1. www.clusterforum.org -Transfer Center Sofia - established on 18 th of December, 2000 in Sofia - by 14 FOUNDERS, from which the main two are Bulgarian Academy of Science and Technical University of Sofia in cooperation with - Steinbeis Foundation - Stuttgart as a cofounder - an independent structure for the transfer of scientific and research competitive results and technologies - socially oriented NGO

2. www.clusterforum.org technology transfer The main activities in the field of technology transfer of competitive research products from the research institution to SME’s and vice versa are performing mainly by the network of transfer centres, which nowadays comprises 18 transfer centres in Bulgaria. as STZ#918 GIS - Transfer Center is working in Steinbeis Network comprising 600 Transfer Centers in 55 countries in the world.

3. www.clusterforum.org Partners in the field of technology transfer : Encouragement Bank SA; Agency for small and medium sized enterprises (ASME); Bulgarian Association of Regional Development Agencies (BARDA) Centre of information society technologies – Sofia University German-Bulgarian Industrial and Trade Association (DBIHK) High-technology business incubator - Varna

4. www.clusterforum.org In collaboration with: Bulgarian Industrial Association (MSI, USAID) Bulgarian Trade and Industrial Chamber IRC – Sofia Branch Chamber of Machine Building Branch chamber of Electrotechnics Branch Chamber of Electronics and Informatics Branch Chamber of Automation & Informatics Bulgarian Branch Chamber of Wood-Working and Furniture Industry

5. www.clusterforum.org Cluster portal supported by Ministry of Economy and Energy has been created : http://www.clusterbg.net by GIS-Transfer Center with collaboration with GTZ – SofiaMinistry of Economy and Energyhttp://www.clusterbg.net Pilot Clusters in Bulgaria: FURNITURE "MADE IN TROYAN"FURNITURE "MADE IN TROYAN" - Troyan TOURISM RHODOPI - BGTOURISM RHODOPI - BG - Smoljan BULGARIAN ICTBULGARIAN ICT - Sofia

6. www.clusterforum.org GIS-Transfer Center Foundation is partnering in CLOE with Sofia municipality and Technical University of Sofia initiating 3 clusters in Sofia: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES MACHINE BUILDING MECHATRONICS