
Name of the project: RESTART_4DANUBE
Boosting cREative induSTries in urbAn Regeneration for a stronger Danube region
Start date: 01-07-2020
End date: 31-12-2022
Priority: Innovative and socially responsible Danube region
Specific objective: Improve framework conditions for innovation
Lead partner organisation: Universitatea POLITEHNICA București
Site of the project: www.interreg-danube.eu/restart-4danube
Partners:
- Steinbeis 2i GmbH, DEUTSCHLAND
- School of Advanced Social Studies, SLOVENIJA
- IPA - Research and development company, engineering and manufacturing for
- automation equipments and systems, ROMÂNIA
- University of Maribor, SLOVENIJA
- Croatian Chamber of Economy, HRVATSKA
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Vratsa, БЪЛГАРИЯ
- Carinthian Universtiy of Applied Sciences, ÖSTERREICH
- Local Council of Craiova Municipality, ROMÂNIA
- Municipality of Vratsa, БЪЛГАРИЯ
- Pannon Business Network Association, MAGYARORSZÁG
- Municipality of Maribor, SLOVENIJA
- City of Rijeka, HRVATSKA
- Self-Government Office of Vas County, MAGYARORSZÁG
- Development Association, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
- Organization for Small and Medium Enterprises Sector Development, MOLDOVA
- Informational Center for Innovation and Development, UKRAINE
- City of Nova Gorica, SLOVENIJA
- Uzhhorod City Council, UKRAINE
- Nova Iskra Creative Hub, SERBIA
- Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts of the Republic of Croatia, HRVATSKA
- Tallinn Science Park Tehnopol
- Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration of Romania, ROMÂNIA
- Administration of the regional government of Carinthia, ÖSTERREICH
- Business Incubator Cahul, MOLDOVA
25 partners from 12 countries will support RESTART_4Danube’s main objective to improve the framework conditions & policy instruments supporting S3 for a new model of UR involving CCIs. The project includes quadruple helix partnership to develop new types of governance & public policies in an innovative approach combining tandems & follower cities.
The envisaged result is significantly improved transnational & institutional cooperation, enhanced capacity building thanks to Local Action Plans (LAPs) & innovative trainings in UR. The activities will produce 10 outputs improving innovative framework conditions in UR (SO 1.1): 1 common strategy, 1 training toolkit, 5 LAPs, 1 package of cooperation agreements between entreprises/R&D, 1 set of tools (SO, SR, Readiness Level tool).
As a part of the project pilot action, 5 Local Action Plans (LAPs) will be developed. The LAPs will significantly improve the transnational & institutional cooperation and enhance the capacity building.
- LAP 1 - New spaces for experimentation, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the CCI sector in Craiova, Romania.
- LAP 2 - Sustainable regeneration of industrial building in Rijeka, Croatia.
- LAP 3 - Transit-oriented development in Maribor, Slovenia.
- LAP 4 - Refurbishing heritage and historical buildings in Sarvar, Hungary.
- LAP 5 - Green urban regeneration in Vratsa, Bulgaria.
Expected results:
- a common strategy on creative urban regeneration for the Danube region,
- a new set of tools for Creative Urban Regeneration,
- the 5 Local Action Plans,
- a package of Cooperation Agreements between enterprises and research & development institutions,
- a package of Readiness Level Audits,
- a training toolkit with modules on Creativity and Urban Governance and on Urban Innovation Management.
Contact: Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vratsa
Maya Milova
Tel: +359 92 66 02 73 / +359 92 66 02 71
Email: cci-vr@cci-vratsa.org