On December 17, 2009 in Sofia, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) in cooperation with the Association of Business Cluster (ABC) and the Centre for Innovation of BAS organized a meeting with cluster-member companies from Bulgaria, members of the BBA. The meeting was hosted by ARC Fund. The topics discussed during the meeting included:
– Presenting the results of cluster PRO_INNO Workshop in Berlin (Ms Genoveva Hristova, President of the BBA) – Funding opportunities for clusters under OP “Competitiveness” of 2010 (Mr. Angel Kovachev, Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism)
– FP7 – calls for proposals; Preparing and applying under FP7 (Mrs. Daniela Tchonkova, ARC Fund)
– Opportunities for technology and business partnership search. Enterprise Europe Network services for companies and research organizations from EU countries. Sixth National Competition “Innovative Enterprise of the Year” (Mr. Kalin Mutafchiev, ARC Fund)
The meeting was attended by representatives of 5 companies, 3 clusters, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism and representatives from NGOs. The clusters represented included the Telecommunications Cluster, Business Cluster Bourgas and BG Furniture Cluster.
The meeting aimed at providing information, printed materials (including guides for FP7) and advice on funding opportunities under OP “Competitiveness” in 2010, the opportunities EEN offers in the process of technology offers and requests, innovative products and services marketing on international markets, business partnership and business cooperation search, as well as providing information regarding preparation and application of a project proposal to current and upcoming competitions under the Seventh Framework Program (FP7).
For further information, please refer to:
Mr. Kalin Mutafchiev
tel: + 359 2 973 30 00
fax: + 359 2 973 35 88
