The Bulgarian president, Rosen Plevneliev, announced yesterday that outsourcing had created 35,000 new jobs for the country in the past five years, adding that the number is expected to double by 2020.

The president spoke at the opening of the Webit.Festival 2016, an annual forum held in Bulgaria dedicated to technology, innovation and investment.

Mr Plevneliev also boasted Bulgaria’s rank as the top European outsourcing destination for 2015 and the country’s first innovative ecosystem headquartered in Sofia Tech Park.

The EOA Leadership Summit & Awards 2016 will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on the 6th October. The event gathers outsourcing leaders from across Europe and beyond to discover how organisations can thrive in this exciting new era of outsourcing.

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