MISSION4WATER – Interreg IPA Adrion
MISSION4WATER- Multidisciplinary strategic partnership providing innovative SolutIons to reduce pOllutants dispersion in WATER is a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral strategic partnership which aims to unlock the innovation potential of SMEs across IPA ADRION countries, fostering collaboration among diverse actors in the innovation ecosystem and cross-border and cross-value-chain collaborations. The Project focuses on reducing the dispersion of pollutants and microplastics in water, with particular attention to the textile and household laundry supply chain.
The Project started the 1st September 2024, lasts 36 months and is running.
OBJECTIVES
Financed under the Specific Objective – SO 1.1: Strengthening innovation capacities in the Adriatic – Ionian region, the Project is conceived to deal with the following specific objectives:
- (Work Package 1) Building and reinforcing MISSION4WATER shared vision, on the topics of collaboration, innovation and fight against water pollutants, starting from the stakeholders’ needs and priorities on IPA Adrion territories;
- (WP 2) Supporting knowledge sharing and training actions among the different involved actors (enterprises, universities, associations and NGOs);
- (WP 3) Matchmaking events among SMEs, Universities and experts, according to quadruple helix logic;
- (WP 4) Launching laboratories of co-participatory action (co-innovation Labs), focused on collaborative projects involving 2- 3 actors each and with well-defined applied innovation objectives;
- (WP 5) MISSION4WATER Ahead, building a strong and effective collaboration among diverse actors of the innovation process, through the development of a MISSION4WATER Co-Innovation model.
PROJECT PARTNERS
- Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Italy) (Project coordinator);
- Elettrotecnica Rold Srl (Italy)
- PlanetCare Limited (Slovenija)
- Textile Trade Association – Textile Cluster (North Macedonia)
- Institut za Hidrotehniku d.d. Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Zero Waste Montenegro (Montenegro)
- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (Croazia)
- Istrian Development Agency – IDA d.o.o. (Croazia)
- Foundation Milieukontakt Albania (Albania)