ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
CREATIVE STARTUP
Project summary
The particular cross border objective of the project was to create and implement joint cross border system of management, as well as sharing of the resources of the creative entrepreneurs beginners with precarious status, with an aim to augment their global competitiveness in the Slovenian and Croatian market as well as on other EU markets, which was achieved through the following secondary objectives: raising awareness about the sector of creative industries and to promote its values; educating and informing all target groups on how to raise competitiveness while accepting actual scientific and technological trends; building partnerships while creating joint strategies for the development of the creative industries sector in the Slovenian – Croatian cross border territory, as wells on EU markets; promoting products and services of the target groups, as well as the results of the project. The project offers first joint integrated analyses of the resources of creative businessmen beginners in the cross border territory as bases for new EU projects. The implementation of the new international networking enhanced information sharing, exchange of experiences, promotion and exporting of goods, while enabling the integration of Croatian and Slovenian creative businessmen and services, and helping the development of the sector more than the actions of individual businessmen. In the general public, the project promoted the idea of common action and resources and raised awareness about the creative power of Europe in general.
Project title | Creative industry sector entrepreneurial capacity building in the cross border territory |
ERDF funds | 344.812,54 EUR |
Project duration
(month/year – month/year) |
01.01.2014. – 17.06.2015. |
Lead partner | City of Rijeka |
Partners | Regional Development Agency Porin Ltd. (Development agency of Rijeka “Porin”)
Croatian Chamber of Commerce Academy of Applied Arts in Rijeka Faculty of Design, Associate Member of The University of Primorska University of Primorska, Scientific and Research Centre Regional Development Agency Of Ljubljana Urban Region |
Regions involved | SI: Obalno-kraska Region, Osrednjeslovenska Region
CRO: Primorsko-goranska County |
Website | SI: http://creative-startup.eu/sl/
CRO: http://creative-startup.eu/ |
Key words | Creative and cultural industries, entrepreneurship, cross-border networking |
Key results and performed activities (quantitative results; max. 3 – 5)
5 cross-border promotion of entrepreneurs in the field of cultural and creative industries.
500 persons participated in programs to strengthen the capacity of cultural and creative industries.
1 proposal of interdisciplinary curriculum.