The Ministry of Economy in the annual Programme for Competitiveness , Innovation and Entrepreneurship 2014 ( Official Gazette of RM no. 7/2014 ) has provided an adequate measure of support for increasing the competitiveness of the Macedonian industry , within which there is a support for patents .
For the support of patents, through the Program, funds are going to be awarded to the innovators for appropriate activities listed in the program.
In order to award funds for supporting the patents, a public call is published in the printed media. The public call, forms and application procedure are available on the website of the Ministry of Economy www.economy.gov.mk and www.konkurentnost.mk.