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National Center for Safe Internet CyberScout program is among the 10 best in Europe

The CyberScout training programme of the National Centre for Safe Internet and Telenor Bulgaria took the 9th place in the European Crime Prevention Award held in December 2017. The Cyber Scout programme was nominated to represent Bulgaria in this year’s European Crime Prevention Award competition dedicated to online security. It was presented in the framework of a Best Practice Conference organised by the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU in Tallinn on 15 December. In total, programmes and projects from 18 EU Member States were presented at the conference, with first place...

December 19, 2017
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“CyberScout” of the National Center for Safe Internet competes for the European Crime Prevention Award

The top 3 European projects in the field of cyber security will be announced on 14 December in Tallinn, Estonia. All 18 nominated projects will be showcased at the Good Practice Conference, including the National Safer Internet Centre’s CyberScout Training Programme for fifth graders. The National Center for Safe Internet’s fifth-grade cyber scout training program has been running for three consecutive years with the support of Telenor Bulgaria. It has already trained over 500 students aged 11-12 in over 30 locations across the country. As part of the programme, Grade 5 students...

December 11, 2017
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The Expert Council on Innovation discussed the draft report Innovation.bg 2017

On 30 November the Expert Council on Innovation at the Applied Research and Communications Fund discussed the draft of the annual Innovation.bg report. This year, it addresses the topic of Bulgaria’s place in global technology chains. The report will be officially presented at the Thirteenth National Innovation Forum on 15 December. The Expert Council on Innovation at the Applied Research and Communications Fund consists of researchers from the organisation, representatives of the research community, the non-governmental sector, the media and institutions. It makes recommendations on...

December 7, 2017
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Science meets regions conference in Gabrovo

On the 16th of November, 2017 the city of Gabrovo, Bulgaria hosted the conference “Science meets parliaments and regions”. The event gathered representatives from the local authorities of North central region of Bulgaria, educational institutions – schools, universities and the Bulgarian academy of science. The forum was focused on discussion of successful models and practices and finding of tailor -made decisions in favour of intelligent specialization. Among the participants were mayors, regional governors, representatives of Technical university – Gabrovo, Veliko Tarnovo university “St.St...

November 21, 2017
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Todor Galev: Innovative companies remain more of individual examples than a rule for most sectors of the Bulgarian economy

Todor Galev, senior analyst at the Applied Research and Communications Fund, said in an interview for the Economic.bg economic portal that innovative companies remain isolated examples rather than the rule for most sectors of the Bulgarian economy. “There has been a rise of Bulgarian innovative enterprises to higher levels in global value chains. This is true both for enterprises that are part of multinational companies or work as suppliers of services and products to such companies, as well as for independent players in comparison with their competitors. Authentic Bulgarian enterprises...

October 10, 2017
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Teodora Georgieva told Trud newspaper: innovation makes investments in research meaningful

In an interview with Trud newspaper, Prof. Teodoro Georgieva talks about the role of the researcher. Georgieva commented that Bulgaria has the potential to become a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Balkans and Southeast Europe. “An integrated national strategy with a focus on the science-education-innovation interaction with fewer priorities and concentrated funding is needed. Also a single administrative structure for managing and funding research and innovation.” She cited a 2017 study that found that, according to data from 2013-2016, firms’ innovation...

September 27, 2017
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The Fund of Funds creates a financial instrument for startups

The Fund of Funds has launched its first instrument under the Operational Programme “Innovation and Competitiveness” / OPIC / Acceleration and Seed Fund / ASFF /. FUNF is a private equity and quasi-private...

September 20, 2017
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The National Center for Safe Internet participates in the creation of the Coalition for the Development of Media Literacy of Bulgarian Children

On 11 September, the Coalition for the Development of Media Literacy of Bulgarian Children was established on the initiative of the Center for Safe Internet and the Center for Culture and Debate “The Red House” with the participation of the Institute for Progressive Education, the Center for Inclusive Education, the Association of European Journalists in Bulgaria, Together in Class (Zaedno v chas), the National Network for Children, Education Bulgaria 2030, the Voice of the Children Foundation. The aim of the Coalition is to stimulate public debate on the topic, but also to gather...

September 12, 2017
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