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On 05.07.2018 another meeting took place with the participation of NordicHouse as part of the EU project SKILLS + „Supporting knowledge capacity of ICT SME to engage in growth and innovation by improving regional policies and infrastructure” under the INTERREG Europe program.

NordicHouse has on 05.07.2018 held in its headquartersa a meeting with representatives of the start-up and cluster environment from Poland and Ukraine. Ukraine was represented by our partner, Nataly Veremeeva from Kyiv IT Cluster, (www.itcluster.kiev.ua/en), which we met during the EU High Level Dialogue visit in Kiev this year. On the Polish side, we hosted Marta Diana Koziarska from the Reaktor company (www.reaktorwarsaw.com) and Paweł Kulona from # OMGKRK-Krakow Startup Community (www.omgkrk.com). 

On 30.06.2018, NordicHouse as main operator of SPCleantech sent together with 5 other partners an application to EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation for funds for the project “Cleantech Innovation Hubs transnational framework for fostering Green and Knowledge Economy by bringing innovations closer to market”.

On 02.07.2018 a meeting of the working group was held at the NordicHouse headquarters as part of the SPCleantech members “CleanTech House” project. The design group consisting of architectural companies, manufacturers and institutions participate aims to develop modular prefabricated wooden houses based on the technology proposed by the PalettenWerk company.

The main task of the NordicHouse is in addition to building the potential of individual companies, initiating and supporting cooperation groups and consortia operating locally to limit global climate change by using the latest green, clean technologies (cleantech), including digital ones. A great example of this type of cooperation with the involvement of NordicHouse is cooperation and proposals of partners, this time Warsaw companies, Bjerg Arkitekter and KiDS & Co.

On 11th june 2018, NordicHouse as main co-owner of SPCleantech participated in a Workshop for cooperation for Smart City Clusters from Visegrad Group countries V4 (Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic) organized by Slovak University of Technology in Poprad (Slovakia) and Slovak Smart City Cluster.

On 20.06.2018, NordicHouse together with SPCleantech organized, in cooperation with AGH and Zielone Podhale, the conference “Energy self-sufficient municipalities?”. The conference took place at Centrum Informatyki, AGH in Kraków. The patron of the conference was the Ministry of Energy, and the partner was the Association of Municipalities and Districts of Małopolska (SGPM).

NordicHouse organized on 05 – 09.06.2018 in cooperation with Business Finland Developer’s Workshop for the Association of Builders Houses and Housing (SBDiM) and SPCleantech for 42 architects and developers, members of SBDiM in Helsinki (Fi). The program of the workshops included many visits to architectural companies, organizations, institutions and the Helsinki City Hall. 

On 24.05.2018 Johan Wasberg, development manager from our partner cluster Merinova from Vaasa in Finland visited NordicHouse. During the meeting in Krakow further cooperation and participation in common projects in Baltic Sea Region Innovation Express and others were discussed and agreed on.

On 05.05.2018 NordicHouse participated in Grand Opening of BLOX, the new Scandinavian destination for architecture, design, construction and urban development. After more than 10 years of preparations, Realdania’s amazing BLOX building on Copenhagen’s harbour front was officially opened. Her Majesty Quinn of Denmark, Margarethe II took part in this ceremony.