SWG Modern Housing

Presentation of region and cluster-activities

PP4 – Bulgaria Economic Forum

Maribor, 26 October, 2010

Subsectors• Furniture/wood processing/timber

construction sector:

– traditional

- well-provided with resources (1/3 of the land covered in forests)

- existing skills

• Renewables sector:

- favourable legislation

- advantageous climate

- skills

Furniture/wood processing/timber construction sector:-Bulgarian Furniture Cluster (www.furnitureclusterbg.com) with 25 members-Association of Timber Fabricated Houses (www.bspsk-bg.org) with 30 members-Executive Forest Agency (www.nug.bg/lang/2/index)-Bulgarian Association of Business Clusters

- Bulgarian Industrial Association (www.bia-bg.com/ with more than 100 members

Companies:-Bial Bor Proekt Ltd. (www.bbp-bg.com/en/home.html)-Mebeli Ivveks Ltd. (www.ivveks.com)-Affordable Modular Construction Ltd.

(www.amc.bg/contactus.htm)

- Consultancy Company Growth Clusters BG (www.growthclusters.com)

Renewables sector:- Renewable Energy Cluster with 17 members- Association of Producers of Ecological Energy (

www.apeebg.org/en) with 33 members- Bulgarian Photovoltaic Association

(www.bpva.org/index.php) with 17 members- Bulgarian Wind Energy Association (www.bgwea.org)

with 20 members- National Biofuels Association in Bulgaria

(www.biofuelsbg.org/index.php?loc=about&lang=en) with 25 members

- Alliance of the producers of ecological energy – BG (www.eco-energy-bg.eu/SPEE/SpeeE.php) with 37 members

- Association of Bulgarian Energy Agencies (www.abea-bg.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=58&lang=en) with 5 members

During the first RFG meeting in Sofia the modern housing sector was presented by the Bulgarian furniture cluster, the Renewable energy cluster, the Regional Association of Wood and Furniture Industry and several companies.

Participants expressed their interest in the project activities and their willingness to be involved in the project implementation at transnational level.

Expectations of the cluster members, associations and companies from the participation in the project:-new business contacts;-new markets; -free information, exchange of good practices and experience;

-joint participation in financed by EU and other donors

projects;-greater cooperation on R+D/University Research

Bulgaria Economic Forum is one of the most prominent event organizers in the economic field in Bulgaria for more than 12 years with significant experience in networking and match-making activities.

However, we consider the time schedule of WP4 and especially that of the SWGs activities very tight and the time for preparing the PEV’s insufficient.