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A distributed one stop shop FOR more SUstainable STartups and INNOvative SMEs

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A4SUSTINNO – A distributed one stop shop FOR more
Sustainable STartups and INNOvative SMEs

Interreg IPA ADRION (1st Call)

Programme Priority: Supporting a smarter Adriatic – Ionian region

Project id: IPA-ADRION00198

Duration: 30 months (01.09.2024 – 28.02.2027)

Partnership: 9 partner, 6 associated partners from 9 Regions and 8 countries i.e Greece, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Albania, Montenegro

Lead partner: Patras Science Park S.A. (Επιστημονικό Πάρκο Πατρών Α.Ε.)

Total budget: 1.838.160,00 €

The A4SUSTINNO proposal addresses the ADRION SO 1.1, and aims at strengthening capacities at the innovation ecosystems throughout the whole ADRION area. Nine organization from eight countries, including 6 APs, combine personnel and material resources for jointly developing the overall novel methodology and implementing pilot studies for demonstrating its flexibility, transferability and general applicability.

Key Details

Call: Interreg IPA ADRION (1st Call)

Project Acronym: A4SUSTINNO

Project Duration: 30 months

Project Priority: Supporting a smarter Adriatic-Ionian region 

Objective:  Strengthening innovation capacities in the Adriatic – Ionian region

Start – End Date: 01.09.2024 –  28.02.2027

Total budget: EUR 1.692.736,00 

The overall objective of the project is the development and testing of a highly replicable business model for the ADRION area that will constitute a novel supporting mechanism for innovative start-ups and existing SMEs. This will be achieved through setting up distributed local networks of relevant actors, following a quadruple-helix approach, redesigning of training modules to include sustainability and quality, and development of a web platform for identifying start-ups’ training needs. In other words, the overall objective will be a distributed and interregional 1-stop-shop for less-developed innovation ecosystems.

Nine local networks in the partner areas and one interregional network consisting of partners and APs, including a large number of stakeholders, enhanced accelerators with new modules for including sustainability and QM issues, and an innovative digital platform for matching the needs of the start-ups and SMEs with the appropriate training modules, will be the main project outputs. Pilot demonstrations through a jointly developed acceleration programme and one interregional will be implemented in all partner areas. The main beneficiaries will be all the actors of the innovation ecosystems in the ADRION area.

The novel methodology will be tested extensively in nine areas with different characteristics, so that the final outcome will be applicable throughout the whole ADRION area. Furthermore, the user requirements for the platform will satisfy the needs of all partner ecosystems, due to the deeply transnational approach in the development of all outcomes.

The innovative features consist of the very unique matching of training needs offered by the digital platform, and the distributed Science and Technology Parks type of mechanism that will be created in each local ecosystem, by summing resources and capacities of all relevant stakeholders. This way, an almost full range of services could be offered even in areas with minimal support structures. Even more important will be the creation of a new generation of entrepreneurs, who are sensitive and trained for more sustainable and quality operation.

The project kick-off meeting took place in Patras, on 07-08/10/2024, at the PSP premises.

The project is co-funded by the European Union, through the Interreg IPA ADRION 2021-2027 Programme.

A4SUSTINNO is structured in the following three (3) Work Packages (WP):

WP

Title

1

Analysis of Business Support Ecosystems, their performance & sustainability, creation of Networks

2

Redesign of current practices and development of on-line platform

3

Regional and Interregional Pilot demonstrations

 

Project budget per partner:

a/a

Partner

Country

Budget

1

Patras Science Park S.A.

Greece

224.740,00

2

Nuovo Circondario Imolese

Italy

227.520,00

3

Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region

Italy

188.970,00

4

Centre for Entrepreneurship

Croatia

176.556,00

5

Chamber of Craft and Small Business of Slovenia

Slovenia

191.670,00

6

University of Sarajevo

Bosnia & Herzegovina

170.270,00

7

Regional economic development agency for Sumadija and Pomoravlje

Serbia

171.970,00

8

AULEDA – Local Economic Development Agency, Vlora Region

Albania

170.070,00

9

University of Donja Gorica

Montenegro

170.970

 

Associated Partners:

a/a

Associated partner

Country

1

Region of Western Greece

Greece

2

Friuli Innovazione Societá Consortile a Responsabilitá Limitata

Italy

3

Polo Tecnologico Alto Adriatico scpa

Italy

4

University of Dubrovnik

Croatia

5

Association of Slovene Higher Vocational Colleges (Association HVC)

Slovenia

6

Serbian association of the regional development agencies

Serbia

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Evangelia Gralista

Web Design Internship

Evangelia Gralista from Trikala,Greece is in her senior year at University of Patras in the department of mathematics. She is currently working as a web design intern at Patras Science Park (PSP).

Vicky Tomara

Development Director

Vicky studied Business Administration at Athens University of Economics and Business and she got a M.B.A. from University of Patras. Her experience and background focus on supporting businesses-academia partnerships. Especially, she has been primarily activated in innovation supporting tools, while she worked in the past as an economist and research project manager in the industry. She has a good knowledge of the Greek innovation ecosystem actors, including academia, research institutes, regional and central governmental organizations, entrepreneurs and industry. She contributed to the launch and development of the Innovation and Technology Transfer Office of the University of Patras where she served as a Technology Transfer Consultant for 4 years. She acted as the principal organizational officer on behalf of the University of Patras for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Patras IQ Innovation Exhibition. Also, she contributed to the launch and development of the Technology Transfer Office of Patras Science Park and she involved in the building of the collaborative network between both CERN procurement and CERN Technology Transfer Group with the Greek start up community & enterprises. She is currently the Development Director in Patras Science Park, she is member of the Advisory Board of the Proof of Concept and she participates in the selection committee in various regional innovation competitions.