99% of companies are SMEs. They should get 50% of EU funding for innovation, currently they receive only 20%. Amid the corona crisis, digital SMEs call on European Council for a 50% SME quota in EU’s digital innovation budget.

agROBOfood, in an attempt to boost the adoption of robotics in the agricultural sector and strengthen its’ network, has just launched the 1^st "Open Call" for funding additional Innovation Experiments. Through this call agROBOfood will distribute 2.65 M€ for the direct benefit of SMEs (300,000€ - 500,000€ per proposal).

Here you can find information on all programs of the Institute for Agro-Strategies and Innovation - EIT Food Hub Bulgaria. Prizes and application deadlines.

EIT JUMPSTRTER is one of the most comprehensive cross-sectoral programs designed for early stage innovators of their business ideas who want to get guidance and a startup for their business. Participants will learn how to start building their businesses in a unique way its cross-sectoral environment, guided by the best trainers and mentors in the field.

Up to 10 000 euros in prizes are also provided for the best ideas.

Bulgarian Technology and Innovation Center – DigiTech 4.0 joined the agROBOfood network. Additionally to our existing services, we now can offer you technical, business and eco-system related services for the agro-food robotic domain, being available throughout this pan-European wide network of universities, research institutes and service providing companies. DigiTech 4.0 will serve as your agROBOfood contact point!

The team of ICT Cluster wishes you happy holidays as well as successful and fruitful 2020!

In the begging of 2020, ESI CEE  gives the opportunity to get Kanban Management Professional (KMP) qualification with Kanban University only with 4 days of training!

After two years of implementation the project Green Ict deVElopment (GIVE) project came to an end. What we have achieved in those two years working together?

On 28^th November, in Skopje, North Macedonia, was held the final conference of Green Ict deVElopment (GIVE) project. GIVE partnership will continue to work with the SMEs in the Balkan and Baltic region from the ICT, Automotive and Green sector and support them on their first steps going on third markets – China, Taiwan and Egypt.

Where? Skopje, North Macedonia
Location: Alexandar II, Skopje, North Macedonia, link from Google maps.
When? 28 November 2019
Time: 09:30 CET
How? Registration form is available on the following link

The Sixth B2B event “Shaping together a smarter and greener future” was held in Cluj Napoca on 30th-31st of October, organized by the Cluj IT Cluster. The event was organized within the framework of Green ICT Development - GIVE project.

GIVE project consortium is looking for SMEs having experience working in China, Egypt or Taiwan markets to share their experience on the GIVE final conference that will take place on 27-28 November 2019, Skopje, North Macedonia.

One of the success stories is coming
from Serbian company Trayal Corporation that is working for the automotive industry. During the first
B2B event, held in North Macedonia last December 2018,  Trayal Corporation representatives met
Latvian company INPASS SIA working in the field of Smart Manufacturing.

Ms. Krasimira Shindarova, coordinator of DigiTech 4.0, supported by the leading expert Mr. Paul Peters from Agoria’s Innovation Centre of Expertise, the entity leading the development of ADMA Methodology visited the companies Avto Engineering Holding Group, Mechanical Design and Construction and Euro Catering and started work on their improvement.