Lviv Centre for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information

  • Address:
    57 Chornovola ave, c. Lviv, 79058, Ukraine
  • Telephone:
    +38(032) 252-32-00, 252-33-42
Director - Candidate of Technical Sciences - Mykhailo Stepanovytch Yavorsky

The Lviv Centre for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information (LvCSTEI) established in 1967 is the leading state scientific informative structure in the West region of Ukraine. Also it is a representative of the Ministry of Ukraine for Science and Technology in Lviv region.

First of all, its activities are intended to learn and satisfy the demands for enterprises and organizations with different forms of property and for physical persons in scientific technological and economic information, on the investigation of the problems and formation of the methods for organization of the region information center's activities in the conditions of economic and political transformations in Ukraine.

At the same time the fundamental and applied investigations on problems of intellectual potential development and organization of scientific technical and informative activity, evaluation for investment attraction of economic objects, regional innovation policy are carried out in the LvCSTEI.

For instance, it was the executive of the project "Elaboration of scientific conception for creation of technoparks and technopolises in Ukraine" and its implementation in the West Ukrainian region" from the State Scientific Technical Program "Economic and technological basis of energy- and resources-saving: strategy for development of energetic"; of the project "Elaboration of the method for calculation of the intellectual property value of state enterprises, which are subject to privatization" from the interbranch scientific technical "Program of scientific investigations in the privatization sphere". The Center is the developer of the "Type regulations about regional (territorial) Center for Scientific Technical and Economic Information".

In 1995, the State Patent of Ukraine registered the Search Body at the LvCSTEI which carries out its activity on the basis of the Center's patent fund.

The main tasks of the Search Body are:
- carrying out of the patent informative investigations for determination of novelty and technical level of decisions, on which the orders for receiving of patents of Ukraine are submitted;
- methodical and practical assistance for state executive bodies, enterprises, institutions, organizations and persons on questions of protection for the objects of industrial property (inventions, industrial models, trade marks), invention and patent license activity.

The Consulting station, which assist in drawing up and registration of scientific research works and in preparation of accounts on them, is founded on the basis of informative analytic department on the problems for regional scientific technical and innovation policy of the LvCSTEI.

The Lviv Center for Scientific, Technical and Economic Information is the initiator and since 1991 was the constant co-organizer of the International West Ukrainian exhibition-fair "Galytski Kontrakty". Since 1995p. the Center holds on its basis the constantly being exhibition of innovations and investment projects "Ukraine and world", it is the base organization of holding the International West-Ukrainian exhibition-fair "Galytskyi Forum".

In limits of the International co-operation the LvCSTEI collaborates with German Association of Technological and Incubator Centers, Polish Association of Business and Innovation Centres, the Institute for Scientific Technical Information (Inkou, China), the Foundation "Yastshebsky Inkubator of Entrepreneurship" (Poland), ICECE Network (Innovation Centers of Central and East Europe), Technological Park of Academy of Science of Czech Republic, German Institute of Economic Researches, the Patent Department of Poland, Foundation for small enterprise economic development (SEED, Hungary).

Structurally, the Center includes:
1. Information & analytical department from the problems of regional science & technical & innovation policy
Information & Analytical researches from the problems of regional science & technical & innovation policy. The formation of the databases of the science & research projects & the scientific potential of the Western Region of our state, Ukraine. The consultative & methodical support from the state register of the science & research work. The work, connected with science & technical projects.

2. Department of Legal (Judicial) & Social-Economic Information
The search, the formation of the databases & taking care of by the judicial & the normative documents from the legislative & social-and economic information & analytical views. The carrying out of conferences, seminars, consultations from the questions of the social-& economic development of the region. The preparation of the information & analytical views for the managers.

3. Information & Analytical Department from the problems of Protection & Commercialization of the Intellectual Property
The carrying out of all the kinds of the patent researches, the preparation of the applications to the objects of the industrial property (investigations, industrial specimens, the signs of the goods) the preparation & circulation of the analytical and normative Information, the services, connected with work of subscribers, & the consultation.

4. Informational & Analytical Department from the Problems of the International Links & external Links
The Informational & analytical researches from the question of the international Links & the search of Ukrainian & foreign investors. The organization of the learning from the problems of the external activity, marketing, advertising. The carrying out of the seminars, business meeting, conferences, exhibition as in Ukraine, so in the other countries abroad.

5. Department of the Normative & Technical Documentation
The constant monitoring of the demand of the consumers of the region according to the normative & technical documentation with the aim of the analyses of the investment climate in the region, the forecast of the situation on the enterprises & in the organizations. On the bases of the constant renew of the fund the preparation & the publication of the normative technical documentation, according to the themes, is carrying out, & also the science & informational accompaniment of the problems of the certification & the security of the quality in the Western Region. It also provides the consumers by the information about the normative documentation - as inquiries, copies, revision.

6. Science & Technical Library
The Formation of the informational Fund, databases from the new, science & technical research & the questions of the social & economic development, industrial production. The services, connected with libraries & information for the scientists, specialists of the enterprises & organizations; the bibliographical search of the information from the word's sources. The carrying out of the seminars, practical seminars, consultations from the questions of the library work. Interregional deposits of the catalogues, the science & technical literature & documentation.

7. Experimental Specialized Informational & Analytical Bureau of the Examination of Markets
Science & Production Direction:
The Examination & Monitoring of the markets with the simultaneous consultative services of the juridical & manual persons as the agents of market links, the carrying out of necessary scientific & research & examinational works.

8. The Publishing & Polygraphical Department
The Informational & analytical research of the market of technologies, polygraphical works, advertisements. The production of the copies, calling cards, blanks. The print of the reports, the dissertations of Doctors of Science & the methodical materials theses of the reports from the science & practical conferences. The production of colored documentation.


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