Dear ECAbit colleagues and friends,
 
It is time again to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2008. We also congratulate all our Islamic members and friends to Sacrifice Holiday season.
 
Together, we can look back today to an exciting year 2007, full of innovation, courage and friendship. ECAbit thanks you very much […]

As discussed in Yerevan, the ECAbit working groups prepared a summary of their activities since the Yerevan event in September 2007 until December 15, 2007. ECAbit thanks all working group members for their work and dedication.
 
Working group “Rural Innovation”
Since its formation in Yerevan in September 2007, the working group has jointly generated information on existing […]

January

Viasphere Technology Park Yerevan (Armenia) and SODBI Business Incubator Shymkent (Kazakhstan) are awarded “Best Science Based Incubator 2007” by Science Alliance (Netherlands)

February

infoDev business incubator initiative regional facilitators meet in Washington, DC to discuss further developments of the regional networks and the global initiative. One key outcome is the iDisc toolbox supporting incubator planners and managers

March

The […]

 
Dear Colleague,
 
Do you want to be part of a global network of business incubators to help your business clients develop and seize clean technology and clean development opportunities and thereby help address environmental and climate change problems and opportunities? If you are interested please read the attached documents, complete the expression of interest questionnaire and […]

The markets for training and consulting of small and medium enterprises (SME) in the ECA region are young and highly dynamic. On the other hand, several barriers like lack of awareness and trust towards such services among SME have yet to be overcome in the region.
 
The ECAbit working group ‘SME Education in […]

Innovations in rural areas have been gaining increasing importance and attention in recent years. Innovation in rural areas can be found in various fields, ranging from agriculture over biotechnology to tourism, communications, and renewable energies and energy efficiency. Transition economies offer large potentials for rural entrepreneurs and innovation. 
 
The ECAbit working group ‘Rural Innovation’ builds a […]

ARC Fund Bulgaria organizes 4th National Contest for the Most Innovative Bulgarian Enterprise of the Year 2007
ECAbit member and infoDev grantee ARC Fund Bulgaria, jointly with the Ministry of Economy and Energy, the Bulgarian Industry Association and Bulgarian Academy of Science, the World Bank office in Bulgaria and with the kind support of the Bulgarian […]

Applied Research and Communications Fund from Bulgaria and the Center for Research and Consulting on Management at Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam won a small research project entitled “The Impact of Global Relocation of Information Technology Production on  the Transfer of Knowledge, Innovation and R&D Spillovers in and out of Bulgarian and Vietnamese ICT Industries: […]

December 11-13, 2007. From December 11–13, 2007, nearly 2000 innovators, development practitioners, and policy makers will convene at the Kuala Lumpur Conference Center in Malaysia to exchange knowledge and views about the future at the 3rd Global Knowledge Conference (GK3).
The GK3 theme, “Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies”, is a dynamic focus on the interplay, interface […]

March 18 – 19, 2008. Unique in Europe, Innovact gives innovative young European companies solutions for their development: training, partnerships, finance, technology transfer… with a wide range of services.
Every year, almost 4000 participants and 200 young innovative companies join us in Reims in a climate where they can make the most of business opportunities and […]