Action 1
Title of action: Implementation of support for CCI within EU Founds.
Brief description on what it is about:
The direct inspiration of including CCI to RPO 2014-2010 Axis 3, Action 3.4. has its origin in the meeting with Anna Krzyżanowska-Orlik, Head of Department Management of Regional Operational Program. Therefore, the decision was taken to submit an application to broaden a circle of potential beneficiaries by including all CCI companies (proposal by Diana Ciszewska from City of Lublin). The City of Lublin and Maria Curie Sklodowska University were engaged as key players of this application. After numerous meetings, talks and exchanging the documents with regional authorities, the extra field of BEI services (focused on the cooperation with the CCI representatives) was added: “developing products and services in the creative sector.” Now, the BEIs are supposed to support also the CCI entrepreneurs in the Lublin Region.
Who is involved/how is the stakeholder-cooperation?
- City of Lublin
- Managing Authority of Regional Operational Programme (MA ROP)
- Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (MCSU)
- Business Environment Institutions (BEI)
- Creative Services Providers (CSP)
Highlights and outstanding outcomes:
This action has been already fully implemented.
Action 2
Title of action: Voucher for creativeness
Brief description on what it is about:
Implementing a small-scale incentive, called Voucher for Creativeness. The idea was directly inspired by the Creative Voucher operated by the Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, RCIA project leader. The Creative Voucher is a low-threshold grant worth up to 5.000 EUR that enables SME from all industries to use creative services within the framework of an innovation project. The direct beneficiary are the SME that can, through the voucher, buy the service/or product of a creative service provider. The representative of Lublin City learnt about this good practice during RCIA project.
The main reason to implement a similar pilot program in the City of Lublin was to test whether SMEs would be keen to use creativity to level up their businesses. Hence, the aim is to foster innovativeness in SME by the integration with CCI and thereby to stimulate crossindustrial collaboration and cross-sectional economic effects. The direct beneficiaries of this pilot programme are 20 Creative Services Providers and 20 SMEs that will be obliged, through the vouchers, to cooperate with each other. The most important requirement is that the headquarters of CCI have to be located in City of Lublin or Lublin Functional Area. Additionally, all potential participants of the action (suppliers and purchasers) have to be registered in dataset that will be implemented and administered by the City of Lublin.
Who is involved/how is the stakeholder-cooperation?
- City of Lublin
- Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
- Creative Service Providers (CSP)
Highlights and outstanding outcomes:
The working group was established. On July 21st, 2020 there was a large workshop with brainstorming organized, which initiated the process of creating the application pact. The support of Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft, as ‘good practices exporting institution’ was fantastic. The rules and regulations, used by Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft, including the application form was gained and translated into Polish. Currently, we are preparing all needed documents for the application pact; the rules are established, the application form is ready, the template of the service agreement between Creative Service Provider and Lublin Municipality is ready as well. The template of tripartite agreement between Lublin Municipality, Creative Service Provider and traditional company need to be created. We are planning to announce the call for creative vouchers in near future.
