Challenges: Structural change, untapped innovation potential and skilled worker shortages.

Aims: Enhancing innovation support services by building precise capacities, fostering collaboration, accessing and exchanging transnational expertise. The applicated "Innovation as a Service" approach focuses on the increasing outsourcing-activities, the accompanying demand of specialized services and flexible resource access in modern economies.

Key objectives: Building (trans)regional partnerships, active knowledge transfer and demonstrating project potential through pilot activities and the showcase of best-practises.

Main outputs:

Digital blended learning platform.
Transnational community of support providers and integrated innovation support delivery models.
The project aims to deliver durable solutions integratable into used working practices.

Project Partner:

Technical University of Kosice, SK - Lead Partner
Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid, ME
Atrineo, DE
Austria Wirtschaftsservice, AT
Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Noprofit Limited, HU
Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, AT
INNOVATIVE COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES CENTER, UA
Business Development Agency of Karlovy Vary Region, CZ
North-East Regional Development Agency, RO
Pannon Business Network Association, HU
Development agency of the City of Prijedor “PREDA”, BA
Pomurje Technology Park, SL
Regional Innovation Center of Kosice Region, SK
TERA TEHNOPOLIS Ltd., HR
Technologiezentrum Horb GmbH & Co. KG, DE
Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, RO

The project is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by the European Union.

Project Budget: 2 720 670€

Interreg Funds: 2 176 336€

Project Period: 01/2024 - 06/2026

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