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AGRI-DIGITAL GROWTH

Empowering agricultural innovation

Farmers and food companies are slower in adopting digital technologies in comparison to other sectors. It is therefore necessary to make farms and food industries aware of digitalisation advantages and benefits, in particular by providing them with success stories and testing with them how a technology can concretely be useful. The AGRI-DIGITAL GROWTH project introduces central European farmers and food companies to precision and ...

BIM4CE

Optimising bridge maintenance

Bridges are critical transport infrastructure and need regular maintenance to be safe. Smart systems help with monitoring and allow to optimise maintenance processes. But they carry a high price tag. The BIM4CE project designs a new bridge management solution that will be effective for less money. The solution will be based on already existing technology and scalable. It will pave the way not only ...

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BURNOUT PREVENT

Beating burnout at the workplace

The prevalence of anxiety, burnout syndrome, and depression at the workplace increases. Such health issues account for over 20% of all sick leaves. The BURNOUT PREVENT project strengthens entrepreneurial skills and develops innovative service solutions for an improved burnout prevention in selected industry sectors. In this process, the partners consider three main aspects of burnout: the corporate environment, spare time and digital stress. Their ...

Capacity2Transform

Building capacity for digital, green and creative business transformation

Many companies lack internal capacities for transforming their business models to a more sustainable one. The Capacity2Transform project promoted innovative business support scheme that systematically help companies to adapt and bring more sustainable products and solutions to the market. Project connected businesses, training institutions, research organisations and policy makers into a supportive digital, green and creative innovation ECOSYSTEM and supported the efforts of CCIs ...

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COEUS

Helping companies to go digital in a responsible way

The digital transformation is putting established ways of doing business to the test. This offers opportunities, but also harbours risks. Companies have to be aware of their digital responsibilities to shape the process of digitalisation and guarantee it serves the best interests of citizens. The COEUS project supports small and medium companies to meet legal requirements and make digital responsibility a normal part of ...

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CREDIT4CE

Helping regions to speed up the green transition of small companies

Small and medium enterprises account for nearly a third of carbon emissions. At the same time, many regions are not able to support their decarbonisation. The CREDIT4CE project builds the support capacities of such regions to take forward the green transition. The partners train them on technology transfer and speed up the development and uptake of innovative technologies needed for “net zero”. They design ...

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D4PACK

Facilitating the introduction of advanced packaging materials

Next-gen packaging solutions can considerably increase the shelf life of food, help reduce food waste and minimize the ecological footprint of packaging. However, traditional central European agri-food companies struggle to assess the impact of advanced packaging solutions on their production due to limited resources. To change this, the D4PACK project creates a technology transfer service that helps companies to better understand and estimate the ...

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Digi-B-Well

Taking the stress out of the digital transformation

The digital transformation offers new opportunities for companies but also increases complexity. Especially employees over 55 can suffer from digital stress or burnout at the workplace. The Digi-B-Well project helps companies to transform and make employees fit for the digital age. The partners upskill competences of managers, public authorities, and academia to better prevent digital stress and burnout. They develop and test new tools ...

DiSTT

Fabricating better skills for the manufacturing industry

The World Economic Forum identified skills gaps in local labour markets as a main barrier to the adoption of new technologies in manufacturing. It predicted in 2020 that 40% of core skills will change within five years, putting pressure on manufacturing companies to reskill or upskill employees fast. The DiSTT project improves local skills in digital fabrication through innovative re- and upskilling programmes. Based ...

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DoorCE

Making public data more accessible

All over central Europe, public and private institutions gather data that should be openly available. However, these public open data are often not easily accessible and real-time updates are missing. The DoorCE project changes this by establishing local open data hubs. In these, the partners help institutions to offer high-quality, dynamic data that are accessible to all citizens through innovative digital services. The partners ...

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Drive2Transform

Helping the automotive sector to master the green transition

The automotive industry is in the middle of a transformative shift driven by climate change, disruptive technologies, and global competition. Smaller and medium-sized companies sometimes struggle to take up trends like electrification, connectivity, automation, and the platform economy. The Drive2Transform project helps them to master this shift by developing a cross-regional strategy and deploying an open transformation platform for the automotive sector. Through the ...

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Pexels Pavel Danilyuk
ECLECTIC-CE

Revitalising regions through creative-tech cooperation

Rural industrial regions with strong cultural traditions risk decline as creative actors and firms struggle to adopt new technologies. ECLECTIC-CE seeks to renew these areas through creative-tech cooperation. Partners offer cross-border training and “learning by doing” labs where actors and students from the cultural and creative industries sector work with artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, robotics or virtual reality providers to co-create prototypes and ...

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FI4INN

Improving access to funding for market-driven research

Funding schemes for market-driven research and innovation are rare in central Europe. Finance providers and policy makers often shy away from introducing such schemes due to their complexity. The FI4NN project is changing this by supporting the co-design of new finance instruments in regions that want to boost research and innovation. A knowledge centre promotes innovative instruments that already exist elsewhere and new financial ...

Food4CE

Supplying food in a more sustainable way

Alternative food networks seek to transform food supplies by connecting ethical producers and consumers more directly. Systemic policies to support such networks are widely missing in central Europe and it is time to change this. The FOOD4CE project established local and transnational hubs for the food and logistics sectors, in which they can exchange good practices and take up innovative technologies. The hubs are ...

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GLOW-CE

Unlocking female entrepreneurship for regional growth

In many lagging regions, brain drain, and gender inequality mean talented young women start businesses elsewhere. GLOW-CE aims to turn this untapped potential into local growth. Partners from four countries use participatory methods to train business support organisations. They co-design women-centred services and pilots in digital and green sectors and expand access to skills, mentoring and networks. Shared tools and lessons help regions reform ...

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GREENE 4.0

Transforming value chains of the manufacturing industry

The manufacturing industry in central Europe is challenged by change. Global supply chains are increasingly disrupted and the green transition demands more sustainable, smarter value chains. The GREENE 4.0 project supported manufacturing companies in piloting such new value chains. The project also helped to co-design new products and services through open innovation approaches. In these they brought together the business sector with the education ...

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GREENPACT

Certifying impact-driven top executives

Futurepreneurs are professionals that are driven by purpose and impact. They take on societal challenges and climate change with an entrepreneurial mindset and want to improve our lives. The GREENPACT project set up partnerships between companies and futurepreneurs. The aim was to develop a certification scheme for a new generation of impact-driven top executives. To this end, the project developed joint action plans, pilot ...

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Health Labs4Value

Digitalising patient-oriented health care

Health care has to digitalise to cope with an aging population and a growing number of patients with chronic diseases. Digital solutions often exist but their transfer from one ecosystem to another remains challenging. The Health Labs4Value project supported the transfer of digital solutions through living labs. These brought together health care organisations and companies as well as policy makers and patients to jointly ...

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ICTr-CE

Helping businesses profit from cycling routes

The potential of transnational cycling routes for tourism is still underdeveloped in central Europe. This includes the Iron Curtain Eurovelo Trail, which connects regions from Poland to Croatia along the European Green Belt. The ICTr-CE project improved the business case for this route by developing new tourism products. These result from a newly developed participatory business model, which strengthens the innovation capacities of local businesses.

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INNOSKILLS-CE

Smart skills for next-gen manufacturing jobs

Peripheral manufacturing regions face youth unemployment and brain drain because advanced training is concentrated in big centres. INNOSKILLS-CE aims to bring next-generation manufacturing skills and careers closer to young people. Partners develop immersive training using tools such as 3D headsets and interactive simulators, combine this with mentoring and links to local SMEs and refine curricula together. Shared modules help regions support smart specialisation, keep ...

LEADER-CE

Empowering social enterprises for the digital transition

Many rural areas lag in digitalisation and social innovation, leading to shrinking services, jobs and population. LEADER-CE aims to boost social enterprises as local champions of the digital transition. Partners from four countries run a place-based, community-led capacity-building programme that delivers tailored digital skills, tools and coaching and bring stakeholders together in local labs. By comparing pilots and co-developing a shared action plan, they ...

MedWaveImage

Introducing microwave imaging to hospitals

Healthcare institutions suffer from a considerable undersupply of employees as well as from a lack of sufficient infrastructure and equipment. The project MedWaveImage tackles this growing challenge by transferring cutting-edge technologies from near-by universities to hospitals. The partners focus especially on the potentials of microwave imaging, which can be used to develop portable and cost-effective devices for treating diseases like breast cancer and monitoring ...

More than a Village

Creating smart villages

Many rural areas in central Europe struggle with the digital transition. Strategies to become smarter and stay competitive are either missing or hard to transfer. The project “More than a village” is changing this. The partnership develops a smart village model that will make rural regions more attractive for people and businesses. The partnership tests the model including action plans in five different regions ...

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Pannon Future Forest

Boosting skills for nature-based economies

Border regions between Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia host rich forests and rivers but struggle with low incomes, weak connectivity and little awareness of new green markets such as carbon farming or biodiversity credits. Pannon Future Forest works to turn this nature into shared prosperity. Partners create a cross-border knowledge hub and mentor network that train local actors and business support organisations, coach pilot projects ...

PROCAREFUL

Digitalising rural home care

Elderly and vulnerable people wish to be taken care of in their homes. But technical solutions to support independent living of people in need of care are often missing, especially in rural regions. The PROCAREFUL project wanted to improve the situation by developing a new model for hybrid homecare services. The partners worked on a solution that combines face-to-face care with remote and digital ...

RehAllianCE

Innovating the rehabilitation care system

Rehabilitation is care that helps people get back or improve abilities necessary for their daily life. The challenge is that such a care often lies with the family without much systemic or technological support. The RehAlliance project helps MedTech companies to break-through and accelerate the commercilisation of their products. The project partners share experiences and good practices to develop a set of policy recommendations ...

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ResilienCE

Strengthening the social economy for green transition

Small social enterprises in peripheral areas often lack the skills and resources to go green and digital. RESILIENCE aims to change this and make them drivers of local transition. Partners from five countries set up transnational resilience labs and a joint training programme that provide green and digital skills, mentoring and bottom-up community engagement. Together they co-create and test market-ready solutions in sectors such ...

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RUREVIVE

Revitalising rural regions through zero-waste innovation

Youth emigration, ageing and underused resources hold back development in many lagging rural areas of central Europe. RURE VIVE aims to turn this around by building zero-waste local economies and attractive local jobs. Partners from Slovenia, Croatia and Poland set up rural demo centres run as community-based zero-waste hubs that map resources, train residents and support local initiatives and start-ups. They combine know-how from ...

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SMERF

Preparing companies for a greener future

Countless companies will have to change their business models to stay competitive. They need to innovate to be prepared for a greener and more digital future. One way to cope with this challenge is to seek support from so-called innomediaries that function as innovation bridgers or change agents. The SMERF project offered smaller companies guidance on working with innomediaries. The project also created a ...

TASK4ISI

Making entrepreneurship more attractive for neglected groups

Entrepreneurship in central Europe is marked by limited inclusiveness. Women, migrants, and young people are still underrepresented when it comes to building a business. TASK4ISI embraces the potential of these “missing” entrepreneurs by establishing inclusive “entrepreneurship and social innovation hubs”. The partners develop and test specific learning programmes and craft strategies for a sustainable and inclusive growth of central European regions. In their pilots, ...

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TeleHealthAid

Strengthening peripheral healthcare with telemedicine

Peripheral regions face shortages of general practitioners, ageing populations and long distances to specialised care, putting pressure on local health systems. TeleHealthAid aims to secure quality healthcare closer to home through telemedicine and smart specialisation. Partners in Austria, Germany and Hungary co-design digital tools and professional-to-professional cooperation models, test them in pilots and develop joint training and policy recommendations with local stakeholders. Shared experience ...

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TWINUP4CE

Building a stronger workforce with green and digital skills

Peripheral regions often lose workers because they cannot access green and digital upskilling, widening development gaps with dynamic centres. TWINUP4CE seeks to build a future-ready local workforce. Partners from three countries set up regional upskilling management alliances that link employers, training providers and authorities. Together, they map skills needs, pilot re- and upskilling schemes for key sectors and agree shared strategies and funding paths, ...

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VReduMED

Integrating virtual reality into medical education

Medical interventions are increasingly digitalised but training of health care staff is still lagging behind. The VReduMED project helped to untap the potential of virtual and augmented reality for their education. The partnership developed a roadmap for virtual reality training products and services and published a handbook on the integration of virtual reality into health care education. They also set up three regional virtual ...

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x-Inno Radar

Transforming industrial regions with a focus on soft skills

Industrial regions in central Europe are amidst a heavy transformation of their economic and social base. It is especially the non-metropolitan regions who must change profoundly in response to global economic trends, political demands, and structural disadvantages. The X-Inno Radar project increases their agility and innovativeness by strengthening soft skills. The partners jointly apply a new place-based approach, which centers around transversal skills, maker ...