PRAGUE, October 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
On October 6, the Global Sourcing Association (GSA), formerly known as the European Outsourcing Association (EOA), announced the winners of the 2016 EOA Awards. IBA Group - was selected the winner in the category Award for Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR).
The Global Sourcing Leadership Summit and Awards was held in Sophia, Bulgaria. Rosen Plevneliev, President of Bulgaria, opened the summit, saying that Bulgaria's competitive advantages include qualified human resources and political stability. He also highlighted the importance of the outsourcing industry for Bulgaria and for the rest of Central and Eastern Europe.
Bojidar Loukarsky, Minister of the Economy of Bulgaria, spoke of the contribution of the sourcing industry to the Bulgarian economy and of the steps the country is taking to strengthen its position as an outsourcing destination.
Kerry Hallard, CEO of the UK's National Outsourcing Association and Director of the EOA, announced that the NOA brand stopped its existence and the NOA is transformed to the Global Sourcing Association (GSA). The new association signed cooperation agreements with Russian and Chinese outsourcing associations and adopted its Global Sourcing Standard that reflects the best practice in sourcing.
The primary topics at the Global Sourcing Summit were gender equality in sourcing, robotic process automation (RPA), digital technologies, and the meaning of Brexit for the European sourcing market.
After the summit, the EOA Awards dinner was held. The contestants competed in 16 categories. IBA Group was shortlisted in the Outsourcing Destination of the Year (Belarus) and Award for CSR categories. The outsourcing destination of the year award went to Egypt, while IBA Group became the winner of the CSR Award.
Olga Moroz, Head of Marketing Department at IBA Institute and manager of this project, said that the award-winning project invokes warm feelings. Entitled Promotion of IT in Belarus among People with Disabilities, it was the first IT education project for disabled people in Belarus.
IBA Group trained 120 disabled and organized a national contest in system administration for people with disabilities with 45 course graduates participating in the competition and ten qualifying for the final. After the project was completed, former students volunteered transfer of their competencies to peers and six graduates were offered IT jobs.
Sergei Levteev, IBA Group Chairman, underscored the commitment of IBA Group to social responsibility. He said: "We strive to promote IT education in the countries of operation, providing equal opportunities to people of different age, gender, background, and physical health. I would like to thank the GSA for recognition of our efforts. The EOA Award adds visibility to our CSR initiatives and IBA Group will continue to support the development of IT education in Belarus."
See the full list of 2016 GSA European Award Winners
IBA Group is one of the largest IT service providers in Eastern Europe. Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, IBA Group has offices and development centers in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Czech Republic, Belarus, South Africa, Cyprus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Slovakia. IBA Group focuses on mainframe systems, enterprise applications, web solutions, SAP, business analytics, and mobile applications. IBA Group is recognized by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) as one of The Global Outsourcing 100 in the Leaders Category, and ranks as one of the world's largest software companies in the Software Magazine's Software 500. In 2015, 2014, 2012, and 2011, IBA Group won IT Europa's European IT & Software Excellence awards. For more information, visit http://ibagroupit.com
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