Enterprise Ireland has announced a call for expressions of interest to complete a national designation process to identify up to three research performing organisations (RTOs) or Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) or other consortia. The EDIH GEARING UP conference is a public event organised as the first yearly European Digital Innovation Hubs conference. The European Digital Innovation Hub that receives a grant will be monitored on a regular basis (e.g. The European approach will be based on three main pillars to ensure that Europe seizes the opportunity and gives its citizens, businesses and governments control over the digital transformation. This creates a challenge for European companies that seek funding for fast growth. Bottom-up innovation could be the competitive way forward for European advancement on the international stage across industrial sectors, and help to harmonise the current digitisation discrepancies across European industrial sectors. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) function as one-stop shops that help companies dynamically respond to digital challenges and become more competitive. The digital technologies European firms are choosing to invest in, their motivations for doing so and how these technologies are being implemented. A European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH)2 is a single organisation or a coordinated group of organisations with complementary expertise, with a not-for-profit objective3 that support companies â especially SMEs and mid-caps â and/or the public sector in their digital transformation. They also provide innovation services, such as financing advice, training and skills development that are needed for a successful digital transformation. Yet in some key innovation areas, Europe is falling behind. The EDIH will be required to produce an activity report and a ⦠Digital startups in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe (CESEE) region face an investment gap compared to innovators in other European regions. Technology that works for the people every 12 or 18 months) by the Commission, with the help of external experts, but also by the Region. Equity finance as a key driver for innovation and digital investment remains underdeveloped, with 90 percent of the European Unionâs venture capital funding concentrated in only eight member states. Innovative organisation. In coordination with the Luxembourg Ministry of Economy this first year's edition will officially kick-start the European Digital Innovation Hubs initiative all across Europe. The implications these digital technologies have for the future workforce, and how companies are using digital transformation to develop innovation cultures. European Digital Innovation Hubs - Call for Expressions of Interest. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) will play a central role in the Digital Europe Programme to stimulate the broad uptake of Artificial Intelligence, High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cybersecurity as well as other digital technologies by industry (in particular SMEs and midcaps) and public sector organisations in Europe. As part of the Digital Europe Programme, the European Commission, together with EU Member States, will establish a network of European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) to support businesses and organisations in their digital transformation and to disseminate the latest advances in cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). The human factor.