Learning by Making

  • Project idea information

    Priority

    Innovative and socially responsible Danube region - Increase competences for business and social innovation - Improve preparedness for environmental risk management - Support environmentally-friendly and safe transport systems and balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas - Improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges

    Project Idea Promoter
    (name of the institution)

    Local Government of Pest County

    Needs and challenges
    (Needs, main problems or challenges to be addressed)

    The Danube region suffers from basic problems: regional disparities, emigration, disintegration of local economies, low performance in productivity and unequal access to markets. Most of the regions need a gradual change in their local innovation ecosyst

    Objectives
    (main and specific objectives to be achieved)

    The project will accelerate the catching up of the SMEs in the region with particular focus on innovation performance and productivity. It aims to encourage social innovation and greater efficiency in using resources like advanced technologies and intangi

    Main results and core outputs

    The main goal is mainstreaming the maker manufacturing as an engine of regional transformation. The project will improve the regional R&I performance and the R&I activity of SMEs.
    The main output is: pilot innovative learning system ready for application

    Main foreseen activities

    The partners will explore the world of maker manufacturing and next generation entrepreneurs. New services, activities and collaborations will be evaluated to identify relevant new competences and entrepreneurial capabilities and needs for improvement of

    Innovative character of the project idea

    The project will focus on “synergies of generations”. The regional collaboration will connect stakeholders with diverse background to build common approaches on competences based on complementarities.
    The project will make the challenge of digital gap v

    Estimated Total Budget
    (in EUR)

    1,800,000

    Estimated duration
    (in months)

    30

  • Partners involved at this stage

    ERDF Partners

    Local Government of Pest County

    IPA Partners

    N/A

    Associated Strategic Partners

    N/A

  • Partners requested

    ERDF Partners

    Regional authorities, development agencies, local governments, NGOs and professional associations interested in the topic, business accelerators, universities, research centres, technology and business incubators, maker centres, collocation centres

    IPA Partners

    Regional authorities, development agencies, local governments, NGOs and professional associations interested in the topic, business accelerators

    Associated Strategic Partners

    maker centres, multinational companies promoting maker centres or intend to support maker manufacturing

  • Contact Person

    Name

    Zoltán Hantos

    Address

    Városház utca 7.

    Country

    Hungary

    Telephone number

    E-mail address

    Is the applicant the project's potential Lead Partner?

    If not, is the potential Lead Partner already being chosen?

Programme co-funded by European Union funds (ERDF, IPA, ENI)