Events

All throughout Europe, people over the age of 50 are becoming an increasingly large section of the population. Nonetheless, they remain confronted with severe and specific challenges, with discrimination in the labour market affecting many people in the “silver” age group. Inadequate access to the labour market, low employee retention, and unfair treatment are only some of the challenges faced by people over 50. The SYNCLUSIVE initiative seeks to address these issues and make valuable contributions to social justice and equality. Within its framework, ARC Fund participated in a joint event...

On October 21, 2025, Blagoevgrad hosted the sixth and final event of the “Dialogue Innovations.bg 2040” initiative. The forum brought together leading experts, entrepreneurs, representatives of the scientific community, state administration, and the financial sector from across the country. The initiative was implemented in partnership with the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria and Sofia Tech Park. The event focused on the development of regional innovation and technology hubs for growth in Bulgarian regions, with leading experts and representatives of institutions...

On October 17, 2025, Burgas hosted the fourth event of the national initiative “Dialogue Innovations.bg 2040.” The forum brought together leading experts, entrepreneurs, representatives of the scientific community, state administration, and the financial sector from across the country. The initiative was implemented in partnership with the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria and was part of Burgas Digital, the regional platform for digitization and innovation of the Southeast Digital Innovation Hub. The opening discussion brought together Petko Georgiev, Chairman of the...

The third event of Innovation.bg 2040 Dialogue, in cooperation with the Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria, took place on October 16, 2025, in the city of Varna. The forum brought together representatives of business, academia, public institutions, and the financial sector, united by the common goal of building successful national policies for innovation and technology transfer in Europe. The event focused on the development of regional innovation and technology hubs for growth in Bulgarian regions, with leading experts and representatives of institutions and companies...

“We want Bulgaria to be not just a regional leader, but a European one.” This was the common vision of the participants in “Dialogue Innovations.bg 2040.” The second event in the “Dialogue Innovations.bg 2040” series was held on October 15, 2025, in Veliko Tarnovo. The forum brought together representatives of business, academia, public institutions, and the financial sector, united by a common goal—to build successful national policies for innovation and technology transfer in Europe. The event focused on the development of regional innovation and technology...

The Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) took part in the INSPIRE initiative’s annual conference in Lisbon, focused on rethinking democratic participation across Europe. The forum brought together researchers, policy analysts, and practitioners from universities and civil society organizations in Bulgaria, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Participants shared insights on how diverse social contexts shape public participation and the democratic capacities of citizens. ARC Fund contributed with analytical perspectives drawn from...

On October 9, 2025, the Applied Research and Communications Fund organized the second event in the national “Dialogue Innovation.bg 2040” tour. It took place in Ruse, in partnership with the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria, Sofia Tech Park, and INNOBRIDGE BIC. The round table brought together representatives from business, academia, the financial sector, and public institutions, with the topic of discussion being the development of successful national policies for innovation and technology transfer in Europe. Among the key points were the following: Bulgaria has...

“Eurofound found that better jobs significantly improve quality of life. Higher job quality also leads to better productivity, largely due to motivation.” This was the core conclusion of the presentation of Agnes Parent-Thirion, the key-note speaker at the SYNCLUSIVE Mid-Term Symposium, held in September 18, 2025 in Brussels. SYNCLUSIVE is a Horizon Europe-supported initiative, focused on labour market inclusion of vulnerable groups. The Mid-Term Symposium gathered over 60 participants online and in person, with the personal presence of representatives of the European Commission, among which...

On 30 September 2025, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) held an information session dedicated to supporting SMEs through the SustainX Open Call — an initiative helping businesses advance in digitalisation, sustainability, and innovation management. The event was organised jointly with the RTIT (Research and Technology Innovation Transfer) project and brought together representatives from business, academia, and innovation support organisations. It aimed to raise awareness of the opportunities under SustainX, which connects SMEs from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Latvia, and...