The document discusses the challenges regions face in achieving digital transformation, highlighting issues such as awareness, funding, skills mismatches, and collaboration. It also introduces the DIH-World initiative, which aims to support innovative experiments by providing funding for projects involving SMEs and digital innovation hubs. Key dates and budget information for project submissions are outlined for potential participants.

1. Boosting Digital Transformation
What are the challenges for your region?
I4MS Talk and Working Group Meeting
22nd of June 2021
Esteban Pelayo & Julia Colomer
European Association of Development Agencies (EURADA)

2. • Why do some territories systematically
produce better results than others?
• What could we learn from past
experiences?
• How regions could be better prepared
to get full benefit of EDIHs?
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Context
Source: European Commission (2021) Regional Innovation Scoreboard
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/industry/policy/innovation/regional_en

3. Challenges
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Awareness on the importance of digital
transformation
Innovations are not able to reach the
market
Appropriate funding
Skills mismatches
Collaboration within the ecosystem to
valorise the local assests
Support to manufacturing SMEs to take
full advantage of digitalisation

4. Possible Solutions
• Governance
• Funding & mentorship
• Training
• Access to physical and virtual
technology platforms
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5. DIH-World 1st Open Call
OBJECTIVE:
DIH-World is looking for 35 innovative experiments across Europe
that integrate digital technologies in the processes, products or
services of manufacturing SMEs. Innovative experiments are
projects to be implemented by a consortium made of a one SME
and one Digital Innovation Hub.
BUDGET:
Up to EUR 95.000,00 per experiment. Upto
KEY DATES:
Any Manufacturing Sector, with
special focus on:
3 May
Launch of the
Open Call
MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER
15July (13:00 CET)
Deadline for submission
of proposals
16July-15September
Evaluation and selection
OCTOBER 2021
Experiments
starting
16Sep.-15October
Contract’s signature
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30%
70%
DIH
SME

6. Thank you for your attention!
DIH-World@eurada.org
+32 4833 78008
Esteban Pelayo & Julia Colomer