Why Bulgaria?

Bulgaria is well-suited to attract language-intensive, IT-intensive, high value-added services and projects requiring knowledge-intensive input. The country has a talented, flexible, committed, productive and loyal workforce with a high level of education in business and entrepreneurship areas.

Education

• 28% of population hold university degree

• 80% of university graduates speak English

• 52.4 % of the workforce aged 18-35 speaks at least one foreign language

• Each year approx. 15,000 students out of 60,000 pursue a university degree in language studies including Chinese, Japanese, Hindi, Scandinavian, and Slavic languages

• 98% of the students enrolled in professional and language schools in Bulgaria study one foreign language, 73% study at least two foreign languages

• Large pool of EU and US native speakers

Infrastructure

• Bulgaria ranks #1  in Europe in IT-certified specialists per capita

• Bulgaria ranks #3 worldwide in the number of certified IT professionals

• 8th in the world and 5th in Europe in Internet speed

• Reliable IT infrastructure ensures business continuity

• Cultural Proximity to European and US-based customers in terms of business attitude and ethics

• Positioned to service clients worldwide for its time zone (EET, UTC+2)

• Strategically located to provide easy access to world financial centers and a number of major markets and - South-East Europe, EU, Russia/CIS, Middle East and North Africa