On May 20, the Kick-off meeting of the TECHERA project "A new technology era in the Adriatic Sea - Big data sharing and analytics for a circular sea economy" will take place in Ravenna (Italy), at a hall of the Municipality of Ravenna - Palazzo Rasponi Dalle Teste, Via Luca Longhi n. 9, Ravenna (Italy), from 2:15 to 6:00 PM.

TECHERA project is co-funded by the Interreg Italy-Croatia Cooperation Program 2014-2020 under Cluster 1 "Connectivity from the sea: data driven solution in the sea economy" and is the result of the capitalization of 6 projects ADRIREEF, FAIRSEA, ITACA, SUSHIDROP, PRIZEFISH and BLUE KEP that have tested innovative practices and approaches.

The project's objectives are:

- Develop a cross-sector cluster for data sharing, capitalizing on the approach, models and results of the FAIRSEA, SUSHIDROP and ADRIREEF projects

- Contribute to smart specialization and the adoption of advanced technologies to increase the competitiveness of enterprises in the fisheries sector, capitalizing on the apps developed under the ITACA and PRIZEFISH projects as well as the ecological indicators for the purpose of seafood certification developed by the latter

- Promoting innovative career paths in the blue economy, capitalizing on the mobility programs and education system developed by the BLUE KEP project and the FAIRSEA project approach

The project started on April 1, 2022, after approval by Interreg Italy-Croatia CBC Programme, and involves the following cross-border partners:

LP Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Department of Electrical Energy and Information Engineering "Guglielmo Marconi" - Lead Partner (Italy)

PP1 ASSAM (Italy)

PP2 Adriatic-Ionian Euroregion (Croatia)

PP3 Municipality of Ravenna (Italy)

PP4 OGS - National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (Italy)

PP5 VENETO REGION'S AGENCY for the innovation in the primary sector-Veneto Agricoltura (Italy)

PP6 Zadar County (Croatia)

PP7 Ministry of Agriculture (Croatia).

The first project meeting will be attended by all partners to present the project, define the work plan, calendar of activities and future project events.

For more information: TECHERA project description

Lead Partner contact

Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna

Luca De Marchi

E-mail: l.demarchi@unibo.it