Announcements

The Republic of Moldova together with 12 countries in the Danube Basin will implement a new RESTART_4Danube project, co-financed by European Union funds. The inter-regional partnership consists of 25 organisations and our country is represented in the project by the Organisation for the Development of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Sector (ODIMM). The launch of the project will take place online on 15 October.

Othe main bi-target of the project is to improve framework conditions and policy instruments, based on regional and local smart specialisation strategies, for a new urban regeneration model, with the contribution of cultural and creative industries (CCIs).

Expected project results:

• a common strategy for creative urban regeneration for the Danube region;

• a new toolkit for creative urban regeneration;

• 5 local action plans;

• a set of cooperation agreements between companies and R & D institutions;

• a set of audit activities at the level of preparedness;

• a set of training tools with modules on creativity and urban governance and urban innovation management.

Project partnership RESTART_4Danube “Regeneration of urban areas to stimulate creative industries for a stronger Danube region“” consists of 25 organisations from 12 countries and the lead coordinator is the University of Politechnicala in Bucharest (Romania). The project uses a “helix quadruples“” by working together 11 public authorities, 7 business support companies and organisations, 4 higher education and research institutions and 3 civil society actors. The countries participating in the RESTART project_4Danube project are: Romania, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Serbia, Estonia and the Republic of Moldova.

The RESTART_4Danube project is co-financed by 3 European Union funds, the European Regional Development Fund, the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ERDF, IPA, ENI). The project will run for 30 months with a total budget of EUR 1814895.