Anna Naydenova project manager

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Anna Naydenova project manager

• Bulgarian ICT Cluster

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Content

• Lisbon strategy
• Putting Small Business First
• Clusters organization
• Networking
• Bulgarian ICT Cluster
• Bulgarian ICT Clusters frameworks and tools for
  SMEs
• EOS project
• ACHIEVE MORE partnership
• FORENTIN
• Telecommunications sub-cluster

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Lisbon Strategy

• Main objective
• to make the EU "the most dynamic and
  competitive knowledge-based economy in the world
  capable of sustainable economic growth with more
  and better jobs and greater social cohesion, and
  respect for the environment by 2010".
• Measures
• boosting innovations
• building economy of knowledge
• providing social and environmental renewal

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Putting Small Business First

• Development of European SMEs is a key
  factor for growth and job creation in Europe
• Small Business Act main measures
• making life easier for SME by
  reduction of administrative burdens
• improving access to finance
• helping SMEs to go abroad
• development of entrepreneurial
  education and skills
• boosting SMEs research and innovations
• support for SMEs at regional level

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Cluster organizations

• considered as a new and highly efficient
  forms of business organizations focused to boost
  innovation and to provide framework and tools to
  convert information into the knowledge for
  business growth and efficiency
• Innovative clusters
• different from Porters definition for
  industrial clusters
• have its own organizational resources -
  cluster management and staff, office, website and
  ect.
• provide members with wide set of
  services for business development and growth -
  dissemination of information, commercial
  cooperation and innovation support, enhancing
  business environment, HR upgrading, organize
  professional qualification
• maintain and participate in broad
  international networks, international projects,
  platforms and initiatives

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Networking is key factor for development of
clusters and particularly SMEs

• Cluster participation in effective
  internetworks provides its members with
• opportunities to share and transfer of
  best practices and know how
• opportunities to participate in
  international projects, platforms and networks
• accelerate the process of
  internationalization of SMEs and their access to
  technological excellence, where it is not
  available
• access to information and financial
  resources

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Bulgarian ICT Cluster

• Organization of ICT business in Bulgaria
• First cluster organization it was
  established December 2004 with the aim to improve
  competitiveness of Bulgarian ICT business in the
  frame of global economy and to create equitable
  and effective cooperation, exchange of
  information, ideas and good practices
• ICT cluster is constantly adopting its
  structure tools and frameworks according to the
  transformation and the requirements of the global
  and national economy
• during 4 years of operation Bulgarian ICT
  clusters refocused its goals and tools to achieve
  more direct and fruitful impact to the business
  of its members

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Bulgarian ICT Cluster

• Main fields of activities
• design, implementation and support of
  different tools and measures in order to ensure
  friendly market environment for SMEs.
• branding, positioning and promotion of
  Bulgarian ICT Sector
• proactive collaboration with academia for
  adoption and transfer the market requirements in
  the standards and specification for education and
  professional qualification
• cooperative and proactive dialogue with
  the makers of state ICT policies and practices.
  

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Bulgarian ICT Clusters farameworks and tools
for SMEs

• Dissemination of proven, focus and
  useful information
• Training in good practices for
  financial and market planning and exercising
• Strategic analysis, planning and
  business advices
• Support and preparation of SMEs to be
  presented to community of business angels,
  investors and venture capitalists
• Creation and maintenance of close
  cooperation with universities and technology
  centers and incubators

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FP6 EOS Project opening international markets
for small innovative companies

• Objective
• elaboration and development of good
  practices and tools for small and medium sized
  companies in order to help them to meet
  challenges on a global markets, to accelerate
  their growth and to find new partners.
• 21 consortium partners and associate
  partners in Europe and Asia
• Services developed
• soft landing services help
  companies to find appropriate partners and place
  on a foreign markets
• business boosting providing SMEs
  with advices concerning business development
• networking - organization of
  certain matchmaking and investors events and
  workshops
• New EOS
• start in the beginning of 2009
• develop and offer services elaborated
  during the EOS project implementation
• attract new partners and broaden the
  scope of partnership

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ACHIEVE MORE Partnership - enabling innovations
and entrepreneurship

• Objective
• improve the success rate and
  accelerate the growth of knowledge-intensive ICT
  start-ups within the ACHIEVE MORE Partnership
• Partnership network
• early stage investors, 50 European
  technology and business incubators and 15
  clusters
• The project main activities
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• exchange know-how, expertise and
  better practice in leadingedge incubation
• learn about innovative coaching tools
  and methodologies that are proven to accelerate
  start-up growth
• experiments with new models for seed
  funds attached to incubators

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Program FORENTIN FORUM FOR ENTREPRENUERS AND
INVESTORS

• Objectives
• analyze, recognize and classify factors
  limiting growth potential of SMEs
• services and tools to be designed to
  outcome the SMEs limiting factors to grow
• elaboration of platform for creation
  bridges among investors and SMEs.
• Project implementation
• First phase strategic analysis of the
  company. Preparation of document Vision for
  growth, which provides companies management
  with advices for future development and
  opportunities to fill existing gaps.
• Second phase preparation of investment
  memorandum, organization of meetings with
  potential investors and presentation on forums
  for investors and venture capitalists.
• FORENTIN further developments
  
• Foundation of Hi tech investment fund

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Phare Project 2005/017-586.04.02, Cluster
Development Initiative - Phase 2, Project
BG2005/ESC/G/CDI-II-003 Telecommunications sub -
cluster

• Project
• financed by the European Commission,
  Phare Program and Ministry of Economy and Energy
  of Bulgaria
• 71 members hi tech companies
  telecommunication sector
• Project goals
• creation common marketing strategy and
  product and services portfolio
• development of horizontal cooperation
  links among partners
• start of common research projects
• common strategy to reach international
  markets

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Manager Bulgarian ICT Cluster www.ictalent.org

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