This Network Meeting was focused on strengthening the project management knowledge of the Intermediary Organisations (IOs) in the programme and increasing the peer-to-peer learning amongst them.
The interactive sessions provided IOs with opportunities to share their practices with fellow IOs, as well as to discuss new developments in the programme with the European Commission.
ICT Cluster is intermediary organization in Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme for Bulgaria since 2009. At the present cycle 8 of the programme ICT Cluster is a partner of consortium Ventures 8.

Project Ventures8 COSME-04-2015-692734 under the "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs" programme is financed by the COSME program of the European Commission.

The project implementation started on 1 March 2016 and has two years time period.

Lead partner is Coventry University, and the consortium has partner-organizations from 11 countries Britain, Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Albania and Romania.

ICT Cluster is an intermediary organization for Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs since  2009. ICT Cluster has realized 22 exchanges of experience, 18 of the participants successfully grow their own business.

More about the program can be found here: "Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs"

The Strategic ICT Clusters’ Meeting for Danube ICT Clusters’ sustainable cooperation for smart and inclusive growth project was held on February 18th and-19th 2016 at Art Hotel Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was organized under the framework of the DANUBE ICT Project, financed by START program of Danube Strategy of the EC. The meeting is part of the Activity 1 of the project, which main aim is to enhance the creation of favorable conditions for future sustainable collaboration among ICT Clusters from the Danube region and other Balkan countries in the field of cross-industry collaboration.

The meeting was attended by 26 cluster representatives from the Balkan and Black Sea region, members of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine. Special guests of the meeting were: Mr. Mohammed Al Hammadi, founder and Chief Executive of InvestSource and Mr. Sebastiano Toffaletti - Alliance Secretary General of Digital SME Alliance - The European Voice of High Tech SME. During the strategic meeting the partners have shared good practices and experience in cross- industry collaboration. Presentations and positions on focused industries were made. The meeting was attended by the representatives from technology park Belgrade and some Serbian Start ups.

The Strategic ICT Clusters’ Meeting for Danube ICT Clusters’ sustainable cooperation for smart and inclusive growth project was held on February 18th and-19th 2016 at Art Hotel Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting was organized under the framework of the DANUBE ICT Project, financed by START program of Danube Strategy of the EC. The meeting is part of the Activity 1 of the project, which main aim is to enhance the creation of favorable conditions for future sustainable collaboration among ICT Clusters from the Danube region and other Balkan countries in the field of cross-industry collaboration. 

The meeting was attended by 26 cluster representatives from the Balkan and Black Sea region, members of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network: Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Ukraine. Special guests of the meeting were: Mr. Mohammed Al Hammadi, founder and Chief Executive of InvestSource and Mr. Sebastiano Toffaletti - Alliance Secretary General of Digital SME Alliance - The European Voice of High Tech SME. During the strategic meeting the partners have shared good practices and experience in cross- industry collaboration. Presentations and positions on focused industries were made. The meeting was attended by the representatives from technology park Belgrade and some Serbian Start ups.

The strategic ICT Clusters’ Meeting will take place on February 18th and-19th 2016, at Art Hotel Belgrade, Serbia. The meeting is organized under the framework of the DANUBE ICT Project, financed by START program of Danube Strategy of the EC.

The aim of the Strategic ICT Clusters’ meeting is to increase regional cross- cluster, cross-industry and cross-border collaboration. The event will be attended by representatives of ICT Clusters, members of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network. During the event participants will have opportunity to discuss best practices and to share knowledge and experiences on cross-cluster and cross-industry collaborations in their clusters and regions.

Special quests of the meeting are: Mr. Mohammed Al Hammadi, founder and Chief Executive of InvestSource and Mr. Sebastiano Toffaletti, Alliance Secretary General of Digital SME Alliance - The European Voice of High Tech SME.

About BBS ICT Network

The Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network is a bottom-up initiative that reunites some of the most important cluster initiatives in the ICT sector from this macro-region. Currently the Network includes 17 organizations from all countries in the Balkan and Black Sea Region. Our aim is to create new business opportunities for cluster members, to open new markets and to build bridges for cross-border and cross-industry collaborations.

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On 26th of January, 2016 a meeting of the leading partners of the projects funded under the START programme of the Danube Strategy was held in Vienna, Austria.
Mr. Peter Statev and Ms. Anna Naydenova participated at the event. ICT Cluster is a leading partner of the DANUBE ICT project, which main objective is the creation of sustainable, strategic trans-national partnership among ICT Clusters from the Balkans and the Danube region by establishing a common strategy for cross - cluster and cross-industrial cooperation in a favor of SMEs.

Partners in the project are: Foundation ICT Cluster, Cluj IT Cluster, Vojvodina ICT Cluster, and Montenegrin IT Cluster. All members of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network will be actively engaged in the process of suceesful project implementation.

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На 11 Декември 2015 г. на официална церемония в зала „Тържествена” бяха връчени дипломите на петия випуск от специалност „Предприемачество” на УНСС.
На събитието присъстваха и връчиха дипломи на абсолвентите зам.-ректорът по научноизследователската дейност проф. д-р Валентин Гоев, ръководителят на катедра „Предприемачество” и директор на Института за развитие на предприемачеството проф. д.ик.н. Кирил Тодоров, посланикът на Казахстан в България Н.Пр. Темиртай Избастин, проф. Митко Димитров, директор на Икономическия институт на БАН, инж. Илия Келешев, председател на Българската браншова камара по машиностроене, Димитър Кузев, директор на ЗММ Хасково, представителят на Банка ДСК Диана Паригвоздева, директорът на отдел „Бизнес клиенти“ в УниКредит Булбанк  Димитър Пенков, изпълнителният директор на ИКТ Клъстер Анна Найденова, д-р Кирил Григоров, управител на Общинския гаранционен фонд за малки и средни предприятия (ОГФМСП), Башар Рахал, артист и продуцент, преподаватели, гости, студенти.
Г-жа Анна Найденова благодари на катедрата за поканата и заяви, че ще се радва да работи с много от вече завършилите студенти

The First Science and Technology Park in Bulgaria opened Its doors with official ceremony on 10 – 11 December 2015.
The park was inaugurated during a two-day forum dedicated to innovation support policies and the role of science and technology parks for the creation of a knowledge-based economy.
 
The opening ceremony of the park was attended by: Mr. Rosen Plevneliev, President of the Republic of Bulgaria; Mr. Andrej Kiska, President of the Slovak Republic; Mr. Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria; Mr. Horst Seehofer, Minister-President of Bavaria; Ms. Corina Crețu, the European Commissioner for Regional Development; Mr. Bozhidar Loukarsky, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bulgaria and Ms. Elitsa Panayotova, CEO of Sofia Tech Park.
Within the event were organized specialized panels devoted to policies and funds for innovation and entrepreneurship support, ICT and cyber security, food and biotechnology, the role of science and technology parks, research and technology transfer, business incubators and etc..
Ms. Anna Naydenova, Executive Director of the ICT Cluster moderated the panel “ICT and cyber security”, where were made speeches and presentations by: Dr. Gregory Edwards - Director Infrastructure services, Communications and Information Agency of NATO; Colonel Vasil Rusinov – Director of Center of Exellence Crisis Management and Development and disaster response, Mr. Ivaylo Georgiev, Cyber Security Lab at T+IN and Member of the Board of ICT Cluster, Dr. Dimo Chotrov, Virtual and Augmented reality  Lab  at T+IN, Bulgarian and Slovak companies

Jennifer Baker, leading tech journalist, is joined by European Commission Vice-President Ansip to discuss the long-awaited proposal on the cross-border portability of online content, as well as the infamous ancillary copyright andplatforms regulation.

The General Assembly of ICT Cluster approved Cluster Codia as a member of ICT Cluster Society.
Bulgarian Technology Cluster Codia is a community of small IT companies gathered in one organization with a unified brand and business processes.
With a team of more than 50 people unified along common business processes and qualification standards Codia supports all experts needed for the successful execution of a project observing all corporate standards, still preserving the flexibility of a small business.

The third meeting of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters’ Network was held on 27th November 2015, in Skopje, FYR of Macedonia. The meeting was hosted by MASIT and REG USAID project. Review of the ICT Cluster chairmanship was made and the new chairman organization of the network was elected. All partners supported the election of Cluj IT Cluster as a new chairman organization of 2016. The next meeting of the Network will be in Belgrade, in the second half of February 2016.

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3rd meeting, Skopje

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Danube ICT START presentation

ETSI EaS appetiser

Minutes Skopje meeting

NETWORKING News_ICTNet

Reasons to consolidate the network

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Slides Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network

On December 1, 2015 the project Danube ICT Clusters' Cooperation for Smart and Inclusive Growth - DANUBE ICT has started, leading by ICT Cluster.

The project duration is six months till  and it is funded by the European Commission and the Danube Strategy. The main objective of DANUBE ICT is the creation of sustainable, strategic trans-national partnership among ICT Clusters from the Balkans and the Danube region by establishing a common strategy for cross - cluster and cross-industrial cooperation in a favor of SMEs.

Partners in the project are: Foundation ICT Cluster, Cluj IT Cluster, Vojvodina ICT Cluster, and Montenegrin IT Cluster. All members of the Balkan and Black Sea ICT Clusters Network will be actively engaged in the process of suceesful project implementation.

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