YEARLY NEWS ARCHIVES: 2016

Open Tender in Kosovo

PLANET has been short-listed for the project:
“Kosovo-Pristina: IPA — Support to civil code — phase 2” (EuropeAid/137881/DH/SER/XK)
European Union, represented by the European Commission, on behalf of and for the account of the partner country, Pristina, KOSOVO is the Contracting Authority.
The project budget is 2,500,000 € and the project duration is 36 months.
Project Details
The purpose of the contract is to continue EU support to the modernisation and harmonisation of the legal framework on civil matters in line with EU ‘acquis’, European standards and international best …

HORIZON 2020, MED-Dialogue project comes to its end

MED-Dialogue project, a coordination and support action funded under  Horizon 2020 to which PLANET served as co-coordinator, came successfully to its end officially this September.
The overall objective of the MED-Dialogue project was to facilitate cooperation between the Mediterranean Partner Countries and the European Countries, in the ICT field. MED-Dialogue tried to achieve that by identifying the important sectors where this cooperation could be materialised and by raising awareness on the Horizon2020 Calls and assisting the researchers of the Mediterranean region …

PLANET presents study for the development of the domestic Pharmaceutical Industry

 
The Strategic Action Plan, conducted by PLANET, for the development of the Greek Pharmaceutical Industry was presented at a dedicated conference,  jointly organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism, the Hellenic Ministry of Health and the Hellenic Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, under the auspices of Deputy Prime Minister on the 15th of September at Michael Cacoyannis Foundation.
The aim of the event was to bring together all key sector stakeholders, in order to invite them …

Kick-off of the “Technical Assistance for Gümüşhane Traditional and Organic Products Business Development Center (İŞGEM )” project, led by PLANET

 
3rd of August 2016: The kick – off meeting for the “Technical Assistance for Gümüşhane Traditional and Organic Products Business Development Center (İŞGEM)” project took place in Ankara, Turkey, signifying the launch of the 20 months project led by PLANET. 
The kick of meeting, hosted at the Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology of Republic of Turkey was attended by representatives of the Ministry (MoSIT) as the Contracting Authority, Eastern Black Sea Development Agency (DOKA) as the End Recipient of …

PLANET supporting the Voluntary Action initiative

 
PLANET participated in the “Voluntary Action” event that took place on the 16th and 17th of July at the Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens. The event was organized by Skywalker.gr, a leading career portal in Greece.
The Voluntary Action event aimed at enabling further cohesion of the Volunteering ecosystem in Greece amid the ongoing crisis. The initiative gave the opportunity to Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), existing as well as potential volunteers, firms that implement Corporate Social Responsibility programmes, grassroots / …

HORIZON 2020, EAST-HORIZON project comes to its end

 
EAST –HORIZON project, a coordination and support action funded under Horizon 2020 came to its end with a final conference held on the 13th  & 14th  of July 2016 in Chisinau, Moldova.
The Final Conference was attended by more than 100 participants representing leading commercial, government and research organisations from the EU and the entire Eastern Europe and Central Asia region, who had the opportunity to share knowledge and experiences, lessons learnt and good practices of EU-funded research projects and to …

New Regional Office established in Van, Turkey

PLANET TURKEY Anatolia Office was established under the strategic cooperation between PLANET TURKEY and Gökçenay Group, and inaugurated by PLANET CEO Mr. Christos Giannakopoulos and Gökçenay Group CEO Mr. Yunus Gökçenay on 11/07/2016. The plans of PLANET TURKEY Anatolia Office to exploit PLANET’s huge EU experience and Gökçenay Group’s dominant local position towards enhancing regional development in Eastern Turkey were discussed with a part of local bodies in Van, and will be jointly elaborated with the entire development actors of the region.

Inauguration of Planet Turkey Anatolia …

Kick-off of “Restructuring and Strengthening of the Food Safety and Veterinary Laboratory Network in Albania” project led by PLANET

 
4th of July 2016 : The kick –off meeting for the “Restructuring and Strengthening of the Food Safety and Veterinary Laboratory Network in Albania” project took place in Tirana, Albania, signifying the launch of the 36 months project led by PLANET. 
The kick of meeting, chaired by Manol Simo, General Director of The Central Finance and Contracting Unit (CFCU) within the Albanian Ministry of Finance was attended by representatives of the EU delegation and project beneficiaries, namely the Albanian Ministry …

“Technical Assistance (institutional building) for Development of the Research & Technological Infrastructure of Gaziantep Technopark” project led by PLANET hosts its closing event.

 
The Closing event of the “Technical Assistance (institutional building) for Development of the Research & Technological Infrastructure of Gaziantep Technopark” project, led by PLANET, took place in Ankara, Turkey on the 13th of June 2016.
The aim of the event, which signified the gradual closure of the project, was to present to key stakeholders, beneficiaries and relevant interested parties the work achieved during the course of the project.
The Closing event opened with speeches by Mr. Murat Altun – Head of IPA …

PLANET continues its sucessful collaboration with INNOVATHENS through “Food for Business” innitiative

 
PLANET, the Greek leading consulting company, continues its successful collaboration with INNOVATHENS, the Hub of Innovation & Entrepreneurship of Technopolis City of Athens, through sponsoring the 4th “Food for Business” accelerator circle. This collaboration will be launched through the “Greek Gastronomy Stories” event to take place on the 16th of June 2016 at INNOVATHENS.
“Food for Business” is a three month entrepreneurship program that provides high quality information services, education and personalized mentoring/coaching to groups and startups who aspire to succeed …