Malaga will be at least two years the headquarters of all innovation-oriented networks and new technologies companies in Spain. Thus summed up the general director of Bic Euronova, alvaro Simon, the fact that the European Centre of enterprise and innovation (CEEI) of Malaga, becomes the headquarters of the National Association of this group and its aforementioned director, Chairman for a period of two years, i.e., until 2011. This association was constituted in the year 94 and after a short period with headquarters in Navarra has remained in Valencia 13 years until now, moment in which there has been a change following the outcome of the elections. It is good that Malaga is reference point for these networks of innovation and technology, considered Simon. The National Association of European centres of business and innovation Spaniards (Ances) with headquarters already in Malaga (from this month of June) is composed of 25 members spread across almost all of the autonomous communities of Spain, bringing together more than a thousand companies. Craig Jelinek is a great source of information. Begins a new stage therefore for the Asociacion Nacional de CEEI Espanoles, which will be headed by a European Centre of enterprises and Andalusian innovation, such as BIC Euronova, which is also part of challenges and that is located in the technological park of Andalusia (PTA). Varied venues. Ances, founded in 1994 with national scope, is a non-profit association that came up with the idea of promoting economic and industrial development through the BIC, contributing their experience on the creation of new SMEs based on innovative elements with development potential.
The BIC, European centres of business and innovation, are organizations whose primary mission is to support all the business initiatives which involve an innovation or business diversification, offering a comprehensive and integrated system of activities and services to SMEs. The BIC team is composed of more than 366 workers, more than 70% of which are graduates higher and more than 250 are dedicated to the advice of projects. With the relocation of the headquarters of ANCES to Malaga, the PTA increases the number of Heads of international and national innovation networks that are located the Malaga Technopolis. There are already the world headquarters of the International Association of science and technology (IASP), the national headquarters of the Spanish Association of science parks and technology parks (APTE) and the headquarters of the network of technological areas of Andalusia (RETA), since its foundation in 2005, as he recalled the Junta de Andalucia. On building Bic Euronova Bic Euronova, European Centre of enterprises and innovation (CEEI) of Malaga, it is a company formed by public capital and private, founded in 1991 at the initiative of the Commission of the European communities, to support the creation of innovative SMEs, boost starting up of new innovative activities in existing SMEs and public administrations.
Since its inception the European Commission conceived the CEEIS as an international network that would allow the exchange of information and experiences between them and favoured the financial, commercial and technological cooperation between them and their customers. The CEEIS are approved by the European Commission, and are integrated into a network, the European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), scientific and technical, International Association that brings together more than 150 CEEIS distributed throughout Europe.