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E-business

The main objective of the E-business Competitiveness Improvement Project is to enhance thecompetitiveness of Croatian enterprises by increasing their e-business and e-commerce awareness and activities.

 

The Project’s main partner is the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship of the Republic of Croatia. Development of e-business is a key objective of the Government of Croatia, reflected in the overall e-Croatia strategy.

The Project is also keen to co-operate with other institutions and the business community in developing the e-business skills and the competitiveness of Croatian small businesses.

The E-business Competitiveness Improvement Project is funded by the European Union’s IPA Regional Competitiveness Programme and the Government of Croatia. The Project lasts for 22 months – from May 2010 to March 2012.

Partners

The Project's main partner is the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship (MELE).

In addition, ten Business Support Centres (BSCs) have been selected on merit through a competitive process to work with the Project. The ten centres are:

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  1. IDA, Pula
  2. PORIN, Rijeka
  3. ZADRA, Zadar
  4. TPZ, Zagreb
  5. REDEA, Čakovec
  6. PORA, Koprivnica
  7. SIMORA, Sisak
  8. CTR, Slavonski Brod
  9. Poduzetnički centar, Pakrac
  10. BIOS, Osijek

Full contact details for each of the Project Partners are given on the Partners page

Activities

The Project's activities are divided into two components and targets both Business Support Centres and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).

Component 1 – for Business Support Centres

Component 1 focuses on increasing the capacity of the 10 Business Support Centres (BSCs) located throughout Croatia, which have been selected to take part in the Project.

  • Assistance and support is being given to the Business Support Centres to develop an ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) strategy to enhance the knowledge and skills of SMEs in the field of e-business. This will be achieved by the BSCs delivering quality information, education, training and advice to SMEs on how to use ICT and conduct e-business.
  • Up to ten people in each of the 10 selected Business Support Centres will take part in a training and mentoring programme covering different aspects of e-business.
  • ICT equipment needs have been assessed and technical specifications prepared for the supply of equipment for every selected Business Support Centre.

Component 2 – for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

In Component 2 the Business Support Centres, with the support of the Project consultants, will raiseSME awareness in their regions about e-business and deliver direct assistance on ICT and e-business to targeted SMEs.

  • The Business Support Centres will be expected to carry out two awareness-raising campaigns with support of the Project and to follow this with the delivery of at least two local e-business awareness-raising seminars with 25 participants in each seminar.
  • After successfully delivering the ICT seminars, Business Support Centres with Project support will be expected to deliver at least three workshops to SMEs offering training to around 20 participants aimed at increasing levels of expertise in use of ICT and e-business.

Consortium

The Project is implemented by ECORYS Polska in consortium with S&T Services Polska.