Armenian entrepreneurs developing innovative products and services, ideas and solutions are invited to take part in a training on storytelling for crowdfunding campaigns. The event will take place on 5-8 December and will accommodate up to 12 start-ups and 5 marketing companies from Armenia. This training opportunity is organised through the EU-funded “Support to SME development in Armenia” (SMEDA) project, in cooperation with Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy and Goldsmiths University of London. The training will cover the start-up journey that businesses need in order to successfully obtain funding, with a particular focus on gearing up for crowdfunding. It aims to equip ... More

More than 500 business leaders, government officials, policy makers from the European Union and from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine come together to debate on the ‘Digital Economy: Innovative Platform for Transparent Borderless Business’. The Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, said: "The Business Forum today is a great opportunity to discuss challenges of modernising economies and societies in the Eastern Partnership. Small businesses have a key role to play and the EU actively works with partner countries and international financial institutions to ensure the right busine... More

SMART FDI Deadline   ELIGIBLE ACTIONS: R&D development; Investments for company‘s creation or development of R&D infrastructure (pilot line included) Activities related to process and organizational innovations installation. GRANT AMOUNT: 50 000 - 3 000 000 EUR (Action 1). 50 000 - 6 500 000 EUR (Action 2). 50 000 - 500 000 EUR (Action 3). FUNDING INTENSITY:   Without partner Action Large company Medium company Small or very small company Research 1 action 50 percent 60 percent 70 percent Development 1 action 25 percent 35 percent 45 percent Creation... More

Long-term development in Lithuania is driven by the interaction between industry, science and education and is mainly centered around a knowledge-based economy. This, in turn, leads to the establishment and growth of high-tech companies producing high added value and thus creating job opportunities for top professionals in Europe. This report is about one of the strongest areas of Lithuania’s knowledge-based economy – the laser industry. The laser industry, which encompasses biotechnology, information technology (IT) and mechatronics, is the most advanced field of production in the country. The output of the Lithuanian laser sector consists of different kinds of lasers, ... More

Personnel levels in Lithuania’s shared services sector have increased by 12% this year. And with 7 new centres established in the last 12 months, there are now a total of 50 shared services centres operating in Lithuania. The latest figures on the sector, taken from an annual survey conducted by the foreign investment development agency Invest Lithuania, reveal that shared services centres in Lithuania now employ around 13,000 people, an increase of 12% on last year’s figure. And over 11,000 of these specialists work in internationally-oriented centres (those that provide over 60% of their services to foreign clients and customers.) And Mantas Katinas, Invest Lithuania&rsqu... More