The project “Providing material and technical activities and professional services in the implementation of the 2016 R & I OP” is a technical assistance project of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic in the framework of the Research and Innovation OP. The aim of the project is to support the effective implementation of the Operational Programme Research and Innovation through activities aimed at ensuring adequate material and technical equipment for staff involved in the implementation of the R & I OP in the framework of the Ministry of Education and Innovation of the Slovak Republic, on quality continuous training of those staff and at the same time at ensuring the preparation, management and monitoring of the R & I OP, including expenditure related to the closure of OP Research and Development, since it is possible, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Article “Technical assistance of the Member States”, to use funds also for the closure of assistance from the 2007-2013 PO.