{"id":41299,"date":"2025-12-10T15:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=41299"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T14:58:24","slug":"president-milanovic-meets-with-members-of-the-fablab-association","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-meets-with-members-of-the-fablab-association\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 Meets with Members of the FabLab Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 met today with members of the FabLab Association, a non-profit civil society organization founded in 2013. The Association aims to reshape educational processes through cooperation between institutional and non-institutional education, promote the involvement of individuals and groups in innovation development, support small and medium-sized enterprises, and generally foster the digital transformation of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Presenting FabLab \u2013 a fabrication laboratory \u2013 the Association\u2019s president, Robert Vdovi\u0107, highlighted that these labs are conceived as open spaces where individuals, students, entrepreneurs, and hobbyists can experiment, learn, design, and create. Although the concept is widespread globally, with more than 2,600 such workshops, Croatia currently has only one FabLab, which Vdovi\u0107 believes is not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to participating in global actions and initiatives, the FabLab Association also designs and implements its own projects, such as the Adriatic Green Lab, which aims to promote digital production in isolated communities, including island communities; Designing the Future Academy, a programme that supports the development of new skills needed in the labour market; the Network of Local STEM Ecosystems; and Maker Expo Zagreb, an event showcasing individuals and groups working in creative technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the president of FabLab Zagreb, Association members Bojan Baleti\u0107, Richard Edgeler, and Tatjana Jak\u0161i\u0107 also attended the meeting at the Office of the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107 was accompanied by Jadranka \u017darkovi\u0107, Adviser to the President of the Republic for Education.<\/p>\n\n\n<!--GALLERY BLOCK-->\n<div class=\"c-lightbox-gallery js-lightbox\">\n                <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0052-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0052-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0125-1-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0125-1-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0125-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0125-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0136-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0136-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n                    <!--single-->\n            <a data-no-swup class=\"c-lightbox-gallery__single js-lightbox-single\"\n               href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0148-1024x576.jpg\"\n               style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/DSC_0148-768x432.jpg')\"><\/a>\n            <!--end single-->\n        <\/div>\n<!--end GALLERY BLOCK-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Dario Andri\u0161ek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 met today with members of the FabLab Association, a non-profit civil society organization founded in 2013. 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