News
IBBN incorporation underway
The IBBN committee is happy to announce that the network's incorporation documents were signed at the last IBBN meeting. We will let you know when all formalities are finalized and the new entity is fully registered.
Lord of the Dance Perform in Bulgaria
Lord of the Dance will have a tour in June. Please see the attached letter of the organizers ART.BG for more information and sponsorship opportunities.
The Annual St. Patrick's Charity Ball
The annual St. Patrick's charity ball will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, commencing at 7.30 pm. Format is black tie or business suit. Guests can enjoy top quality entertainment, excellent food and a charity auction and ruffle.
Please see the attached flyer giving contact details for ticket enquiries.
IBBN membership fees
The IBBN executive committee have set the annual membership fees for 2010 at EUR 50 per member. This allows members to post their company information on the IBBN site and to attend all IBBN events. Annual fees can be paid to Philip, Eddie or Jim at the coming meeting, or if you prefer please use the contact link to send your company details to Gergana, the IBBN administrator. Payment should be made in cash. Receipt is available upon request.
Mobile Monday Sofia event
Enterprise Ireland and Mobile Monday Sofia, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation of individual mobile industry professionals, organize a Mobile Monday Sofia event on 18th January 2010.
Three-four Irish companies will be presenting their services to both local and international audience. Besides the presenting companies further Irish companies active in the sector will be invited as well.
The event will be most probably held in an Irish pub and it will start around 18,30 and end around 21,00.
For further information please see the attached leaflet.
Full details will follow in early January.
Christmas ecards
A local charity, the Cedar Foundation, offers a fine selection of Christmas ecards. You may see a sample here. For more information please visit the foundation's site. http://www.cedarfoundation.org. 
AmCham support for IBBN
Mr. Valentin Georgiev, AmCham Executive Director, joined us for drinks and an informal discussion on business networks during the last IBBN meeting. He shared with us his experience and highlighted the following key issues:
- the importance of maintaining close relations with the Irish Embassy;
- the importance of Bulgarian-American Credit Bank, as the biggest Irish investor in Bulgaria, in driving forward IBBN activities;
- that the success of the network depends largely on the energy and enthusiasm of its members;
- the IBBN executive committee should look outside the Irish community for additional members;
- the IBBN should provide active support to the development of the Irish-Bulgarian business relationship and be able to participate in high-level business forums as well as lobbying member interests.
All members of the IBBN would like to thank Mr.Georgiev for his advice, encouragement and for AmCham's continued support.
Asavie to power office mobility services for M-Tel Bulgaria
Dublin, Ireland, June 24 2009 - Agreement enables M-Tel customers to benefit from on-demand access to their business information from anywhere using Asavie's Passbridge hosted data services platform.
IBBN site launched
Site launched