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The study case of BIC

Business Incubator Centre

BekescsabaBekes County-

Hungary

Bucarest, Octobre, 2008

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Hungary Békés County Békéscsaba Total area [km2] 93,030 5,630 193,93 Population 10,064,000 385,000 65,384 Inhabitants/ km2 108 68 337 GDP [EURO]

94,248,000 1,937,108

Per capita GDP(EURO)

8,735

4,940

South-East Hungary 20 kms from the Romanian border

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www.smeactor.eu Knowledge infrastructure

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2005 Hungary Békés County Békéscsaba

Universities, tertiary education 71 4 1

Students enrolled 424,161 2,699

Teaching staff 23,188 79

Secondary schools 2,365 61 15

Pupils enrolled 572,177 16,838 7,291

Teaching staff 58,331 1,849 576

R&D centres 2,516 32 1

Scientists from R&D units 23,239 212 15

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www.smeactor.eu Local Actors

B.I.C.János Sztankó

• Business Incubator Centre• Regional Training Centre• Agency for Enterprise Promotion• Chamber of Industry and Commerce• Association of Entrepreneurs• Local SMEs

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• Business Incubator Centre of Bekescsaba• Agricultural and Food Industrial

Innovation Centre• Chamber of Industry and Commerce of

Bekes County• Regional Training Centre of Bekescsaba• SMEs

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-Tourism

Kind and No. Of SMEs in the lab:

-micro SMEs

- 4-5 companies + 1-3 administration & other org.

Main problems

- low cooperation and capacity use

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Targeted facilitators/participants:

-I’m trainer and actor as well

Other actors potential facilitators:

-Regional Training Centre Collegues

- Chamber collegue

- Municipality collegues

- Tourinform Association / SMEs

Competence in AL methods:

-only SWOT & case studies

- lack of theoretical knowledge of methods

- lack of English language

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• Business Incubator Centre of Bekescsaba• Agricultural and Food Industrial

Innovation Centre• Chamber of Industry and Commerce of

Bekes County• Regional Training Centre of Bekescsaba• SMEs

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Working Labs in B.I.C. - Békéscsaba

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Laboratory / workshops ( feb.-okt. 2008)

The workshops were concentrating to the tourism development of Bekescsaba. Pwpt presentations informed the participants about the actual development plan, which was very interested by the team. They got acquainted by the SME ACTor project and was told, that some of the tools will be used during the meeting, which the group-members can use too in their further activities and later some of the participants can use this knowledge as facilitator too.

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Evaluation:

- The interest from the different parties, SMEs and other organizations was promising and it seems, that a good common work can be done. The SMEs are mainly focusing on the practical profitability of their participation, getting some first hand information and some knowledge they can use in their work. On the other hand the organization representatives are more interested in the didactics and tools used that they can implement in their work.

Lessons learnt:-Participation should be checked one – two days before the

meeting by calls.-Time keeping is difficult, so tools (eg. sand-clock) should be

introduced and/or agreements should be made in advance.-It would be useful to project the description of tools and case

studies are always make the workshop more interesting.

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Planned use of SMEACTor in rograms and projects

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• Themepark development

• Establishment of facilities on biomass production

• Establishment of Northern Logistic Park

• Cross-border training network building

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www.smeactor.eu B.I.C. - Békéscsaba

B.I.C.János Sztankó

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