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Costa Rica: Forum for Women Entrepreneurs
January 21, 2012. Source:
The Forum of Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals in Costa Rica is running a program called "Bridging opportunities". In this context the Forum is committed to finding training opportunities, training, participation in events, links to institutions, linkages between entrepreneurs and professionals in the creation of a network for sharing, support each other, do business with network par... moreCall for proposals: €6 million available for cross border projects in Russia, Estonia and Latvia
January 19, 2012. Source:
Deadline: February 27, 20112 The Estonia-Latvia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme has launched a €6 million call for proposals, supporting joint development activities for the improvement of the region’s competitiveness by using its potential and beneficial location on the crossroads between the EU and Russia. he Programme has three priorities: 1 Socio-economic development 2 Co... moreCalling all Entrepreneurs! Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Competition
January 08, 2012. Source:
The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) provides aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, and $50,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into businesses that will have positive real world impact. This unique competition has been run by students, for students since 1999, and connects promising social enterprises to the social impact investment community. In 2011, GSVC received nearly ... moreNBIA’s Sixth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals
December 25, 2011. Source: National Business Incubation Association
Feb. 5-7, 2012, Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel in Tampa, Fla, USA: NBIA’s Sixth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals is a members-only event for experienced incubation leaders (four years or more in the industry). This advanced forum provides a unique opportunity for veteran leaders to discuss, debate and exchange ideas about innovation, entrepreneurship and business incubation. The Su... moreThe Blue Book of ADT
December 24, 2011. Source:
The 13th edition of the “Blue ADT Book” Innovationszentren in Deutschland” has been issued recently (in German language) by the German Federal Association of Business Incubation and Technology Centers (ADT e.V.) As the earlier editions this book includes summary reports providing an overview on the actual situation of innovation centers in Germany including evaluations of statistical data. ... moreSmart Phone App released by UKSPA
December 22, 2011. Source:
UKSPA the United Kingdom Science Park Association have just released a smart phone app to help companies identify where the next innovations are coming from. This app aims at helping to answer questions like • Do you need to uncover innovative companies working in scientific innovation, for your job? • Where do you seek out such innovative companies and their innovations? • Where do you f... moreUK: Incubator Study
December 22, 2011. Source:
The NESTA study „Incubation for Growth” was conducted by the U.K.’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in association with the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing. It states that the UK’s 300 business incubators are effective in providing client companies credibility, training and access to business resources they could not easily find on their own, acc... moreECA-MENA infoDev Business Incubation Management Training and Train-the-Trainer
December 21, 2011. Source:
infoDev’s next one-week Train-the-Trainer workshop will be held in February 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. This training will be primarily aimed at building the capacity of trainers in the ECA and MENA regions. In addition the Istanbul event will also feature 2 days of training for business incubator managers and stakeholders, selecting from the 12-module training curriculum. This training is open... moreSmart Poland. Effective environment for Innovative Business
December 20, 2011. Source: Krzysztof Zasiadly
Polish Business Innovation Centres Association (PBICA) and Poznan Science and Technology Park have been partner implementing the program of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development which is focused on improving the capabilities of Business Innovation Centres in Poland as well as creating supportive institutional environment for innovativeness of Polish economy. Beneficiaries are Science and ... moreUkraine 105 million euros to support reforms in Ukraine
December 20, 2011. Source:
The European Commission has adopted a €105 million financial package to support reform of administrative legal framework, civil service and administrative justice, regional development, energy efficiency and environment in Ukraine. The largest component of €70 million will foster reform of Ukraine’s governance system, bringing it in line with European and international principles of public... moreUkraine Innovation Policy: European Benchmarking for Ukraine
December 19, 2011. Source: Gudrun Rumpf
The trilogy “Innovation Policy: European Benchmarking for Ukraine” is a result of a EU project “Enhance Innovation Strategies, Policies and Regulation in Ukraine”. The publication presents three consecutive steps how to lead Ukraine to a knowledge-based competitive economy. In Innovation Policy: European Benchmarking for Ukraine Volume 1 thirteen topics in research and devel-opment, techn... morePacificstream now officially recognized as Mentors
December 18, 2011. Source:
Pacificstream have been accepted onto the mentorsme program as accredited mentors for businesses. mentorsme.co.uk is Britain’s first online gateway for SMEs looking for mentoring services. The free site offers access to a list of quality-assured business mentoring organizations across Britain. An easy-to-use search engine allows businesses to refine their searches according to the life stage o... morePoland. Top 500 Innovators: Science-Management-Commercialization
December 18, 2011. Source:
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland has launched training and apprenticeship program in the best of Academic Ranking of World Universities including: Stanford and Harvard University, MIT, and University of California-Berkeley. In 2011-2014 five hundreds (500) beneficiaries will participate in the program: (1) researchers; (2) R&D staff staff focused on implementation and c... moreArchive