ARC Fund together with the Bulgarian Association of Apparel and Textile Producers and Exporters (BAATPE) organised a seminar on opportunities for participation in and financing under the European Framework Programmes (FP6, FP7) targeting the textile and clothing SMEs, on 16 March, 2006 in Sofia.
The event aimed to promote some initiatives supporting SMEs in raising their competitiveness, innovation, technical renovation, research and development and technology transfer.
The event featured the following presentations:
Results of the ITE Project – Towards a European wide Intelligent Textile Environment exploiting the recent outcomes in the field of innovation research and targets the vast number of textile and clothing SMEs all over Europe сincluding Bulgaria;
Presentation of a specialised software tool for development of projects under the European Framework Programmes for Research (FP6, FP7);
Highlights of the Seventh Framework Programme of the EC;
Innovation Relay Centre in favour of the business;
Roadmap of the National Innovation Fund for 2006;
Projects providing support to SMEs under the EU PHARE Programme – Ministry of Industry and Energy;
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Presentations:
Project- Towards a European wide Intelligent Textile Environment. Presentation of the results of the project – Ms. Maria Alexandrova, ARC Fund
Assistance for companies working on projects. Presentation of the specialised Gist Tool software for development of projects under the European Framework Programmes. – Ms. Denitsa Marinova, ARC Fund
The Seventh Framework Programme of the EC – general principles, structure,participation opportunities– Mr. Dimitar Ganev, ARC Fund
Relay Centre in favour of the business – Mr. Dimitar Ganev, Innovation Relay Centre – Bulgaria
National Innovation Fund. Programme 2006. – Ms. Galina Doinova, Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency
Projects for support of SME-s in the framework of the PHARE Programme, executed by the Ministry of Finance and Energy – Mr. Nedko Natov, Ministry of Economy and Energy
For further information refer to Ms. Maria Alexandrova
