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PRIMORSKO-GORANSKA ŽUPANIJA

The panel for the selection of the best innovations will be announced on 5 September 2017.

COMPETITION

for the selection of persons from the area of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County whose development of innovation will be co-financed by grants in 2017.

 

1. General conditions

 

• The right to participate is held by natural persons – authors of innovations (hereinafter: innovators) resident in the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County.
• It is possible to apply for innovation (invention or industrial design) for which the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) or the relevant international or national institution received the application or issued a document of recognised protection in 2016 or 2017. Cases with suspended proceedings or refused protection will not be examined.
• Innovation co-financed by grants in previous years will not be considered.
• An innovator may apply for more than one innovation, but only one innovation can be eligible for co-financing
• In particular, the three most successful innovations of young innovators (up to the age of 30) will be stimulated.

 

2.  PUBLIC DOCUMENTS LIST

 

• Completed Application Form including: Description of innovation, summary of description, pictures, sketches or photos. It is recommended that the above be accompanied by a description of the benefits of innovation, additional explanations and the addition of a curriculum vitae, professional development and the engagement of the author of innovation in the innovation activity.
• Copy of identity card and proof of giro account.
• Copy of Form P1 or D1 certified by the SIPO or patent file, i.e. a file on a recognised design or a copy of a decision.

 

3.   Other provisions

 

• Applications submitted without the required documentation and out of time will not be considered.
• The panel shall have the right to search available databases and to determine the innovativeness of the innovation and, on the basis of the lack thereof, to reject the request.
• A contract is concluded with the innovator to co-finance the development of innovation through non-repayable incentives.
• Applications must be submitted in written form and must contain the completed and signed Application Form for the O-17 competition (downloaded on the website of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County: pgz.hr or in the premises of the Administrative Department for Tourism, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, Slogin kula 2- Rijeka) with the related mandatory documentation.
• Applications may be submitted in person at the Registry or by post in an envelope to :

Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

Administrative Department for Tourism, Entrepreneurship and Rural Development

Slogin tower 2 51000 Rijeka

with an indication of: “CONFERENCE FOR INOVATORS”

• Deadline for submission of applications with annexes is closed on the day  9 September 2017 (Friday)
• The results of the competition will be published no later than 18 December 2017 on the website pgz.hr.

The form in Word format, along with the instructions, can be downloaded here: COMPETITION FOR INOVATORS.

 

Name of innovation _____________________________________
Name and surname of the author	Address, street number and location	Contact phone(s)
E-mail address	OIB	Date and year of birth
Bank and number giro account (IBAN)
Application received in the SIPO / date of publication of the recognition of protection
Data on protection carried out– the number of the application or protection granted under the SIPO, the number of the international application or protection granted;
List of domestic and international fairs and exhibitions where innovation was exhibited (if any)
List of awards and acknowledgments received
Complete description of the innovation to provide as an attachment to this form (one to three pages of text) and should contain the following : -Innovator data (CV, professional development ) -Innovation characteristics (purpose, originality, functionality, applicability, advantages) -Commercialisation of innovation (commercial production capability, timing when production can start, potential market, competing products, established contacts with potential investors, other) -funds spent so far -Environmental acceptance
List of documents submitted with the application for the competition 1. Completed application form for the competition 2. Description of the innovation as instructed in the form 3. Copy of identity card 4. Copy giro accounts innovator 5. Copy of the application form (P1 or D1 at the State Intellectual Property Office) or copy of the decision
Summary a description of the innovation :

Application form for the Competition for Innovators                                              Form O-17

 

    Check-in date ________2017 .                                                       Applicant's signature 

 

 

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On 24 August 2017, the Mayor of Rijeka, Vojko Obersnel, in Zagreb, at the premises of the Government, with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Croatia and the Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, Martina Dalić, and the Director of the Central Finance and Contracting Agency, Tomislav Petricem, signed a Grant Agreement of HRK 19.3 million from the European Regional Development Fund to the City of Rijeka, for the realization of the Technological Educational Entrepreneurial Incubator in the existing hall in Milutin Barača Street.

 

This is a project called Reconstruction and conversion of the existing Hall 14 into a Technological and Educational Entrepreneurial Incubator ‘Torpedo Production Park’, for which the City of Rijeka, in cooperation with the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., has been granted HRK 19.3 million in grants from EU funds.

 

The project holder is the City of Rijeka, and the partner is the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o.

In addition to the applicants and partners, the project associates include the Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, the Technology Transfer Office of the University of Rijeka, the Centre for Materials Research of the Istrian County METRIS and the STEP RI Science and Technology Park of the University of Rijeka.

The Ministry of the Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts, as an intermediate body, carried out the procedure for allocating funds from EU funds through the public call ‘Development of business infrastructure’ and approved the financing of a project in which an incubator for new technologies with a thematic focus on additive technologies will be implemented.

Mayor Obersnel expressed his satisfaction with the fact that he is again signing a contract on the basis of which the City of Rijeka will be awarded EU grants, which this time has a special value because it will enable the realization of entrepreneurial infrastructure that will help entrepreneurs in their business.

The City of Rijeka, as the project applicant, was awarded HRK 19,300.747.06, i.e. as much as 97.22% the necessary funds for the realization of this project.

The obtained funds will reconstruct the existing industrial hall 14 with ground floor and gallery of 1,727 square meters, in which will be arranged 14 workshops and 2 offices for entrepreneurs, incubation teh-lab that will function as a common coworking space for workshop works and equipment accommodation, conference hall and meeting room, while the central part of the hall will also be an exhibition space. The value of the works was estimated at HRK 7.97 million, while the most valuable part of the project is the purchase of equipment in the amount of HRK 13.25 million. There will be four 3D printers: 3D printer FDM (plastic), 3SD printer for sand, 3D printer DMLS (metal) large volume and 3D printer DMLS (metal) small volume, and scanner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, the incubator will be equipped with modern technology based on additive technologies, which will enable small and medium-sized entrepreneurs from the Rijeka area to have easier access to high-quality services and improve their entrepreneurial results and skills.

Also, one of the goals of the project is the transfer of knowledge through the establishment of new education programs.

The former Hall 14 is owned by the City of Rijeka, Čistoća d.o.o. and Vodovod i kanalizacija d.o.o.

 

 

Enterprise In Interface (ENTER) aims to provide wider access to continuing vocational education and training for people living in contact areas. Namely, the project will encourage entrepreneurial education in order to create a significant positive impact on the personal level, as well as on greater economic development and integration within the community. This objective will be achieved by applying the knowledge triangle of research, entrepreneurship education and innovative entrepreneurship, with vocational education services – business agencies and business development centres – at the heart of the triangle.

The basic element of this project is the establishment of sustainable, cross-sectoral cooperative relations between vocational educational institutions, higher education institutions and other stakeholders through 4 regional partnerships (in 4 different countries). The project will draw on the knowledge of a wide and diverse group of stakeholders and identify the need and opportunities, development strategies, existing resources and necessary interventions within each region. The Stakeholder Group will also identify and test new models through entrepreneurship and promote social cohesion (e.g. social entrepreneurship, social cooperatives, joint jobs, business incubators, etc.).
Stakeholders will be government agencies, organisations, private sector businesses, educational and financial institutions, and many others.

One of the results of the project is certainly the development of the Regional Partnership Action Plan in each country from which the project partners come. The Action Plan defines the activities and work of the Regional Partnership.

You can see the action plan here: ENTER Croatia Action Plan

Enterprise in Interface is an online course that you can fill in in a flexible way as you plan and work on developing your local community. The aim of the course is to learn the structure needed to use ‘Enterprise’ (in its various forms) as a means of resolving local social, political and economic issues. The course is designed to help people who have an interest and passion for the development of the local community, in cooperation with local authorities and policy makers, facilitate the creation of more stable and harmonious communities through the use of entrepreneurial initiatives (social companies, job creation schemes, setting up business courses, etc.) to change local areas. We see the potential of companies in stimulating economic development and revitalizing the community. ENTER wants to harness this potential through our curriculum, numerous case studies and course materials to show what can be achieved.

Because it is written by experts related to local community and business development and entrepreneurship, we believe it makes it an interesting and insightful course that will encourage you to engage in the continuous development of your local community.

This course is a specially designed online learning program for people interested in using community-based approaches to address, reduce, eliminate or prevent conflict or cultural intolerance. They are also intended for objective elements and psychological aspects of company training. The ultimate goal of the project is positive action on the personal level (change of people's lives), but also on the social level in terms of encouraging greater community cohesion and wider economic development. ENTER's mission is to promote businesses and entrepreneurial activities as a means of fostering greater social inclusion and as a means of combating conflict/cultural problems in communities.

The course is free and you can access it at a time that suits you, evening, weekend or every day a bit. Online learning offers you more time to fully absorb information. How much time should you devote to the course? Like everything in life, you will set a goal for yourself. It is delivered in the form of 5 modules and is designed to allow you to explore each module in detail to better understand the course.

The course is modular and you can enter and exit the modules of your choice, but we recommend that you follow the modules in the proposed order from 1 to 5. Each module contains a main presentation for a specific topic (left in the table below), and then a set of additional attachments such as exercises, videos and quizzes (on the right).

 

http://www.enterproject.info/classroom-course/

Classroom course
Course participants

The course is intended for persons interested in using a community-based approach to address, reduce, eliminate or prevent conflicts or cultural indifferences, including providers of vocational education and entrepreneurship support services and community development organisations working with persons from vulnerable groups.

The course will focus on new business models and skills needed for effective employment, on teaching entrepreneurship to participants from vulnerable groups and fragmented communities, and on finding new ways to build inclusive communities through entrepreneurship.

For people interested in involving disadvantaged groups in the community, the course will help them to better understand the real industry, how to develop skills and how to empower individuals to have a positive impact on their personal level (lifestyle changes) with the aim of community cohesion and wider economic development.

The materials are designed for different purposes. The course can be delivered as a full curriculum or part of it can be integrated to complement other courses. All materials are provided as open sources, and each part of this course offers a range of additional online materials such as case studies and activities on the topic.

As some learners want to learn content (or only parts of it) individually, all modules and additional learning resources are provided online.

Teachers and mentors can also use the course independently for professional development. Information on how materials can be used is provided at the beginning of each guide for each module.

The course can be used in a classroom setting, as well as a stand-alone distance learning course.

Course components

The course program Enterprise In Interface is divided into 5 different units called modules, each of which focuses on different aspects of the enterprise in the interface:

Module 1: The company as a guide to change in the community

Module 2: New business community models

Module 3: Existing support

Module 4: Communications and links

Module 5: Key to success – Finding a person who drives change in the community

 

Each module has three different training resources:

1. PowerPoint/pdf presentation – To be used together with Trainer’s Guide. This is an annex to the course that includes materials and activities. If you are attending a course for the first time, this is a good starting point.

2. Trainer’s Guide / Instructions – such materials can add value and complement student presentations.

3. Learners Workbook – each module has a workbook that complements each PowerPoint and other resources.

You can download the course as a zip file (PowerPoint, Trainer’s Guide and Learners Workbook).

Although the Enterprise in Interface course is designed as a complete curriculum, each module can be used as a standalone session. Therefore, each module starts with a basic introduction on the topic that can be skipped if you use more than one module or the whole course.

You can study materials in any order. If you want to focus on a specific topic, you can jump to your point of interest – although the whole course is suggested.

 

Click on the link below to download the online course (the course is in English) http://www.enterproject.info/online-course/