Bulgaria in EPISTEP

The Bulgarian partner in EPISTEP is URSIT Ltd. (www.ursit.com). The company has considerable experience in EU projects. It is an active participant in EPISTEP responsible for the analysis of the capabilities and needs of SMEs for participation in ETPs in the area of ICT.

About 400 Bulgarian SMEs working in the area of mobile communications, embedded systems and nano-electronics are identified as potential participants in EPISTEP by the URSIT team.

Contact: Daniela Stoyneva e-mail:

Popularization of EPISTEP in Bulgaria

EPISTEP is presented on the following event in Bulgaria:

• IST-Bonus Information Day, 31.01.2006, Sofia, Bulgaria
• IST-Bonus Information day and brokerage event, 15-16.02.2006, Budapest, Hungary
• Seminar on ETPs organized by Bulgarian International Business Association, 4.04.06, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Open meeting of the National Council for Innovations and the National Coordination Council for Nanotechnologies, which is organized by the Ministry of Economy and Energy, 30.06.2006, Sofia, Bulgaria

Project leaflets were disseminated during the following events:

• "European day of the Entrepreneur", 28.11.2005, Sofia, Bulgaria
• "Bulgarian German Forum for cooperation with engineering companies from Hessen province", Germany
• "Business Matchmaking Event (Bulgarian-German ICT companies)", 10-11.11.205, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Regional seminar of Team Europe - Bulgaria, 13.06.2006, Vidin (North - Western Bulgaria)

Publications in BG media

• Computerworld, issue 6, 11.02.2006 (EPISTEP - "free" preparation for participation in the FP6 and FP7 projects)
• Info WEEK, issue 5, 06.02 – 12.02.2006 (EPISTEP aims to engage SMEs with the European Technology Platforms)
• Capital newspaper, issue 9, march 2006 (Column "What, where, when": short announcement about EPISTEP)

Upcoming events:

• INFOTECH, PC WORLD, International Exhibition of Information Technologies. Specialized Software Exhibition, 25 – 30.09.2006, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  http://www.fair.bg/en/events/Infotech+2006.htm
• ELTECH, International Exhibition of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, 25 – 30.09.2006, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  http://www.fair.bg/bg/events/eltech+2006.htm
• BAIT EXPO 2006, 31.10 – 5.11.2006, София, България
  http://www.bait.bg/expo2006/index_bg.html
• "European day of the Entrepreneur 2006", Sofia, Bulgaria

Useful links:

• Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency - http://www.sme.government.bg
• Institute of Computer and Communication Systems, Bulgarian Academy of Science - http://www.iccs.bas.bg
• Institute of Information Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Science - http://www.iinf.bas.bg/Web_IIT/IIT_en.html
• National Centre on Nanotechnology, Bulgarian Academy of Science - http://www.bas.bg/nano
• Bulgarian Industrial Association - http://www.bia-bg.com/
• Bulgarian Association of Software Companies - http://basscom.org
• Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies - http://www.bait.bg/