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» Innovations: European, National and Regional Policies, The book analysis the innovation issues in Bulgaria, focusing on the innovations practical aspects on firm level and in the context of Bulgaria’s EU accession. Many international authors participated in the elaboration of the book, as well as Bulgarian authors from universities, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, NGOs and industrial associations, etc.

» 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.

» Innovation.bg 2007 Report, ARC Fund’s latest report Innovation.bg 2007 analyzes the state of the national innovation system and makes recommendations for enhancing the innovation performance of the Bulgarian economy. This year’s report makes a review of the European innovation policy and the opportunities it offers to Bulgaria.

» 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.

» e-Bulgaria 2006 , e-Bulgaria 2006 is the fourth annual report, providing comprehensive analysis of the information society development in the country.

» Open book for free/libre and open source software , The Open book for free/libre and open source software(4,08 MB in Bulgarian) is an ARC Fund publication providing useful background information on open source ideology and history and elucidating some basic terminology related to it.

» e-Municipality Report, The Report e-Municipality assesses the development of the municipal web-sites and aims to promote the processes of elaboration and implementation of public policies in the spheres of e-Government and local governance.

» 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.

» Information Society Newsletter No.3/2005, ARC Fund's Information Society Promotion Office has released the first issue of its Information Society Newsletter for 2005 (August – October 2005). The Information Society newsletter aims at raising public awareness on the role of information society in Bulgaria and Europe. Some of the key topics covered in this issue include: safer internet initiatives, update on IST projects, funding opportunities, a calendar of IST events in Bulgaria and abroad.



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