Digital Transformation and Smart Specialisation
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  Food Production  
   Digital Foundations
Advanced Broadband
 
South Ostrobothnia : Companies responsible of building broadband; municipalities, farms
 
Ljubljana : Infrastructure to support Smart cities, smart villages and smart communities projects. Special attention to digital infrastructure (5G, IoT) for flood and natural disaster management and 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 : 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
 
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 Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (UAS); Digital factory
 
Nièvre : Nièvre County Council, Burgundy University, ISAT (School for automotive engineers) NGOs
   Smart City & Region
Smart Energy
 
South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into Seinäjoki
Mobility as a Service
 
South Ostrobothnia : Main responsibililty state and municipalities; RCSO, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County; BDOs like Into Seinäjoki
Public Services
 
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
 
Newfoundland & Labrador :
Spatial Planning
 
South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, SO Wellbeing Services County, BDOs like Into Seinäjoki; SYKE (Finnish Environment Institiute) has open environment and spatial data available
 
Ljubljana : For concrete needs of the municipalities
 
Cantabria :
   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
 
Cantabria :
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
 
Cantabria : Accelerator Programme (Life & Health Sciences & Food Production)
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
 
Cantabria : Hub (Life & Health Sciences, Food Production)
 
Gaeltacht :
Research Procurement
 
West Romania : ICT Cluster
 
South Ostrobothnia : RCSO, municipalities, South Ostrobothnia Wellbeing Services County
 
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
 
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
 
South Ostrobothnia :
   Digital Transformation Technologies
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
 
Andalucia :
 
South Ostrobothnia : Seinäjoki UAS / Digital Factory, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health)
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
 
Newfoundland & Labrador :
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
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 : Seinäjoki UAS / IOT Hub for manufacturing, UCS, Public organisations, services (e.g. health), companies
 
Ljubljana : Smart cities and smart villages contexts - digitalisation in agriculture, energy efficiency,...
 
Cantabria : New Factory Layouts (Automotive), Manufacturing (Chemistry & Metalic Transformation), Long Range Sensors (Food Production)
 
Newfoundland & Labrador :
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