Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation
Find out more about digital transformation and smart specialisation priorities of the ERNACT regions

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Region Coat of Arms Gaeltacht
   Digital Foundations
Advanced Broadband
Cooperate with Ireland's national broadband plan to prioritise and maximise the rollout of high speed broadband in Gaeltacht areas listed in the plan.
 
   Blue Ocean
   Food Production
   Large Tech
   Life & Health Sciences
   Public Services
   Sustainable Energy
   Tourism & Culture
Digital Research
Initiative to influence the digital research priorities being conducted in NUIG and the Institutes of Technology on the West coast (Tralee, Limerick, GMIT, Sligo, Letterkenny) to ensure it meets priorities in Gaeltacht targeted S3.
 
   Blue Ocean
   Tourism & Culture
Digital Skills
Flagship language learning project based on close links with TG4 resources + virtual reality platform aimed at all Gaeltacht population + distinct communities in that. This could be conceived with Basque, Finnish & Slovenian language interests
 
   Blue Ocean
   Tourism & Culture
   Digital Innovation
Open Innovation Test Beds
Develop open innovation test beds in blue ocean, language, performing arts (TG4), music
 
   Tourism & Culture
Digital Innovation Hubs
Utilise the network of hubs as providers of higher level innovation services and knowledge transfer from 3rd level Increase the quality of innovation services being provided by specialisation (VR, Robotics, performing arts, language, creative digital
 
Grow Existing ICT SME Cluster
Complete an inventory/analysis of existing Gaeltacht population of ICT companies to identify new opportunities linked to VR, robotics.
 
Industry 4.0
 
   Food Production
Stimulate Digital Startups
Target startups and inward investment company's in VR, digital creative, event, media, broadcasting, gaming.
 
   Tourism & Culture
   Digital Transformation Technologies
Robotics
Establish VR applied research initiative with 3rd level as basis for innovation in the blue ocean and performing arts sectors.
 
   Blue Ocean
   Tourism & Culture
Virtual Reality (VR)
Establish VR applied research initiative with 3rd level sectors and TG4 as basis for innovation in the blue ocean, tourism & culture (language and performing arts - music and drama)
 
   Blue Ocean
   Tourism & Culture
   Smart City & Region
Intelligent Infrastructure
Create a smart performing arts zone attached to an existing gTeic hub Continue to develop the the smart seabed potential resulting from Marine Institute/NUIG/Smart Bay and link it to Parc na Mara marine innovation centre (gTeic to be setup there).
 
   Blue Ocean
   Tourism & Culture
Public Services
Identification of a range of digital services that can assist retention and expansion of the use of Irish in the home, school, work and community life. This can include language learning,
 
   Public Services
Core ERNACT regions
Newfoundland & Labrador
Canada
South Ostrobothnia
Finland
Nièvre
France
Upper Franconia
Germany
Donegal
Ireland
Gaeltacht
Ireland
West Romania
Romania
Ljubljana
Slovenia
Cantabria
Spain
Västernorrland
Sweden
Derry & Strabane
United Kingdom