The National Economic Council adopted a draft Concept for Digital Transformation of Bulgarian Industry (Industry 4.0) as a basis for the development of a Strategy for Bulgaria’s participation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
“With Industry 4.0 we will attract more high-tech investments. Investors are looking for outsourcing to other destinations. Activities related to high technology should remain in Bulgaria,” Deputy Economy Minister Lachezar Borisov said.
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Political forces have identified education and science, not the economy, as priorities for stimulating and developing innovation in the country, according to an analysis of the programmes of the ten largest parties and coalitions for the March 26 vote. Experts from the Applied Research and Communications Fund analysed the platforms of BSP for Bulgaria, Volya, GERB, Yes Bulgaria, ABV – Movement 21, DOST, DPS, New Republic, United Patriots and Reformist Bloc. The survey shows that the political forces are planning goals and measures, primarily aimed at three sub-areas: – Improving...

ARC Fund, Bulgaria continued discussions on how public instruments could be improved in order to address the needs of innovative SMEs and to ensure effective use of public resources. The last stakeholder groups workshop gathered business with representatives of the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency, Association of Business Clusters and Bulgarian Industrial Association, and focus their attention on the National Innovation Fund (NIF) – the only public instrument in Bulgaria with national funding, created with the mission to support research and innovation activities of...

Experts from the Applied Research and Communications Fund are exploring how Bulgarian institutions, science, education and business are putting aspects of responsible research and innovation (RRI) into practice. Together with colleagues from 11 other countries from Europe and around the world, they are involved in a project that aims to encourage a broader and more meaningful consideration of responsible approaches to the science and innovation process. The three-year Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice project is funded by Horizon 2020. The ARC Fund team presented a detailed...

The Economist magazine presented findings from the annual Innovation.bg report 2016 within the article “The Unaffordable Innovations” in issue 4 of the publication.
The Innovation Innovation Report, which was featured in the magazine’s issue 4. “The state can encourage, but also frustrate the efforts of businesses in carrying out innovation activities,” she stressed.
Look for the article in Issue 4 of the magazine. “The Economist, 27 January 2017, or read a pdf copy here.
 

Radoslav Markov from Doli Media Studio took part in Bloomberg TV Bulgaria’s “Business Start” to talk about his experience in applying innovation in the film industry. This is the company that won the award for “Innovation in Creative Industries” at the 2016 Innovative Enterprise of the Year Contest. The studio is the only one in the world outside of Hollywood where simultaneous mastering, color correction, and screening of a final preview of a theatrical-quality film can take place. Bringing together Dolby Atmos Premium, ACES-workflow and 4K DCI technologies is a...