Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation

Find out more about digital transformation and smart specialisation priorities of the ERNACT regions

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Construction

Digital Foundations

Advanced Broadband

South Ostrobothnia : Companies responsible of building broadband; municipalities, farms

Digital Skills

West Romania : Upgrade of Tier 1 & 2 (Automotive) + vocational training in emerging industries; DIH, EEN - upskiling to exploit ICT technologies in all smart specialisation sectors and boost digital transformation of SMEs;

South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS and vocational educational and training (VET) organisations of the region (Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs

Digital Research

West Romania : E-Austria Research & Development (ICT Center of excelence); Vest University of Timisoara, Polytechnic Univeristy, regional mutinationals, ETA2U innovation and Technology Transfer Center

South Ostrobothnia : University Consortium of Seinäjoki (UCS) and Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (UAS); Digital factory

Upper Franconia : Knowledge transfer, training, and research with regional business and stakeholders within the fields of: AI VR AR Robotics Interaction design Hypertext (information & knowledge management) Market research Product testing Use of digitalisation tech

Smart City & Region

Smart Energy

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into SeinÃ¤joki

Mobility as a Service

South Ostrobothnia : Main responsibililty state and municipalities; RCSO, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Public Services

West Romania : Capital of Culture Projects (Digital - Creative), "Upgrade My City" (Construction)

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Intelligent Infrastructure

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Spatial Planning

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, SO Wellbeing Services County, BDOs like Into SeinÃ¤joki; SYKE (Finnish Environment Institiute) has open environment and spatial data available

Digital Innovation

Open Data

South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS and UCS, BDOs like Into Seinäjoki; RIS3 thematic netwooks of Agrifood; High Tech Farming, Traceability and Big Data, Smart Sensors, Food Systems

West Romania : ICT Cluster. RDA West, public-private partnerships

Open Innovation Test Beds

West Romania : Development of centers of competences at county level covering entire West Region; Support the development of regional test beds of stakeholders (i.e Nokia Garage)

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk/ EDIH will develop to helpt to test before investing; IOT Compass Hub for manufacturing/SeAMK; Metaverse/SeAMK; Into, SeAMK/Food Lab

Digital Innovation Hubs

West Romania : Start-up Hubs (Digital - Large Tech); CIT Cluster, Competence Centers, Innovation Agency

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seinäjoki UAS, business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki / Skaalaamo Start Up Hub Seinäjoki, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs, IOT Compass digital innovation hub

Stimulate Digital Startups

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk, Into and other BDOs, municipalities, businesses

Industry 4.0

West Romania : Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) cooperation (test before invest, good practices, case studies)

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seinäjoki UAS / Digital Factory, VET organisations of the region (Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs , cluster and ecosystem

Research Procurement

West Romania : ICT Cluster

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County

University in Innovation

West Romania : Digital Innovation Hub, Regional Innovation Agency

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk, UCS (together with BDOs ?)

Grow Existing ICT SME Cluster

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk and educational organisations of the region (VET Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs

West Romania : Support SMEs explore new business mdoels, new applications of latest technologies (ie.AI)

Transform Traditional SMEs

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk and educational organisations of the region (VET Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs

Circular Economy

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seinäjoki UAS and VET organisations of the region (Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs

West Romania : Pilot projects and test beds for ICT technologies that enable circular economy business models

Remote Working

South Ostrobothnia : Businesses and private organisations; UCS, Seamk and educational organisations of the region (VET Sedu), business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, RCSO, municipalities

Innovation ecosystems

Upper Franconia : Sponge region & Smart cities AI centres connect existing clusters

Digital Transformation Technologies

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS / Digital Factory, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health)

Upper Franconia : Multimodal AI assistants: Chat assistants that can also be controlled by normal conversation or gestures Transfer Ai skills

Data Analytics

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies

Robotics

South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies

Blockchain

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk; companies (e.g. food sector)

Cybersecurity

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk, Into and other BDOs, municipalities, services, businesses

3D Printing

West Romania : Parts & Prototype (Automotive), Testing (Food), Entertainment (Digital - Creative), Testing - Dental (Life & Health Sciences), Models (Construction)

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk, Into for business development, UCS, companies

Virtual Reality (VR)

West Romania : Training & Design (Automotive), Gaming (Digital - Large Tech & Creative), Training (Life & Health Services), Simulation (Construction)

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk/Metaverse, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies

Internet of Things (IoT)

West Romania : Manufacturing (Automotive), All Industries (Digital - Large Tech), Packaging & Logistics (Food Production), Smart Metering (Construction)

South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS / IOT Hub for manufacturing, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies