In 2025, the Applied Research and Communications Fund focused its work on major global changes in technology, innovation policy, and economic interdependencies. ARC Fund strengthened its role as a platform organization that brings together research, public dialogue, and practical action. This role was supported through international partnerships that connected the organization’s work to widely recognized global policy and analytical frameworks. Through its participation in the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (MIT REAP), ARC Fund used a regional, ecosystem-based approach to...

Innovation.bg has been ARC Fund’s flagship initiative since 2004. It encompasses the Innovation.bg report, the National Innovation Forum and the Innovative Enterprise of the Year contest. The Innovation.bg report provides annual assessments of the Bulgarian economy’s innovation performance and of the innovation system’s current status and development prospects. The leading theme of Innovation.bg 2020 is the strategic framework of the European Commission for the programming period 2021-2027 with its priorities and measures for a more innovative and green European economy. The report focuses on...

Innovation.bg has been ARC Fund’s flagship initiative since 2004. It encompasses the Innovation.bg report, the National Innovation Forum and the Innovative Enterprise of the Year contest. The Innovation.bg report provides annual assessments of the Bulgarian economy’s innovation performance and of the innovation system’s current status and development prospects. The leading theme of Innovation.bg 2019 is the European science and innovation policy in the next EU program period 2021 – 2027, and the instruments envisaged to achieve its ambitious goals. The National Innovation Forum is a platform...

Innovation.bg has been ARC Fund’s flagship initiative since 2004. It encompasses the Innovation.bg report, the National Innovation Forum and the Innovative Enterprise of the Year contest. The report Innovation.bg 2018 presents the progress in the implementation of the national Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization for the period 2014–2020, reviews the main challenges faced by national and regional authorities, and provides recommendations for better understanding of the process of entrepreneurial discovery and for improvement of the science–business relationships lying at its basis...

Innovation.bg has been ARC Fund’s flagship initiative since 2004. Innovation.bg encompasses the Innovation.bg report, the National Innovation Forum and the Innovative Enterprise of the Year contest. The Innovation.bg 2017 report is focused on the technology interlinks of the national economy on a European and global scale with a special attention on the automotive industry and its related manufactures, which increase the attractiveness of Bulgaria for foreign investments as a R&D center, as well as a source of new technological solutions. The National Innovation Forum (NIF) is a platform...

In 2016, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) marked its 25th anniversary, continuously working to promote and shape the information society and the knowledge economy in national and international contexts. Throughout these years, ARC Fund reconfirmed its position as a pioneer and forerunner in the areas of applied research and analysis, foresight and public engagement, innovation and business support, innovative policy-making, and capacity building. It strived to respond to some of the most challenging issues the Bulgarian and European societies face – environmental...

Twenty-four years since it was established in 1991 as an innovation policy and research institute, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) remains dedicated to fulfilling its mission of promoting and shaping the information society and the knowledge economy in a national, regional, European and global context. The means ARC Fund employs to realize this goal are applied research and analyses, design of innovative solutions to development problems, formation of new policy concepts and innovative policy-making tools. As an active and reliable partner, ARC Fund has encouraged...

In 2014, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) capitalized on the momentum of its 23-year history in continuing its mission to promote the knowledge economy. It realized this mission through its applied research and analyses, the development of new policy concepts and deployment of innovative policy-making tools, and by bringing together key stakeholders to discuss and disseminate its research findings. It implemented and managed projects in the areas of science, innovation and information society, technology transfer and business support, a safer online experience for...

Over the past 22 years, the Applied Research and Communications Fund (ARC Fund) has established itself as a premier force in innovation policy and socio-economic research in Bulgaria. It has contributed to the creation of preconditions whereby social, technological and environmental innovation can be developed and utilized. It strives to support the development of a knowledge-based and high value-added economy, assist in the transfer of new and advanced technologies, and in the transposition of good policy practices and networking opportunities for Bulgarian businesses. ARC Fund works towards...

For its 21 years of existence, ARC Fund emerged as an international think-andaction tank with the mission to incubate social, business and technological innovations, provide research-based and forward-looking policy solutions and facilitate the development of а safer knowledge-based society.  ARC Fund Highlights for 2012: Since 2008 ARC Fund has been the coordinator of Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) in Bulgaria. The EEN is Europe’s largest consultancy and information support network to DG Enterprise and Industry. As in the previous years, the focus was to help the internationalization of...

Applied Research and Communications Fund’s mission is to foster social, business and technological innovations, to provide research-based policy solutions and to facilitate the development of a knowledge-based society. In 2011 ARC Fund marked the 20th anniversary since its foundation. Throughout these years, ARC Fund has continued and expanded its efforts to improve the knowledge economy, foster an innovative culture, as well as the internationalization of public institutions and private sector businesses. ARC Fund Highlights for 2011: The Seventh National Innovation Forum entitled Innovation...