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Call within the framework is open InnoWise Scale Project activities Water Scarcity intended entrepreneurs developing solutions in the context of tackling water scarcity in southern Europe.

EIT Food together with Climate KIC-om, Digital and Manufacturing KICs; Athena RC, Bioazul i TuDelft, lead a multi-annual and multidisciplinary programme designed to mitigating water scarcity in southern Europe, by working together to see water scarcity as a thematic field from agriculture to production.

Main objective of the programme Facilitate the transition to a water-saving economy across southern Europe and contribute to reducing European water consumption, waste and pollution in the long term. This is achieved by targeting different stakeholders, from policy makers to businesses, industry leaders and citizens through various actions.

Through Knowledge and Innovation Communities – KICs, the EIT is launching this call for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs to support innovators in reaching the market with innovative solutions tackling water scarcity in Southern Europe.

InnoWise Scale activities are designed to enable agile water management in different sectors, optimise and harmonise water supply and demand, and foster climate change readiness while fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, in particular in the Mediterranean region, namely Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal and Spain.

Forty applications will be selected to participate in InnoWise Scale activities, including:

• Market-oriented trainings and a 3-month mentoring period,

• Networking sessions with potential end-users

• Sectoral competitions, with the possibility of implementing a demo site at the end of the period with potential end-users in Southern European countries.

InnoWise Scale activities provide a unique opportunity. adapted to the real needs of specific sectors (through the involvement of the "problem-maker"). These market-oriented activities are intended to stimulate the market launch of advanced water-related technologies.

Eligible applicants are start-ups, scale-ups or SMEs that offer solutions to one of these sectoral challenges:

• Water management in manufacturing industries

• Water management in the food and beverage industry

• Water management in the agricultural sector

• Water management in water-communal activities and large infrastructures

Deadline for application is up to 26 April - 23:59 CET, and report you can here.

More information about the call you can find here.

Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and Investment (HAMAG-BICRO) i Startup India Organise a competition Indian-Croatian startup challenge in cooperation with partner companies Infobip, KONČAR and HexGn, supported Embassy of the Republic of India in Croatia.

After startup India-Croatia Startup Bridge, digital platforms designed to strengthen international cooperation and innovation environment and trade-economic cooperation between Croatia and India, HAMAG-BICRO and Startup India continue with activities designed to encourage cooperation between Indian and Croatian startups.

In this direction, they also designed a competition looking for innovative start-up solutions for three given challenges in the areas of sustainability, livelihoods, SDGs, green energy, education and skills development:

• Clean water and better quality of life,
• Reduced inequality and
• Decent work and economic growth.

Participants of the Indian-Croatian startup challenge who offer the best solutions, can win cash prizes, mentoring, incubation and business solutions for growth. The total value of the prize pool is estimated at $43,000.00.

The partner companies of the Indian-Croatian startup challenge will provide the following benefits for the best solutions of Croatian and Indian startups that will participate in the competition:

• Infobip will select up to 12 successful participants 3 best startup solutions and assign each of them An award in the form of products and services from Infobip worth a total of $10,000. Selected startup teams will receive the support of the Infobip team in order to make the most of the value of Infobip products for their growth.
• KONČAR for the best startup solution to the challenge Decent work and economic growth provide a monetary reward in value 10.000,00 kn gross amount (~1.694 USD)
• Hexgn will provide free scale up program worth $2,000 to each of the 12 successful participants (six from India and six from Croatia). The program will last 45 days twice a week.

Interested start-ups can apply for their innovative solutions 11 April to 20 May 2022 the Startup India website links.

Winners will be announced at the event. 14 June 2022 at ZICER.

Be closer to Polish customers. Get closer to Polish Industry 4.0. Get closer to implementation. Join KPT ScaleUP.

If you are developing industrial solution and look for customers in Poland – KPT ScaleUP is an accelerator for you.

The KPT ScaleUP Accelerator creates favorable conditions to support foreign startups who want to expand their business to the Polish market.

“We are looking for companies that want to develop Industry 4.0 based on such technologies as IIoT, VR, AR, AI, big data and others that help digitise business processes. Such products and services need Polish factories that are seriously considering strengthening their market position “- says Malgorzata Chmielewska, project manager of KPT ScaleUP.

We offer such start-ups to EUR 66,000 in grants. In addition, at the very beginning we provide direct cooperation with a large industrial company that is our partner. “- adds Malgorzat Chmielewska.

Applications last until 15 April on link.

The Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. is a partner in the Blue Green City (Interreg Europe) project, which aims to increase awareness and knowledge of the concept of ecosystem services and the value of green and blue infrastructure through interregional learning and cooperation in the direction of finding solutions to common challenges of climate change. In the second phase of the project implementation, the implementation of the document Action Plan for the City of Rijeka is monitored, which defines the tools and methodology for the development and implementation of the blue and green infrastructure strategy. In 2020, the City of Rijeka produced a Study of Green Infrastructure, which also defined problems and discrepancies in the spatial plan compared to the vision of the development of green infrastructure, so it was pointed out:

• The size and quality of the green areas in the city is caused by the configuration of the terrain, but also by the historical industrial development of Rijeka in the immediate vicinity of the current city center.
• The urban coastal zone occupied by port facilities, economic zones and brownfield sites poses the biggest challenge in the planning of green infrastructure and the establishment of a coastal green corridor due to the difficulty of connecting urban tissue with the marine landscape and green hinterland.
• Consequence: Unconnected and fragmented ‘green infrastructure’.

The action plan shall include the following activities:

• Monitoring the development of the new strategic document Green Infrastructure Development Strategy of the City of Rijeka 2022-2027, initiated by the Department for Development, Urbanism, Ecology and Land Management of the City of Rijeka. The City of Rijeka has chosen the contractor for the service of drafting this strategic document, which is the company Zelenastruktura d.o.o. from Zagreb. The first activities to analyse the situation and review all elements of the conceptual plan identified in the above-mentioned Study have been initiated.
• The Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. will provide local stakeholders with training related to mutual cooperation with the following topics: Scenario for the planning of the strategy on adaptation to climate change; Green and Blue Infrastructure and Evaluation of Ecosystem Services. The first part of the training is planned for July this year.
• Monitoring the implementation of the Rijeka Local Partnership Programme 2022 tender published by the Department of Municipal Self-Government and Administration of the City of Rijeka and monitoring 7 approved projects, which will be co-financed in the amount of HRK 142 730.28, namely:

1. Quarterly Composting, Citizens' Group Rijeka Transition Initiative and City Quarter

2. Circular 2022, Association Urbani separe with partners                     

3. With small steps to safety, Podmurvice Kindergarten Parents' Group                                                    

4. New face of school and street, Citizen's Group Mlak (Podmurvice Elementary School)                                                               

5. Magical Forest of Knowledge-Students in Nature Group of Kozala Citizens (Kozala Elementary School)                                              

6. Refresh neighbourhood, Citizens' Group City Quarter                                   

7. Sport to everyone, MO Bander's Council.