The PAN EU Initiatives:The ARCA NOVA project –

new business opportunities

FINAL CONFERENCEGorizia, 14-15 April 2005

Iliana PhilipovaChamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa

Bulgaria

The PAN EU Scheme

Call for proposals “Pan-European Business Cooperation Scheme for SMEs in the Framework of Enlargement”, September 2003

Entire budget: 6 mln. Euro;

Per project: min grant: 700 000 Euro

max grant: 1,2 mln Euro

Contribution of the Commission: 75%

Maximum of 8 projects supported

Over 60 project proposals handed in

5 projects granted in the EIC Network

The pan-European EIC-consortiums

EU-Matching

BE001 Namur

Europe Auto Parts

ES225 Zaragoza

B2Fair

DE106 Stuttgart

Cross-Bo

SE633 Västeras

ARCA NOVA

DE127 Wiesbaden

Fit for Europe

Eurada

EU Matching, BE001 Namur

Sectors: Electrotechnics and Electronics; Transport and logistics; Construction Structure: 15 partners, 13 countries, 3 events Target group: 130-195 companies per event WEB site: www.eumatching.net

B2Fair, DE106 Stuttgart

Sectors: Metal cluster

Structure: 32 partners, 20 countries, 5 events Target group: 200 companies and 50 exhibitors per event WEB site: www.b2fair.net

Europe Auto Parts, ES225 Zaragoza

Sectors: Car components

Structure: 15 partners, 10 countries, 4 events Target group: 150 companies WEB site: www.europeautoparts.net

Cross-Bo, SE633 Västeras

Sectors: Wood and wood processing; Metal working, machinery, tools Structure: 18 partners, 13 countries, 3 events Target group: 200-250 companies for matchmaking events, 80 companies for a reverse auction event WEB site: www.euroinfo.se/crossbo

Arca Nova, DE127 Wiesbaden

Sectors: ICT; Food processing industry;

Optic, Opto-electronics and Medical devices; Structure: 21 partners, 11 countries, 3 events Target group: 210 companies per event WEB site: www.arca-nova.com

Activities (for all projects)

Preparatory activities: local seminars, information on new markets, analysis of business cooperation capacities of companies, definition of the company profile …During the event: pre-arranged face-to-face meetings, meetings on the sport, personalized assistanceFollow-up measures: assistance for the conclusion of cooperation agreements, identification of new market/meetings opportunities, provision of further specialized information …

Arca Nova – the partners

21 official partners + EIC FR 285 Bordeaux11 countries:Italy:Euro Info Centre of Promofirenze – Special Agency of the Chamber of Commerce of Florence (EIC IT361)Euro Info Centre of Azienda Speciale “Sportello di Informazione e Documentazione per le Imprese”, Ravenna (EIC IT369)Germany, Spain , France, Great Britain, DenmarkRomania, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary19 different European regions

Arca Nova - activities

Three cooperation events organized during well-known fairs

Preparation seminars organized before the cooperation events

An intercultural management seminar for young directing managers

Arca Nova – cooperation meetings

CeBITSector: Information and communication technologiesLocation: Hannover, GermanyDate: 14-15 March 2005

CibusTECSector: Food processing industryLocation: Parma, ItalyDate: October 2005

OptatecSector: Optic, opto-electronics, medical devicesLocation: Frankfurt, GermanyDate: June 2006

Some highlights

Marketing actionsQuality of profiles = business cardOn-line registrationIntegration with BCDQuality managementHigh benefit for the participants

Here is how it looks like …

Just to remind you …

CibusTECSector: Food processing industryLocation: Parma, ItalyDates: two days during CibusTEC, 18-22 October 2005 Closing date for registrations: September 2005 Detailed program: on the web site from MayFor more information: www.arca-nova.com orCCI/EIC Vratsa: tel. +359 92 660273

fax: +359 92 626308e-mail: cci-vr@bitex.com

THANK YOU