{"id":4072,"date":"2019-12-30T14:28:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T13:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/?post_type=novost&#038;p=4072"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T13:28:02","slug":"start-of-it-community-region","status":"publish","type":"novost","link":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/novost\/start-of-it-community-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Start of IT Community Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The IT Community\nRegion project held its opening conference in an interesting and unusual venue:\nthe Magenta 1 Waterbus, docked on the Danube river in Vukovar.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT Community Region is one of 19\nprojects contracted within the 2nd Call for Proposals. The project aims to\nencourage cooperation of IT professionals from Croatia and Serbia and create\nnew opportunities for IT professionals and freelancers in Vukovar and Subotica.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening conference, held on 4 December aboard\nthe Magenta Waterbus (Vukovar\u2019s electro-solar boat used for tours and\nexhibitions), was a chance to present upcoming activities. Project partners &#8211;\nOpen University Subotica Ltd., Adult Education Institution Studium, Vukovar\nDevelopment Agency Ltd and Regional Development Agency Panonreg \u2013 will work on developing\nnew solutions, such as distance learning systems, virtual fairs and eSME\nsupport, and organizing new IT-tailored trainings and education programs. IT\nCommunity Region also plans to set up two centers for educational and\nentrepreneurship support in Vukovar and Subotica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Projekat &quot;IT Community Region&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CfFRCQ-awcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives of partner institutions\nhighlighted the project\u2019s role in creating new opportunities and bringing IT-related\neducational programs to border regions of Croatia and Serbia. <em>&#8220;We will organize three training\ncourses regarding 3D modelling, graphic design and virtual and augmented\nreality in Vukovar. In addition to training courses, we plan to set up\ne-learning courses.&#8221;<\/em> said Ana Gale, director of Studium. Vladimir\nPerovi\u0107, representative of Open University Subotica, announced setting up of IT-related\neducational programs that will benefit the community of Subotica as well. IT\nprofessionals from both sides of the border will be connected via cross-border\nweb-based platform, allowing cooperation, knowledge and experience exchange. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A panel discussion titled \u201c<strong>IT sector \u2013 where do we want to be?<\/strong>\u201d\nwas held after the presentations. In addition to project representatives, the\ndiscussion hosted representatives of IT companies, including Sa\u0161a\nSalamon from Code\nConsulting (Vukovar), Mario Levani\u0107 from Informatika Fortuno (Vinkovci)\nand Oliver Guganovi\u0107 from ICT Cluster Subotica. The discussion\nfocused on specific problems concerning lack of skilled professionals that the\nregion is faced with, as well as new opportunities that will be created by the project.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-1536x1108.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region-2048x1477.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Start-of-IT-Community-Region.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The <strong>IT Community Region<\/strong> project (full title\n\u201cCreation and fostering of common cooperating cross-border IT entrepreneurial\ncommunity\u201d) is implemented by partners from Croatia and Serbia within the\nProgramme Priority Axis 4: Enhancing competitiveness and developing business\nenvironment in the programme area. The total budget of the project is <strong>524.393,45 EUR<\/strong> and the total EU\nco-financing is 445.734,41 EUR of <strong>ERDF<\/strong>\nand <strong>IPA II<\/strong> funds. The project\nstarted on 1 June 2019 and will finish on 31 May 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4073,"template":"","news-category":[27],"project-category":[86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novost\/4072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/novost"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-category?post=4072"},{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/interreg-croatia-serbia.eu\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=4072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}