The City of Rijeka, Administrative Department for Economy, Development, Ecology and European Projects has announced Call for expressions of interest for the use of business premises and services of Sinergan business incubator.
The renovated building of the future incubator includes over 2,700 m2 of area on five floors. In addition to 24 incubation units for entrepreneurs, the space of Sinergana contains workspaces, multifunctional classrooms and meeting rooms, data center, chat rooms, a large multifunctional hall, coworking space and other functional and logistical facilities necessary for efficient work and a pleasant stay of users in the incubator. The new business incubator will provide users with specialized classrooms and rooms equipped with modern specialized equipment: an artificial intelligence laboratory and an IoT/robotics workshop, a classroom for developing computer games with workstations, and a studio for recording, editing and processing photo and video works.
Objective of the Call
Examine the interest of small and medium-sized enterprises with headquarters in the area of Urban agglomeration Rijeka for the use of spatial capacities and incubator services for creative technologies and IT industry Sinergan.
Who can apply
The call for expressions of interest is intended majority privately owned undertakings active in the IT, creative, gaming and smart industries and related activities;. The call applies exclusively to small and medium-sized enterprises based in the area the Rijeka Urban Agglomeration, the cities of Rijeka, Bakar, Kastav, Kraljevica and Opatija and the municipalities of Čavle, Jelenje, Klana, Kostrena, Lovran, Matulji, Mošćenička Draga, Omišalj and Viškovo.
Subject matter of interest
Interested entrepreneurs may express an interest in one or more services that will be available within the future incubator:
- Rental of office space,
- Renting coworking space,
- Specialized education,
- Professional mentoring,
- Data centre services,
- Support in business internationalization,
- Business consulting.
How to submit applications
Applications are received exclusively by filling out the e-Form to express interest through the Information Service of the City of Rijeka. Instructions for registration are available here.
Forms that contain incorrect or untrue business entity identification data will not be taken into account for processing, nor will business entities that do not meet the criteria of this Call. Under this Call, a single business entity may only make expressions of interest once.
Deadline for receipt of applications
Applications are received from 5 February 2025 from 8:00 a.m. by 19 February 2025 until 4 p.m..
Important note
Expression of interest does not constitute an undertaking of any kind, both by the entrepreneur (applicant) and by the City of Rijeka.
Expression of interest do not compete for the use of office space or any other services of the Sinergan Incubator, nor do you gain any advantage over other business entities.
The purpose of analyzing the data collected on the basis of this public call is assessment of interest for individual incubator services and to create concrete insights into the needs and intentions of entrepreneurs regarding the use of incubation capacities in order to establish appropriate incubator management policies.
More information is available at 051 209 943 or sinergana@rijeka.hr.
