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COM³ partners at the Alexanderson Institute, Sweden, have created a short training solution for local and regional authorities, and business support organisations who want to organise business matchmaking events. In an ever more digital world, SMEs in rural areas are...

COM³ partners meet on 13-15 June 2022 in Stavanger and Sirdal, Norway. Together, they will discuss how partnerships between universities, local and regional public authorities, business support organisations and SMEs can contribute to more local development. COM³...

Around 20 businesses attended Vinje Municipality’s second business event on 1 June 2022. The main topic of the evening was the currently high and volatile energy prices in Norway. Vinje Municipality and the University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) aim to support local...

At the annual North Sea Conference in Bruges, Belgium, Maibrit Lajgaard Pedersen, Vejle Municipality, received on behalf of the COM³ project, the North Sea Photo Award 2021 in the category "Joining Up". On 24 May 2022, Maibrit Lajgaard Pedersen, Business consultant...

COM³ and CORA partners travel to the North Sea Conference 2022, in Bruges, Belgium to share their unique support model for digital transformation. They look forward to meeting and networking with other North Sea enthusiasts! COM³ and CORA lead partner, Intercommunale...

COM³ partners at CIAM – Cluster on Industrial Asset Management – organise on 30 May 2022 a Lunch & Learn Webinar on increasing university capacity to serve innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems in regions. While CIAM is a partner in the COM³ (Building...

COM³ Partners at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, will be hosting on 18 May 2022 at 5 pm GMT their second UoL 4.0 Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony of 2022! Please join the virtual ceremony and support students' engagement with local SMEs.   The UoL 4.0...

Digital transformation is in the same time a great opportunity and a challenge for rural areas. To ensure that everyone can fully benefit from it, one need to ensure that all have the necessary skills to connect. At the Digital Social Summit on March 29, COM³ partners...

The joint partner meeting of Interreg projects CORA and COM³ from 25 to 28 April 2022 was hosted by Länsstyrelsen Värmland, Torbsy Kommun and Compare. It was a great opportunity to finally meet in person and do networking after such a long time, exchange on current...

The duration of the CORA project was extended till 30 June 2023 by the decision of the Interreg North Sea Region Programme. CORA project partners welcome the Programme’s decision of extending the project. This extension will allow partners and stakeholders to take the...

Vinje Municipality and University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) aim to support local business and facilitate business development. One of the actions of the Vinje/USN COM³ pilot is a new event series for the local business community. The first event took place on 9...

The 4th Digital Social Summit will take place on March 29 & 30, 2022, as a digital conference with hybrid livestream from Stuttgart, Germany. COM³ partners will share their stories and tell how they help citizens, small businesses and administrations make the most...

The BROADEN pilot managed to roll out optic fibre cable in a rural area across an EU border. With transnational cooperation between Torsby municipality in Sweden and Grue municipality in Norway high speed internet from Sweden was made available at the Norwegian side....

COM³ Partners at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, will be hosting on 18 January 2022 at 5 pm GMT their first UoL 4.0 Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony of 2022! Please join the virtual ceremony and support students' engagement with the local SMEs. The UoL 4.0...

COM³ partners at CIAM – Cluster on Industrial Asset Management – organize on 13 January 2022 a Lunch & Learn Webinar with Professor Sokratis Katsikas on Cyber Security in Industry 4.0. Industry 4.0, commonly referred to as the 4th industrial revolution, pertains...

For the Interreg COM³ project, the Province of Drenthe is running a pilot in which it created a regional SME database. The goal of this database is to combine the available data sources in the region into one application to be used by the economics department,...

The Northern German collective municipality Hüttener Berge gives a chance to bring joy with a unique gift while also making an impact in the local community. COM³ partners in Hüttener Berge, Germany launched earlier this year an online marketplace “Heimatware”. For...

COM³ partners Intercommunale Leiedal and Designregio Kortrijk in the region of South-West Flanders support local authorities and businesses who intend to start using data as a foundation to create new products and services and add value for the region. COM³ partners...

COM³ is thrilled to announce it won the North Sea Photo Contest 2021, in the category Joining Up. COM³ submitted a picture from Vejle, Denmark with the following subtitle: "Together despite distance: During the Covid-19 pandemic, COM³ helped local SMEs stay connected...

CORA partners share their experience and findings from the implementation of the local pilots and joint partner work. The CORA Policy Briefs focus on lessons learned and recommendations valuable for actors involved in digitalisation of the rural and remote areas....