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Participants of the conference pointed out that abandoned port areas that used to be filled with life, passengers, seafarers and trade, are ideal places for various innovative cultural and economic activities.  One of the most promising industries is certainly IT entrepreneurship, which opens up countless opportunities for young people on the global market.

The conference discussed, among other things, the projects of the port authority and the temporary use of ports as the beginning of the process of improving the port's (non-)material heritage, with a special emphasis on three project pilot areas – the ports of Ravenna, Solin and Rijeka. We talked about the new life of the port of Ravenna, that is, the setting based on containers at the headquarters of the Agrarian Consortium, the future of business premises in the Solin Football Club building and the use of the port of Rijeka and port heritage as a temporary stage for various cultural events. The web platform “My Port Heritage: Urban regeneration of port heritage in the Adriatic Sea’.

Works from the recently held open innovation competition received particular attention: Innovathona. It's a kind of The Marathon Idea where young people at the same time in three port cities in Italy and Croatia (Ravenna, Rijeka and Solin) devised innovative projects relying on their technical knowledge, creativity, spirit of adaptation, problem-solving skills and teamwork to find solutions for the new entrepreneurial and economic life of the three pilot ports of the TEMPUS project.  Among the many ideas, the winner was selected by an international jury – an idea called Angela Angela Platform.  It is a reconstruction of Angela Angelina's old oil platform on the Italian coast of the Adriatic Sea.  The solution envisages the renovation of the platform for tourist purposes, so in the future, numerous educational and gastronomic workshops will take place on the upper part of the platform after the renovation, while at its base there will be facilities for the renewal of fish stocks.

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The TEMPUS project – TEMporary USes as start-up actions to enhance port (in)tangible heritage – brings together nine partners from Croatia and Italy to regenerate abandoned urban port areas, respecting cultural heritage and community customs. The value of the project is 2,706,920,00 euros, of which 85% grants are co-financed by the European Union through the cross-border cooperation programme INTERREG V-A Italy-Croatia 2014-2020.

The primary goal of the TEMPUS project is to test the experimental methodology of regeneration of neglected urban port areas, by creating long-term strategies based on culture and community. In addition, TEMPUS aims to connect partner cities with their ports and create a new space of social life that will encourage creative entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurial initiatives in culture and tourism. In the long term, the project aims to stimulate economic development based on the valorisation of the hidden tangible and intangible heritage of the ports, including the archaeological background and the natural context, starting with temporary use activities.

 For more information: Antonio Occhiuzzi, occhiuzzi@itc.cnr.it

Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. is a partner on the project TEMPUS (TEMPorary USes as start-up actions to enhance port (in)tangible heritage) co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund from the Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia Programme. The implementation of the project is slowly coming to an end, with the remaining activities in which we want to involve you.

The aim of the project is the regeneration of abandoned urban port areas, respecting the cultural heritage and customs of the community. In this sense, TEMPUS implements an integrated set of temporary use activities (TUA), focused on the idea of city ports as a mixed tradition, history, activities, architecture and culture. Project activities pass through the past and present of the port of Rijeka in order to highlight tangible and intangible heritage. Entrepreneurial ideas based on innovative solutions aim to improve a certain aspect of services or products in order to encourage further development in the area of the port of Rijeka. To this end, 7 March 2023, starting at 12.00 and ending at 4 p.m., organises INNOVATHON (HACK DAY) at Torpedo Production Park at the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., at Milutina Barača 60/I. floor (conference hall).

INNOVATHON is an open competition for innovation, a kind of ‘marathon of ideas’ that encourages participants to contribute to innovation processes. It focuses on finding innovative and creative solutions and inspirations for new actions, products and/or services. Participants were invited to design an innovative project relying on their technical knowledge, creativity, adaptation spirit, problem-solving skills and teamwork. During the event, and with individual experience and mutual differences, participants are grouped into teams in which they elaborate ideas in order to find common solutions to the challenges posed.

We hereby invite experts from ICT, cultural, maritime, entrepreneurial, tourism and other sectors, as well as students (18 to 35 years of age), to join teams that will describe and/or develop innovative ICT tools that provide and/or promote impressive experiences of applications on computer/mobile devices through real and virtual elements, for the purpose of informing, entertaining and gathering people. The best ideas will be placed on the TEMPUS project platform as an opportunity to build a community for further communication.

Applications are sent to the following e-mail address: info@porin.hr by 6 March 2023 for the purpose of organising teams composed of different sector representatives.

Find more information in the appendices:

• TEMPUS INNOVATHON
• Idea form
• Sail it map
• TEMPUS project

Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Thursday 16 February at 6 p.m., is a research and restoration project The Goldoni case. For the first time in more than four decades, the project presents Goldoni's 1973 sculpture Core (Forged Glass) to the public.

The presentation will include a lecture by a more conservator-restorer Duške Sekulić Ćiković, video interview with Livia Segus, Goldoni's friend and glass collaborator, and the results of a complete 3D scan of the sculpture. The interview was created in cooperation with the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, and the 3D scanning project in cooperation with the Rijeka Development Agency Porin. With this presentation, MMSU marks the 40th anniversary of the premature departure of the artist Raoul Goldoni.

The sculpture and video interview will be available to the public the next day, on Friday, February 17, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the possibility of an expert presentation upon announcement.

• Contact: duška.sekulic-cikovic@mmsu.hr; 051 492 617

Managing Authority for Efficient Human Resources Programme 2021-2027 informs all users and visitors of the website the European Social Fund (www.esf.hr) that, following the approval of the Programme for the new financial period, a page has been created; the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+).

Within the new ESF+ website will provide information on the Programme showing selected investment priorities, related objectives, activities and available funding opportunities, as well as achievements under the Programme. In accordance with the further dynamics of the implementation of the Program, the site will continuously develop and expand its content.

New ESF+ website available at the link www.esf.hr/esfplus .

The ESF page www.esf.hr will continue to be active and available under the new ESF+ page and all documentation and relevant information related to the implementation of the 2014-2020 financial period will continue to be available.