Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation

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Food Production

Digital Foundations

Advanced Broadband

South Ostrobothnia : Companies responsible of building broadband; municipalities, private companies

Ljubljana : Infrastructure to support Smart cities and smart villages projects. Special attention to digital infrastructure (5G, IoT) in agriculture.

Cantabria : Territorial cohesion, Digitalisation

Gaeltacht : Cooperate with Ireland's national broadband plan to prioritise and maximise the rollout of high speed broadband in Gaeltacht areas listed in the plan.

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

Ljubljana : - Collaboration in Pact 4 Skills; Prediction of future skills needed; Programs for digital skills for companies, public administrators and local authorities. - Advanced ICT training, covering all the topics in this document in Ljubljana partner

Cantabria : Manufacturing (Metalic Transformation)

Nièvre : Nevers Agglomération/Urban Area, Nièvre County Council, SMEs, NGOs

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

Ljubljana : -6G use cases exploration for standardisation support, user/community need and pricing/reward mechanisms -Research equipment

South Ostrobothnia : University Consortium of Seinäjoki (UCS) and Seamk

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, Burgundy University, ISAT (School for automotive engineers) NGOs

Smart City & Region

Smart Energy

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Health District (will be a part of the new social-and health care region); BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Mobility as a Service

South Ostrobothnia : Main responsibililty state and municipalities; RCSO, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County (the new social-and health care region); BDOs like Into SeinÃ¤joki

Public Services

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Health District (will be a part of the new social-and health care region); BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Intelligent Infrastructure

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Health District (will be a part of the new social-and health care region); BDOs like Into Seinäjoki

Newfoundland & Labrador :

Spatial Planning

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Health District (will be a part of the new social-and health care region); BDOs like Into Seinäjoki; SYKE (Finnish Environment Institiute) has open environment and nature data available

Ljubljana : For concrete needs of the municipalities

Cantabria :

Digital Innovation

Open Data

South Ostrobothnia : Seamk and UCS, BDOs like Into Seinäjoki; RIS3 thematic netwooks of Agrifood; Traceability and Big Data, Smart Sensors; EDIH and other DIHs

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

Cantabria :

Digital Innovation Hubs

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

South Ostrobothnia : UCS, Seamk, business development organisations e.g. Into Seinäjoki, municipalities, businesses - especially SMEs, IOT compass Hub/Seamk; EDIH/Seamk (if approved); Food Hub/Into; companies/SMEs

Cantabria : Accelerator Programme (Life & Health Sciences & Food Production)

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, SMEs, NGOs

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

Cantabria : Hub (Life & Health Sciences, Food Production)

Gaeltacht :

Research Procurement

West Romania : ICT Cluster

South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County (the new social-and health care region)

Ljubljana : This part can be covered in the DIH part.

Cantabria : Professionalisation (Life & Health Services, Food Production), New Research & Development Groups ( Manufacturing - Chemistry), Export/Import (Manufacturing - Metalic Transformation)

University in Innovation

West Romania : Digital Innovation Hub, Regional Innovation Agency

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

Ljubljana : Support and increase knowledge transfer

Cantabria :

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

Cantabria : Process to Launch (Food Production), New Programme (Manufacturing -Chemistry )

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

Transform Traditional SMEs

West Romania : Test new instruments/ develop new platforms (i.e continue initative to "Arome Proprii" Niche Pilot)

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

Ljubljana : Based on the structure of the Slovene economy, this is very important for us.

San Sebastián : Dendatics, Digital training, Digital transformation programme for retail, hospitality and services, DMAT

Circular Economy

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

Digital Transformation Technologies

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Andalucia :

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

Ljubljana : - Applicative use of AI in smart cities and smart villages - AI ethics research, new digital skills to broaden economic inclusivity (Mapping approaches, needs of regions, industry sectors, society)

Data Analytics

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

Ljubljana : Data analytics for better desicion making

Robotics

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

Newfoundland & Labrador :

Blockchain

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

Ljubljana : - M2M and user applications, e.g. (short)supply chain monitoring resistant to modification, efficient and verifiable. - Applicative use of blockhain in smart cities and smart villages

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

Cantabria : Manufacturing (Metalic Transformation)

Virtual Reality (VR)

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 : Seamk IOT Hub for manufacturing, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies

Ljubljana : Smart cities and smart villages contexts - digitalisation in agriculture

Cantabria : New Factory Layouts (Automotive), Manufacturing (Chemistry & Metalic Transformation), Long Range Sensors (Food Production)

Newfoundland & Labrador :