Тhe Monitoring Committee of OP "Competitiveness" approved the Indicative Annual Work Programme for 2010 and the general selection criteria for 7 calls-for-proposals on 25th November, 2009

On the 25th November, 2009, during its fifth meeting, the Monitoring Committee of the Operational Programme "Development of the Competitiveness of the Bulgarian Economy" 2007-2013 approved the Indicative Annual Work Programme, which includes the forthcoming calls-for-proposals, planned for the following 2010.

The Indicative Annual Work Programme for 2010 envisages the launching of thirteen calls-for-proposals in key areas of the development of the Bulgarian economy - support for the development of innovative activities in enterprises,commercialization of innovations, improvement of the pro-innovative infrastructure, upgrade of technologies in enterprises, achieving compliance with internationally recognized standards, support for the implementation of energy efficiency measures and introduction of renewable energy sources, support for clusters development and provision of financial resources for development of enterprises.

The programme will be published on the website of the Managing Authority of the Operational Programme "Competitiveness" at the end of January 2010. The Monitoring Committee of the Operational programme approved the general selection criteria of the calls-for-proposals, included in it. These are the following: "Support for commercialization of innovative products, processes, and services", "Creation of new and development of existing technological centers"; "Creation of new and development of existing technological transfers offices"; "Upgrade of technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises"; "Upgrade of technologies in large enterprises", "Achieving compliance with internationally recognized standards" and "Creation of business support organizations network".