Cross-border Ecosystem for Industry 4.0
The 4th industrial revolution is inevitable and will affect the all industrial sectors. The impacts of the Industry 4.0 depend on readiness of regions to respond, accept and adopt the changes. Project supports the sustainable cooperation of actors of innovation systems (using triple and quadruple helix) to strengthen and prepare the regional innovation capacities in CE area for such changes.
The main objective of the project is the improvement of regional innovation capacity by close transnational cooperation among RIS3 stakeholders on Industry 4.0 implementation.
The project will start with a detailed analysis of the current situation of Industry 4.0 implementation and creating a tool “ECOS4IN knowledge base”, which will be used in pilot testing at information hubs to provide the knowledge to the target groups to rise awareness about Industry 4.0. The information gained by analysis will be used in the process of describing the ecosystem model according to the regional conditions and context. The last phase of project represents the development of action plans in all partner regions. This will ensure the sustainability of project results by providing the relevant material for forthcoming revisions of RIS3 strategies.
The new quality of cooperation between private and public entities with support of a dedicated tool is innovative and will strengthen coordination of stakeholders of innovation systems across boarders in CE and contribute to improvement of regional innovation capacity.