ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL CENTRE FOR REGULATORY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT OF INNOVATIONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MORDOVIA
The Regional centre for regulatory and technical support of innovations of the Republic of Mordovia (Regional centre) was established on the basis of Technopark-Mordovia with the participation of the Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs of RUSNANO Group.
The regional centre is an element of the innovation infrastructure of the Republic of Mordovia, providing innovative products with access to open markets.
The regional centre operates in the interests of innovative enterprises and organizations of Mordovia developing and producing new products as well as regional development institutes and innovative territorial clusters.
The Regional Centre was established to become a "single window" for innovative enterprises of the Republic of Mordovia. It is aimed at the formation of a set of regulatory and technical tools to support high-tech enterprises and organizations of the Republic of Mordovia. It will ensure the creation of a favourable regulatory environment for the production and application of innovative and nanotechnological, material-intensive products in the region.
The main activities of the Regional Centre are:
- development and updating of basic regulatory documents for innovative products, including national standards, preliminary national standards, interstate standards, organization standards, as well as "green" standards for resource-saving and energy-efficient products with reduced negative impact on the environment;
- updating of the codes of rules, sanitary rules and regulations in order to remove barriers for innovative products of the Republic of Mordovia to the market;
- carrying out mandatory certification of innovative products of enterprises of the Republic of Mordovia on the requirements of technical regulations;
- voluntary certification of innovative products of enterprises of the Republic, including the requirements of "green" standards;
- obtaining of permits for release and circulation of new products in the market of the region;
- development of measurement procedures and reference materials for the composition and properties of substances and materials in relation to the types of innovative products and technologies;
- organization of the certification exam in the field of nanoindustry for graduate students of higher educational institutions;
- development of professional standards and establishment of examination centres of the Centre for assessment of qualifications (Federal law No. 238-FZ of July 3, 2016 “On independent assessment of qualifications”).
Currently, the Regional Centre is making the list of innovations, including nanotechnology products of enterprises and organizations of the Republic of Mordovia, that require regulatory and technical support.