Project: TEMPorary USes as start-up actions to enhance port (in)tangible heritage (TEMPUS)
2nd TEMPUS Project Partnership Meeting Held
The second partnership meeting of the EU TEMPUS-Temporary Benefits project was held in the City Hall of the City of Rijeka on 26-27 November 2019 as an initial action to improve port (intangible) heritage, approved by the Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia Programme and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
The aim of the project is to achieve real change and influence the diverse and unusual heritage of urban ports and the untapped potential of local communities by directly including them in the definition and launch of urban strategies. The project promoter is the National Research Council of Italy – CNR, which has signed a contract with the competent authority for identification number 10175961 for a total value of EUR 2,706,920,00. The partnership agreement on the implementation of the project was signed by: National Research Council of Italy – CNR coa project promoter and partners: C.N.A. National Confederation of Handcrafts and of SMEs – Territorial Association of Ravenna, Alma Mater Studiorum – Universty of Bologna, Cerimac – Building Materials of Bologna, Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., Public Institution RERA SD for Coordination and Development of Split-Dalmatia County; City of Solin; Historical and Maritime Museum of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the City of Rijeka.
The project started on 1 January 2019 and will end on 30 June 2021.
The two-day meeting presented the implemented activities planned for this second project implementation period related to the materials produced to facilitate the implementation of the activities. This is part of the third work package, called Pilot testing for co-designing heritage management strategy, partner Certimac presented the launch of two local groups, a template for mapping cultural and natural heritage and a logical framework for urban strategies of cities. Partner The City of Rijeka presented the upcoming activities that will take place in Rijeka, as part of the ECOC 2020.
As part of the fourth work package, entitled Port cities' stories told for entrepreneurial heritage management innovations, partner RRA PORIN presented the method of work on the implementation of the full package and the launch of two working groups, and partners CNA Ravenna presented the basis for the development of the local map of entrepreneurship and the Historical and Maritime Museums of the Croatian Littoral presented the Manual for the installation of exhibitions as part of the project.
Partner Alma Mater Studiorum presented the activities Exchange of experiences and knowledge workshops that will be carried out in pilot cities and the activity Building a community to promote the joint development of heritage management. Partner ITC-CNR presented upcoming reporting activities as part of the project management work package and the project platform as part of the fifth work package Social construction to promote the joint development of heritage management.
Finally, the partner Historical and Maritime Museum of the Croatian Littoral organized for all partners a short visit to the museum and a tour of the port area of Rijeka.

