i3.0 Strategic Partnership for Community Innovation

In 2023, marking the 20th anniversary of the National Foundation, a new and innovative investment in society development in Croatia was launched through i3.0 Strategic Partnership for Community Innovation within the "Community Potential" program.

This innovation by the National Foundation was based on the co-management and joint action between strategic partners and the National Foundation, introducing a new way of supporting social (and economic) development in the Republic of Croatia and the Euro-Mediterranean region, presenting the third innovation in supporting the organized civil society and the development of society as a whole. Hence the name i3.0, which represents the third version (3.0) of the National Foundation's social innovation. The first innovation, back in 2004, was launched in the form of institutional support for the stabilization and/or development of civil society organizations, while the second innovation, in 2015, was introduced during the European Year of Development and marked the 10-year anniversary of the National Foundation, implemented in the form of Thematic Fund "Democratization and civil society development 2.0".

The "Community Potential" Program aims to contribute to the further development of society and the potential of local communities through new models of innovations designed, led and implemented by change-makers within the involved communities. The following i3.0 Strategic Partnerships were established for the implementation of this Program:

Sustainable Development of Local Communities in Croatia and the Euro-Mediterranean - with a consortium made by the international organization EURAC Research and the local partner Foundation for Sustainable Development of Local Communities and Tourism - Zora;
New models of Knowledge for Society Development in Croatia and across the Euro-Mediterranean - with a consortium made by the international foundation Relatomics Foundation and the Incubator for new technologies "Trokut Šibenik";
Culture: an Inter-Generational bridge in Croatia and the Euro-Mediterranean - with Public Institution in Culture "Fortress of Culture" Šibenik
Philanthropy and Social Innovation - with European Foundation for Philanthropy and Society Development.

In its first year of implementation, the Program will be implemented in 9 cities and 11 secondary schools from 3 Croatian counties (LIST), where more than 100 young, and people of the third age (60+) will be involved, as change-makers, that will act as creators of positive changes in their respective communities, developing initiatives and activities in order to contribute to activating the innovation and potentials of the cities involved in this program.