On 27.05.2025 at 9.30 a.m., a meeting of the RIC Board of Directors was held in the Technopark building at TU Gabrovo, at which the progress of the EDIH project was discussed and future activities were planned. All members of the RIC Board of Directors were present: Senior Lecturer Irena Rashkova – Chairman and members: Assoc. Prof. Hristo Hristov, Tanya Hristova – Mayor of Gabrovo Municipality, Hari Bogdanov and Eng. Rumen Kolev.
The meeting was attended by the Regional Governor of Gabrovo Region – Maria Basheva, the Rector of TU Gabrovo – Prof. Iliya Zhelezarov, project Work Package Managers and the person responsible for tender procedures.
It was announced that assets intended for the various laboratories required for the “Testing before Investment” service have already been purchased, delivered and installed. There is trained staff. The information is to be published on the project website and information signs will be made and installed at the addresses where the assets are located.
The participants decided to have a unified form of presentation of the assets in the Technopark and EDIH and the information will be published on the websites of TU Gabrovo and the Municipality of Gabrovo.
Other upcoming tasks and ideas were also discussed.

This news item has been created with the financial support of the Research, Innovation and Digitalization for Smart Transformation Program 2021-2027, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund under project BG16RFPR002-1.002-0001 -C01 “Accelerated digitalization for SMEs in the Central Region through the creation and development of EDIH.” The Regional Innovation Center “Ambitious Gabrovo” bears full responsibility for the content of the document and under no circumstances can it be assumed that this document reflects the official position of the European Union and the managing authority.