Ecipa Nordest Hub

Italy: Veneto

Overview

The Digital Innovation Hub Veneto is managed by Ecipa Scarl- a non profit organisation - on behalf of CNA (Confederazione Nazionale Artigiani e piccole e medie imprese) Veneto.

Ecipa, as a service provider of CNA for the North East regions in Italy has been designated in October 2017 as the Management organisation (with a specific department: Ecipa Nordest Hub) that provides support to SMEs in their digital transformation acting as a spider in the ecosystem that facilitate the digital innovation od SMES.

Ecipa Nordest Hub services are addressed to companies (mainly small and micro enterprises) of Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto and Trentino Alto Adige.

Mainly focused on IoT, cloud computing, 3D printing, the Hub deals with:

Awareness workshop about the potential of the digital transformation
Demonstration activities to practically approach digital technologies (eg: prototyping),
Education, trainings for SMEs who want to approach digital transformation,
Consulting services on how to introduce digital optimization or innovation (support to move from TRL1 to TRL6)
Support in funding opportunities for digital innovation
Networking among relevant stakeholders

It is part of the DIH.net community (Funding box community) with the S3HUbsinCE project, which connects different DIH in Central Europe in order to enhance S3 strategies in order to keep them as closest to the market as possible.

Ecipa Nordest Hub supports companies following three steps:

First contact: we meet companies, providers and experts during events or workshops and they ask for a support or further details about our skilled services
Interviews and plans: we carry out a “company screening” (digital assessment included) and then we define together the strategies and the main changes to be adopted, in cooperation with the experts needed for the specific case
“On air” transformation: we start to implement the changes through tailored actions in cooperation with actors of our eco-systems in order to achieve the best performances.

  Digital technologies.

Sectors
Financial and insurance activities - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding - Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory social security - Activities auxiliary to financial services and insurance activities - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products - Manufacture of paper and paper products - Printing and reproduction of recorded media - Other manufacturing - 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
Internet of things - Big data, data analytics, data handling - Software as a service and service architectures - Cloud computing - Internet services
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