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COM³ Pilot: More than 700 students scan the digitalisation landscape in Rogaland
How visible is my company online?" "What can people learn about my business from publicly available sources?" - These questions are key for entrepreneurs. 142 companies from the Rogaland region, in Norway, had the chance to get meaningful answers. Over the last...
COM³ Pilot: Recruitment and Competency Building on the Agenda at Business Support Meeting in Vinje
How can local and regional authorities help businesses get access to the workforce and competencies they need? This was the main topic of discussion at Vinje municipality’s latest business support meeting. One of the main outcomes of Vinje and USN’s COM³ pilot is a...
COM³ Training Solution: Public Data Platforms as Drivers of Economic Development
COM³ has developed a training solution that raises awareness about the potential of open data for employees and developers in communities and regions. The training module provides suggestions and recommendations on how to approach working with data together with and...
Main take-aways and messages from the CORA workshop series on digital transformation in rural areas
Check the summaries of the CORA workshops on digital transformation in rural areas for main take-aways and messages. The workshops covered topics of integrated strategy, KPIs and funding, digital skills for employees, stakeholder and citizen participation as well as...
COM³ Event: Don’t miss USN EU Showcase Event
The University of South-Eastern Norway (USN) collaborates with COM³ partners to better support small companies on their digital trasnformation. At the same time, the University supports Vinje municipality in developing a regional hub for local businesses. The...
COM³ Pilots: the Municipality of Oldambt Helps Entrepreneurs to Gain Digital Skills
The municipality of Oldambt ended the year with lots of New Years' Resolutions concerning digitalisation of the region. For this together with neighbouring municipalities - united in the so-called ‘Regio Deal Oost Groningen - Oldambt organised a meeting for...
COM³ together: Can regenerative tourism save rural areas?
Can tourism contribute to the well-being of local communities while addressing the climate emergency? On 26 January 2023, the Alexanderson Institute and Vejle Municipality host a new "COM³ together" online event, with experts from the North Sea Region. It is...
Event report: Conference on Digitalisation and Cyber Security in Danish municipalities, 24.10.2022
On 24 October 2022, the Danish municipalities of Norddjurs, Syddjurs and Middelfart as well as Aalborg University held a CoRA Conference on Digitalisation and Cyber Security in Danish Municipalities at the old malting factory in Ebeltoft. Around 35 participants from...
COM³ Pilots: Successful Poster Exhibition for the UoL 4.0 Challenge Project
On 1 December 2022, the COM³ partners at the University of Lincoln hosted the UoL Poster Exhibition 22/23. More than 18 student groups presented their digital solutions for businesses. They had the opportunity to network with academics and small companies from around...
COM³ Pilots: Innovating Asset Management through Digital Services
COM³ partners at CIAM – Cluster on Industrial Asset Management – host on 14 December 2022 two events about "Asset Management through Digital Services". Join us for an exciting event with speakers from the polytechnical university of Milan (Politecnico di Milano) and...
CORA and COM³ Fight the Digital Divide in Lincoln, UK
CORA and COM³ partners met in Lincoln, UK to share project results and future activities. Mission: helping municipalities, regions, and business support organisations fight the digital divide in rural areas. Interactive sessions, workshops, field trips and more were...
Invitation: online workshop “Digitalisation of businesses”, 5 December
The workshop “Digitalisation of businesses” (5 December 2022, 10:30-13:00 CET) looks into why supporting digitalisation of businesses, particularly in rural areas, is important and examines how they can be engaged. Representatives from municipalities active in this...
Invitation: online workshop “Stakeholder and Citizen Participation”, 1 December
The workshop Stakeholder and Citizen Participation (1 December 2022, 13:30-15:30 CET) explores how local public authorities can stimulate diverse stakeholders and citizens to actively participate in or even set up initiatives in their neighbourhood. The event...
COM³ together – Open Data for Small Companies: Lessons Learnt from the Netherlands and Belgium
The Alexanderson Institute organised on 8 November the second event in the COM³ matchmaking series “COM³ together”. Inspiring speakers shared their insights and experiences about “how can we grow & innovate with open data?”. More than ever, rural areas are being...
COM³ Pilots: Vinje Empowers Small Companies to Cope with the Energy Crisis
Small companies are especially vulnerable to high energy prices and supply uncertainties, as they lack the scale of larger enterprises to absorb the impact. The COM³ partners at Vinje Municipality and the University of South-Eastern Norway open a new meeting arena so...
COM³ Training Solution: Design thinking as a Problem-Solving Tool
The COM³ partners at the University of Groningen have developed a training solution that encourages staff and developers in municipalities, regions, and business support organisations to apply design thinking. The approach, used as a problem-solving tool helps drive...
COM³ together – Lessons Learnt from Sweden About How to Build a Tech Community
The Alexanderson Institute organised on 26th October the first event in the COM³ matchmaking series. Inspiring speakers from Sweden shared their insights about “how to build a tech community”. More than ever, rural areas are being praised for their quality of life....
COM³ together – How can we innovate & grow with open data?
The potential of open data for small businesses in the North Sea Region is huge. However, the topic can be intimidating for many. On 8 November, the Alexanderson Institute intends to democratize this hot topic and give everyone the chance to understand it....
Rural Digital Hubs – Ensuring Buy-In and Engagement
Digital hubs provide digital connectivity, support digital capability development, and encourage the use of emerging digital technologies. But why are they so important and how can they be designed to meet the needs of the local area? The COM³ partners at the...
COM³ pilots: new students and businesses join the UoL4.0 Challenge
The UoL4.0 Challenge is a “Challenge-Based Learning” educational strategy to support both students and small businesses in the discovery of digital technologies. As part of COM³, the University of Lincoln implements this innovative approach and matches undergrad...
#EURegionsWeek 2022 – Watch the Recording of “Embark on Your Smart Rural Journey” with CORA and COM³
Intercommunale Leiedal (Belgium), Vinje (Norway), and atene KOM (Germany) participated in the 20th European Week of Regions and Cities. The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy. It...
