The event will focus on the discussion of existing national innovation policies in the region, the role of business incubators and technoparks as drivers of countries’ efforts to promote innovation-driven entrepreneurship, financial mechanisms of innovation support, as well as presentation of initiatives aimed to support networking and cooperation in the area of innovation and technology transfer.

The Forum will bring together around 60-70 international and local experts/policy makers in business incubation and innovation promotion from Eastern & Central and Western European counties, the CIS and the US.

The objectives of the ECA workshop are:

• Awareness raising on innovation development policies among incubator managers and policy makers
• Knowledge generation and dissemination on innovation development policies in ECA countries (including conducting a study on the subject during workshop preparations)
• Strengthening network outreach and network development capabilities

Please visit the workshop website at www.innovation2007.am for further details about the program and practical arrangements.

For further information about the workshop program and preparations, please contact infoDev's ECA Regional Facilitator, Mr. Stefan Schandera, at s.schandera@schandera.de or the host of the event in Armenia, EIF, at info@eif.am.