» Innovation.bg 2008 Report,
The report Innovation.bg 2008: The Bulgarian Innovation Policy in the European Union analyzes the state of the national innovation system and makes recommendations for enhancing the innovation performance of the Bulgarian economy. This year the report underlines the global trends and the increasing competition on the innovation field.
» Why Invest in Science in South Eastern Europe?,
The Proceedings of an International Conference and high level Round Table held on 28 and 29 September 2006 in Ljubljana, Slovenia "Why Invest in Science in South Eastern Europe?", provide the reader with a wealth of insights and analyses from the Conference regarding the state of S&T and innovation policy in SEE.
» MediaTrans: New technologies for the Media Sector,
ARC Fund has published a leaflet for medium and small enterprises in the media sector. The leaflet informs the SMEs about the multinational project MediaTrans and the possibilities the project opens for enhancing media companies' competitiveness.
» Innovation.bg Report,
The Innovation.bg report tracks the innovative performance and potential of the Bulgarian economy on an annual basis.
The report's preliminary findings highlight the low innovative performance of the economy in terms of new product development and patent grants, which it attributes partly to the low-tech character of the Bulgarian manufacturing sector and partly to the underdeveloped innovation system in the country and the inadequate, highly departmentalized government policy in this respect. Business investment in R&D remains the lowest in Central and Eastern Europe at 0.11% of GDP, while government R&D spending is locked into an outdated organizational structure of Academy of Sciences' institutes, which lack results-oriented incentives to perform better.
» Innovation: Policy and Practice,
Innovation is key to enhancing the competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy, to accelerating its economic growth and improving the living standards of its population. The monograph, titled Innovation: policy and practice, was developed by a group of renowned academics and innovation experts – members of ARC Fund’s Expert Council on Innovation, and representatives of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, universities, high-tech companies and research centres.
» Regional Innovation Strategy for the South Central Region of Bulgaria,
The Regional Innovation Strategy for the South Central Region of Bulgaria was elaborated under the EU RIS/SC-Bg project that was funded by DG Enterprise of the European Commission and implemented by a consortium of the following organizations: ARC Fund (Coordinator), the Commission for Social and Economic Cohesion, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, tti Magdeburg (Germany), and the University of Thessaly (Greece).
» Knowledge Economy – theory, policies and developments in Bulgaria,
This brochure, published by ARC Fund in May 2004, discusses the central importance of knowledge for productivity, competitiveness, and growth. The text is structured along the analytical model developed by the World Bank Institute, which defines four main pillars of the “knowledge economy”, namely: institutional and economic incentives regime; national innovation system; education and training; and ICT infrastructure.
» Industrial case studies on innovation and technology needs of companies in the South-Central Region of Bulgaria,
This document contains 10 industrial case studies analyzing the innovation processes at company level, and companies’ demand for new technologies in the following priority sectors of the regional economy of the South Central region of Bulgaria: agriculture and agrochemistry; food industry; electronics and electrotechnics; mechanical engineering; tourism; timber; wood processing and furniture production; textiles; perfumery and cosmetics; leather and shoe-making industry.
» Benchmarking Indicators for R&D and Innovation Activities in the EU Member States (in Bulgarian),
In the transition period to a knowledge-based economy, R&D and innovation activities are the major source for economic growth and competitiveness enhancement in virtually every sector. This also increases the role of statistical indicators used to measure such activities.
» Regional Demand for Innovation in the South Central Region of Bulgaria: Analysis of Survey Results (in Bulgarian)
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During the period February-September 2003 ARC Fund conducted an analysis of the regional demand for innovation in the South Central Region of Bulgaria under the project “Developing a Regional Innovation Strategy of South Central Region of Bulgaria”.
This survey was a pilot initiative for Bulgaria as it studied in depth the innovation performance of SMEs and their needs for new technologies.
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