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On 5-6 June 2019, the kick-off meeting of the TEMPUS – Temporary USes as start-up actions to enhance port (in)tangible heritage project, funded by the INTERREG V-A Italy-Croatia cross-border cooperation programme, took place.

During the meeting, the project team discussed and agreed on the internal cross-border structures and procedures necessary for the implementation of the activities. The start of the project will be coordinated by the leading project partner with the support of all project partners and financial managers who participated in this first meeting.

The TEMPUS project aims to test the experimental methodology of regeneration of neglected urban port areas, by creating long-term strategies based on culture and community. Thanks to integrated social activation, cultural valorisation and the involvement of interested stakeholders, TEMPUS will re-activate three pilot port areas (Ravenna, Solin, Rijeka) for a limited period of time, with the aim of initiating the implementation of long-term regeneration strategies.

Project partners: Institute for Construction Technologies – National Research Council of Italy, lead partner, C.N.A. National confederation of handcrafts and of SMEs – Territorial association of Ravenna, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, CERTIMAC – Building materials certification from Italy; and Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., Public Institution RERA s.d. for coordination and development of Split-Dalmatia County, City of Solin, Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral Rijeka, City of Rijeka from Croatia.

Total value of the project: € 2,706,920,00 (ERDF: 2.300.882,00 €).

Project duration: 01.01.2019. 30/06/2021

 

Rijeka Development Agency Porin Ltd., the support institution of the City of Rijeka invites you to apply to free workshops and counselling as part of the project ‘Raising the level of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills in the rural area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County’. Workshops will be held at 4 locations: in cities Krk, Rab, Mali Lošinj and Delnice.

 

The aim of the project is to raise the level of entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of unemployed persons, entrepreneurs and other professional staff with a special emphasis on young entrepreneurs and activities with a higher level of added value through education, workshops and consultations aimed at strengthening the competitive abilities of entrepreneurs and craftsmen, increasing the number of new companies, increasing the survival rate of enterprises and the growth and development of small business stakeholders in the rural area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.

The project was financed by funds from the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County from the ‘Programme for the implementation of rural development measures of the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County for the period 2017-2020’ for the development of the small economy in 2019, measure 3.1.1. "Acquiring knowledge and skills for the unemployed, start-up entrepreneurs and other entrepreneurs and professionals in the economy", which is aimed at improving social and social inclusion and economic development, emphasising in particular Priority 3.1. – knowledge transfer and inclusion of all groups in society and the economy.

 

Target groups: unemployed persons registered in the CES-Rijeka Regional Office; students; young people (potential entrepreneurs and/or who have applied for funds to promote employment in the CES); small business entrepreneurs registered in the Republic of Croatia in accordance with the applicable Act on the Promotion of the Development of Small Business.

 

More detailed information by city can be found here:

Krk

Rab

Delnice

Mali Lošinj

For all additional inquiries about workshops or counseling, please contact the e-mail address valentina.spaleta@porin.hr or to numbers: 098 310 391 and 051 634 331 .

The Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts has published the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2019 (EEPA 2019), which is available at:  https://gospodarstvo.gov.hr/ . The European Enterprise Promotion Award is an award by which the European Commission annually rewards projects/initiatives that, with the aim of encouraging entrepreneurship and the development of a small economy, are carried out by public bodies alone or in a public-private partnership with entrepreneurs.

 

This award was launched in order to open up new opportunities for the local and regional level through examples of best policies and practices with the aim of developing entrepreneurship, employment and keeping the population in their environment.

 

Since 2006, the EEPA has rewarded excellence in promoting entrepreneurship and small businesses at national, regional and local level. Since then, through projects competing at the EU level, the establishment of over 10,000 new companies has been encouraged.

 

We hereby invite you to apply, in order to select two excellent projects at the national level that will represent Croatia in this competition and at the Winners' Award Ceremony, the EEPA 2019 will be awarded to the winners in each of the six categories and additionally, the Grand Jury Prize to the Main Winner or the candidate whose project, from any of the six categories, has been rated as the most creative and stimulating for the promotion of entrepreneurship and small business in Europe.

 

All candidates nominated for the EEPA 2019 award by their countries will be invited to the Winners' Award Ceremony, which will be held on 26 November 2019 in Graz, Austria.

 

The national competition is open until 24 May 2019 of the year. The application is submitted in Croatian language, electronically.

 

The competition is open to:

– National organisations

– Cities and municipalities

– Regions and Communities

– Public-private partnerships between public authorities and entrepreneurs

– Educational programmes

– Business organisations

 

With their initiatives/projects, candidates are competing for the EEPA 2018 award in one of a total of six categories of competition:

1. Promoting entrepreneurial spirit
2. Investing in entrepreneurial skills
3. Improving the business environment
4. Fostering business internationalisation
5. Supporting the development of green markets and resource efficiency
6. Responsible and inclusive entrepreneurship

 

Applications must relate to recent projects/initiatives that have been successfully completed and have lasted for at least two years, or existing projects/initiatives that are still ongoing but are being successfully implemented, and their result/impact on the development of e.g. a city/municipality over a period of two years is measurable.

 

The STEP RI Science and Technology Park of the University of Rijeka and the Embassy of the United States of America Zagreb represent the Summer Business Camp (summer business camp), a five-day program that provides exceptional mentorship to successful entrepreneurs and investors from Croatia and the USA.

Summer Business Camp brings teams from all over the world who want to improve or perfect their business ideas and solutions through exercises, lectures and individual coaching.

 

For more information: http://www.step.uniri.hr/summer-business-camp-2019/