Centre for Competence

At the Centre for Competence, Cleantech Bulgaria will provide:

– services to assess the potential of research results;
– support for selected research results to reach the commercialization stage;
– training programmes on business models of technological entrepreneurship for students, graduates, postgraduates;
– launch of spin-off companies and others.

Purpose of the project:

Building effective infrastructure and scientific research capacity to foster the development of innovation in the field of circular economy with a focus on water, energy and waste management.

Total project pool:

BGN 23 667 925,86, of which BGN 20 117 736,97 European and BGN 3 550 188, 89 national co-funding.

Partners

Leading organization: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski “;
University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy – Sofia;
University of Forestry – Sofia;
University “Prof. Assen Zlatarov” – Bourgas;
Institute of Physical Chemistry “Rostislaw Kaischew” – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
Institute of Microbiology “Stefan Angelov” – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences;
“Cleantech Bulgaria” Foundation

Associated Partners

Sofia Municipality
Sofia Waste Treatment Plant;
“Sofia water” Corp.
Interplast BG Ltd.,
Energy Agency – Plovdiv,
University of Modena, Italy

Execution period: 30 March 2018 – 31 December 2023

Cleantech Bulgaria’s Centre for Competence Coordinator:

Yordan Zdravkov
[email protected]
+359 2 426 27 59

Project BG05M2OP001-1.002-0019
“Clean technologies for a sustainable environment – water, waste, energy for a circular economy”
Main objective: Building efficient infrastructure and research capacity to foster the development of innovations in the field of circular economy with a focus on water, energy and waste management
Beneficiary: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski ” with the partner Cleantech Bulgaria Foundation.
Total value: BGN 23 667 925,86, of which BGN 20 117 736,97 European and BGN 3 550 188,89 national co-funding.
Start: 30 March 2018
End: 31 December 2023

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