{"id":11364,"date":"2025-05-15T11:49:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&#038;p=11364"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:54:06","slug":"smile-incubator","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/project\/smile-incubator\/","title":{"rendered":"SMILE Incubator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-08.54.53-1-1024x336.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-08.54.53-1-1024x336.png 1024w, https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-08.54.53-1-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-08.54.53-1-768x252.png 768w, https:\/\/uzor.me\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-14-at-08.54.53-1.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title of the project:&nbsp;<\/strong>Social media leadership incubator for Danube region<strong><br>Acronym:<\/strong>&nbsp;SMILE Incubator<br><strong>Project manager:<\/strong>&nbsp;Assoc. Prof. dr. Simona Kukovi\u010d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Programme:<\/strong>&nbsp;Interreg Danube Transnational Programme<br><strong>Total Project budget:<\/strong>&nbsp;1.960.000,00 \u20ac<br><strong>Interreg finds:<\/strong>&nbsp;1.568.000,00\u20ac<br><strong>Lead partner budget:<\/strong>&nbsp; 267.500,00 \u20ac<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;30 months<br><strong>Project start:<\/strong>&nbsp;01.04.2025.<br><strong>Project end:<\/strong>&nbsp;30.09.2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Web site of the project:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/interreg-danube.eu\/projects\/smile-incubator\">https:\/\/interreg-danube.eu\/projects\/smile-incubator<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Partnership:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lead partner:<\/strong>&nbsp;School of Advanced Social Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FI\u0160 \u2013 Faculty of information Studies Novo mesto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rudolfovo \u2013Science and Tecnological Centre Novo mesto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FOSTER EUROPE \u2013 Foster Europe, Foundation for strong European regions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CPCD \u2013 Center for Civil Society Promotion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>REGLO \u2013 Research Centre \u201cRegional and Global Development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RIT \u2013 Rochester Institute of Technology Zagreb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MUP \u2013 Metropolitan University Prague<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SEZ \u2013 STEINBEIS 2I GMBH<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>STRIA \u2013 South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OIKUMENA \u2013 NGO OIKUMENA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UZOR \u2013 Association for Responsible and Sustainable Development&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UBB \u2013 Babe\u0219-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DAREC \u2013 Danube Area Research Center&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EUBA \u2013 University of Economics in Bratislava<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IRMI \u2013 International Institute for Regional Media and Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associated partners:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The City of Vienna\/EU Funding Agency Ltd.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Central Danube Development Agency Nonprofit Ltd.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Association of Municipalities and Towns of Slovenia&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Romanian Institute For Research On National Minorities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project description:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, the DR\u2019s most remote rural communities have experienced drastic emigration rates and a subsequent brain drain; they face an ageing population, retaining their youth, and attracting new citizens. Increasing demographic change is widening the gap between urban and rural areas, so there is an urgent need to address the key challenges facing rural areas in particular. In addition, life is changing dramatically in the age of digitalisation. ICTs enable individuals to access information, communicate and work remotely and are changing the media space where the importance of social networks is rapidly increasing. This means a diversification of information sources and enables citizens to play an active role in public communication. Since 2008, Europe has been confronted with constant crises that have had a significant social, economic and political impact on people\u2019s lives. Popular dissatisfaction is reflected in the reactions on social networks, where a lot of misinformation has emerged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DR was by no means exempt from the above trends. In order to contribute to the strengthening of institutional capacities for territorial and macro-regional governance (DTP\u2019s SO4.2), the engagement of the (young) population in public dialogue is of utmost importance (EUSDR PA10 (action 7, target 7.1). Furthermore, media communication skills are an integral part of the civic competences (PA9) required for sustainable democracy. The proposed SMILE Incubator project recognises the urgent need for action and aims to empower youth living in rural areas by providing them with the essential skills, competences and tools. Through targeted campaigns and initiatives, the project seeks to reverse current trends by equipping young people with the necessary resources to succeed in their rural environment. In this way, sustainable development and resilience is promoted in these communities, which need active and innovative political leaders who encourage investment in human capital, motivation and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SMILE Incubator will be managed and implemented by a diverse but balanced consortium of 20 partners (LP, 15 PPs, and 4 ASPs) from all 14 countries of the DR, with complementary competences, experience and expertise, creating synergies that will lead to high relevance and quality of results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Project main aim:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main objective of the project is to develop a transnational Social Media Leadership Incubator for rural youth that will serve as a mechanism to strengthen leadership skills and empowerment, thus contributing to the development of sustainable democracies in the DR. The main target group is youth from underdeveloped rural communities, but activities will also aimed at academics, NGOs, the public sector and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specific objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building leadership capacity and social media skills will encourage youth participation in active citizenship and ultimately the future leadership of rural communities in the DR. These objectives will be achieved through three SOs (divided into 12 activities and 39 different deliverables) and series of outputs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SO1 is dedicated to assessing the state of youth participation and leadership in the DR. Policy guidelines to strengthen social media and rural youth leadership will be developed through workshops.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SO2 aims to build a cooperation network between different actors in the field of youth leadership.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Under SO3, the project will focus on developing social media leadership capacity-building tools for rural youth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title of the project:&nbsp;Social media leadership incubator for Danube regionAcronym:&nbsp;SMILE IncubatorProject manager:&nbsp;Assoc. Prof. dr. Simona Kukovi\u010d Programme:&nbsp;Interreg Danube Transnational ProgrammeTotal Project budget:&nbsp;1.960.000,00 \u20acInterreg finds:&nbsp;1.568.000,00\u20acLead partner budget:&nbsp; 267.500,00 \u20ac Project duration:&nbsp;30 monthsProject start:&nbsp;01.04.2025.Project end:&nbsp;30.09.2027. 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