ADRIAtic FOOd and TOURism: INnovatinG smes

Programme 2007 - 2013 Adriatic IPA CBC (IT-SI-EL-HR-BA-ME-AL-RS)

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Food and tourism are key strategic sectors for ADRIA FOOTOURING regions. They are often put together when tackling territorial promotion issues; never, when the tackled topics are the development and fostering of innovative firms, as they are mostly considered as traditional sectors with a low innovation potential. But, technological, organizational, service innovations, supported by enabling technologies such as ICT, are fundamental for those traditional low-innovation sectors which indeed represent a relevant leverage for regional economic growth and which are often left behind by innovation systems. Regions involved in ADRIA FOOTOURING are more or less provided with these innovation support systems. While in some old member states, regions are key players of the national/regional innovation strategy, in Eastern Adriatic regions these systems were recently established and their diffusion is still weak. The general objective of ADRIA FOOTOURING is to boost innovative capacity of traditional sectors such as tourism and food, by improving the innovation environment where existing and new SMEs are operating. More experienced regions will further develop and specialize their starting conditions in order to increase their competitive advantage. Less experienced regions will benefit from the exchange and learning process with more advanced experiences. A mutual benefit will contribute to increase the competitiveness of the Adriatic region. In order to improve the effectiveness of business support organizations involved in innovation services, a needs assessment (WP3) will highlight needs of food/tourism SMEs in terms of innovation and the gaps of the available innovation support system, providing best practices to improve their performance. Two sector coordinators (Food-Centuria/Tourism-Rimini) have been identified which will ensure a specialization of the activities along the project. The tutoring programme (WP4) addressed to partners and other regional stakeholders will contribute to improve the capacities to catch SMEs real needs and build up a proactive innovation environment, thanks to training, study visits and mentoring activity. A special attention will be paid to enabling technologies (ICT) to increase the innovation potential of traditional sectors. Training modules will be made available as e-learning tools. Starting from results gained by WP3, the project will put in place a pilot innovative concept for the innovation support service (WP5), through the implementation of a virtual incubator. The virtual incubator is conceived as a permanent platform providing assistance to start-ups and existing firms willing to innovate, with a set of information on financial opportunities, legal issues, etc. A physical site will be established as well to provide more personalized assistance. Thanks to a wide communication campaign (WP2), local communities, business operators, research actors will get acquainted on the role of innovation. Networking activities (WP6) will reinforce the awareness raising process of regional stakeholders and lead to the definition of a sustainability plan for the results achieved. Main target groups/stakeholders are policy makers, managers and officials of regions, provinces and municipalities in charge of setting up an environment stimulating innovation, managers of other bodies (regional development agencies, chambers of commerce, etc.) in charge to deliver services supporting innovation, representatives from SMEs and other business associations, bank foundations and financial actors, consultants and professionals in the domain of SMEs development. The project will benefit from the characteristics and sector relevance of the partnership, composed by public institutional bodies, a non-profit public-private consortium acting as an innovation centre within the regional high technology network, and private organizations with proven experience in managing local development and innovation projects.

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Innovation capacity and awareness-raising ICT and digital society SME and entrepreneurship

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Provincia di Pescara

Address: Piazza Italia n. 30,, 65121 Pescara, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Name: Unione Regionale delle Camere di Commercio del Veneto

Department: European Policy Department (Eurosportello)

Address: Via delle Industrie, 30175 Venezia, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.ven.camcom.it

LIR Lokalna Inicijativa Razvoja

Name: LIR Lokalna Inicijativa Razvoja

Address: Petra Kocica 1c,, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: n/a

Regionalni razvojni center Koper

Name: Regionalni razvojni center Koper

Address: Županciceva , 18,, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Centuria Romagna Innovation Agency

Name: Centuria Romagna Innovation Agency

Address: Stanicev trg 1,, 6000 Koper, Slovenia

Legal status: n/a

Direkcija za razvoj malih i srednjih preduzeća

Name: Direkcija za razvoj malih i srednjih preduzeća

Address: Rimski trg br. 46, IV, sprat,, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro

Legal status: n/a

Dhoma e Tregtise dhe Industrise Tirane

Name: Dhoma e Tregtise dhe Industrise Tirane

Address: Rruga “Ludovik Shllaku”, Pallati Kultures, Kati II,, 1001 Tirane, Albania

Legal status: n/a

UNIVERSITETI BUJQESOR I TIRANES FAKULTETI I EKONOMISE &AGROBIZNESIT (FEA)

Name: UNIVERSITETI BUJQESOR I TIRANES FAKULTETI I EKONOMISE &AGROBIZNESIT (FEA)

Address: Kodër- Kamëz,, 1001 Tirane, Albania

Legal status: n/a

Agency for economic development of municipality Prijedor PREDA-PD

Name: Agency for economic development of municipality Prijedor PREDA-PD

Address: leja Kozarskog obreda BB, Prijedor,, 79101 Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: n/a

Comune di Rimini

Name: Comune di Rimini

Address: Piazza Cavour, 27 ,, 47921 Rimini, Italy

Legal status: n/a

Insight&Co srl

Name: Insight&Co srl

Address: via Tiburtina Valeria,, 65129 Pescara, Italy

Legal status: n/a

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Regional Union of the Chambers of Commerce of Veneto

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LIR Lokalna Inicijativa Razvoja

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Regionalni razvojni center Koper

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Centuria Romagna Innovation Agency

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Direkcija za razvoj malih i srednjih preduzeca, Crne Gore

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Dhoma e Tregtise dhe Industrise Tirane

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Agricultural University of Tirana - Faculty of Economy & Agribusiness

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Agency for economic development of municipality Prijedor PREDA-PD

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Province of Pescara

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Municipality of Rimini

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Insight&Co srl

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Summary

Project name (EN): ADRIAtic FOOd and TOURism: INnovatinG smes

Project acronym: ADRIA FOOTOURING

Project start date: 2012-10-01

Project end date: 2015-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 212 435.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 779 377.00

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2007 - 2013 Adriatic IPA CBC (IT-SI-EL-HR-BA-ME-AL-RS)

Latest month of project-partner-call data publication

2013-05

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

65 / 65 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

628 / 628 (100%)

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