The Economic School of Mijo Mirković Rijeka organized a program as part of the celebration European Vocational Skills Week EUROPEAN VOCATIONAL SKILLS WEEK 2019
On October 16, 2019, Doris Sošić from the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. presented the LO.PA.Z. PLUS project and the activities carried out by our support institution for second, third and fourth grade students.
Torpedo Production Park on 9. the Ljubljana Forum On October 3rd and 4th in Ljubljana, Slovenia, it was chosen as the best of 12 projects that came from 5 countries. The Torpedo Production Park, submitted by the Rijeka Development Agency Porin and the City of Rijeka, was chosen among three finalists and declared better than the project Activities on the Sava River (Zagreb) and the project City Gardens (Banja Luka).
Ljubljana Forum is an annual gathering that combines knowledge and experience of city management and defines key areas, visions and strategies for the future development of cities. The objectives of the Forum are to connect, facilitate and encourage good practice cases and concrete cooperation between different stakeholders.
This year, it was held for the 9th time. It brought together 850 participants from around the world and presented 80 management, business and technology solutions to promote the development of smart cities and improve urban governance, as well as new project initiatives with a total value of more than 300 million euros.
Objective of the Ljubljana Forum Award is to identify, promote and reward innovative good practices in the field of developing the future of cities.
Project name: Blue and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities
The acronym of the project: Blue Green City
INTERREG EUROPE Interregional cooperation programme
Priority axis 4. Environmental protection and resource efficiency
Specific objective 4.1. Protection, promotion and development of natural and cultural heritage
Rijeka Development Agency Porin Ltd. in partnership with seven other countries (France, Italy, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, Sweden and Romania) participates as a partner in the implementation of the “Blue and Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities” project from 01/01/2019 to 31/07/2022 through the Interregional Cooperation Programme INTERREG EUROPE.
The goal of the project is Promotion of green and blue infrastructure as an integral part of the local/regional natural heritage conservation strategy. Blue Green City strives to increase awareness and knowledge of the concept of ecosystem services and the value of green and blue infrastructure through project events, such as workshops and trainings. This will be achieved through an interregional learning process and strong cooperation in finding common solutions to common climate change challenges, in particular through the exchange of experiences and good practices. In this context, Blue Green City aligns with the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and the EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy, referring to the important role that green and blue infrastructure play in protecting, preserving and enhancing the EU's natural capital, providing functional ecological connectivity between cities and protected areas.
On 24 and 25 September 2019, the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. participated in the Kick-off meeting in Nice organised by the leading partner – Metropolis Nice Côte d’Azur – Euromed Cities Network. At this event, the organizers presented the project, project partners and expected results, defined the concrete contribution of each partner in the implementation of the project, and started interregional learning and exchange of experiences.
For more information, visit the project website: https://www.interregeurope.eu/bluegreencity/
On September 13, 2019, a regular 8th partnership meeting of the LO.PA.Z. PLUS project was held at the premises of the Centre for Technical Culture Rijeka. The agenda of the meeting discussed the progress reports approved so far on the project and the budget spent per partner and overall.
In the 6th quarter of the project implementation, from 15 August to 14 November 2919, the remaining planned activities will be implemented, so the project team members discussed the terms of their implementation. Activities that will be implemented relate to education for the unemployed (Computer use, Systematic entrepreneurship) , education for members of the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and their employees (Psychological aspects of career management, Development and implementation of EU projects); production of professional materials such as: Identification of shortage occupations, Programme for Entrepreneurial Promotion in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Development of tools for monitoring the needs of staff in the IT sector, Creation of a coalition of development of digital knowledge and skills; providing mentoring for beneficiaries of support for self-employment and organising a meeting with employers to present a programme to encourage entrepreneurship in PGC and invite them to cooperate for mentoring start-up entrepreneurs. At the end of the month, the members of the Local Partnership for Employment of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and their employees will organize team building and a joint bocce activity to strengthen team work.
The project was co-financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund. The beneficiary of the project is the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., and the other partners are the City of Rijeka, the University of Rijeka, the Centre of Technical Culture Rijeka, the municipalities of Viškovo, the Croatian Chamber of Economy-County Chamber of Rijeka, the Chamber of Trades and Crafts of PGC and the CES-Regional Office Rijeka.
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