On 13 September 2012, the Applied Research and Communications Fund hosted a second national working meeting held within the project “Parliaments and Civil Society in Technology Assessment” (PACITA), supported under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. The event, titled “Technology Assessment and Public Policies in Bulgaria: Goals, Stakeholders, Added Value, and Impact” aimed to providе further insights into how technology assessment functions and affects public policies (through giving examples from countries with long experience in TA), as well as to...

On September 26, 2012 the Applied Research and Communications Fund and the Plovdiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry, members of Enteprise Europe Network jointly organised a seminar on “Internationalisation – opportunities for business collaboration”. During the event the Presidents of the Cluster of Mechatronics and Automation – Bulgaria, Cluster SMAB – Germany and Cluster NiCAT – Serbia presented their business opportunities for cooperation at national and international level. The last two panels of the program presented the priorities for international business...

On July 13th, ARC Fund hosted an event at its offices where European Union supported actions to strengthen the creative industries were presented. The event included a walk-though of the ‘How To Grow’ platform, the culmination of the efforts of the BCreative project. This project is funded through the Europe Innova Initiative of the European Commission under the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The platform provides online business support tools for those in the creative industries, including information on ‘getting finance’, ‘building networks’, and ‘gaining...

The third workshop in support of entrepreneurship entitled “Financing programs: support that your business needs” will be held on June 14, 2012, in Hall 1 at the “Applied Research and Communications” Fund. The series of events in support of entrepreneurship are jointly organized by Enterprise Europe Network – Bulgaria at the “Applied Research and Communications” Fund and the “SOS Enterpreneurs” Foundation. The seminar will feature presentation on the Operational Programme “Competitiveness” with its current application...

This workshop is part of a sequence of events to support entrepreneurship organized by Enterprise Europe Network in Bulgaria at Applied Research and Communications Fund in partnership with SOS Entrepreneurs Foundation. The topics during this second workshop include risk funds, macro finance, credit, guaranteed loans and other financial instruments. The series of one-day events planned for 2012 by the organisers will focus on various themes like internationalization and integration in international markets, financial tools and resources to support entrepreneurship, market rules, funding...