WG - Digital Danube

WG – DIGITAL DANUBE

Main Objectives

To combine the major regional and transnational stakeholders and their complementary resources, systems and skills – supported by instruments such as digital innovation hubs / digital service platforms / value chains – with the clear goal to generate, new digital business models, products, processes or services.

The action of the WG Digital Danube aims towards the establishment of an innovative digital ecosystem in the Danube Region in order to
support SMEs when tackling the challenges of a digitalized world. the innovative digital ecosystem shall enable collaborative innovation among different stakeholders, through combining complementary resources, systems and support, with a clear goal to generate domain-based data lakes, new business models, products, features, processes or services. Building on the action, the following target was set:

Target 2: Establishment of at least two Trans-Danube Digital Value Chains by Mid 2022.

Presentation of the Working Group and its activities:

PA 8 Working Group Digital Danube_2023_08

Planned Activities

establishment of one Trans-Danube Digital Service Platform for Digital Innovation Hub Manager and accompanying consultancy services for DIH foundation – tested on 5 pilots
establishment of at least 2 regional and 2 Trans-Danube Digital Value Chains to make use of regional peculiarities and transnational potentials.

The set target was achieved through different methods and approaches:

Wine configurator and store for a Romanian wine producer
AI-based consulting platform for fastening systems for a tape manufacturer in Baden-Württemberg
IoT-based smart city service in Croatia, where smart devices for a connected city were
introduced.