Action 1
Title of action: Development of innovation skills through consultation and training.
Brief description on what it is about:
This activity aims to provide know-how and access to information for CCI professionals that are interested in starting a company, through the organization of relevant training seminars.
Who is involved/how is the stakeholder-cooperation?
The goal of the Regional Centre for Business Support is to strengthen research, technological development and innovation community, by highlighting good practices and enhancing the involvement of businesses in innovation activities. Typically, the Centre works with the regional innovation ecosystem and the relevant producers. As such, the Regional Centre for Business Support will provide both the facilities and training staff as well as it will be responsible for producing the necessary training material.
Highlights and outstanding outcomes:
These seminars are designed and organized by the Regional Centre for Business Support, with the support of the regional Film Office. The goal of the Regional Centre for Business Support is to strengthen research, technological development and innovation community, by highlighting good practices and enhancing the involvement of businesses in innovation activities. So far, two seminars were held. The first one took place on Friday 25/09/2020 and the second one on Wednesday 14/10/2020. Both seminars were organized by the Regional Centre for Business Support, with the support of the regional Film Office and took place in the headquarters of the Region of Sterea Ellada in Lamia.
The wider public participants consist of: Local and Regional development agencies, Local and Regional public authorities, Policy makers, SMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), Companies and businesses interested in the CCI Cluster, Interest groups including NGOs, Research institutions (Universities, Educational Institutes), 14 representatives in total. The third seminar was scheduled for the first week of December 2020, but was canceled due to the lockdown imposed by the government.
Action 2 (1st sub action)
Title of action: Stakeholder’s match-making events to enhance liaisons between CCI entities
Brief description on what it is about:
The activity targets the support of the regional ecosystem for the joint implementation of projects between entities of the film sector, with Cultural and Creative Industries enterprises and enterprises from other sectors (e.g., Agri-food, Tourism).
Who is involved/how is the stakeholder-cooperation?
The support will take the form of an online repository which will document and map the whole regional CCI ecosystem, that is existing CCI actors, entities of the film sector, professionals from other sectors and mainly the Agri-food and Tourism sectors, such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, open markets. This repository will cover the need for an organized and flexible interconnection between audiovisual productions and the local market. All professionals in the area, interested in participating in this process, will be invited to register their business in order to facilitate the contacts of producers ' agents with local suppliers.
Highlights and outstanding outcomes:
The activity will assist CCI entities to be actively involved in new value chains and become true catalysts for regional growth. The produced online repository will be hosted on the web site of the regional Film Office and the respective stakeholder engagement campaign (advertising and official invitations) will be implemented by the Region of Sterea Ellada. The activity will be financed by investment priority 3d.
