BOND is a unique network of different types of entrepreneurial support institutions (ENTIs) whose task is to provide support to entrepreneurs. The BOND network represents a platform for the overall development of the capacity and quality of PPI services, and provides entrepreneurs with a unified approach to business knowledge, skills, partners, information and services important for starting and developing a business. In this way BOND is also positioned as a strategic partner to policy makers of development policies and measures for the development of entrepreneurship in Croatia.
Croatian Agency for SMEs, Innovations and Investments (HAMAG-BICRO) published the results Public call for expressions of interest for participation in the project "Development of a Network of Entrepreneurial Support Institutions (Entrepreneurial Support Institutions) – Phase 2’ (BOND 2). This is the occasion Rijeka Development Agency Porin ranked in fifth place according to the criterion of excellence out of a total of 58 registered entrepreneurial support institutions (Entrepreneurial Support Institutions) from the entire Republic of Croatia. Director of RRA Porin Dario Zorić pointed out that a high result was achieved thanks to years of experience of the agency, continuous activities in the field of encouraging the development of entrepreneurship in the region and the introduction of new entrepreneurial programs, and that participation in the BOND network will provide an even better service to end users.
The purpose of the BOND Network is to:
- Provide adequate business support to entrepreneurial support institutions in the Republic of Croatia within which entrepreneurs can use various services to improve their business;
- Encourage standardisation, specialisation and further development of entrepreneurial support institutions within the Network, within which entrepreneurs will be able to use the various specialised resources needed for their growth and development.
Members of the BOND Network differ according to the type and type of entrepreneurial support institutions: development agencies (local, regional and development agencies of certain activities), business centres, business incubators (entrepreneurial incubators, incubators for new technologies), business accelerators, technology parks, competence centres.
More about the BOND network in the next link.
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Between 5 and 7 October 2020, Blue Green City partners attended the third online meeting organised by the lead partner, Metropolis Nice Côte d’Azur, to exchange dialogue to develop the first ideas, topics and concepts to be included in the regional action plans and to highlight the importance of the involvement of local and regional stakeholders in this process.
On the first two days of the meeting, the partners held presentations presenting the opportunities and common challenges (also related to the COVID-19 pandemic) they face in developing action plans, reviewing and involving regional meetings with stakeholders, and practical ways to overcome difficulties through cooperation and exchange of expertise and good practices.
The presentations were an excellent opportunity to inform about new projects and initiatives on BGI and Nature Based Solutions (NBS) and synergies between Blue Green City and other projects such as Nature 4 City Life (France) or LOS_DAMA! (Italy).
On the last day of the meeting, experts from the Piedmont region held an interesting presentation on the creation of the working methodology for the purpose of implementing the best practice workshop and policy changes that will be held during the current project implementation period until the end of this year.
This document will be a useful tool for the exchange of knowledge on best practices, and the exchange of ideas and proposals on opportunities and obstacles in the development of regional action plans. Based on the presentations of the partners during the second online meeting, the Italian partners provided valuable input on the key points to be discussed at the upcoming workshop.
The publication can also be found on the project’s official website: link.
MEMBERS LPZ PGŽ IN THE OBJECTIVE OF A NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP INKUBATOR
RIJEKA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY PORIN d.o.o.
On 30 September 2020, as part of the project LO.PA.Z. PLUS (the project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Social Fund), employees of the members of the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County participated in the seminar Systematic Entrepreneurship, after which they visited the newly renovated premises of the Torpedo Production Park. The space of the entrepreneurial incubator is part of the project Reconstruction and conversion of Hall 14 into a Technological and Educational Entrepreneurial Incubator Production Park Torpedo, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund from the Entrepreneurial Infrastructure Development Programme, OP Competitiveness and Cohesion and the City of Rijeka and the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. (contract number KK.03.1.2.01.0047) in the total amount of 22,691,480,390 HRK, of which 97,218 grants%.
Coordinator for incubators of manufacturing activities and technology laboratory, Denis Lončar, led a group of LPZ PGŽ member employees through Teh-lab, which includes equipment for additive technology, i.e. 3D modelling, scanning and printing in plastics and sand. The equipment in question is among the most modern and rare in the wider area of our county. It will be an opportunity for many entrepreneurs, to improve knowledge through education and the use of services related to the improvement of their products. This will allow to increase the competitive capacity of a particular business entity as a benefit for our city and region in general.
Systematic Entrepreneurship Seminar Doris Sošić, President of LPZ PGŽ and project manager of LO.PA.Z. PLUS. The aim of the seminar was to introduce the employees of the members of LPZ PGC with the basics of encouraging entrepreneurship, i.e. understanding the process of creating entrepreneurial ideas and their realization.
Since May 2018, projects related to the work of county local employment partnerships have been implemented in all counties of the Republic of Croatia, since a call for proposals for this purpose was published under the European Social Fund. The aim was to develop activities that will enable the vulnerable target group to receive training through new skills and knowledge for the labour market and enable its members to function sustainably. Thus, the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. submitted the project ‘Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County – LO.PA.Z. PLUS’ and participated in the implementation of the project activities ending in mid-November this year.
As provided for in the LPZ Cooperation Agreement, each LPZ will host once a year a meeting of the LPZ network, which will form the basis for better communication and exchange of information and the setting up of proposals for action and funding in the future programming period.
The above-mentioned LPZ Cooperation Agreement and proposals on the future of LPZs will be presented to the members at the session of the LPZ PGŽ in Rijeka, at the address RRA Porin, on Wednesday, 30 September 2020.
You can read more in detail here: The future of local employment partnerships.
