Entrepreneurial Training by BDS Stratega, Ecuador (Spanish version) More

Technology park services tool by Jordan iPark More

Supporting incubation projects from first contact to post-incubation by Morocco RMIE More

Offline versus Online? Combine it! E-learning and online training saves travel time and costs, and allows flexible timing. 109 trainees took the chance to participate in the first APIN Asia Pacific Incubation Network online training pilot “Marketing for Incubator Managers and their Clients”. More

Second Capacity Building Programme for Business Incubation Managers of Asia Pacific Incubation Network (APIN) organized The second Capacity Building Programme for the Business Incubation Managers of Asia Pacific Incubation Network (APIN) was organized by PSG-Science & Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP) – the APIN Secretariat - during December 10-14, 2009 in Ooty, India.. More

Bridging the Gap - Report on Investment Readiness of MSMEs YES Foundation Skopje (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) issues the final report on the project 'Investment readiness of the MSME sector in South-East Europe', which was conducted in cooperation with the Dutch Foundation SPARK and supported by the SENSI and ECAbit networks.. More

First Training for Business Incubator Managers in Mongolia Delivered The Mongolian National Business Incubators Federation MNBIF and Business Talent Women's Incubator BTWI have successfully conducted the first ever training for 42 business incubator managers in the country. More

IT Startup Generator Launched by Timişoara Software Business Incubator (Romania) In the period from December 5th to January 11th 2009, Timişoara Software Business Incubator (Romania) runs the IT Startup Generator project, a project aiming to promote a multidisciplinary approach in own-product/own-service focused IT entrepreneurship as an alternative to IT outsourcing-oriented business approach. Outsourcing is still very common amongst Western Romanian ICT companies. More

infoDev Publishes Mixed-Use Incubator Handbook Business incubation formally began in the US in the 1960s, and later developed in the UK and Europe through various related forms (eg. Innovation centres, technopoles/science parks). More

Desafío Intel 2009 Competition in Chile announced winners Voxound, an innovative ICT startup from Chile and producer of a free music player for Windows, is the winners of the Desafío Intel 2009. The competition is organized in Chile by Intel Corporation, a global technology leader, and the infoDev global incubator network member 3IE Institute of the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María in Valparaíso. More

infoDev Incubator Training Program Well Received More

The Future of Open Innovation and Technology Transfer In collaboration with M•CAM Inc, infoDev offers its incubator network access to the world's largest database of intellectual property in the themes of advanced energy, water and agricultural technologies, facilitating technology transfer to the developing world.. More

INGENIO incubator (Uruguay) start-up entrepreneurs awarded CARTIER Women’s Initiative Laureates for Latin America 2009 Rosario Monteverde and Magdalena Rodríguez of PRO Internacional receive Cartier Women’s Initiative Award for Latin America 2009 for their web agency with a social conscience. PRO Internacional is incubated at INGENIO incubator Montevideo, Uruguay. More

South-South Cooperation for Technology Transfer and Development of SMEs - Paper on Role of Business Incubation Systems The International Conference on "South-South Cooperation for Technology Transfer and Development for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)", jointly organised by the National Science Foundation and the National Science and Technology Commission of Sri Lanka and the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) was held from 18-22 August 2008.. More

Grass Roots Innovation Innovation is not the preserve of the educated and wealthy, but is thriving in poor communities in India, China and Brazil. The Grassroots Innovation Augmentation Network (GIAN) met in Tianjin on this issue. More

PROMOTING INNOVATION THROUGH TECHNOPARKS IN KAZAKHSTAN Technoparks are believed to promote economic growth and generate value by enhancing the ability of its tenants —high technology firms — to survive and grow in a very competitive environment. Nevertheless, there is conflicting evidence regarding the actual effectiveness of technoparks. More

High-speed Market Entry: 42 Gradusi (Tbilisi/Georgia) 42 Gradusi was founded in Tbilisi (Georgia) in 2007 by a group of IT engineers. The vision was to create a truly customer-oriented company, distinctive with its quality of services and a permanently growing level of competence. More