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/ .
