The 6th International Partners Meeting of the Complex Challenges – Innovative Cities project (CCIC) took place in Tartu, Estonia, on the 23rd and the 24th of January 2014. Its main focus was the discussion of strategies and practices employed in ensuring viable involvement of civil society as an important partner in public sector innovation. This marked the last of 4 thematic meetings within the CCIC project, with previous ones having focused on innovation in publicly owned enterprises, financial instruments for innovation, and public procurement for innovation. Experts from Tartu and...

Enterprise Europe Network at Applied Research and Communications Fund is organising for the fourth time International Brokerage Event in the field of information and communication technologies at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona – the major event in mobile communications and ICT industry. The Brokerage Event is an opportunity for prior organisation of your business meetings to ensure fruitful negotiations on-site with potential suppliers of new products and technologies. The participants in the brokerage event will be given a fully-equipped room for their meetings following pre-agreed...

Applied Research and Communications Fund and Enterprise Europe Network – Bulgaria launch the Ninth National Contest ‘Innovative Enterprise of the Year 2013’. The contest is supported by the European Commission Representation in Bulgaria. The competition is open to all active Bulgarian companies successfully developing and implementing innovation in the last three years (since January 2011). The Contest is held under the following categories : – Market Leadership (innovative product recognized on the international market) – Innovation Hub (process innovation implemented in...

Enterprise Europe Network at the Applied Research and Communications Fund, ARC Consulting and the National Documentation Centre (Enterprise Europe Network-Hellas) organize a business mission of Greek companies within the frame of the international exhibition InterFood & Drink, 6-8 November 2013, in InterExpo Center – Sofia. Participating companies are mainly from the area of frozen seafood and delicacies and will be represented by the Pan-Hellenic Association of Frozen Food PASEKT. It unites more than 100 companies engaged in the production, processing, import and export of frozen...

What are Publicly Owned Enterprises (POEs) according to the different national contexts and national legislations? What are the factors stimulating the emergence of POEs? What advantages can POEs bring about to local level public services provision? What challenges do POEs face in their compliance with European and national regulations? Are there alternatives to POEs? These are some of the questions discussed during the 5 th International Partners Meeting on 18-19 September 2013 in Genoa (Italy), when the CCIC project partners came together to discuss one of the four project’s thematic areas:...