About us
SYNERGiNN EDIH:
SYNergy – enERGy – iNNovation
The Digital Innovation Hub of Western Macedonia
The Digital Innovation Hub of Western Macedonia SYNERGiNN EDIH, as a member of the EDIH Network, helps SMEs and Public Organizations to upgrade their digital maturity.
With areas of expertise in Energy and Environment, and utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber Security (CS) and Big Data (BD), we leverage the knowledge and experience of our partners in design and implementation of solutions that can meet the needs and improve the operation of every Organization and business.
After capturing the level of digital maturity, as well as the needs and problems in the daily working life of each organization, a personalized proposal is formulated with the aim of modernizing and simplifying processes, upgrading digital skills, facilitating employees and management, leading to better customer service.
The European Digital Innovation Hubs Network works to achieve the EU goals for the Digital Decade 2030. More specifically, the goals set at the European level concern:
• Promoting digital transformation across the EU by introducing cutting-edge technologies to 75% of European companies
• The achievement of a basic level of digital know-how for 90% of European companies
• The creation of new value chains in Europe
The Digital Innovation Hub of Western Macedonia – SYNERGiNN EDIH, based in the energy center of the country, can offer its services to the entire territory with an emphasis on the energy and environmental sector.
Target groups
Expertise
The members of SYNERGiNN EDIH have know-how and experience in the fields of Energy and Environment and more specifically in the fields of applications:
- Smart grids
- Predictive maintenance
- Process optimisation
- Energy management services
- Industry 4.0
- Circular economy and bioeconomy
- Smart city applications
SYNNERGiNN's Objectives:
- Reinforce EU critical digital capacities in the region of Western Macedonia, and neighboring regions, by focusing on the key areas of AI, CS, IoT, and BD analytics
- Deploy these technologies in the critical sectors of Energy and Environment
- Help deploying European human-centered AI solutions as well as promote the deployment of other key digital technologies with respect for EU values, and from a human-centric perspective
- Use the powers of digital technologies to help reach Europe’s common climate and environmental goals as set out in the European Green Deal
- Help strengthening the resilience of Europe’s industry and increase its open strategic autonomy
- Utilise already existing “market mature” digital innovations from Horizon Europe / Horizon 2020
- Target upskilling of the workforce with regard to advanced digital technologies
- Support SMEs and public administrations in their digital transformation
- Collaborate with the network of European Digital Innovations Hubs
Services and Activities
- Testing and validation
- Digital needs/maturity assessment
- Interactive demonstrations/access to the infrastructure
- Technical AI/IoT open platform catalog
- Access to technology and design services
- Business intelligence
- Consultancy on technology implementation
- Awareness raising
- Mentoring
- Training
- Train the trainer
- Online asynchronous MOOCs
- Access to funding and investor readiness services
- Accelerator support
- Identification of Νational and European projects and funds
- Collaborative researches
- Brokering/matchmaking
- Ecosystem building, scouting, brokerage, networking
- Building relations with the member state
- Technology watch
- Bridging the international gap
