Sunrise Valley cluster

Sunrise Valley kowledge economy cluster - a joint effort of high-tech business and research institutions has opened its website www.sunrisevalley.lt The overall aim of creating Sunrise Valley cluster is to contribute to the growth of knowledge economy and increased competitiveness of Lithuania worldwide. It will be done by creating favourable business conditions, promoting cooperation among business, research and education, investment in research and development, ensuring technology transfer & intellectual property rights as well as launching business support services. The project is supported by such public organizations as Vilnius Municipality and Knowledge Economy Forum. In May 2003, the public entity "Saulėtekio slėnis" responsible for Sunrise Valley cluster development was established by Vilnius University, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, laser technologies company "Ekspla", telecommunication operator "Bitė" and IT company.