On the 5th of April 2023 the first B2B online meeting under Work Package 5 from the project “InnoWave” was organized by Project Beneficiary 2 - INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY. Successful companies from the food industry in the Greek target region were presented - producers of meat products, traditional Greek cheese, wine and beer created by innovative recipes, trade of fresh and frozen fish. Innovations and best practices were promoted, the companies` experience was shared, real partnerships and opportunities for joint work with other potential and willing entrepreneurs from Bulgaria were offered.

At the beginning of March 2023 the two envisaged Inno and Research Workshops under Work Package 5 were organized by Project Beneficiary 2 - INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR RESEARCH FUNDS and Project Beneficiary 3 - RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. The events involved presentations conserning successful projects realized thanks to innovative and scientific developments. The aim of carrying out workshops was to support the representatives of the project`s target group to work with scientific units in order to stimulate the process of innovation development in SMEs.

Deliverables for the events can be found here:

Del.5.3.2_inno_research_workshop.pdf

Del._5.2.2_WP_5_Activity_3_for_the_organization_of_1_Inno_Research_Workshop_in_GR.pdf

During February 2023 the two envisaged Mini Maker Fairs under Work Package 5 were organized by Project Beneficiary 2 - INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR RESEARCH FUNDS and Project Beneficiary 3 - RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM. The first part of the events involved presentation of successful companies and implemented projects, thanks to innovative and scientific developments.

During January and February 2023, 3 online events MINI ECOSYSTEMS were conducted.

The representatives of innovative companies talked about their journey to success - how they started, difficulties and challenges: Strahil Radovski, representative of AdditTech; Christine Peicheva, representative of CMYK; Ilia Dechkov, representative of ESCREO; Daniel Shopov, representative of Barin Sports; Radostin Stefanov, representative of Printivo.

During November and December 2022, the three project beneficiaries - CENTER FOR PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL HELLENIC UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL ACCOUNT FOR RESEARCH FUNDS and RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONSORTIUM conducted 8 Consultancy sessions under Work Package 4 - four in Bulgaria and four in Greece.