IN4BLUE
- Project Title: Social impact INcubators FOR strenghtening the capacity of Adriatic region to support the sustainable industry transformation of the BLUE economy sector
- Programme priority: Sustainable growth in the blue economy
- Specific objective: 1.2: Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship
- Project Start Date: 01/03/2024
- Project End Date: 31/08/2026
- Duration: 30 months
- Total project budget: € 1,390,779.00
- Program: PROGRAM INTERREG ITALY – CROATIA 2021-27
IN4BLUE project is a capacity-building project that addresses the lack of skills of local actors: creative industry, blue economy and other connected sectors to act upon and become part of digital and green transition actions. The project focuses on micro and small enterprises (with the goal to support a minimum of 90 SMEs) from two sectors of blue economy: coastal tourism and maritime transport, and their connected value-chains. The target sector is one of the most widespread in the program area and is one of the most affected sectors by the COVID crisis hence these enterprises have problem finding capital for investing in digital and sustainable technologies and have limited skills in communicating new green-values to their users.
To tackle this problem, the new systematic approach is proposed in which the COMMUNITY of creative actors and technology specialist in a form of SOCIAL IMPACT BUSINESS INCUBATORS are collaborating together and internationally to design and prototype new sustainable concepts and business processes for the blue economy sector, all leading to increased capacity of area to cocreate and innovate.
Lead Partner: Istrian Development Agency – IDA Ltd. IDA (HR)
Partners: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region (IT), IRI Centar Ilc, (HR), Tecnopolis Science and Technology Park (IT), Institution for development of competences, innovations and specialization of Zadar County, (HR), Venetian Cluster Italia, (IT)
Associated Partners: Istarska županija, Grad Kaštela, ARTI – Agenzia Regionale per la Tecnologia e l’Innovazione
Per maggiori informazioni visita il sito di progetto: https://www.italy-croatia.eu/it/web/in4blue/news-events
