IT companies have been supported since 2004 by ARIES-TM, which has taken sustained steps to strengthen cooperation between IT and software companies by organizing general and specific training courses, organizing economic missions, international fairs, organizing pitching meetings in front of venture capital investors, making a “map” of the IT industry in the western region, the director Banat Software.

The most significant projects implemented aimed at increasing the visibility of the member companies, internationalization, accessing European funds for research-innovation-development, as well as the development of innovative software products, of the innovation ecosystems.

Thanks to these activities, Banat Software Cluster was awarded with the Bronze Certificate by the European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis.

This certification facilitates access to collaboration opportunities with clusters from Europe, to partnerships and joint development projects and access to European funds.