INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS

The CEEBP assists associations of publishers and booksellers in Central and Eastern Europe to develop projects aimed at the improvement of book trade infrastructure.

The projects in Ukraine, Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Poland have been co-financed by the Matra Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands.

• Book Trade Project in Ukraine 2005 - 2008
  The project aims at improved access to reliable professional book trade information, enhanced variety and accessibility of books of Ukrainian publishers across the country, and improved professional skills and standards of publishers and booksellers. The Ukrainian Publishers and Booksellers Association in collaboration with the Business and Technologies Development Centre / Vlasna Sprava launch a book trade portal with information and services for professionals. The Dzherela M and Summit Books companies jointly set up a distribution network covering the country. Training for publishers and booksellers is planned in Kiev and Lvov.

• Serbia & Montenegro Book Market Project 2003 - 2006
  The project, implemented in partnership with the National Library of Serbia, aims at improving the book market infrastructure in Serbia & Montenegro and its reintegration in regional and international book markets. The project supports the development of a Book Information System in cooperation with its Croatian counterpart, a distribution centre, and the establishment of bookshops in smaller towns in Serbia and Montenegro. The project assists in introducing the use of small print run technology in book publishing, and offers a series of seminars, workshops and consultations for publishers, distributors, booksellers and book reviewers. Through its Books across Borders program, the project will support contacts and cooperation between book trade professionals in Serbia & Montenegro, Croatia, and Bosnia & Herzegovina, and cross border co-productions of quality books, and stimulate cross-border circulation of books by providing libraries with matching funds for books from neighbouring countries.

• Croatian Book Market Project 2002 - 2005
  The project included support for a reliable book information service, market research, online Books in Print catalogue, distribution network, improvement of the market and business skills of publishers and booksellers, and enlargement of the market in Croatia and across the borders through regional cooperation.

• Frankfurter Buchmesse Rights Catalogue and e-Stands 1997 - 2002
  - Support for the entries of Central and East European publishers in the Rights Catalogue 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
  - Support for the participation of Central and East European publishers in meetings and conferences 2000, 2001, 2002
  - Support for e-Stands of Central and East European publishers 2001, 2002
  
• Slovak Publishing Project 2000 - 2002
  Under the auspices of the Milan Šimecka Foundation: support for training workshops, small print run management, libraries subscription programme, and for joint activities of the Index Association of Independent Publishers: Book Club, joint journal subscription and promotion programme, marketing, and distribution
  
• In Transitum, Balkan Translators Mobility Fund 2000 - 2001
  Grants for reference works for translators to and from the languages of the Balkan countries
  
• Bulgarian Small Print Run Publishing Project 1998 - 2000
  Soros Center for the Arts in Sofia: matching funds for workshops, promotion, marketing, distribution, library subscription programme, joint catalogue of cultural journals
  
• Polish Cultural Journals Support Project 1996 - 1998
  Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw: matching funds for workshops, promotion, marketing, distribution, library subscription programme, joint catalogue (http://witryna.czasopism.pl)