We are glad to announce that DEVISE project partner Western Regional Development Agency (Romania) has been selected to host one of the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) for the next 3 years.

West Region has been successfully selected among the European Regions that will host the future European Digital Innovation Hub. According to the preliminary results received by the Romanian Authority for Digitalization, DIGIVEST proposal will be funded to support the following industries in their digital transformation: Manufacturing, Catering, Agrifood, Energy Efficiency, Construction, Health and E-administration. In addition, the technological focus will cover: Cybersecurity, HPC, Industrial Digital Technologies (ERP, CRM and Process-Automatization).

The DEVISE project in which West Romania participates had an important contribution to this result facilitating a regional study regarding offer and demand of digitalization and an interregional exchange of experience with Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (also DEVISE project partners) and their 'Regional Manufacturing Digital Innovation Hub IoT-Compass' good practice in Finland.