September 20 (SeeNews) - Serbia's Ministry of Public Investments has opened a tender for the development of infrastructure within the science and technology parks in the southern cities of Nis and Cacak, and the construction of a new park in Krusevac, worth 70 million euro ($75.2 million) in total.
Construction work is expected to begin in January 2024.
A total of 1,600 engineers will be employed at the parks once they are complete, the government said in a press release on Tuesday.
The new facility in Nis will be built in the northwestern part of the existing complex. It will have approximately 9,500 square metres (sq m) of office space and between 900 and 1,000 sq m of laboratory space. The planned capacity of the facility is between 700 and 1,000 people.
The new building in Cacak will cover 12,700 square meters, where more than 30 companies will operate, while the tech park in Krusevac will span 16,000 sq m and have room for more than 200 people.
In June, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an 80-million-euro loan agreement with Serbia that would be used to finance the expansion of the network of tech parks in the country.
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