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| Conference: Regional Innovation Strategies in Bulgaria: Managing European Funds Effectively
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 On 29 May 2007 the Center for the Study of Democracy and Applied Research and Communications Fund, together with the Regional Administration of Sofia city and the Association of the South West Municipalities, organized a Regional Conference on the role of the Regional Innovation Strategy (RIS) initiatives for building regional capacity to work with the financial instruments of the European Cohesion and Structural Funds in successful public-private partnerships.
The conference achieved the following main objectives: (i) presented the analysis of the innovation demand and supply and functioning of the regional innovation system of the South West planning region of Bulgaria, (ii) announced the financial opportunities for the regional stakeholders envisaged within the Structural Funds and the Operational Programs “Competitiveness”, “Regional development” and “Human Resource Development”, (iii) discussed the capacity of the municipalities in South West Bulgaria to work in public-private partnerships with the respective financial instruments, and (iv) presented an example of a bank’s financial policy designed for supporting project proposals for public-private partnership within the Structural Funds.
The event’s agenda featured talks and presentations by representatives of the Regional Administration of Sofia city, Ministry of Economy and Energy, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, Association of the South West Municipalities, a bank and the RIS BRIDGE team.
Agenda (PDF, 124 KB)
Resume of the analysis of the Regional Innovation System of the South-West Planning Region (PDF, 529 KB, in Bulgarian)
Resume of discussion and presentations of the speakers (in Bulgarian)
Media Coverage (in Bulgarian)
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