INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

The paper deals with the identification, analyses and evaluation of innovative environment and innovation activities of the district town Martin, which is located in the Zilina Region of the Slovak Republic. The objective was to analyse the innovation environment, identify implemented innovations and evaluate funding, as well as institutional context of innovations. Both, primary and secondary data have been used to process the analysis of innovation activities in selected local self-government. To gain primary data we have used the research method structured interview. The town Martin realizes the importance of innovations for increasing the effectiveness of the working process and quality of the provided services, therefore, it tries to create and implement innovations within its financial, personal and organizational capacities. Based on the research results, innovations aimed at providing new services and product innovations dominate within innovative activities. Identified innovations can be classified as incremental innovations.