(€ deposit) ep07021901-mol

The City of Ljubljana (MOL) offers a package of technical and financial assistance to five future entrepreneurs in the sphere of tourism. From among the i-deposits of the Bank of Tourism Potentials in Slovenia, in cooperation with the MOL's experts, we will select up to five tourism ideas whose owners are prepared to realise them in their own enterprises, which will be founded with our help in the City of Ljubljana.

Priority in the selection will be given to ideas that:

1) are able to be realised in the territory of the City of Ljubljana and at the same time while enable connections with other tourist destinations in Slovenia

2) are connected with the development of integrated tourism products on the basis of digital technologies or with Measures II and III "Innovation Action Plan for Slovenia: tourism/culture umbrella to increase competitivity, cohesion and employment", elaborated as part of the EU INNOVATION COACH project (more information about the two measures)

3) reach the BTPS before 15.3.2007.

Through its support environment the MOL offers technical and financial assistance in order to help the most promising ideas reach the market as soon as possible and therefore offers: enterprise workshops, donations to potential entrepreneurs to start up an enterprise in the City of Ljubljana, assistance in the preparation of a business plan for the purpose of obtaining capital (seed capital, risk capital, business angels, funds, banks, etc.), 3-year mentorship.

More information on the background to the support campaign can be found tukaj (click bottom left on: "The capital in support of new enterprise ideas" scheme). Contact persons for additional information:

• MOL, natasa.mrsol@ljubljana.si, 01 306-43-06
• Technology Park Ljubljana, kristina.ober@tp-lj.si, 01 477-66-26.

The energy deposit will remain open until funds are used up (5 new entrepreneurs). The first selection of suitable idea deposits sent to BTPS@slovenia.info will take place on Thursday 15.03.2007.