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The Region of Sofia as an Associated Member of
the PANEL Network Talk by Marc Jochemich,
GründerRegio M e.V. delivered at the European
Day of the Entrepreneur Sofia, 4th-5th November
2004
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Content

1. GründerRegio M e.V.
2. PANEL Partners, Aims, and Activities
3. The Connection PANEL- Sofia
4. The Connection Bavaria - Bulgaria
5. Future activities together with Sofia / Bulgaria

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GründerRegio M e.V.

• Founded 1998 association to represent key
  players in supporting young Entrepreneurs
• Over 30 members, from universities over
  Incubators, VC organisations and banks to the
  Chamber of Commerce, City of Munich and also
  young entrepreneurs
• Projects PANEL, HOCHSPRUNG (support of Spin-offs
  from universities) and EFFEKT! (support of women
  entrepreneurs)

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Providing Access and Networking of
Entrepreneurial Links
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PANEL - Sofia

• Transfer of Barcelonas best practice Dia de
  lEmprenedor as EDE in October 2003

• Associated Region to PANEL since February 2004

• Foundation of AASIE after model of GründerRegio M
  in April 2004

• Access to European best practice in start-up
  support through PANEL / PAXIS

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Bavaria Bulgaria
PAXIS Visiting Scheme Munich-Sofiaat Bavar.
State Chancellery Incubator gate

• Visiting programme for political, scientific and
  economic key players between the regions of
  Munich and Sofia (Feb. 2004).

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Bavaria Bulgaria
Brücke zum Osten Bridge to the East (Feb. 2004)

• Conference to foster co-operation between
  Bavarian and Bulgarian companies through the
  involvement of Bulgarian students on Bavarian
  universities (with approx. 3000 largest group of
  foreign students in Bavaria)

• Information and talks about topics like market
  entry of Bavarian companies in Bulgaria, legal
  framework, ...

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Bavaria Bulgaria
Visit of President Georgi Parvanov In
co-operation with InvestBulgaria Agency (IBA,
former BFIA), Schipka and AASIE at Incubator gate
(Jul. 2004)

• Event about job opportunities of Bulgarian
  students on Bavarian universities with President
  Georgi Parvanov with talks, discussion and
  presentation of Bulgarian companies

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Bavaria Bulgaria
High-Tech-Days Sofia by AASIE GründerRegio M

• Programme for political, scientific and economic
  key players to present successful model from the
  Bavarian High-Tech-Offensive in Bulgaria
  (May/June 2003 and Oct./Nov. 2004).

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Future Plans on Sofia / Bulgaria

• Mediation of information and contacts between
  Bavaria and Bulgaria in the fields of Economy and
  Entrepreneurship
• Establishing of a permanent trainee exchange
  between Bavaria and Bulgaria
• Implementation of an Incubator in the Region of
  Sofia with the help of Bavarian Expertise

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Contact GründerRegio M Marc Jochemich Frankfurter
Ring 193a 80807 Munich Tel.-No.
089/321978-13 Fax-No. 089/321978-15 E-mail
jochemich_at_gr-m.de