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Impressions from the CORA Annual Conference & Partner Meeting, NL
More than 50 CORA partners and stakeholder met in Groningen and Winschoten, Netherlands, on 6-8 November for the CORA Annual Conference and the Partner Meeting. Digital infrastructure, skills and services in rural areas were at the heart of the event. Overcoming the...
CORA pilots: cross-border fibre – taking broadband from Sweden to Norway
Soon border area in Hedmark in Norway can get broadband connection (fibre) from Sweden! The fibre from the Swedish side was laid through the lake Röjden up to the Norwegian border. The area between Torsby municipality in the county of Värmland in Sweden and Grue...
CORA pilots: Middelfart’s KørMed at the national digitalization event in Denmark
KørMed at KL’s digitalization event The representatives of the KørMed (eng. DriveAlong) CORA pilot from the municipality of Middelfart attended the digitalization event in October 2019 – a large national event of Local Government in Denmark (KL - Kommunernes...
Testing CORA training materials: Cyberhack event at the Aalborg University
Aalborg University arranged a 24-hour cyberhack event with participation of both companies and students. It took place on 28-29 September 2019 in Aalborg, DK. During the 24 hours, 70 participants had to solve a number of challenges related to cyber security: starting...
CORA pilots: 300 seniors in Hedmark go More Digital
300 seniors in the Hedmark region (Norway) have improved their digital skills through participating in the More Digital initiative. The initiative is a huge success in the municipalities of Eidskog, Kongsvinger and Grue. Wide collaboration across municipal boundaries,...
CORA pilots: the Municipality of Hüttener Berge gathers valuable international and digital experience
Since 2018, the Municipality of Hüttener Berge in Schleswig-Holstein has been part of the project "CORA - COnnecting Remote Areas with Digital Infrastructure and Services". The project is funded by the European Union under the Interreg North Sea Region programme with...
CORA study trip to Hedmark, Norway and the border to Sweden
CORA partners visited Hedmark, Norway on 22-24 May 2019 to learn from the experience of the Norwegian and Swedish partners. At the first stop at Kongsvinger library, the focus was on Kongsvinger municipality’s digital agenda, digital services and lessons learned....
Busy week for the blue CORA bus in Denmark
The CORA project and the CORA bus (a mobile digital hub) took part in the Internet Week Denmark (IWDK) with more than 100 events in the region of Aarhus. One of the most well-attended events were held at a rural area of Djursland. On Tuesday, 7 May in the afternoon...
CORA study visits & partner meeting in Vejle & Middelfart, DK
At the mid-term of the project implementation CORA partners met on 20-22 March 2019 in Denmark to exchange on the progress of the pilots, project status and to make the site visits in Vejle and Middelfart.
CORA project at the FTTH Conference Europe 2019, 12 March, Amsterdam
The 5th Governmental day workshop in the frame of the FTTH Conference 2019 featured the CORA project concept and pilots. The workshop brought together more than 150 stakeholders and experts in the area of digital transformation and broadband technologies from all over...
CORA representative in jury of European Broadband Awards 2018
Dr. Fiona Ashmore (The University of Lincoln), as a representative from CORA project, was invited to act as one of the five jury members for the European Broadband Awards 2018 organised by the European Commission, DG Connect. Fiona was mainly responsible for assessing...
Wrap-up CORA annual conference
Transnational joint forces to bridge rural digital divide and create smarter regions in the North Sea Region Officially welcomed by Mr. Jan Philipp Albrecht (Minister of Energy, Agriculture, the Environment, Nature and Digitalization of the Federal...
5G workshop at the Swedish parliament
On 10 October 2018 Katarina Nordmark from Värmland County Administrative Board and Cecilia Sjöden from Torsby Municipality presented the CORA project for members of the Swedish parliament in Stockholm during a 5G workshop. Torsby municipality in Värmland was suggested...
CORA solutions @ the EUSBSR
The Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region is a meeting place for stakeholders working together for a more sustainable and prosperous Baltic Sea region. Peyman Khodabakhsh and Darijus Valiucko from aconium GmbH joined the forum to share, with the...
An energetic CORA Partner Meeting in Lincoln
16. - 18. May 2018 CORA partners and stakeholders met in Lincoln, UK to discuss the current status of the project, share their findings and plan further project activities. A motivated partner consortium came together on day one, to get an overview of the project...
CORA @ FTTH Conference 2018
In the frame of the FTTH Conference 2018 in Valencia, the CORA concept was presented and discussed with over 100 broadband stakeholders at the Governmental Day Workshop on 13. February 2018. The workshop provided a great platform for know-how exchange with the focus...
CORA Kick-off meeting in Kortrijk, Belgium
The project partner kicked off CORA – COnnecting Remote Areas with digital infrastructure and services on 6.-8. November in Kortrijk, Belgium. During the three days of intensive work, CORA project partner discussed their ambitious plans and activities to bridge rural...
CORA @ Broadband World Forum 2017
In the framework of the BBWF Conference 2017, the CORA project was introduced to European broadband stakeholders at the the “Governmental Workshop” on 24. October 2017 organised by aconium GmbH. Over 100 experts, decision makers and representatives from local,...
