INNO2MARE’s Story: Digital & green transitions of Slovenian & Croatian maritime regions (EH Project)

INNO2MARE: Strengthening the capacity for excellence of Slovenian and Croatian innovation ecosystems to support the digital and green transitions of maritime regions is a European Union Excellence Hubs (EH) project funded under the Horizon WIDERA call. The objectives for this webinar are to: • Support the formation of an EH Community; • Increase awareness of and support for INNO2MARE specifically, and EH projects and the Widening Programme more generally; • Catalyze new collaborations; • Disseminate best-practices and lessons-learned from elaborating the INNO2MARE proposal and executing the INNO2MARE project. The primary target audiences are: • Other EH projects and their external stakeholders; • Stakeholders involved in the digital, green and blue transitions; • Stakeholders for the EU Widening Program, including those with interests / activities in writing EU proposals and executing EU projects. The webinar will begin with the proposal background that led to the INNO2MARE concept and consortium creation, cover the development of the proposal and execution of the project to date, and conclude with the post-project ambitions and vision. The webinar will include key characteristics of the project including lessons-learned and how the consortium will convert the challenges into solutions. The webinar is intended to consist of a ~35 min. presentation and ~15 min. of Q&A and open discussion. INNO2MARE has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101087348. Views and opinions expressed are those of the project only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.