Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation

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Public Services

Digital Foundations

Advanced Broadband

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

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.

Nièvre : Companies responsible for building infrastructure,

Upper Franconia : Promote broadband expansion politically and in practice

Digital Skills

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

Västernorrland : Increase supply of ICT & ebusiness skills; Attract more women & young people into ICT; Build awareness of potential to use ICT in other professions; Recognise digital competences in formal learning; raise awareness of eLearning as a reskilling tool.

Digital Research

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 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

Derry & Strabane : Accelerate the transition to a carbon neutral City by leveraging ICT, green technologies, working with EU programmes, energy providers, public and private sector organisations.

Mobility as a Service

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

Ljubljana : Mobility in smart cities and smart villages concepts.

Derry & Strabane : Reduce vehicle traffic, congestion and carbon levels whilst improving transport experience for citizens

Public Services

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

Ljubljana : All kind of digital public services

Västernorrland : Develop new modern public services that take advantage of disruptive technologies for communities and local areas

Gaeltacht : 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,

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council

Derry & Strabane : Develop and pilot smart city solutions using appropriate technology such IoT, Open data, AI, VR to create better public services

Intelligent Infrastructure

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

Derry & Strabane : Develop pilots across the district and act as an exemplar in areas such as smart parking, lighting, buildings management, waste management,crowd management, flood management

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, Nevers Agglomération

Upper Franconia : Public services

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

Derry & Strabane : Develop, incorporate & implement new planning policies, standards & visualisation systems that promote incorporation of smart building precepts into new developments and zones

Upper Franconia : VR & AR Data analytics

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

Västernorrland : Development of open E-platform

Nièvre : Nevers Agglomération/Urban Area, Nièvre County Council

Open Innovation Test Beds

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

San Sebastián : Innovation, Talent, Urban transformation

Västernorrland : Improve the ability to innovate in public activities.

Digital Innovation Hubs

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

Ljubljana : Continue the development of 4PDIH

San Sebastián : PIA, ENERTIC, Talent House 2

Stimulate Digital Startups

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

Industry 4.0

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

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

Västernorrland : Utilization of research and proven knowledge in public business development.

University in Innovation

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

Västernorrland : Utilization of research and proven knowledge in public business development.

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

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

Derry & Strabane : Work with businesses, community and social enterprise to create green jobs, increase skills and reduce waste.

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

Västernorrland : Develop the opportunities for skills supply to the public sector and SMEs in sparsely populated areas.

Innovation ecosystems

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council

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)

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), AI in health, education, public services,...

Västernorrland : Use AI technology to increase effective and quality in welfare technology and healthcare, case management process & public administration

Derry & Strabane : Capacity building / piloting to evaluate the implications of incorporating AI into public service development. Increase local AI/ML talent pool .

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, Nevers Agglomération

Data Analytics

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

Ljubljana : Data analytics for better desicion making. Also in the public sector: health, education, energy, environment, transportation...

Västernorrland : Basis for effective decision-making.

Nièvre :

Robotics

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

Västernorrland : As integration engines and automation of administration.

Blockchain

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

Ljubljana : Applicative use of blockhain in smart cities and smart villages. Applicative use of blockhain in digital public services.

Cybersecurity

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

Ljubljana : - Cybersecurity for the companies and municipalities - public services. - 5G private testbed infrastructure for experimentation, measurements, testing and verification of large-scale communications systems as well as services, security capabilities

Västernorrland : Improved data security

3D Printing

Virtual Reality (VR)

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

Västernorrland : Use of VR technology in, for example, medication and in learning environments for training.

Internet of Things (IoT)

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

Derry & Strabane : Develop IoT pilots within open data initiative for areas such as energy, environment and tourism.

Västernorrland : Can be an interesting development in elderly care.

Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, Nevers Agglomération

Upper Franconia : Transfer & application Air pressure increase reports Apply sensor technology for energy usage