Last Monday in Luxembourg, as part of the “EIB Venture Debt & Advisory Summit”, the presentation of the winners of the Blue Champions public call was held, among which was DIH InnovaMare Project – Interreg Italy Croatia
“EU Blue Champion” is an initiative of the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) which selects 20 innovative companies, projects, and initiatives that they consider to contribute the best to the development of the blue economy in the EU.
Selected projects will be provided with EIB advisory services for defining project financing models, developing business models, and creating partnerships at the EU level.
The key elements of the InnovaMare Project – Interreg Italy Croatia project include the development and construction of infrastructure, namely the Center of Competence in Marine Technologies in ล ibenik and the Technological Park for Marine Technologies at the University of Zadar. Likewise, the procurement of innovative technological equipment, the establishment of test locations, the development and prototyping of marine technologies are planned for the mentioned infrastructure.
Key part of the project is raising awareness of the impacts of the blue economy and the need for digital and green transformation, which will be carried out in cooperation with the E1 Blue Acceleration Festival, demonstrations of cleaning with innovative underwater technologies and restoration of the marine ecosystem with divers as part of the E1 Blue Impact program, and employment of 20 researchers.
We congratulate to all the winners and thank everyone who recognized our efforts!
๐๐๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐!
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