DRIVING EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION

APPLIED RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS FUND

ARC FUND
ARC FUND

Innovation.bg 2025

Award-winning innovative Bulgarian companies and finalists in the “Innovative Enterprise of the Year 2025” competition

XXI National Innovation Forum

On December 9, 2025, Sofia hosted the 21st National Innovation Forum organized by the Applied Research and Communications Fund in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and with the assistance of the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria. The event brought together leading representatives of business, academia, and public institutions. For more than two decades, the National Innovation Forum has been uniting efforts to develop innovation in Bulgaria, presenting the key findings of the “Innovation.bg” report annually and recognizing the most successful Bulgarian...

December 9, 2025
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SustainX in 2025: Building Living Regional Action Plans for Green and Digital Innovation

In 2025, the SustainX project progressed from conceptual framing to concrete, region-specific implementation work, with a strong focus on translating green and digital transition ambitions into operational regional pathways. A core pillar of this phase was the development of Regional Action Plans across five participating regions, each reflecting distinct innovation capacities, policy frameworks, and ecosystem maturity levels. Rather than producing static strategy documents, the project partners worked collaboratively to develop living action frameworks—designed to evolve, be fine-tuned, and...

December 17, 2025
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Excellence in innovation

The Excellence in innovation label recognizes excellence, impact and efficiency of cutting-edge innovations developed by Bulgarian enterprises.

• Wiser Technology
• MClimate AD
• AMG Technology OOD
• Waves Vision EOOD.
• Organic Invest Bio Protection OOD
• Fadron OOD
• Eurotrust Technologies AD
• Data Science Society EOOD
• Marketing King EOOD
• AvtoIkonom OOD
• Alegi Engineering Ltd.
• Elka.BG
• Biostyle OOD
• Eterzeit EOOD
• Momfident OOD
• SOMENSO EAD
• 3D Open Design EOOD
• DMD OOD
• Takova Group OOD
• EcoLogic Solutions Group
• 3-Fi EOOD
• GEOCOM Co. EOOD

The Legacy of SYNCLUSIVE: Pathways to Sustainable Continuation

On 2 June 2026, experts, policymakers, and key stakeholders gathered to reflect on the legacy of the SYNCLUSIVE initiative and explore the future potential of its ENGINE model. Focused on strengthening the labour market inclusion of people aged 50 and above, participants examined both the opportunities and challenges associated with coalition building, monitoring mechanisms, employer engagement, upskilling, and workforce activation initiatives. SYNCLUSIVE aimed to improve labour market outcomes for individuals aged 50+ by providing targeted training opportunities for both jobseekers and...

June 3, 2026
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INSPIRE: Embedding Participatory Governance

On 29 May 2026, experts from the INSPIRE initiative, including the Applied Research and Communications Fund team, convened with local stakeholders and policymakers to explore practical solutions for the institutional...

June 1, 2026
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Support for the EU Climate Goals in the Danube Region

On 22–23 April 2026, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) team joined partners from the HARMONMISSIONS consortium in Podgorica, Montenegro, to advance solutions aimed at increasing participation...

April 30, 2026
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