ŠtartUP is a sports and social event organized by the University of Primorska to kick off the new academic year.

The event was organized on 5 October in Koper. At the event participated more than 500 participants, most of them were students. Both freshmen and senior students connected with each other and with more than 55 local organisations, associations, institutions and companies that participated in the event. The aim was to raise students' interest in their services and future job opportunities.

The National Institute of Biology (NIB) collected information from the students to fill out two surveys: one about their interest in conservation and the second about their knowledge of marine blue biotechnologies as well as their opinion on cosmetic products containing marine bio-components. More than 180 students took part in the surveys and discussed nature, the sea and blue biotechnologies.

The collected feedback will be used for the implementation of 2 Interreg Euro Med projects – the governance project Community4Nature and the thematic project 2B-BLUE.

Photos and video: University of Primorska