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Between 2 and 3 November 2020, Blue Green City partners attended the fourth online meeting or virtual workshop organised by the Italian partner Regione Piemonte, starting from the thematic concepts identified during the previous online partnership meeting held between 5 and 7 October. The project partners dealt with the following topics at the workshop: multifunctionality of GBI and its application, ecosystem services (analysis and management), improving awareness of GBI values through education and workshops, and facilitating or introducing a new management mode in the GBI domain.
The virtual workshop marked the beginning of the interregional process of mutual learning in terms of exchange of best practices and experiences, which is the basis for the development of actions and guidelines that will be included in the regional Action Plans. Through presentations and discussions held during thematic sessions, the partners tried to illustrate ways of portability through the exchange of examples of good practices in order to encourage the creation and application of similar practices in other regions, and changed and emphasized areas within the GBI domain that they believe need to be further deepened through examples and solutions offered by other partners, all in the context of improving the mutual learning process and facilitating the exchange of knowledge within the project.
The publication can also be found on the project’s official website: link.
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.
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.
