SmartAgriHubs launched the SERVICE open call on September 22nd, 2021. Teams that are coordinated by a Digital Innovation Hub shall develop and/or deliver and validate their function as a service provider, helping agri-food companies and related stakeholders to become more competitive by improving their business, products and/or production processes.

DIHs shall act as a one-stop-shop, serving agri-food related companies within their region and making agri-food related businesses more competitive by speeding up the development and uptake of digital innovations. They help customers addressing their challenges in a business focused way and with a service model, offering services that would not be readily accessible elsewhere. The funded services available through a DIH shall enable any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology for testing and experimenting with digital innovations relevant to their products, processes or business models.

DIHs usually provide connections with investors, facilitate access to financing for digital transformations, help connect users and suppliers of digital innovations across the value chain, and foster synergies between digital and other key enabling technologies.

The proposed project shall support individual or groups/networks of stakeholders in the DIH’s region or in several regions based on the cooperation of several DIHs proposing a project.

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Are you eligible to the SERVICE Open Call?  

  Projects need to provide a description for publication via the SmartAgriHubs communication channels, specifically explaining the following:

• DIH innovation services provided as well as approach for innovative service delivery and validation

• Innovative aspects of your service provision and lessons learnt

• Involved parties, infrastructure, and places

• Supported stakeholders, networks and communities, also outlining their achievements and added value of the provided DIHs services

• Regional challenges, needs and opportunities with respect to digital innovation in the agri-food domain.

The proposal needs to explain a strategy for the exploitation and ownership of the DIH service delivery approach.

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More information

Fiche SERVICE open call

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