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REPORT ON THE “AI-NURECC PLUS CONFERENCE ON CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN THE ADRIATIC-IONIAN REGION” 01/12/2021
On December 1st, 2021, the AI-NURECC PLUS Conference on Creative and Cultural Industries in the Adriatic-Ionian region was held. The aim of this conference was to contextualise and start mapping the variety of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs) existing in the Adriatic and Ionian region. The different kinds of social and economic benefits they can produce, distinguishing between three functional configurations, were at the center of the discussion. The first concerns the educational value of the cultural sector, mainly linked to the realm of public spending for conservation and fruition. The second refers to the economic function of cultural and creative industries, where CCIs are considered for their capacity to generate wealth and income. The third one looks at the economic and physical regeneration that CCIs can play in the process of economic de-industrialization that is affecting urban systems. Ultimately, the conference focused on the centrality of culture in generating positive change, transformation and creative impulses in individual behaviour. Its capacity to unlock frozen behaviours and generate new ideas for facing the complex challenges of our time. By inviting scholars and practitioners in the field, we aim to systematize and understand the potential of CCIs for the Adriatic and Ionian region. Opening Session: “AI-NURECC PLUS AS A PLATFORM FOR THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES OF THE ADRIATIC AND IONIAN REGION” Moderated by Silvia Mangialardo, Head of International Relations Office at Marche Polytechnic University and Representative of UniAdrion, the Opening Session saw greetings from the three Fora presidents. Fatbardh Sallaku, President of the Association of Universities of the Adriatic-Ionian (UniAdrion) – AI-NURECC PLUS Partner, and Rector of the Agricultural University of Tirana, expressed his greeting and his pleasure to be invited to the AI-NURECC PLUS event on Cultural and Creative Industries in the Adriatic and Ionian Region. “The importance of this event is not only for the theme, but also for the collaboration and the number of participants which shows the need and importance of this type of relationship”. The President underlined that the University network must be considered as a crucial point for our future, especially today. The President also suggested a follow-up to this conference called “Creative and cultural relationship and communication” between our Universities and the other players in the area. The President concluded saying: “We are very close to each other but sometimes we lack this kind of information. It is important to know how universities think about competing in this kind of environment!”. Joze Tomaš, President of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce (Forum AIC) – AI-NURECC PLUS Partner, after having presented the Association: “Despite this forced shutdown caused by the pandemic, we strongly wanted the theme of CCIs to be at the core of the AI-NURECC PLUS initiative, which has the objective of identifying and giving credit to the most important cultural and creative sectors in the area. The synergies between the AI-NURECC stakeholders are essential to ensure the development of Cultural and Creative Industries: from university training to the support of local and regional actors (just consider the experiences of the UNESCO cultural and creative cities) and also to the support of chambers of commerce and the economic -financial world”, President Tomaš said. Moreover, Forum AIC supports young generations who want to work in the cultural and creative industry through several initiatives and projects. Among these it is worth mentioning the Adriatic Startup school – promoted by Ecapital Culture in collaboration with the first edition of AI-NURECC initiative – aimed at developing the skills of young people for the realization of a Business Plan in the cultural field and the creation of a start-up for the enhancement of the cultural heritage of the Adriatic-Ionian Region. The Forum AIC president concluded by mentioning that next year the association will be celebrating the twenty-years-anniversary of the establishment of Forum AIC in Split, Croatia; and it will be consecrated precisely to the Creative and Cultural sphere. “We would like to make sure that during the event the cultural and artistic peculiarities of the various countries are enhanced as much as possible, giving the floor to the first source of wealth of the entire Adriatic Ionian Area”. Ioannis Lolos, President of the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities (FAIC) – AI-NURECC PLUS Partner. He briefly presented the FAIC Association, whose aim is to represent a tool for economic, political, cultural and human cooperation, broadly in line with the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic Ionian Region (EUSAIR). All the 43 cities members to the FAIC are cultural and creative cities, where “cultural”, according to the UNESCO declaration of 1982, means the complex of spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional characteristics that characterize a society or social group. “Our cities express all these levels of “culture” in a remarkable way: we have a millennial cultural heritage, representing a culture over the century, which is still visible in our cities today; it is reflected in the products we produce and in the way of our lives. Our cities can be at the heart of this process. The cultural and creative industries will play this important role in the Adriatic and the Ionian, as they are characterized by a high level of innovation and creativity and are closely linked to local communities and regional networks, contributing to the transition to a “sustainable”, “smart” and an “inclusive” economy. Moreover and above all, it requires a system of values and a social tension that our communities are certainly capable of facing and leading”. After Presidents’ speeches, it was the turn of: Stavros Kalognomos, Executive Secretary of the Balkan and Black Sea Commission (BBSC),Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) – AI-NURECC PLUS Coordinator. He opened by saying that AI-NURECC Plus is a capitalization of the results of the AI-NURECC initiative and the thematic of the Cultural and Creative Regional Ecosystems, elaborated by AI-NURECC partners, demonstrates how projects work. Creative and cultural industries are mentioned as one of the studies for the next period. This AI-NURECC
Report_Webinar “Preservation of Natural resources, Innovation and Robotics for the development of the economy in the Adriatic-Ionian Region”, 27/01/2021
The primary determinant of all development strategies in Europe is the investment in research and development; in other words, innovations that have application in the economy. On the other hand, global society is entering the phase of a new revolution, at the center of robotics. Robotics will mark all spheres of society. To participate in this market competition, we must recognize this as a priority and insist on putting this in all our strategies and making future efforts in the direction of encouraging innovation through the application of robotics. The Webinar “Preservation of Natural resources, Innovation and Robotics for the development of the economy in the Adriatic-Ionian Region”, which was held on January 27 at 14:30, was organized in cooperation with the Croatian Chamber of Economy – Dubrovnik County Chamber, AND aimed at drawing attention within the Adriatic-Ionian Region to the opportunities provided to us through increased investment in innovation and robotics. The exchange of experiences, knowledge, the formation of centers of excellence, technological hubs will undoubtedly generate results over the years. An important role in this matter is preserving the most critical resource (the Sea that binds us together), respect for natural capacities, and the use of robotics to prevent certain unfavorable circumstances in the Adriatic-Ionian Region. Moderating the debate Nikolina Trojić, President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy – Dubrovnik County Chamber – Croatia. The meeting opened with greetings from the President of the Marche Chamber of Commerce and of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Gino Sabatini, who greeted all the participants to the second of the three Side-Events organized by the Forum with AII and the Slovenian Presidency. “These events, organized by the Forum during this very special period, are in my opinion, a great opportunity to cooperate and to develop important subjects such as the one of today. Robotics is of central interest in our territories, and the EU is very much concentrated on it. All sectors are touched by it, both public and private, and this pandemic will boost and accelerate this new way of approaching life and work. It is always thought that robotics will in some way steal jobs, but I am strongly convinced that it will instead create job opportunities for future generations”. President Sabatini also remembered the important addition to the Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of commerce: the Chamber of Commerce and industry of Primorska, Slovenia, which will join the Forum force soon. Ivan Barbaric (Vice President for the international and EU Affairs of Croatian Chamber of Economy) remarked that this year is proving itself to be one of the most complex and difficult of all recent times, due the pandemic and also the earthquakes that hit Croatia recently. The Adriatic and Ionian Initiative demonstrated how the economic sector is able to create strong network and beat up the crisis. Institutions have to create the right conditions to innovate and make good use of all the new robotics and technological discoveries. The ambassador Milan Jazbec (AII Chairman-in-office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia) underlined the importance of the subject addressed during the webinar, stressing the fact that we all need to be aware that technological innovation makes our lives better and it makes us move fast forward, also in doing our job as a community network. The ambassador Fabio Pigliapoco (Adriatic Ionian Initiative Permanent Secretariat) then confirmed what he already said in the morning during the first webinar: that the AII Secretariat is by the Fora’s side, to support their initiatives, since the Fora are in fact the heart and blood of the EUSAIR Strategy and their work is precious. That is why AII is happy to include these events in the framework of the V EUSAIR FORUM. The first part of the Webinar focused on Crisis Cooperation of Science and Economy; The meeting was opened by Mateo Ivanac (Department of Innovations of Croatian Chamber of Economy) with his exposition: Croatia Establishment of the Adriatic Sea protection ecosystem with the help of underwater robotics and sensors for conservation and monitoring of sustainability in the Adriatic Sea: INOVAMARE PROJECT, who presented the Project involving Croatia and Italy. The aim of the project is to develop and establish cross-border innovation ecosystem model in area of underwater robotics and sensors for proposes of monitoring and prevent sea pollution with mission oriented on sustainability of the Adriatic Sea. The project wants to raise collaboration of innovation players and give them mechanisms and tools to boost development of new innovative solutions in area of underwater robotics and sensors. Professor David Scaradozzi (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy) with his exposition: Marine monitoring and intervention, where Europe is and where the industrial-academic research are going followed what already shown and presented by his predecessor and added a keyword, which he finds essential: synergy. He then offered participants a general overview on the UNIVPM contributions to the marine cause. The European Union pays a lot of attention to the Sea and it is interesting to notice how in the past the Sea was considered to be an obstacle or in any case something that divides; if we stop to consider it more attentively we understand that, since men started navigating, the Sea was the first and unique point of contact. From the European point of view the scope and the dimensions of intervention are multiple, so us at the UNIM are putting together multiple different types of competencies (scientific, economic, technological…). Professor Scaradozzi also reminds the attendees about the UNESCO’s goal number 14, which is specifically devoted to “Life below Water “ The second session of the webinar was dedicated to Europe and Innovation (as a basis for further development of economic opportunities and economic growth): Dario Marenić (director of ELDA ltd., Croatia) showed a visual presentation of a new product to sanitize hands and described the immediate response of his company to the crisis, which made
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EU4BUSINESS PROGRAM
THE EU4BUSINESS PROGRAM KICKS OFF WITH SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WINE UNIVERSE! This is a great opportunity for the five sectors involved: Organic food, wine, creative industries, textile industry and tourism. The program is aimed at European companies and institutions and 6 Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. Within this framework, the Pordenone-Udine Chamber of Commerce, Forum AIC member, is the leader of the project dedicated to wine, NETWORK4WINE, together with the Chambers of Commerce of Spain, Belarus and Moldova, in collaboration with Promos Italia. The call will be published shortly and will be addressed to Institutions, Chambers of Commerce, sectoral Organizations and to companies in the wine sector, to promote business meetings, study visits and twinning with the 6 Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries. Two webinars for the presentation of the project, have already been held online on 12 and 13 November, but another meeting has been organized on the 4th of December 2020, at 10am. For more information, and to register for the event, visit the official website of the Project http://connectingcompanies.eu/index.php/projects/
SAVE THE DATE – XI Congress Women’s Entrepreneurship of Adriatic and Ionian Area
Forum AIC is pleased to announce that the 11th Congress Women’s Entrepreneurship of Adriatic and Ionian Area will be held in Arta, Greece on 16th-18th October 2019 at the Arta Chamber of Commerce. The Congress organized by the Arta Chamber of Commerce, AIC Forum, Split Chamber of the Economy and the Ioannina University (Uniadrion member), aims to provide a cross-regional perspective on the best practices and prevalent challenges in scaling up women’s economic empowerment and entrepreneurial activities, in the field of alternative tourism in the Adriatic and Ionian Macroregion. The event brings together a vast community of actors from across the Adriatic and Ionian area: experts, institutional representatives, entrepreneurs, and stakeholders, all of whom are devoted to the development of women’s entrepreneurship. This edition will continue the tradition of offering state-of-the-art presentations, interactive workshops, and networking sessions. On the 16th and 17th different sessions and workshops will be organized, while on the 18th the Extraordinary Assembly of Forum AIC will be held. Please book it in your calendars – SAVE THE DATE. More information to follow and very soon the registration form will be available. Info contact: segreteria.forum@marche.camcom.it
Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the AIC Forum and DCCA
The initiative of the President of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce (AIC Forum) Mrs Mirjana Čagalj about the cooperation between the Forum and the Danube Chambers of Commerce Association (DCCA) was formalized on the 29th November 2018 in Novi Sad. On that occasion President Čagalj and the President of the DCCA Mr András Rév signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the two regional associations of chambers of commerce. The signing took place on the General Assembly meeting of the DCCA. It was witnessed by Mr Stjepan Glas, PhD, a Minister Plenipotentiary in the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Republic of Serbia as well as Mr Tamás Bakó, Head of the Economic and Commercial Office of the Embassy of Hungary in the Republic of Serbia. The idea of cooperation goes back to the end of 2017 and since then two meetings in Budapest took place regarding the possibilities of cooperation and the field of creative industries has been detected as a good place to start. Also, the Secretary General of DCCA Mr Peter Lőrincze actively participated on the 1st Joint Annual Conference Fora of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Cities and Universities in October 2018 in Split. On that occasion, the signing of the Memorandum was announced with very positive comments from the participants. The best results are always achieved when all the stakeholders come together for the common goal. That is why AIC Forum, at the level of the Adriatic and Ionian Region, joined the AI-NURECC initiative that gathers associations of cities, universities, regions and chambers of commerce of the area, together with lead partner CPMR (Conference of the Peripheral Maritime Regions) in order to give contribution to the realization of the EUSAIR Strategy. The intention of the signing of the Memorandum is to connect with partners from the Danube Region in order to strengthen relationships, exchange good practices, work on joint projects and other activities that can contribute to the realization of both EUSAIR as well as EUSDR Strategy.
President of the Forum Mirjana Čagalj participated at the Economic Conference Montenegro 2018
Economic Conference Montenegro 2018 , organized by the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro, took place on the 25th and 26th October in Budva in Montenegro. It is one of the most important economic events in the region. The two-day conference, titled “Balkans and the European Union – a five-year cycle of the Berlin Process”, contributed to strengthening regional cooperation in the ongoing process of European integration of the countries of the region. The conference has been officially opened by the President of Montenegro Milo Đukanović, the Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz and the President of the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro Vlastimir Golubović. A number of panel discussions took place at the conference. The participants of the panel “Economic and European perspective for the Balkans” were Prime Ministers of the Western Balkans countries: Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia. They expressed great interest in enhancing European and regional economic cooperation and harmonization of market regulations. The President of the Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce and the Vice President of the Croatian Chamber of Economy for construction, transport and communications Mirjana Čagalj participated at the panel “The role of the Chambers of Economy in the promotion of European values and strengthening economic relations”. She emphasized the importance of the European Union for the countries of the Western Balkans in terms of bringing peace and security as well as increasing market competitiveness. “If our goal is a higher level of stability, we have to offer a credible opportunity of enlargement to the Western Balkans countries and by doing so the commodity exchange is going to increase. European values are something that is shared among the member countries, their citizens, businesses, chambers of economy and their associations. Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce is a network that consists of 46 chambers from eight countries with about 1.800.000 companies and it has been defined by the European Commission as one of the key stakeholders of the European Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Macroregion”, Mirjana Čagalj highlighted. Ministers of economy and finance of the countries of the region, representatives of international financial institutions, investors as well as the representatives of some of the most successful companies from this part of the Balkans also participated.
1st Joint Conference Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce, Cities, and Universities – Split, 16-18/10/2018
Broad success for the First Joint Conference of the Forum of Chambers of Commerce, Cities and Universities of the Adriatic and Ionian, held in Split from 16 to 18 October 2018 and organized in collaboration with the Croatian Chamber of Economy and the Municipality of Split. The event, which saw the involvement of over 300 participants and 120 institutions from the 8 countries of the MacroRegion, is part of the activities of the AI-NURECC initiative. Articulated in the two sessions “People on the Move” and “Region on the move”, the plenary session entitled “Roots and path – past, present and future for the Adriatic-Ionian Region” saw the succession of 13 speakers who analyzed the various forms mobility of workforce, students and tourists and the impact it has on the structure and characteristics of the working population, GDP, productivity, employment and other economic and social aspects of life. Large participations were also recorded at the Thematic Workgroups, held in the afternoon of 17: Blue Growth, Connecting the Region, Environmental Quality/Agriculture, and Sustainable Tourism were the themes of the Workgroups, in line with the EUSAIR pillars, to which are added those on Female Entrepreneurship, Social Challenges and Economic Analysis, consistent with the transversal priorities of the Strategy. For the first time, the Workgroups were jointly coordinated, with a winning combination, from the AIC Forum and from Uniadrion. This first Annual Event is an important forward in building and consolidating relations among civil society, local, regional, national and European institutions.. A detailed report on the event will soon be published.
Next Event – Albania – 21 November “Creative and Cultural Industries in the EUSAIR Area”
Forum AIC, in the framework of the AI-NURECC Initiative, and in collaboration with Duress Chamber of Commerce and Fondazione Marche, is organising the: Creative and Cultural Industries in the EUSAIR Area – Training Workshop on ICC Start-up – “Adriatic Start-up School” model that will be held in Tirana (Albania) on 21 November 2018. The Event will take place in the framework of the FORUM on EU Policies and EU Territorial Cooperation Opportunities focused on Technology, Innovation and Youth in the Adriatic-Ionian area, organaised by CPMR in Tirana on 20-21 November 2018. AI-NURECC is an 18-month initiative of the key stakeholders of the Adriatic Ionian Regions, coordinated by the CPMR with the support of the Adriatic Ionian Euroregion (AIE), Forum of Adriatic and Ionian Cities (FAIC), Forum of the Adriatic and Ionian Chambers of Commerce (Forum AIC), and Association of Universities of the Adriatic-Ionian area (UniAdrion). The AI-NURECC Initiative aims at supporting the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) implementation and at promoting a more effective cooperation among Regional and Local Authorities, Universities, Chambers of Commerce, youth associations and networks, entrepreneurs and civil society ensuring deep and broad territorial coverage, at regional and local level. Its actions will integrate and follow the relevant work prepared by the Presidency of the EUSAIR/Adriatic and Ionian Initiative (AII). The FORUM and the Europroject Design Training Action are among the activities foreseen in the framework of the AI-NURECC Skills Development and Training Action. The FORUM will set the wider policy and strategic context at European level in technology, innovation and youth policies including proposals for the 2021-2027 programming period. It will also consider the contribution of the macro-regional strategies to the envisaged result and the role of regional and local actors in driving forward a sustainable approach to education and training systems. The Europroject Design Training Action will focus on the practicalities of preparing and implementing successful cooperation projects in the EUSAIR. More info will follow soon..