We invite all creators interested in collaborating with tourism service providers from northern Primorska and in developing proposals for sustainable products or services as a part of the green digital transformation, to apply into the database of interested participants for the pilot initiative Transforming Capacities.

The application deadline is August 31, 2024.

As a part of the pilot initiative, a professional committee will choose at least 15 participants and 15 providers of tourism services, that together will shape 15 intersectoral partnerships. Between September and December 2024, we will organize networking events aimed at the formulation of groups and at understanding the challenges of the green digital transition, as well as the opportunities that collaborations between different partners can offer. Selected participants will receive training and mentoring from the Center of Creativity and the Primorska Technology Park, focused on developing ideas and enhancing their business and creative skills.

By the end of January 2025, the partnerships consisting of representatives from both creators and tourism service providers, will present their concept proposals for the development of sustainable products or services at a public showcase event. For their work and proposals of the ideas, the creators of each of the 15 groups will receive co-production funding of 1.800 EUR gross per project. All partners within the groups will also receive have access to additional training and consultations, as well as national and international promotion.

Among the submitted proposals, an international expert committee will select a national project in February 2025, which will receive 10.000 EUR gross co-production funding for the development and realization of a product or service prototype by the end of May 2025.

For more information about the open call and the project objectives, please refer to the attachment at the top of this post or visit the link. The expression of interest form can be found here. If you have any further questions regarding the call, you can contact info@czk.si with “Transforming Capacities” as the subject line.

The project is being carried out by Center for Creativity/MAO and Primorska Technology Park in collaboration with other European partners, and is funded under the Interreg Central Europe program. For more information about Interreg Capacity2Transform please follow the link.