ESCP S3 for speeding up industrial modernisation of agrofood packaging sectors towards Industry 4.0 and digital transformation by Cluster- Facilitated X-Industry Hackathons
DIGICLUSTERS
Latvian IT Cluster
Overview
Profile:
44% completed
Type of partnership
Start of partnership
01.10.2018
Partnership duration (months)
18
Number of partners
7
Number of SMEs involved
726
Summary and objectives
The specific objectives of the DIGICLUSTERS include:
- To develop the joint cluster partnership strategy with a common “European” strategic vision and objectives for the envisaged cluster collaboration and value chain linkages in a specific smart specialisation priority area
- To identify strategic partners from Europe and build long-lasting partnerships with focus on high value objectives, cross-sectoral cooperation and boosting industrial modernization
- To foster business-to-business (B2B) and cluster-to-cluster (C2C) collaborations and to build linkages with existing relevant interregional RIS3 partnerships under the Smart Specialisation Platform for Industrial Modernization
- To identify sectoral, territorial and organizational potential of clusters and its members to support cross-border collaboration and SMEs needs and current challenges in terms of digitalization and Industry 4.0 implementation
- To prototype new value chains and emerging industries based on combined competences of consortium partners focusing on developing competitive next generation & added-value products and services through innovative approach of intra-regional and interregional hackathons
- To create coherent Partnership identity to support clusters and SMEs international visibility and develop joint brand to promote consortium international recognition
- To promote new investments between European innovation actors, especially SMEs
- To actively disseminate project activities at European and international level using traditional and digital channels
- To learn and monitor project activities promoting exchanges between Partnerships and enabling cross-fertilization and learning from successful and unsuccessful experiences
Results expected
- Number of resulting collaboration and innovation projects - at least 3 projects
- Total amount of investments generated - at least 1.5 million EUR
- Number of SMEs having directly benefitted from the supported actions - 32 SMEs
- Number of SMEs having indirectly benefitted from the supported actions - 739 SMEs
- Number of partnership agreements resulting from the supported actions - 16
- Number of cluster organisations, other business networks, technology centres and science parks from different COSME participating countries having benefitted directly and indirectly from the support actions - 20
- Number of bilateral meetings, joint events and deliverables that were either prepared in consultation with or directly feed input into other initiatives and key networks - 60
- Number of collaboration projects (cases) solved in hackathons - 24
- Number of facilitated online matchmaking meetings - 32
Sectorial and industrial focus
Sectoral industries
Cross-sectoral industries
Digital Industries
Industrial Alliances and Ecosystems
Partnership composition
| Profile name | Location | Project coordinator | |
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| AgroBioAlliance (AgroBioCluster) |
Poland
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| SMART food cluster |
Lithuania
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| Food Products Quality Cluster |
Latvia
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| Latvian IT Cluster |
Latvia
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| Association of Lithuanian Printing Industries |
Lithuania
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| Asociación Cluster Granada Plaza Tecnologica y Biotecnologica |
Spain
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