The project of internationalization of the Universitas Mercatorum starts in Bulgaria, the first Startup University, made in Italy, born to support academic studies focused on the world of startups: how to develop a business idea, how to commercialize products, how to raise funds with the crowdfunding and so on. It is the first public-private partnership (under the control of an Italian Chambers of Commerce) for the governance of an University born with the aim to become the leader of the sector.
The opening of the new premises of the Universitas Mercatorum is the focus of the agreement that the University “born from the business for the business” signed with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria on March 12th, 2018, during the European Conference “EURONET – Italian Networking around Europe: Innovation and INTERNATIONalization in DIGITAL SOCIETY within the Bulgarian Presidency of EC 2018” promoted by ICCB and taking place during the Semester of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the bi-annual meeting of the 30 Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad – Europe Area.
“This is an important initiative for supporting business, on one hand, and the human capital, on the other, holding a leading role in the growth and development of local and European business” stated Marco Montecchi, ICCB President and EU Area Representative. “European Conference that we organized as a Chamber of Commerce is a moment of institutional and economic debate between European decision makers on the topics of digital economy and professions in the future, on the development of industry high-tech, on the recent designation of Sofia as “EU Digital Capital of Markets” and on the internationalization of SMEs in European markets in the digital age with the involvement of the Italian Chambers of Commerce of European Area as a network in the field of euro-planning (focus on Erasmus Plus program)” continued Marco Montecchi.
“In addition, I am pleased to highlight how the initiative of the Universitas Mercatorum is part of the more complex educational project called EUROPEAN MERCATORUM UNIVERSITY aiming at exporting in Europe the UNIMERCATORUM teaching model thanks to the collaboration that it will be activated in the following months with the network of the 30 Italians Chambers of Commerce Abroad – Area Europe” concludes Marco Montecchi.