What Did We Achieve more
With Achieve more project ?
Contents
• Who Are We?
– Mission And Goals
– Structure, Team And Activities
– Priority Fields
– Partnership Network
– Implemented Projects
• Achieve More – The Beginning
• What Did We Learn from The Best?
• Next Steps
• What Did We Achieve More?
Mission And Goals
GOALS
MISSION:
To encourage the entrepreneurs, the
researchers and the academic
teams in Burgas to start their own
companies and to support the
development of the advanced
technologies in the region.
To support
the development
of the advanced
technologies
To organize and participate
in events, related to the
advanced technologies
To create mechanisms
and instruments for
the encouragement of
innovative enterprises
To support the
development of high- tech
SMEs in the region
Structure, Team And
Activities
Structure
• Not- for profit association
• Voluntary membership
Team
• Specialists in the fields of: finance; marketing;
• communications; law; business management;
• Network of experts –professionals working in specific fields;
• Volunteers – students and young specialists;
Activities
• Support for the commercialization of high- tech ideas and results;
• Support for the protection of IPRs of new high- tech products;
• Management of facilities related to the advanced technologies;
Priority Fields
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Information technology
Chemical industry
Automation and censors materials
Telecommunications
Microelectronics and micro-mechanics
Biotechnology and pharmaceuticals
Medical and health technologies
Energy and power effectiveness
Partnership Network
Prof. Dr.
Asen Zlatarov
University - Burgas
Technology
Transfer
OfficeBurgas
INI – GraphicsNet
Foundation
HTBI
Achieve More
Event
ECAbit Network
Business
Innovation CenterBurgas
Human Resource
Development
Agency –Burgas
Implemented Projects
Planning of the Local Economic Development
Source of funding: National Employment Agency, under a loan agreement
with the World Bank
Business Perspectives in the Process of the Accession of Bulgaria to the EU
Source of funding: USAID
Establishment of a Technology Transfer Office at Burgas Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov
University
Source of funding: Phare Program
Business Perspectives related to the Bulgarian Membership in the EU
Source of funding: USAID
Promotion of Entrepreneurship among the Scientists
Source of funding: GMF
Feasibility study: Establishment of Pro-Innovative Infrastructure in Burgas
Municipality
Source of funding: Burgas Municipality
Development of a Strategy for Pro-Innovative Infrastructure in Bulgaria,
Source of funding: Ministry of Economy, Bulgaria
Achieve More – The
Beginning
How did we join the initiative?
• Invitation from Mr. Peter Statev from ICT Cluster Bulgaria – April 2009;
• Meeting with Ms. Natalia Blagburn in London
Participation in the conference Learning from the
Best—Learning to be a Leading Edge Business
Incubator June 2009
• Useful information on business incubation;
• Exchange of good practices with
representatives of other EU countries;
• Close contact with Mr. Martino Picardo from
UMIC, UK;
• Close contact with Mr. Dick Eriksson from
Innovationsbron, Sweden.
What Did We Learn
from The Best?
Learning from the Best—Learning to be a
Leading Edge Business Incubator June
2009 has turned out to be extremely
beneficial having in mind:
• The lack of experience in Bulgaria in
business incubation;
• The lack of experience in the
establishment of pro-innovative
infrastructure;
• The valuable expert support provided by
Mr. Picardo and Mr. Eriksson in the
development of a Strategy for ProInnovative Infrastructure in Bulgaria, which
was later elaborated by the Bulgarian
Ministry of Economy
Next Steps
Visit to the UMIC, UK
• Hands-on experience and
observation of one of the best
working models of business
incubation in Europe;
• Laying foundations for deeper
cooperation between UMIC and
HTBI – signing a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU).
What Did We Achieve
More?
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Preparation of joint projects between HTBI and UMIC for the physical establishment of a
high tech business incubator in Burgas, Bulgaria;
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Expansion of existing networks of international partners and effective transfer of knowhow and best practices in the field of business incubation and technology transfer;
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Deeper and more effective cooperation between HTBI, other non-governmental
organizations and state institutions in Bulgaria responsible for the development and
implementation of innovation policies and infrastructure.
Contact details
Address:
Burgas
17 Tsar Petar Str., floor 3, office 1
e-mail:
todorstanev@me.com
web address: www.htbi.eu
Thank you for your attention!
Brussels
March 2011