| The eight edition of the EUROPEAN DAY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR (EDE) as a traditional collaborative initiative of
Sofia Municipality and
Sofia University "St.Kliment Ohridski" will be carried out on 28-29 October 2010 in Sofia.
The aim of the event is to be a meeting point between the academic circles in the humanitarian and applied research on the one hand, and the entrepreneurs from the city of Sofia on the other hand, and to encourage the research teams occupied in the social area to implement the European experience in innovation for managing public services.
This year the European day of the Entrepreneur will be held under the motto "INNOVATIONS– MEETING OF SCIENCE AND BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF SOFIA", which corresponds to the European Commission policy for competitiveness of the European cities and regions through innovation and technology transfer. The forum will be part of the CITY Network initiative 2010 and is one of the leading events during the week of “Open doors” organized by the Sofia Municipality.
The main topics of EDE 2010:
- Science-business relationship for applying of the innovation policy of EC;
- Cultural heritage - scientific excavations and researches attractive for business;
- Innovative training approaches and methods;
- Commercialization of scientific results in the social sector;
- Intellectual property – resources and opportunities for economic development;
- Innovations and provision of public services by SMEs
- Invasion of the new technologies and innovations in the social and economic sector of the municipality;
- Cultural heritage as a resource for municipality entrepreneurship;
- Publication of the results of students' competition for innovative entrepreneurship idea etc.
EUROPEAN DAY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR,
PAST EDITIONS
The
first EDE event (October 2003) was held under the motto "INNOVATION
AND DEVELOPMENT". More than 300 participants had the opportunity
to get acknowledged with successful practices of European networks
in support to the innovative entrepreneurship. Foreign partners
from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg, Spain, Serbia and Macedonia,
as well as representatives from the European Commission exchanged
their experience and actively participated in the different discussion
sessions. The event was highly evaluated by foreign and Bulgarian
guests.
In 2004
the EDE had the slogan EU MARKET: "OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES".
In two plenary, 16 panel sessions and 3 concomitant events again
key stakeholders from Bulgaria and Europe discussed successful models
and effective solutions in the implementation of the innovative
development of the country and outlined the paths for harmonization
of the entrepreneurial activities to the European standards.
In 2005
the forum was held under the motto "INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENCOURAGEMENT AT LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL" and was oriented directly
towards the local and regional authorities in Bulgaria.
The 2006
event was focused on "EUROPEAN FUNDS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT"
and the main discussions were on challenges in front of the business
and local authorities for planning and implementing projects under
the EC Structural Funds.
EDE 2007
motto was "INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP" and was focused on new technology transfer as catalyst of quality entrepreneurship and
business growth.
FOSTERING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER was the slogan of
the EDE 2008 initiative.
INNOVATIONS – THE EUROPEAN MODEL FOR SURMOUNTING ECONOMIC CRISIS was the slogan of
the EDE 2009 initiative.
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