Science, Technology and Innovation Policy The Science,Technology and Innovation Policy Program of ARC Fund is involved in public debates on the challenges faced by research and innovation stakeholders. It mobilizes actors from civil society, business, universities and research organizations, as well as policy and decision-makers, towards a shared understanding of forthcoming transformations and challenges in technological developments and innovations, and steers them towards a shared vision for the integration of responsible research and innovation principles into science and policy-making. (more) | Innovation and Business Support Program ARC Fund contributes to, and supports the development of information society policies in Bulgaria. This is being done through policy analyses in such fields as telecommunications, electronic media, and ICTs; drafting and proposing policy documents to responsible government agencies, and performing analytical work commissioned by Bulgarian and international organizations, including the World Bank, European Commission, or other major international agencies. (more) | Safer Internet Program Since August 2005, the non-governmental Applied Research and Communications Fund has being operating the Bulgarian Hotline - web112.net, co-funded by the European Commission within the framework of the Safer Internet Program. It aims to create conditions for receiving reports for illegal and harmful for children content and conduct online and is now integrated into the portal website of the Safer Internet Centre. (more) |