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AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT

Submitted: Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:37
Creative@Hubs

We announce the Awards of the Cross-Border Open Innovation Contest into the context of Interreg Creative@Hubs Project

Creators, artists, organizations and companies in the field of Cultural & Creative Industries (CCIs) had the opportunity, from 22 November to 20 December 2022, to submit their innovative business ideas to the open innovation platform of the Regional Development Fund of the Western Greece Region (RDF/RWG) (www.pde-oip.gr/en) by participating in the Contest.

The awarded proposals are listed, below:

1.       Agri-food sector

1st prize: Pantelis Milonas

2nd prize: Spyros Lazaropoulos

3rd prize: Natalie La Torre

2.       Crafts / Visual-Artistic creations / Performing Arts (Theatre, Dance, Music, etc.)

1st prize: Giuseppe Rinelli

3.       Cultural Tourism / Cultural Heritage

1st prize: Paris Laliotis

2nd prize: Konstantinos Ragias

3rd prize: Traces KOINSEP

 

The awards ceremony will be held on Friday, 3 February 2023 (11:00-13:00) at the premises of the Region of Western Greece - Regional Council Hall, ground floor (N.E.O. Patron-Athinon 32 & Amerikis, Patras).

The ceremony will be broadcasted with live streaming via the following zoom page: https://bit.ly/creativehubs_results

 

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Production of liqueur with dried Corinthian black currant

Submitted on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 22:26 by PANTELIS MYLONAS
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We want to produce a alcoholic drink - liqueur, with bio dried Corinthian black currant, without adding more sugar. We will use dried Corinthian black currant, water and alcohol 96%vol. The Corinthian black currant is a superfood, and during ripening and before drying yet, it has high levels of sugars.

What is the major innovation of your idea?
Τhat we use a traditional rural Greek local product for the production of an alcoholic liqueur.

What are the main challenges and barriers in implementing the idea?
There are no particular challenges and problems because the Corinthian raisin has been produced in the regione of the Ilias for at least tree centuries and exists in large quantities. Transport distances are very short and there are cooperatives involved in its production.

Have you already undertaken any actions towards implementation (including distinctions/awards or funding)?
Our distillery produces ouzo, tsipouro, nine different liqueur 's flavors and alcoholic drink Brandy. From the summer of 2022 we produce vodka gin and rum. We always use raw materials from our Olympic Land.

Which will be the impact of your idea for the local/regional society?
The production of such a liqueur will be very important because it will use the Corinthian raisin which is of high nutritional value, already has a high concentration of sugars and is a local product. There is also no burden on the environment from the way of production, because all the ingredients are plant-based and we have no waste at all. Also few peels that will be discarded will be used for composting.

CV
Curriculum Vitae PANTELIS MYLONAS ΒΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟ ΠΑΝΤΕΛΗΣ ΜΥΛΩΝΑΣ 18-12-2022.pdf

Accompanied documents
COMPETITIONS AWARDS MYLONAS SPIRITS DISTILLERY.pdf
MYLONAS SPIRITS DISTILLERY.pdf

Hub Reference
Pyrgos

Verification Document (place of reference or activity)
ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΟ ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΤΙΚΟ.pdf

grape must cookies

Submitted on Sun, 12/18/2022 - 19:03 by ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΝΑΡΟΣ
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Our proposal includes the creation, distribution, and selling of Moustokouloura (also known as “grape must cookies”). These traditional products created in Ileia and Western Peloponnese will be distributed in Greece.

What is the major innovation of your idea?
Our idea has the following innovation: currants have played a major role in the economy of Ileia and Greece in general, since around 1830 they have been cultivated, sold, and exported from this region. Our Moustokouloura are interwoven with these currants and will be baked without sugar. They are healthy, nutritional, biologically cultivated baked goods that will have the signature of Ileia. Utilizing the region’s long history encompassing the cultivation and trade of currants from Ileia, Moustokouloura will be addressed to the majority of consumers, since they provide a sugar-free, healthy superfood that is well known to them and connected with the traditional Greek cuisine.

What are the main challenges and barriers in implementing the idea?
The main challenges would be collaborating with local producers that are certified in the proper agricultural and biological cultivation of petimezi (also known as grape molasses), and the organization and implementation of the selling aspect of Moustokouloura to the rest of Greece, specifically where these products will be distributed to be sold, for example, supermarkets, shops that sell biological and organic products etc.

Have you already undertaken any actions towards implementation (including distinctions/awards or funding)?
Our enterprise has been supplied with the needed raw materials from local cottage industries from Makrisia, a village in the municipal unit of Skillounta, Ileia, Greece. After a plethora of production testing and tasting from a satisfactory number of consumers, our research on Moustokouloura not only was successful but also Moustokouloura were indulged by the consumers who gave positive feedback on our product.

Which will be the impact of your idea for the local/regional society?
Our innovative idea will have a positive influence on local and regional society. Since societies have always been impacted by the economical variants, in this case of locally cultivated products, with our idea in Ileia the regional economy will flourish. The basic principle of supply and demand will allow local producers and local cottage industries to sell their raw materials, local packaging, printing, and transportation companies will also receive more customers, and regional academics and scientists in the relevant fields will have new career opportunities in their area. Also, the suppliers of Moustokouloura and the retailers in local shops, supermarkets, bakeries, etc will have new economic revenues that will be interconnected with their immediate community. Concluding, all of the above highlight how our idea on the production and selling of Moustokouloura as a product of Ileia, will have a positive influence on the immediate local and regional economy since there will be more demand in a variety of fields in Ileia.

CV
cv.pdf

Hub Reference
Pyrgos

Verification Document (place of reference or activity)
E3_2022.pdf

Messolonghim

Submitted on Thu, 12/08/2022 - 16:11 by konstantinos vlachogiannis
Followed by 0 member(s)
Our initiative to broadcast worldwide through the Facebook platform aims to “bring together” all fellow citizens of Messolonghi who live abroad and cannot come to their town due to the current situation, like students who cannot travel, but also expatriates who live abroad for years. We give them the possibility to join us virtually keeping at the same time the morale and inform them about the European solidarity, initiatives and future projects regarding the COVID19 and the new reality.

What is the major innovation of your idea?
Messolonghim” offers new career directions by presenting successful professionals and experts who are able to tailor their business to the new reality and presents the actions of the European Union’s solidarity plan. “Messolonghim” helps voluntarily and in any way people who are far from home by sharing their problem and looking for the right way and the right people to contribute in solving their problem. For example: many passengers having a flight cancellation due to force majeure, cannot deal with the companies. So, we inform them directly, invoking Commission Notice about Interpretative Guidelines on EU passenger rights regulations in the context of the developing situation with Covid-19.

What are the main challenges and barriers in implementing the idea?
The urgency is the fact that there is a lack of funding in Greece for such actions. Young people have many ideas and want to take action but without financial support they find a way out only with leaving Greece. Until today, we have worked on this project with amateur equipment that citizens offered to us (cameras, studios, etc.) and with volunteering work of friends

Have you already undertaken any actions towards implementation (including distinctions/awards or funding)?
not yet

Which will be the impact of your idea for the local/regional society?
As a response to the suspicion of European’s Union Solidarity, “Messolonghim” reinforces the idea of the European Union presenting the european solidarity and the helping hand given to neighbors most in need across the European Union countries in order to reinforce public health sectors and mitigate the socio-economic impact in the European Union, due to the pandemic COVID19.

CV
solidarity.docx

Hub Reference
Mesolonghi

Verification Document (place of reference or activity)
solidarity_0.docx

THE PARK OF HERCULES

Submitted on Wed, 12/07/2022 - 17:36 by ANTREAS SKARTSARIS
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A theme park based on the labors of Hercules. The purpose is the creation of a mythopolis on an area of ​​several acres next to the river Acheloos, based on ancient Greek mythology and specifically the labors of Hercules, his life and his fight with the river Acheloos, with an educational, pedagogical and recreational character. The park. The 12 labors of Hercules as well as his struggle with the river Achelous will be presented separately, with all the modern technologies that can be applied,with robotic-animated characters and other representational practices, so that the visitor feels that he participates in them, to "play" and be photographed with mythical heroes. -In the area there will also be an amusement park, a market, restaurants, a conference center and a theater where ancient performances will be performed. - There will be an art space where the impact of Greek mythology on world art and thought, the interpretation and symbolism of myths will be presented and it will be able to host exhibitions. -There will be a train on the route of which the traveler will meet mythical beings, monsters of Greek mythology, deities. -Water will be a key element of the park. There will be a water route with an imitation of an ancient ship, along which some of the labors of Hercules or representations of important events of antiquity will take place. --There will be a hill with a representation of the top of Olympus with the residences of the 12 gods. The park will be like a small ''Disneyland'' based on the myths of Hercules.

What is the major innovation of your idea?
This area will attract worldwide interest and create a permanent tourist stream in all seasons and months of the year.Ancient Greek mythology influenced global thought, is a source of inspiration for scientists and artists and its standards are timeless and universal.Hercules is the greatest and best-known hero of Greek mythology abroad and there is nothing similar in Greece or anywhere else

What are the main challenges and barriers in implementing the idea?
It is finding an investor who will believe in its importance and in the representation of myths in an educational and entertaining way

Have you already undertaken any actions towards implementation (including distinctions/awards or funding)?
No. i have not

Which will be the impact of your idea for the local/regional society?
The aim is to strengthen the cultural self-awareness of Greeks, to strengthen tourism and the local and country's economy

CV
CV ANDREAS SKARTSARIS #1.pdf

Hub Reference
Agrinio

Verification Document (place of reference or activity)
(anonymous) - govgr_document.pdf

CREATIVE SPACE - PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Submitted on Mon, 12/05/2022 - 12:41 by giuseppe rinelli
Followed by 1 member(s)
To generate cultural innovation, it is necessary to imagine, implement and disseminate methodologies, services and products capable of bringing about systemic changes in the way of doing and experiencing culture. It is possible to work on enhancing the heritage of the live entertainment of the cultural industries. In the field of entertainment, the goal is to spread the artistic practice and increase public participation, with particular attention to the usually disadvantaged social groups. improve the production of entertainment and other live cultural activities as well as innovate their use (for example, through augmented reality, virtual reality, intelligent sensors, the internet of things, technologies for "virtual scenography" and much more) Workshop on contemporary dance and performing arts. - Production and organization of Luxury Events. - “Connectivity Technique”© - Contemporary dance project - Organization of EVENTS AND CONFERENCES - Organization of SEMINARS E WORKSHOPS - participation in various tenders, such as: Creative Camps, with partners from Greece and theirs municipal utilities and the Agricultura project, with the creation of business ideas for new young people, up to and including still in seminars and workshops in the cultural and creative industries, through video calls on streaming platforms such as "ZOOM" with various partners Europeans, including Greece: Member of the Advisory Council on Youth of the Council of Europe 2018-2019 - Vice President of A.I.D. and Margarita Borisova Center for Heritage Interpretation - Sofia, Bulgaria - Registered as official operators of: MIC - Ministry of Cultural Heritage - REGISTRATION AS A CULTURAL ENTITY - MIC - Ministerial Decree 27 July 2017 no. 332 as modified by the D.M. 31 December 2020 and by the D.M. October 25, 2021 - Dance production organizations - Italy Creative Europe Desk - Culture - Service I - Cultural and creative enterprises, fashion and design - Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity - BODY ACCREDITED WITH INVITALIA - REST IN THE SOUTH - TO HELP DEVELOP BUSINESS PLAN AND MARKETING STRATEGIES - Subject: "I'm staying in the South" measure. Accreditation for the provision of consultancy and assistance services to proposers. - Partner of the Project "Agriculture" PATH

What is the major innovation of your idea?
We create new ways to achieve innovation for individuals and companies with different backgrounds and goals. We make sure that our ideas grow and thrive together. Share the space,enjoy the pace

What are the main challenges and barriers in implementing the idea?
Train and EduTain with us! Integrated events, exceptional experiences Center of Excellence in Entrepreneurship Creative Arts Center European Digital Innovation Hub (eDIH) Business Innovation Center(BIC)

Have you already undertaken any actions towards implementation (including distinctions/awards or funding)?
we have created a center for advanced artistic and managerial training in the performing arts, theater and experimental dance sector dynamiclabasd.com

Which will be the impact of your idea for the local/regional society?
Better awareness and understanding of European arts, culture and values• Wider exposure to the diversity of European art, culture and values ​​for European and international partners, strengthening links with creative industries and other parts of the economy . • Strengthening of joint European action to promote Europe's culture and economic interests internationally, thus contributing to strengthening European competitiveness.

CV
CVRINELLI2-en_0.docx

Accompanied documents
curriculum dynamic lab
project
presentation

Hub Reference
Bari

Verification Document (place of reference or activity)
carta identita rinelli017.pdf

The Transnational Project Creative@Hubs - Interreg V-A Greece-Italy 2014-2020 conducts an Open Innovation Contest for creators, artists, organizations and companies in the field of Cultural & Creative Industries (CCIs)

Submitted: Tue, 11/22/2022 - 09:28

As part of the Creative@Hubs project of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme "Interreg V-A Greece-Italy 2014-2020", a Cross-Border Open Innovation Contest is being held in the following thematic areas:

  1. Agri-food sector
  2. Crafts / Visual-Artistic creations / Performing Arts (Theatre, Dance, Music, etc.)
  3. Cultural Tourism / cultural heritage

Proposals can be submitted by:

  • Individuals or groups intending to start a new business activity
  • Existing businesses or organizations that intend to develop new products or services

Candidates must meet all of the following criteria:

  • Be residents or be professionally active in the Regions covered by the Interreg Greece - Italy program, i.e., the Regions of Western Greece, Epirus, Ionian Islands and Apulia.
  • Have a professional / amateur occupation or an academic background in the field of Cultural and Creative Industries with an emphasis on the target areas as described previously.
  • Have proven participation in at least one of the events of the Creative@Hubs project (seminars, workshops, infodays etc.) or have been registered in the Creative Business Portal of the project: https://creativehubs-portal.cti.gr.

Due to the Cross-Border nature, proposals will be submitted in the English language.

Proposals will be submitted electronically to the Open Innovation Platform of the Regional Development Fund of the Region of Western Greece (www.pde-oip.gr/en) not later than Sunday 11/12/2022, at 23:59 h.

For each thematic section, the 3 best ideas will be awarded based on the score they receive, as long as they meet the minimum quality criteria (minimum score). In total, 9 business proposals will be awarded.

The awards offered include the following services:

  1. The organization and implementation of a mentoring program of at least 20 hours with the aim of further developing the proposals into a business plan that will lead to a final product
  2. The participation in an exhibition or other event of the creative sector in the intervention area of the program or the networking of the awarded group with another creative hub in the context of the project.
  3. The development of publicity material for each company that includes the creation of a corporate identity (logo etc.) and the development of a short video (about 2') for the presentation of the idea in a pitching / networking event.

In particular, the first prize in each thematic section will receive all of the above services (1, 2 and 3), the second and third prizes will receive services 1 and 2.

In addition, the RWG will undertake the participation (travel expenses) of the awarded team with the highest absolute score in an exhibition of the creative sector in an area outside the intervention area of the program, subject to the approval by the Administrative Authority of the Program (in case of a tie of different thematic sections, a public lottery will be held).

On Thursday 24/11/2022, at 4.00 PM CET, an online event will be organised to provide detailed information on the competition. To participate in the event, please register at: bit.ly/CreativeHubs_Contest.

The Creative@Hubs – Interreg V-A Greece-Italy project involves four partners: Region of Western Greece – Regional Development Fund (lead), Region of Epirus, Region of Ionian Islands and Region of Apulia.

For more information, visit the project platform: https://creativehubs.cti.gr

 

Cross-border open innovation contest here

Cross-border open innovation contest in Italian here

 

 

We announce the extension of the deadline for the Cross-Border Open Innovation Contest!

New Deadline: 18 December 2022, hours 23:59 p.m.

Don't waste time!

10 days left to take part in the Open Innovation contest for creators, artists, organizations and enterprises in the creative and cultural industry sectors.

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