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We are a proud partner on the project ‘Construction and equipping of the Ragan Business Incubator’ in Novalja. The introductory conference of the project was held yesterday, at the opening of which the Mayor of the City of Novalja Ante Dabo, Assistant Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts Ana Mandac and Director Dario Zorić spoke in front of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin. Also present was the Assistant Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Damir Juzbašić. The project was co-financed by the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund.

 

The ninth partnership meeting of the LO.PA.Z. PLUS project was held on 12 November 2019 at the premises of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. Activities in the sixth quarter of the project implementation were carried out on the agenda, so the partners presented their activities. The issue was raised in the absence of contact details for beneficiaries of support for self-employment and in this sense proposals were proposed to achieve the set indicators to be achieved by the project. An overview of the project budget approved so far by the competent intermediate body, the CES, is presented below. At the end of the agenda, the remaining activities until the end of the project implementation are presented.

The project is funded by the European Social Fund for the following partners: Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., City of Rijeka, University of Rijeka, Municipality of Viškovo, CCE-County Chamber of Rijeka, Chamber of Trades and Crafts of PGC, Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka and CES-Regional Office Rijeka.

Representatives of the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., and a representative of the local stakeholder, REA KVARNER d.o.o., participated in the activities of the PoWER project held in Novi Sad on 5 and 6 November 2019 with the organization of the host of European affairs of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The first day was 2nd. PoWER EVENT presenting the activities of PoWER, a project presented by Francesca Piccini from the ITC-CNR project manager. Then, a proposal for a joint PoWER strategy was presented by Nevenka Kos from the Rijeka Development Agency Porin, a project partner. Two round tables were then conducted on topics related to this project.

First round table on the topic “Towards a common strategy by including ADRION and DANUBE ports in Innovative Habs”  The panellist Mr. Vedran Krušvar from REA KVARNER d.o.o. was moderated by Dr. Fotis Stergiopoulos (CERTH), about the other pan-erilists:

• Enes Čovrk | UKI BiH - Association of Consulting Engineers of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)
• Slavoljub Arsenijević | Provincial Secretariat for Energy, Construction and Transport (SRB)
• Snežana Filipović | Institute of Economic Science Belgrade (SRB)
• Panagiotis Nikolaou | Igoumenitsa Port Authority (GR)
• Vedran Krušva | REA KVARNER (HR)
• Georgios Giotis | University of Ioannina, Dept.of Translation and Interpretation (GR)

• Second round table on the topic “How to strengthen cooperation between Adriatic sea and Danube river ports” moderated by Doris Sošić from the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o.

• Stevo Đokić | Port Authority of Brčko (BiH)
• Vjekoslav Šimunović | Port of Vukovar (HR)
• Todor Bačkalić | University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciencies, Dept. for Trnsportation, Logistics and Ports (SRB)
• Branislav Mamić | Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vojvodina – Association Secretary (SRB)
• Coronas Dimitrios | Igoumenitsa Port Authority (GR)

 

The second day of the meeting related to the PoWER project partnership meeting, where important activities to be carried out by the end of the project were discussed.

 

The PoWER-Port project, as a driver of entrepreneurial activities, is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and IPA II Fund under the ADRION V-B Programme 2014-2020.

 

The Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. is a partner in the project PoWER – Ports as entrepreneurship drivers co-financed by the EFFR from the Interreg Adrion Programme. In cooperation with the National Research Council Construction Technologies Institute (Italy) and with CNA (Italy), CERTH (Greece), CCI THESPROT IA (Greece), FEP (Serbia), CDI (Albania), Municipality of Durres (Albania) and CETEOR d.o.o. (Bosnia and Herzegovina), participates in the POWER project (Ports as Entrepreneurial Realm) from the Interreg ADRION programme, promotes the project at various events. Thus, during the implementation of the project, which usually started with its implementation on 1 January 2018 through the period from May 2019 to October 2019, we presented the project to various participants.

10 May 2019 the Meeting of the Year the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje - Gorski Kotar County (which has about 30 members from the private, public and civil sectors) presented the PoWER project.

3 July 2019 on the occasion of the joint meeting of the Local Partnership for Employment of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the Council of the Labour Market of the Istrian County held a joint meeting within the two ESF REI II and LO.PA.Z. PLUS projects. Nevenka Kos presented the PoWER project in its essential elements.

13 September 2019 the Working Meeting of the Project LO.PA.Z. PLUS The PoWER project presented by Maria Grbac was presented to the partners. She mentioned the most important elements of the project important for highlighting the pilot ports for the possibilities of starting entrepreneurship in the areas of six pilot ports in the project and referred to past and upcoming activities.

20 September 2019 the Year of Promotion Startup Incubator Rijeka for the first group of the 11th generation of participants, ‘How from the idea and application for the Startup Incubator’, Dario Zorić presented the PoWER project in essential elements relevant for the development of entrepreneurship in port areas.

17 October 2019 the Year of Promotion Startup Incubator Rijeka for the second group of the 11th generation of participants, ‘How from the idea and application for the Startup Incubator’, Dario Zorić presented the PoWER project in essential elements relevant for the development of entrepreneurship in port areas.

 

As highlighted in each presentation, the PoWER consortium covers 6 countries thanks to the cooperation of 9 strategic partners and the goal of the PoWER project, which is to support the transformation of ports into innovative hubs with the aim of maximizing their entrepreneurial potential. Within the project, a total of six case studies (six ports) will be processed through an original approach that includes an analysis of the potential for EE and RES, improvement of IT solutions, etc. The outputs of the project related to:

• the PoWER methodology to facilitate cooperation between enterprises and research institutions, while accelerating the construction of the ISC;
• the Innovation Hubs Network (IHN);
• a common IHN strategy for port development in innovation hubs, supported by an ICT platform dedicated to its implementation.

These results will enable IHN members to continue the transformation of ADRION ports into innovative hubs as well as the further expansion of the network.

More details about the project: https://power.adrioninterreg.eu/ .