[Gemma Barbera Bosch]

The Council of Rafelbunyol is the main public entity of the Rafelbunyol town. The municipality is located 15 kilometers from the capital of the province, Valencia. Furthermore, it is located in a strategic enclave between the sea and the mountains in the Comarca de l’Horta Nord (Local Department). It currently has a population of 9,381 inhabitants (4,594 men and 4,757 women). Rafelbunyol is ranked number 860 in the ranking of gross income declared at national level. The average gross income of the municipality in 2019 was 25,076 euros. The town and the region has changed in the last 50 years from being predominantly agricultural to being provided with a certain industrialization, taking into account that it is only 18 kilometers from the industrial and port area of Sagunt, as well as from the aforementioned with the city of Valencia.

The approximate business network of Rafelbunyol has about 700 companies in different sectors. As for the public services of the municipality:

● Transport: The town has a Metro line 3 that connects it with numerous neighboring towns, as well as with the capital Valencia, and the Valencia Airport. The town is also connected to secondary roads and the highway. In the neighboring town of El Puig, 5 minutes from the town, is also located the commuter train.
● Education: The Council has two primary schools (CEIP Verge del Miracle and CEIP Els Germanells), one Secondary School (IES RAFELBUNYOL), a Training School for adults, and last it also has musical training with the “Sociedad Musical la Primitiva de Rafelbunyol”.
● Services: Public Residence for the Elderly, Public Library, Youth Space, House of Culture, Museum, Health Center, Municipal Sports Services (Sports Center), Auditorium.
● Industry and Commerce: Rafelbunyol has its own industrial area, as well as a network of stores in the municipality.

Strategic Objectives

● Promote cooperation between organizations and public bodies in the EU, as well as contribute to create synergies of various international environments.
● Offer and develop European initiatives addressed to the citizens of Rafelbunyol, especially the Youth and those in need.
● Develop new ideas and promote new forms of innovative practices in digitalization, Smart cities , employment and other examples of social innovation that contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
● Create strategic partnerships to improve the town from a local and European perspective.
● R&D projects about sustainability, climate change and environment.

The organization has experience in developing local and international projects as:

● Developing workshops addressed to the Youth in various topics (Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, ICT, European Youth participation, Mental Health, Volunteering, literacy and promotion of reading.
● The Council has developed different channels to improve Youth Participation as the example with the creation of the Committee for the Children and Adolescent, or:
○ Scholar save paths’ project: Improving the sustainability and reducing the climate impact going to school
○ Green electric bikes and scooters points
○ S.A.Y. Project and Final de Trajecte (Espai Jove): A festival that improves the Youth environment using arts & graffiti
○ Youth Forum. Listening to the needs of Youth.
● Rafelbunyol Council is involved in the Smart Cities project to digitize the town.

Staff members

The Council of Rafelbunyol has a group of professionals committed to social inclusion, ICT and Sustainability. It is remarkable that the Council has a specific European Union Office. Its team has got diverse profiles of professionals taking into account the differents branches that conform the entity:

● Specialists in European Project management and design of social projects.
● Specialists of social inclusion actions, specifically related to improving professional careers.
● Specialists for Economical and financial management.
● Specialists of youth actions, social participation and dynamization of youth.
● Specialist in Communication and ICT.
● Specialists in Sustainable Architecture and Engineering.

[Blagoy Klimov]

Dear Gemma,
I am writing to you on behalf of BATTI. We are very interested in becoming a partner in your project proposal.
Bulgarian Association for Transfer of Technology and Innovation (BATTI) is the largest association in Bulgaria, focusing on the transfer of technology and innovation. BATTI has a head office in Varna. BATTI’s experts have been involved in more than 60 regional and international projects as a Lead organization and partner funded under Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, COSME, Bulgaria-Romania Cross Border Cooperation Programme, Bulgaria-Greece Cross Border Cooperation Programme, Black Sea Joint Operational Programme, Southeast Europe-Transnational Cooperation programme and different Operational programs in Bulgaria. BATTI’s experts have years of experience in running and managing projects covering a wide range of actions including facilitating the public-private interaction, planning issues, capacity building and knowledge transfer for SMEs, companies, developing ICT and cloud technologies, public sector, developing regional and national tourism development plans, environment protection strategies, sustainable development, responsibility, promoting best practises in business support, providing professional and structured support services stimulating the development of the local economy business sectors, entrepreneurship’s initiatives, cluster’s initiatives, life-long learning, youth activities, immigrants’ integration, social entrepreneurship, empowering disabled people and cross-border cooperation.
The team of the association has extensive and varied in-depth experience in the preparation, implementation, monitoring, reporting and dissemination of results of projects, both as a leader and a partner organization.
BATTI may provide established contacts, networks, resources and experience necessary to more than 400 stakeholders in Bulgaria and the region from the public sector, NGOs, SMEs, universities, companies, etc; bringing together actors and stakeholders to facilitate learning, exchange of experience, culturally and economically to further develop existing and create new creative industries within the region and beyond.
Our project portfolio consists of a broad range of international projects, such as:
Increasing the Conformance of Academia towards Rehabilitation Engineering (i-Care), Development of Entrepreneurship in the Black Sea Basin (TREASURE), Black Sea Joint Environmental Monitoring and Protection (ALERT), Vocational Education and Training on Product Environmental Management for the Footwear and Textile Sector (EcoTextyle), etc. Further participation in the said project will complement the whole cycle of our services, add value to our mission and main activities, will creatively mobilize our resources and further the existing partnerships of BATTI, stimulating the creation of new links. A valuable output for BATTI is the opportunity to expand its internationalization and profit from the challenges of a broader partnership.
We would love to learn more about your idea. If you wish to know more, you can visit our website (batti.eu) or send us an email (battinnovation@gmail.com). We will be looking forward to your reply and hopefully working together soon!

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