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III. STUDY VISIT AGENDA – SOFIA, BULGARIA (To be filled in by the project partner hosting the study visit)

Place Hotel Conference rooms – Hotel Anel, 14, Todor Alexandrov Blvd., Sofia

Bulgarian Furniture Cluster Premises – 82, Omurtag Str.

Date 6-7 June 2013

DAY 1 – 6th June

Time Item

Arrival

2:00 pm Welcome to Bulgaria Rep. of Ministry of Economy Exec. Director of BSMEPA: Mr. Nikola Stoyanov Rep. Of Marche Region, Italy: ClusterPoliSee Lead Partner. 2:30 pm Scope of Study Visit: Bogdana Vatashka, Project Co-ordinator, BSMEPA

2:45 pm Measure 6: Skills and Job Creation

Presentation: Till Truckenmuller, Chair of Automotive Cluster: “An FDI Cluster bringing skills to the Bulgarian Economy”

3:15 pm Measures 1/3: International Cooperation, Peter Statev: Chair, ITC Cluster, Bulgaria.

“Examples of networking using Bulgaria’s strategic location”.

R&D Driven Cluster Development topic also will be discussed

3:45 pm Coffee break

4:00 pm Parallel Discussions (Two Groups) Group 1: International cooperation Group 2: Skills and Job Creation 5:00 pm Plenary Session

5:45 pm End of day 1

7:00 pm Partners Evening Meal (Sofia City Centre Restaurant).

Including Tour of Serdika Treasures DAY 2 – 7th June

Time Item

Arrival

9:00 am Study Visit To Bulgarian Furniture Cluster Member Company

Measure 3: Internationalisation: Setting out to Export, a presentation by Genoveva Hristova Chairperson :Bulgarian Furniture Cluster

11:00 am Group discussions

12:00 pm Return to Hotel Anel for lunch

2:00 pm Measure 5: Smart Specialisation

Ventzislav Stoev, Chair of Medical Cluster “Creating an International Service Offer Using Many Talents”

2:30 pm Measure 2: Sustainability

Presentation: Ilia Levkov, chair of Electro-mobile cluster. “Changing the Government Agenda of EU’s poorest countries using the power of the clusters”.

3:00 pm Coffee break

3:30 pm Parallel Group Sessions Group1: Sustainability Group2: Smart Specialisation

4:30 pm Plenary Session

5:15 pm Final Closing Remarks:

BSMEPA: Bogdana Vatashka

Marche, It: Representative of Lead Partner

5:30 pm End of Day 2