Kovačnica – Business Incubator Kranj
Location: Kranj, Slovenia
Target groups: The primary target groups for Kovačnica include local (potential) entrepreneurs, startups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and the broader Gorenjska region community interested in innovation and entrepreneurship.
Western Slovenia (SI04)Kovačnica fosters entrepreneurship by providing vital resources and support for startups and SMEs in the region. Kovačnica offers co-working spaces, mentoring, training sessions, and networking opportunities, which enable participants to transform their innovative ideas into viable businesses.
Kovačnica exemplifies a best practice as it effectively addresses the need for local entrepreneurship support in a region undergoing industrial transition, encouraging sustainable growth and the development of critical soft and hard skills among entrepreneurs. Slovenia is significantly below the EU average in terms of entrepreneurial activity and skills. Through its activities, Kovačnica fosters pioneer spirit and entrepreneurship in the region.
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Project manager:
Franziska Görmar
IfL - Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany
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This project is supported by the Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme with co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund.
Find more information about the x-Inno Radar project on the Interreg CE projectwebsite.
x-Inno Radar is a project of: 
Creative Region Linz & Upper Austria Gmbh, 
The Regional Chamber of Commerce of the Karlovy Vary Region, 
Padova Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture, 
Creative Industry Košice, n. o., 
BSC, Business support centre, ltd., Kranj, 
Regional Development Agency in Bielsko-Biała, 
Stebo Competence Centre Community Developmentm, 
Association of Cultural and Creative Industries Chemnitz and Region (Creative Chemnitz), Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography – Germany, Otelo Cooperative