Today we had the opportunity to welcome in our office representatives of the German Embassy in Sofia – the head of the economic department Mr. Moritz Seiler and Mrs. Elisabeth Fomitschow, who are responsible for the business connections of German companies in Bulgaria as well as Bulgarian companies in Germany. The guests have shown great interest in the projects which are supported by IIS in cooperation with the mother-company AKDB.

There are not great number of people who realize that, whenever one goes to the car registration office in a German town of any size, there is a great probability that their request is being processed by software “Made in Bulgaria”. Also the driver licenses which are in almost everyone’s pockets most probably have been issued by the same software.

Apart from the products, which have been traditionally developed in the Sofia office, iiS takes momentum in new projects for HR, student loans (BAFöG), and housing benefits (Wohngeld), just to name a few.

We are proud to have the opportunity and privilege to support the state with the biggest economy in EU in its way to full digitization of the administrative processes.

At last weekend’s Vitosha 100 race held at the picturesque foot of the mountain, iiS was represented by the newest addition to our team. A worthy achievement this time promises an even better ranking next time. For us, it is a joyful fact that fundamental components of the company’s value system, such as dedication, discipline and the desire to give the best of yourself, are manifested once again.

The Vitosha 100 race began in the seventies of the last century, and at the very beginning it had no competitive nature at all. Part of the route was Mountain Lyulin so that the originally planned 100 km could be reached. People gathered and covered the route in 24 hours at a tourist pace. With each passing year, the times for the crossing decrease, which gives the competitive nature of the event. There is now a route for cyclists. There are not a few people for whom annual participation is mandatory, and there are hardly any who do not want to come back next time. The race is important to many people because there is something special about the fact that it goes around the Vitosha mountain – a symbol of the capital.

Sustainability and green IT have become integral parts of the strategy due to AKDB’s social responsibility.

By 2025, AKDB wants to become CO2-neutral in its direct emissions. The prerequisites for this are the conversion to 100 percent green electricity that has already taken place and the future expansion of photovoltaic systems on all AKDB properties used by AKDB itself. Preparations are being made at all locations to set up vehicle charging infrastructures for employees and visitors.

The vehicle fleet of the AKDB is gradually being converted to hybrid or fully electric vehicles. In order to further reduce climate-damaging emissions, AKDB is switching from fossil heating systems to district heating fed with geothermal energy, will modernize existing heating systems and switch to LED lighting throughout the company.

Increase of 17% in the turnover, enhanced service capabilities, more focus towards a sustainable usage of the IT services, those are few of the highlights in the published annual report.

One of the main goals  in the last year for us was the continuous fulfillment of the requirements set by the law for online services in Germany (OZG). According to it 575 types of administrative services had to be transformed and offered to the public online. We are proud to announce that, thanks to our “Bürgerservice-Portal” 1.6 Mil. transactions have been done in the last year in the Free State of Bavaria alone.

A second core area is cloud services. With the increasing number of online services and outsourcing offers, AKDB wants to offer its customers optimal data center capacities. So, in 2022 we have initiated a large forward-looking project: the construction of two new active-active data centers in Bayreuth.

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