Provide ongoing support for assessing and improving the digitalisation of SMEs and local governments in the North East Region and supporting them in identifying appropriate technological solutions, partners or sources of funding to implement the solutions they need to and increase competitiveness, the innovation index and the digital index.
Atelierul de Idei Train-IC SRL (associate administrator, representation to third parties) and the North-East Regional Development Agency, Sigma App Dev SRL, Webmagnat SRL Agency, Grapefruit SRL (partner partners), in order to better collaborate at the level of region in the field of digitization. Subsequently, other legal entities, representing the ICT sector and the RIS3 priority sectors, joined the association, in terms of research and development and innovation skills in the region (all universities in the North-East development region), as well as in terms of view of representativeness for the target group (chambers of commerce from 5 counties, two representative clusters for RIS3 priority sectors).
(awareness of digitization technologies, exploration of innovation, development of vision and strategy for business, training, access to funds and investments, collaborative research, support for needs mapping, identification of capabilities, testing, innovation, solutions, partnerships and funding sources for mass digitization of SMEs and local public administrations in the region)
The Digital Innovation Zone as EDIH in the North East region will make a decisive contribution to the development of digital transformation processes for SMEs and local public authorities. The proposed methodology is an end-to-end process that allows strategic planning and development, mapping needs, understanding them and experiencing possible solutions by beneficiaries, as well as the natural development of the regional innovation ecosystem according to strategic RIS3 priorities. Project deliverables are scalable regionally or nationally.