Costa Rica: Forum for Women Entrepreneurs

January 21, 2012. Provided by: Heinz Fiedler

The Forum of Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals in Costa Rica is running a program called "Bridging opportunities". In this context the Forum is committed to finding training opportunities, training, participation in events, links to institutions, linkages between entrepreneurs and professionals in the creation of a network for sharing, support each other, do business with network par... more

Call for proposals: €6 million available for cross border projects in Russia, Estonia and Latvia

January 19, 2012. Provided by: Heinz Fiedler

Deadline: February 27, 20112 The Estonia-Latvia-Russia Cross Border Cooperation Programme has launched a €6 million call for proposals, supporting joint development activities for the improvement of the region’s competitiveness by using its potential and beneficial location on the crossroads between the EU and Russia.
 he Programme has three priorities: 1 Socio-economic development 2 Co... more

Calling all Entrepreneurs! Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) Competition

January 08, 2012. Provided by: Heinz Fiedler

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) provides aspiring entrepreneurs with mentoring, exposure, and $50,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into businesses that will have positive real world impact. This unique competition has been run by students, for students since 1999, and connects promising social enterprises to the social impact investment community. In 2011, GSVC received nearly ... more

NBIA’s Sixth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals

December 25, 2011. Provided by: Heinz Fiedler

Feb. 5-7, 2012, Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel in Tampa, Fla, USA: NBIA’s Sixth Summit for Advanced Incubation Professionals is a members-only event for experienced incubation leaders (four years or more in the industry). This advanced forum provides a unique opportunity for veteran leaders to discuss, debate and exchange ideas about innovation, entrepreneurship and business incubation. The Su... more

The Blue Book of ADT

December 24, 2011. Provided by: Larisa Brovarska

The 13th edition of the “Blue ADT Book” Innovationszentren in Deutschland” has been issued recently (in German language) by the German Federal Association of Business Incubation and Technology Centers (ADT e.V.) As the earlier editions this book includes summary reports providing an overview on the actual situation of innovation centers in Germany including evaluations of statistical data. ... more