Cooperation with other European Networks at national level in Bulgaria

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Co-operation with other European Networks at
national level (in Bulgaria)

• Angel Milev, Applied Research and Communications
  Fund, Coordinator EEN-Bulgaria

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Why to cooperate?

• Better visibility of all parties
• Signposting better complexity of the services
• Improved effectivenes time and money
• Wider  network  - closer to the clients
• Better integration of services
• Mutual learning

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• Enterprise Europe Network in Bulgaria is made
  fully operational by 13 partnering organizations
  that ensure complete geographical coverage of the
  country. The partners are among the most active
  and well known organizations in the respective
  regions.

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• EUROPE Direct -
• General information about EU matters
• An answer to your questions on any European Union
  policy
• Practical information on how to get your
  qualifications recognised or how to complain
  about unsafe products
• Contact details of relevant organisations
• Advice to help you overcome practical problems
  with exercising your rights in Europe
• European Documentation Centres help universities
  and research institutes to promote and develop
  education and research on European integration.
• EUROPE DIRECT information relays act as an
  interface between EU and its citizens at local
  level. The mission of the network is to
  distribute information and advice about the
  European Union's policies

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• SOLVIT - http//ec.europa.eu/solvit
• ?n-line problem solving network in which EU
  Member States work together to solve without
  legal proceedings problems caused by the
  misapplication of Internal Market law by public
  authorities. There is a SOLVIT centre in every
  European Union Member State (as well as in
  Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). SOLVIT
  Centres can help with handling complaints from
  both citizens and businesses. They are part of
  the national administration and are committed to
  providing real solutions to problems within ten
  weeks. Using SOLVIT is free of charge.

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• EURES - http//ec.europa.eu/eures
• The purpose of EURES is to provide information,
  advice and recruitment/placement (job-matching)
  services for the benefit of workers and employers
  as well as any citizen wishing to benefit from
  the principle of the free movement of persons.
• EURES has a human network of more than 700 EURES
  advisers that are in daily contact with jobseeker
  and employers across Europe.

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• The European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net) -
  http//ec.europa.eu/consumers/redress_cons/index_e
  n.htm
• Solving a problem with a product you bought in
  another European country
• Informs you of your rights and what you are
  entitled to as a European consumer? If you have
  a complaint against a company or you are in a
  dispute with a trader provide assistance and
  help ro solve your case?
• The Network of European Consumer Centres helps
  with such questions and any other problems you
  may have concerning your activities as a consumer
  in Europe. The aim is that you should feel as
  confident when shopping in another country as you
  do at home.

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• Network of FP7 National Contact Points (NCPs)
• National Contact Points allow clients to find
  direct local assistance and advice about the
  Seventh Framework Programme for Research and
  Development, in every EU Member State as well as
  a number of third countries.

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EU Networks in Bulgaria

• European Business and Innovation Centres (BIC)
  Network - EBN - http//www.ebn.be
• EBN - the European Business and Innovation
  Centres Network - offers services aimed at
  coordinating the activities of the BICs, and
  developing and promoting the BIC concept within
  and outside the European Union. BICs are a
  regional innovation tool for economic
  development.

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Other EU Networks

• FIN-NET - http//ec.europa.eu/internal_market/fin-
  net/how_en.htm
• Out-of-court complaint schemes normally cover
  service providers which operate in and from the
  country where the scheme exists. This means that
  if a consumer complains about a foreign financial
  services provider, his/her complaint will
  normally be handled by a complaint body which
  operates in the country where the financial
  services provider is located.

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Other Networks

• ECAbit - http//www.ecabit.org
• ECA stands for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
  The ecabit Eastern European and Central Asian
  Business Incubators and Technology Parks Network
  as part of the global incubators network of
  infoDev was founded in May 2005 in Kiev, Ukraine.
  The start of the network followed regional
  networking activities including the CABIN Central
  Asian Business Incubators network started in 2003

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Common initiatives

• Annual/semestrial meetings of the EU networks in
  the country
• Signposting
• Joint events
• Joint promotional materials
• Crosslinks.

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ContactDipl. Eng. Angel MilevCoordinator
Enterprise Europe Network - BulgariaARC
Fund1113 Sofia, Bulgaria5, Alexander Zhendov
Str.tel      [phone]fax     359 2
9733588Mobile [phone]angel.milev_at_online
.bg www.enterprise-europe-network.bg
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