Competence Centers as an Element of Digital Innovation Hubs
What is Digital Innovation HUB
Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) is one-stop-shop that help companies to become more competitive with regard to their business/production processes, products or services using digital technologies.
DIH is based upon technology infrastructure (Competence Centre - CC) and provide access to the latest knowledge, expertise and technology to support their customers with piloting, testing and experimenting with digital innovations.
DIH also provide business and financing support to implement these innovations, if needed across the value chain. As proximity is considered crucial, they act as a first regional point of contact, a doorway, and strengthen the innovation ecosystem.
DIH is a regional multi-partner cooperation (including organizations like RTOs, universities, industry associations, chambers of commerce, incubator/accelerators, regional development agencies and even governments) and can also have strong linkages with service providers outside of their region supporting companies with access to their services.
Main activities of Digital Innovation Hub
- Organize and provide services to industry
- Access to competence centers
- Development of innovation eco-system
- Brokerage
- Access to finance
- Market intelligence
- Training and education
- Incubator/mentoring services
Main activities of Competence Centre
- Competencies in digital technologies
- Provide access to infrastructure and technology platforms
- Provide digitization and application expertise
- Support experimentation in real-life environments
- Support fabrication of new products
- Demonstrate best practices
- Showcase technologies in pilot factories, fab-labs
