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COM³ and CORA Participate in the North Sea Conference 2022
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 Pilot: A CIAM Lunch & Learn Event on Increasing University Capacity to Serve Regional Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
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 Pilot: Join the UoL 4.0 Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony
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...
COM³ and CORA Share Best Practices at the Digital Social Summit 2022
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...
Reflections from the joint CORA and COM³ partner meeting in Värmland, 25-28 April 2022
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...
CORA project extended till mid 2023
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...
COM³ pilot: Good Attendance at Vinje’s First Business Event
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...
COM³ and CORA participate in the Digital Social Summit in Stuttgart, Germany
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...
CORA: BROADEN pilot applied for the European Broadband Awards 2022 and was selected by the jury for the finals!
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 Pilot: Join the UoL 4.0 Challenge Virtual Awards Ceremony 2022
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 Pilots: New Lunch & Learn Webinar at CIAM, Norway about Cybersecurity in Industry 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...
COM³ Pilots: the Province of Drenthe Launches its Regional SME Database
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,...
COM³ Pilots: Shop Locally this Holiday Season
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 Pilots: Intercommunale Leiedal and Designregio Kortrijk Launch a New Call to Help Companies and Public Administrations Exploit Data
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 wins the North Sea Photo Contest 2021 in the category Joining Up
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 Policy Briefs on Digital Infrastructure, Digital Skills and Digital Services
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....
COM³ pilots: The Vinje/USN pilot initiates testing and implementation phase
On 12 November, Vinje Municipality and University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) organised a workshop with local companies to present and discuss solutions to be tested in the next phase of their pilot. The meeting took place at Vinjesenteret, a newly opened centre for...
Partner meeting: dive into methodology, maturity analysis and virtual personas
CORA partners met online on 10 November 2021 to take a deep dive into the project methodology, maturity analysis, virtual personas and discuss the next steps for the CORA extension period. Moderated by Bieke from Intercommunale Leiedal and supported by the colleagues...
CORA project at the FTTH 2021 conference
CORA project took an active part in preparation and implementation of the Governmental Day Workshop on 15 September at the FTTH 2021 conference. Peyman Khodabakhsh, atene KOM, informed about the current connectivity objectives and progress made in EU in the last...
CORA extension kick-off: the smart rural journey continues
The CORA extension kick-off gathered partners on 8 September 2021 and focused on aims and planned activities for the extension period. CORA extension is based on the main phase of the CORA project and continues in the spirit and takes the CORA concept to the next...
Schoolkids made online experiments with AI – an example from the online digital learning offer
Can you achieve playful learning with AI and algorithms? We think so! As a part of the CORA pilot in Vejle, 20 schoolkids (5th grade class at a rural school, close to one of the local learning hubs) took part in online digital learning activities. The kids and...