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First Meeting of Bulgarian National Steering Group under the New Entrant netWork - NEWBIE
The first meeting of the National Steering Group in Bulgaria under the
"New Entrant netWork: Business models for Innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience in European agriculture" - NEWBIE Project
took place this month in Sofia. The Bulgarian National Steering Group consists of 8 very experienced representatives of researchers and educators who work for Agricultural Academy and University of National and World Economy, farmers associations chairpersons – National Association of Young Farmers (NAYF) and Bulgarian National Horticultural Union, who are new entrants, advisors from National Agricultural Advisory Service and BGRegioni, NGOs - Society for Territorial and Environmental Prosperity , NBDN (association of business incubators and centres).
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About Business Incubator - Gotse Delchev
About BI-GD
Business Incubator - Gotse Delchev, Entrepreneurship Promotion Centre (BI-GD) is a not-for-profit organization in public benefit, working towards encouraging local economic & human resources development. BI-GD provides aid to start-up's SME's from Gotse Delchev and the cross-border region through high-quality business services: information, consultation, training and support for micro-financing.
Background
- Business Incubation for start-up's and job-creation since 1999
- Management of micro-financing leasing scheme from 2001 to 2010
- Business consultancy
- Vocational training and entrepreneurship training
- Project development and implementation
- Partnership and networking
Priorities
- local economic development and job-creation
- social entrepreneurship
- tourism and traditional handicrafts
- textile and apparel industry
- innovations and smart economy
- youth activities
- partnership development
Projects
BI-GD's main approach for achieving the strategic objectives is project financing. That is why the organization focus most of it's resources and efforts in identifying needs, targeting, development and implementation of projects.
BI-GD has successfully implemented projects under the European Union Erasmus+, Leonardo da Vinchi Programmes, OPAC, PHARE CBC Greece - Bulgaria, IPA Bulgaria - Macedonia, INTERREG IVC.
Training
BI-GD has a Vocational Training Centre and delivers vocational training for new qualification or the improvement of existing ones due to its accreditation of the NA for VET and the National Employment Agency to provide vocational trainings & key competences e.g: entrepreneurship, marketing & management, economics etc.
Since 2009 BI-GD delivers e-training.
Over 2700 people have passed training in BI-GD through the years.
Services
BI-GD services for improving competitiveness:
> information and contacts
> trainings for SMEs& their employees and unemployed people with potential
> consultancy and advising – enterprise managements, modernization, project development and management
> micro-financing and fundraising for companies and organizations
> web development and marketing promotion
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