Belarus High Technologies Park
Belarus High Technologies Park (BHTP) was established on September 22, 2005 on the President of Belarus Decree "On the Hi-Tech Park" with the aim to develop modern technologies and expanding their exports, as well as to attract both Belarusian and foreign technologies and companies to the sector. [1]
To benchmark and learn from experiences of other innovative clusters the Hi-Tech Park has signed a number of Memoranda of Understanding with the parks of China, Finland, Armenia, Republic of Korea and other organizations.
The organization is headed by the Director. There are 2 Boards in the Park structure - the Expert Board and the Supervisory Board.
The Supervisory Board in responsible for the Park work organization and control. The Expert Board is responsible for technical and scientific part in the Park. The 2 Boards participate in meetings and decide about new residents acceptance.
The park is located in Minsk - the capital of the Belarus. Its present territory is ~124 sq acres. HTP’s infrastructure includes five zones:
science and production area;
residential area;
public, business and education area;
public and sport area,
and long-range area.
In the first area on almost 15 hectares scientific premises and production facilities for IT companies will be built. The residential area (about 9 hectares) is at the beginning of its improvement, it will include residential housing and social infrastructure. Some resident companies have already finished construction of their offices in public and business centre. In this area IT Academy, its hostel and a hotel are also planned to be built. Social and recreation zone will consist of gyms, swimming pools, restaurant, etc.
The Park is in close cooperation with educational establishments of Belarus. On March 25, 2009 HTP Research and Innovation Lab was opened in BNTU.[2] On April 9, 2009 HTP Innovation Complex was opened in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.[3]
Residents
Currently the organization has about 80 residents - both Belarusian and foreign companies.
EPAM Systems
Sakrament
System technologies
ScienceSoft
Applied Systems
Avest
Top Soft
LAKSHMI
SaM Solutions
Itransition
Marco
Soft Perspectiva
VirusBlokAda Ltd.
EffectiveSoft
Invention Machine
BelHard Development
IT Park
Generation P
Viaden Media
BLRSoft
STYLESOFT
Exadel
LeverХ International
VironIT
RelSoft
BELSOFT-BORLAS GROUP
NTLab SYSTEMS
OZONE CONSULTING
VPI Development Center
Intelligent systems
ISSOFT SOLUTION
TietoEnator Ltd.
CLabs Ltd.
FE Godel Technologies Europe
Design bureau of system programming
TKP-Soft
Siarhei Arlou Sole Proprietorship
Real Soft
Andrey Bogomolov Sole Proprietorship
Dana Networks
IntexSoft (Intellectual Export Software)
Qulix Systems
PM&S Software
Pi-consult.by
Altoros Development
Synesis
OnCleverSoft
ERPBEL
Vimix
Novacom Group
Telesoftservise
MIKST
Numerical Methods
Exigen Services
Game Stream
Librasoft
Foranks
Atlas SOFT
Exon IT
Softclub
ROND
Nival Network
IASO Backup
ITlect
Innovation Software
IBA-Gomel-Park
Belitsoft
Instant Information
Softeq Development
Mobiletag
GalantisSoft
Human System
The Park resident companies are acknowledged worldwide. The IBA Group and EPAM Systems, the two largest Belarusian enterprises, were the first in Europe to achieve the SEI CMMI® (Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration) Level 4 Rating.
References
- ^ "BHTP creation". www.e-belarus.org. Retrieved 2005-09-27.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Research and Innovation Lab". park.by. Retrieved 2009-03-25.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "Innovation Complex". park.by. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
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