Belarus High Technologies Park
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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 expand their exports, as well as to attract both Belarusian and foreign technologies and companies to the sector.
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, India 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:
Scientific premises and production facilities for IT companies will be built in the first area on almost 15 hectares . 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 the 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, restaurants, 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. On April 9, 2009 HTP Innovation Complex was opened in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
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.
President of Belarus
The office of President of Belarus is the head of state of Belarus. The office was created in 1994 with the passing of the Constitution of Belarus by the Supreme Soviet. This replaced the office of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet as the head of state...
Decree "On the Hi-Tech Park" with the aim to develop modern technologies and expand their exports, as well as to attract both Belarusian and foreign technologies and companies to the sector.
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, India 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
Minsk
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- the capital of the Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
. 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
- Long-range area
Scientific premises and production facilities for IT companies will be built in the first area on almost 15 hectares . 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 the 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, restaurants, 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. On April 9, 2009 HTP Innovation Complex was opened in the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics.
Residents
On April 20, 2010 BHTP had 84 residents - both Belarusian and foreign companies:- EPAMEPAMEPAM is a psychological theory of learning and memory implemented as a computer program. Originally designed by Herbert Simon and Edward Feigenbaum to simulate phenomena in verbal learning, it has been later adapted to account for data on the psychology of expertise and concept formation. It was...
Systems - Sakrament
- System technologies
- ScienceSoft
- Applied Systems
- Avest
- Top Soft
- LAKSHMI
- SaM Solutions
- ItransitionItransitionItransition is a software development company founded in Minsk, Belarus in 1998. At present the company has representative offices in North America Itransition is a software development company founded in Minsk, Belarus in 1998. At present the company has representative offices in North America...
- Marco
- Soft Perspectiva
- VirusBlokAdaVirusBlokAdaVirusBlokAda is an antivirus software vendor established in 1997 in Belarus. In 2010 it discovered Stuxnet, the first malware that attacks supervisory control and data acquisition systems....
Ltd. - EffectiveSoft
- Invention Machine
- BelHardBelhard GroupBelhard Group is a Minsk, Belarus-based and ISO 9001-2001 certified IT-holding, composed of more than 10 branch establishments with more than 30 activities...
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 (Coherent SolutionsCoherent SolutionsCoherent Solutions is a software development outsourcing company with headquarters in Minneapolis, MN, and an offshore development office in Minsk, Belarus. The company provides software development services with a focus on Microsoft, Java and other technologies for Web, Mobile, and Integration...
) - 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 DevelopmentAltorosAltoros Systems is a global software product development company that provides focused software product engineering, independent quality assurance, and testing services to software organizations and information-driven enterprises. Areas of expertise include Microsoft .NET, Ruby on Rails, Adobe...
- 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.