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Milestones, Outcomes and Perspectives

Regional Conference of ECAbitSeptember 17-20, 2007, Yerevan, Armenia

September 2003 - The first meeting of InfoDev grantees from ECA region within the International event "20 years of business incubators in Germany", Berlin, Germany

April 2004 - Discussions on the ways of collaboration in ECA region, 5th International UBICA Conference Kiev, Ukraine

September 2004 - Training Centers Network was initiated by the participants from Central Asia and Eastern Europe countries during International Conference in Shymkent, Kazakhstan

Cooperative initiatives in ECA region supported by InfoDev


October 2004 - The Global Forum on Business Incubation in New Delhi, India. Were determined key issues that are the first priority for regional networking:

•support of sub-regional networks (shared language);•sharing existing training materials/adapting to local languages;•creation of information-based interactive web-site (e.g. describing existing training programs) as information gathering and dissemination tool;

December 2004 - collaborative preparation of the proposal to InfoDev "Creation of Favorable Business Incubation Environment through the Establishment of Effective Networking in the ECA Region". Activity plan included series of regional meetings and workshops, feasibility study, study tours for local/national government and incubator representatives, exchange programs/on-site visits for BI managers, etc.



June 2005 - Regional Innovation and Incubation Capacity Building Workshop Eastern Europe –Central Asia, Kiev, Ukraine

•Thematic sessions on the role of government and the enabling environment, financing gaps and support policies, entrepreneurship and innovation, ICT and business development and successful business incubation practices

•Training and professional development

•Agreements on concrete steps for network development and assignment of (voluntary) activities to network partners

•Site visits

•Next steps to develop activities in the Regional Network



Regional Conference of ECAbit


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ECAbit Community


ECA region participants: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

ECAbit Projects

•Learning co-operation: Education and training(Ongoing) TCnetCapacity building EU program participation

•Process co-operation(Ongoing) ICT 4 strengthening BIN in ECARSS feedECA regional benchmarking

•Technology transfer co-operationTechnology diffusion through business incubators and universities to SMEs•ECA GREEN

•Marketing and sales co-operationSales network (pilots)

•"Production" co-operationOutsourcing/Insourcing of IT work within the network


ECAbit Projects

•TCnet - Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria•Capacity building EU program participation - Romania, Bulgaria, Poland•ICT 4 strengthening BIN in ECA - Kazakhstan, Ukraine•RSS feed - Armenia, Uzbekistan•ECA regional benchmarking - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan•Technology diffusion through business incubators and universities to SMEs – Romania as a leader •ECA GREEN - Armenia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine•Sales network (pilots) - Armenia as a leader•Outsourcing/Insourcing of IT work within the network - Armenia as a leader


ECAbit Projects

1. Web portal eca-network.org and ongoing technical support, maintenance and training related to the use of these toolsWeb-portal is aimed at communication, exchanging ideas, knowledge sharing, communication, joint actions, awareness raising.

2. An intellectual system (Robot- infoPUD.org ) of gathering and accumulation of subject-oriented information in Internet for ECAbit.

3. Additional ICT tools (Mailing server, VBI platform, Internet conference, DL platform, Technological Audit platform, Blogs, Wiki technologies)


ICT 4 strengthening BIN in ECA

ECAbit.org


ECAbit.org


MEMBERSHIP

Why join ecabit?

•Accellerating international exchange and contacts in the EasternEuropean and Central Asian region as well as on global level throughthe global business incubator network

•Developing business incubator and technologypark managementand leadership skills

•Expanding service portfolio of your organization and businessopportunities for clients

•Accessing inside information and news from worldwide the businessincubator and technology park expert community

•Enjoying favorable rates at regional and international events ofecabit and the global incubator community

ECAbit.org


NewsAugust, 2007“ADVANCING INNOVATIONS IN ECA 2007”The ECAbit Network of Business Incubators and Technology Parks of EasternEurope and Central Asia, the Information for Development Program (infoDev, World Bank), together with Enterprise Incubator Foundation, Armenia arepleased to invite you to participate in “Advancing Innovation in ECA 2007”Regional Conference of ECAbit to be held in Yerevan, Armenia on 17-20 September, 2007. >>>

July, 2007iDisc news. "Innovation.bg" – a Report on Innovation in BulgariaARC Foundation recently presented its Innovation.BG 2007 report. >>>

August, 2007New ECA Network domain nameECA Network coordination team informs you that ecabit.org is new ECAbitdomain name. >>>

August, 2007Newsletter #9In this issue: News from ECAbit and News from iDisc (LAC, BulgariaInnovation Report, Mekong). >>>

ECAbit.org


ECAbit Projects


Goal of the projectTo unite training centers and individual business trainers within and beyondbusiness incubators throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asian region, aswell as to create a network development tool towards functional networkingamongst business incubators in CIS countries and Eastern Europe.

Main focus:•Comparative Research on Current State of Business Education in theRegion•Network Administration, •Online Knowledge Sharing Platform Development, •Conference

Training Centers’ Network (TCNet)

TCNet


Network performance indicators

620Eca members actively contributing to iDisc website (community)

1050iDisc contributions News and Case Studies

+10+2n/aPR external (publications in other events)

1292PR internal (newsletters published, total)

40%80%100%Share of network event costs, funded by infoDev

40%90%100%Share of network administration costs, funded by infoDev

10%90%100%Share of network administration costs, funded by donors

50%10%0%Share of network administration costs, funded by members (including in-kind)

100Anchor donor (without infoDev)

530Active donors (without infoDev)

420Active non-infoDev-funded projects

642Active projects

320Completed network projects

1050Out of this active network members, share of active non-infoDev funded members

14112Network members, actively participating in projects or network management

1000Network members, contributing membership fee

840Supportive network members

282212Full network members

Expected October 2007

July 2007July 2006Performance indicator

Success-critical factors and indicators

Ownership and Contribution: Readiness of members to support network management system on voluntary basis including rotating network office provided on voluntary basis. Management: Lean network management system and infrastructure.Leadership: Pro-active focal point (network management office) on rotating and voluntary basis. Pro-active group of anchor members.Outreach: Attracting further donors for project implementation. Positioning issue (Central Europe, Technology parks).Quick-win: Collaborative project as success case with pilot potentials (routines).ICT: ICT enabled collaboration on regional level linked to iDisc (online community).Financial sustainability: Anchor donor beyond infoDev, partly membership fees. Voluntary services provided by members.


Key objectives 2008

Ownership and sustainability: Voluntary services, membership fees.

Outreach: Attracting further donors for project and event financing.

Quick-win: Identifying and implementing collaborative project not or not primarily funded by infoDev.

Management: Network management office supported by one member country in 2008 as start of the rotation principle.

Community: Starting regional virtual community linked to iDisc (global).


Thank You!

Andriy Tarelin - ECAbit coordinator

[email protected]


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