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Interreg Danube Region - IaaS 4 DR

The "Innovation as a Service for Danube Region" (IaaS 4 DR) project targets traditional industrial regions in their process of change.

Challenges: Structural change, untapped innovation potential and skilled worker shortages. 


Aims: Enhancing innovation support services by building precise capacities, fostering collaboration, accessing and exchanging transnational expertise. The applicated "Innovation as a Service" approach focuses on the increasing outsourcing-activities, the accompanying demand of specialized services and flexible resource access in modern economies. 


Key objectives: Building (trans)regional partnerships, active knowledge transfer and demonstrating project potential through pilot activities and the showcase of best-practises. 


Main outputs: 

  • Digital blended learning platform. 

  • Transnational community of support providers and integrated innovation support delivery models. 

  • The project aims to deliver durable solutions integratable into used working practices. 


Project Partner:

  • Technical University of Kosice, SK - Lead Partner

  • Association for Democratic Prosperity - Zid, ME

  • Atrineo, DE

  • Austria Wirtschaftsservice, AT

  • Central Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Noprofit Limited, HU

  • Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, AT

  • INNOVATIVE COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGIES CENTER, UA

  • Business Development Agency of Karlovy Vary Region, CZ

  • North-East Regional Development Agency, RO

  • Pannon Business Network Association, HU

  • Development agency of the City of Prijedor “PREDA”, BA

  • Pomurje Technology Park, SL

  • Regional Innovation Center of Kosice Region, SK

  • TERA TEHNOPOLIS Ltd., HR

  • Technologiezentrum Horb GmbH & Co. KG, DE

  • Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding, RO


The project is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by the European Union.


Project Budget: 2 720 670€

Interreg Funds: 2 176 336€

Project Period: 01/2024 - 06/2026

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

28. Januar 2025

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

How to build innovation communities

Aleksandar Kovač, TERA Tehnopolis

This training session explores strategies for building vibrant innovation communities. Participants will learn to create collaborative ecosystems that foster knowledge sharing, problem-solving and scaling innovation. The program covers key concepts, stakeholder engagement strategies and case studies like Innovation Café, BrainMap and UNITE Project working groups.


Leaner Approach to innovation support

Bernhard Krautschneider, AWS

Margit Kreuzhuber, Austrian Business Agency - WORK in Austria

A shared understanding between the innovation project and supporting organization is crucial for collaboration. This training session will outline key concepts for applying kaizen philosophy-based practises that make this collaboration and understanding simpler.


Personnel Development Process: use-case "AI-Info-Day" & finding and attracting international workforces 

Prof. Radovan Stojanovic, ADP-ZID / MANT

This training session will present two use-cases: while the first one draws an innovative approach to the development of already existing personnel by drawing from internal resources, the latter will deepen the knowledge of workforce attraction on a transnational level by offering an insight into the modus operandi of WORK in Austria - Austria´s international recruiting agency.

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

14. Januar 2025

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

Knowledge, experience and ideas transfer

Dominic Stelzmüller, bwcon GmbH

How business support organisations can support skills development and knowledge transfer through coaching, networking and training offers, building on the example of bwcon (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)


Cooperation with startups, experts and research institutions

Ákos Szepvolgyi, CTRIA

How to identify, select and engage startups, experts and research organisations for better innovation support. Approaches and practical examples.


Business intelligence and innovation

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kölmel, Pforzheim University

How to identify, interpret and apply industry reports, societal trends, scientific research and technology insights that will impact business operations and innovation strategies. Approaches and practical examples.

IaaS4DR Advanced Trainings

16. Dezember 2024

IaaS4DR Advanced Trainings

Why should you attend? 

  • Implement strategic innovation frameworks in their organizations.

  • Establish supportive ecosystems for startups, innovators, and researchers. 

  • Bridge the gap between theory and practice through hands-on approaches. 

  • Contribute to sustainable, long-term development in the Danube region. 

Each session is tailored to provide practical knowledge, interactive learning, and actionable takeaways. 


Register here and join us in making your business more innovative!

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

16. Dezember 2024

IaaS4DR Core Trainings

Why should you attend? 


  • Gain expert insights to optimize your business and innovation strategies.

  • Build market readiness and prepare for investment opportunities. 

  • Explore pathways for collaborations and infrastructure development.

  • Understand research trends and bolster your innovation capacities. 

Each session is tailored to provide practical knowledge, interactive learning, and actionable takeaways. 


Register here and join us in making your business more innovative!

16 project partners, starting this journey towards innovation and technological advancement across the Danube region.

16. März 2024

16 project partners, starting this journey towards innovation and technological advancement across the Danube region.

The first partner meeting in Kosice stands for the beginning of a journey assembling partners from different regions aligning the danube. Together we´ll create new concepts to jointly imporve the innovation support in each of the partner regions...and above!

The IaaS4DR project consortium met in-person again, this time in Murska Sobota, Slovenia 🇸🇮 hosted by project partner Pomurje Technology Park.

16. September 2024

The IaaS4DR project consortium met in-person again, this time in Murska Sobota, Slovenia 🇸🇮 hosted by project partner Pomurje Technology Park.

Our partner meeting consisted of workshops relating directly to the IaaS4DR Regional meetings as well as one for identifying future training needs within support providers in the respective regions supplemented by two company visits.🤝

Interviews with different players from the (growing) innovation region northern black forest.

19. September 2024

Interviews with different players from the (growing) innovation region northern black forest.

As part of our “Innovation as a Service for Danube Region” (IaaS 4 DR) project, we want to better understand which innovation offerings already exist in our northern Black Forest region🌲, which hurdles exist in their implementation and which offerings are still missing. To this end, we spoke to representatives of the most important providers in our region. 

Many thanks to Stephan Bogenrieder from Campus Schwarzwald, Thomas Hegenauer from Digital Hub Horb, Tiffany Brady from IZWW and Janet Rosenberger from INNONET®!

Today one of our latest projects is starting.

1. Januar 2024

Today one of our latest projects is starting.

"Innovation as a Service for Danube Region" (IaaS 4 DR) supports traditional industrial regions in their process of change. This project connects 12 european partners, located all over the Danube region, to foster transfer and create dynamic structures.

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