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InterReg CE FabLabNet Launching Event, Budapest, 28-30.03.2017.

FabLab.hr partner je na dva europska projekta. Jedan od njih, InterReg CE FabLabNet, nastoji umrežavanjem FabLabova u središnjoj Europi potaknuti inovativnost i kreativnost, podići razinu vještina u ovoj regiji, kao i odgovoriti na neke konkretne društvene izazove.

Partneri iz devet srednjoeuropskih zemalja udružili su snage kako bi digitalnu fabrikaciju približili široj publici i potaknuli inovacije. Glavni ciljevi FabLabNet projekta su razviti nove oblike aktivnosti koje će se na međunarodnom planu utjecati na pozitivne promjene u društvu, unapređenje školovanja i razvoj i poticanje poslovnih i poduzetničkih ideja, kako bi se u konačnici središnja Europa postala konkurentnija. Povezivanjem FabLabova u centralnoj Europi postiže se razmjena znanja, iskustava ali i resursa čime se doprinosi dugoročnim ciljevima projekta.

O tim se temama raspravljalo u Budimpešti, na tematskom sastanku održanom 28-30. ožujka. 2017. U prvom, konferencijskom dijelu, govornici poput Joa Crossa iz eNabling the Future inicijative, ili pak Jarija Ognibenija, Izvršnog direktora talijanskog Hardware Start-up akceleratora Industrio, ali i niza drugih zanimljivih govornika, predstavili su važnu ulogu koju Fablabovi imaju u društvenim inicijativama ili pak poslovanju.

Prvi dan je bio i izložbeni dan, pa smo se imali prilike upoznati sa zanimljivim rješenjima projektnih partnera.  Kroz sljedeća dva dana, na zatvorenom dijelu sastanka raspravljalo se o samom tijeku projekta, sljedećim koracima i aktivnostima, o kojima ćemo vas i mi redovito izvještavati.

 

FabLab.hr is a partner in two European projects, one of them being InterReg CE FabLabNet, which aims at encouraging innovation and creativity through networking of FabLabs, capacity building and providing solutions to some of the immediate societal challenges the region is facing.

Partners from nine Central European countries joined forces to bring digital fabrication to the larger public and boost regional innovation.  FabLabNet main outcomes include several new format activities developed at transnational level to help community building, business development and advanced training.  The overall desired long lasting effect of the project is to increase competitiveness across the Central Europe. FabLabNet project connects the FabLabs around Central Europe for best practice exchanges, as well as sharing of resources in order to support the project’s long term goals.

The above topice were also discussed during the thematic meeting that took place in Budapest, March 28-30, 2017.  The first day of the meeting was conference-style and it attracted wider audiences. FabLab roles in societal changes were discussed by a number of key-note speakers as well as through panel discussions, and so were discussed the roles of FabLabs as business accelerators. We would like to single out the insights provided by Joe Cross from eNabling the Future initiave or by Jari Ognibeni, CEO of Industrio, a hardware start-up accelerator. The first day of the thematic meeting was also the exhibition day, and the partners presented some of their innovative solutions.

During the next two days, the project partners discussed the project status, next steps and the upcoming activities, on which we will keep you posted.