consortium could apply for the European tender and be selected to carry out the activities of the competence center for chips and semiconductors.
The leading partner of the Slovenian consortium is the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of the University of Ljubljana, the consortium also includes the Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics of the University of Ljubljana, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Informatics of the University of Maribor, the University of Nova Gorica, the Jožef Stefan Institute and the Center of Excellence for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology – Nanocenter Ljubljana.
Each center will build on national and regional strengths and will specialize in certain key technology areas. It is a strategic target orientation that, among other things, also ensures long-term investments in local expertise and a permanent focus on innovation and growth.
Competence centers connected to the European network will thus simultaneously support the European semiconductor industry and take care of the specific needs of local ecosystems.
