DIGIPARC - Digital Partnership Centre

Croatia: Adriatic Croatia

Overview

DIGIPARC (Digital Partnership Centre) is the first digital innovation hub located in Rijeka, acting as a centre for digital transformation of industry and catering to the needs of the North Adriatic region.  It was selected by the European Commission as the only DIH in the Adriatic NUTS2 region of Croatia participating in the "Smart Factories in New EU Member States" project.

DIGIPARC's aim is to offer a locally embedded, cross-border one-stop-shop for digital transformation of businesses and products/services by speaking the language of SMEs, brokering between their needs and relevant tech providers, equipping companies and employees with necessary skills through education in order to deliver new value in the region.

DIGIPARC’s vision is to become a regional centre for digital transformation where business, education, and innovation compete and collaborate in order to align traditional industries with market needs, foster entrepreneurship, and deliver new value through demand-driven, client-focused support. The hub’s mission is to:

Revitalize and increase the competitiveness of local industries through digital transformation;
Provide development and brokering support tailored to the regional market needs, focused on sustainability;
Raise awareness of importance of digital transformation through mentoring, coaching, and education.

What is so unique about DIGIPARC? This digital innovation hub is one-of-a-kind place in the North Adriatic due to the combination of support mechanisms if offers to the entire digital transformation chain. When expressed shortly, DIGIPARC’s unique selling proposition is as follows:

Providing digital transformation of your business for positive change, growth, and success.

Starting with establishing a vision for the future product, service, or business model; assessing the end user’s current state; developing a digital transformation road map; integrating operations and technology at a higher degree than before; and identifying the human resource strategy and organizational structure that will favour innovation and continual improvement, DIGIPARC will cater to the demand side of the market and remain focused on the end user.

The following makes DIGIPARC distinct relative to all other competence centers, clusters, and entrepreneurial support facilities in the vicinity:

Combination of know-how deeply rooted in the industrial heritage of the region
Combination of institutional partners representing all facets of the regional ecosystem (private sector, local and national governments, higher education institutions, research and innovation companies, development agencies, entrepreneurial support facilities)
Availability of expert network and an international pool of knowledge
Track record of creating customized, industry-specific solutions
Access to state-of-the-art infrastructure
Focus on co-creation, sharing, and participative collaboration

For DIGIPARC’s unique selling proposition to align with the transformation road map it will have to deliver compressed time frames. Digital technologies.

Sectors
Agriculture, forestry and fishing - Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities - Silviculture and other forestry activities - Fishing and aquaculture - Human health and social work activities - Human health activities - Residential care activities - Social work activities without accommodation - Accommodation and food service activities - Accommodation - Food and beverage service activities - Manufacture of basic metals - Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products - Manufacture of electrical equipment - Manufacture of food products - Manufacture of beverages - Manufacture of tobacco products - Manufacture of leather and related products - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security - Real estate activities - Professional, scientific and technical activities - Legal and accounting activities - Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities - Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis - Scientific research and development - Advertising and market research - Other professional, scientific and technical activities - Veterinary activities - Administrative and support service activities - Rental and leasing activities - Employment activities - Travel agency, tour operator and other reservation service and related activities - Security and investigation activities - Services to buildings and landscape activities - Office administrative, office support and other business support activities
Technology
Communication networks - Internet of things - Cyber security - Advanced, or high performance computing - Virtual, augmented and extended reality - Simulation, modelling and digital twins - Gamification - Software as a service and service architectures - Logistics - Internet services - New media technologies
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