On 7 March 2023, INNOVATHON was held at the Torpedo Production Park as part of the TEMPUS (TEMPorary USes as start-up actions to enhance port (in)tangible heritage) project from the Interreg V-A Italy-Croatia Programme, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
INNOVATHON is an open competition for innovation, a ‘marathon of ideas’ to encourage participants to challenge with the aim of contributing to innovation processes. They focus on finding innovative and creative solutions and drawing inspiration for new actions, products and/or services. Participants are invited to design an innovative project based on their technical knowledge, creativity, adaptation spirit, problem-solving skills and teamwork: During the event, participants are grouped into teams and will have to work together to find common solutions to the challenge, contributing to their individual experiences and differences, and co-developing ideas.
Five teams consisting of 18-35 year-olds from the economic, public and educational sectors engaged in creating ideas for the pilot Rijeka and proposed the following ideas through a full-day program:
- New European Bauhaus – a new use of unused port heritage facilities;
- Torpedo 101;
- Rijeka's heritage;
- Application for a fun acquaintance with the cultural and historical heritage of Rijeka;
- River – past and present.
The jury will evaluate each idea based on the set criteria, and the best will be in the competition for the selection of the best from all three pilot cities (Rijeka, Ravenna, Solin) which will be evaluated by an international jury composed of representatives from Croatia and Italy. The best ideas will be presented at the final event of the project, which will be held in Bari at the end of March.
