18 October 2016 - 1st SKILLS+ Capacity Building Seminar - Zadar, Croatia

1. Zane Zeibote
Advisory Partner
Zane.zeibote@lu.lv
CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP,
Zadar, Croatia
18/10/2016

2. SMEs in rural areas should be
supported to be able to seize
full opportunities offered by a digital
single market and benefits
of a digital economy.
SKILLS+ therefore aims to advance
public policies promoting ICT skillspublic policies promoting ICT skills
and embracing the exciting new
business opportunities of the digital
world.

3. Selection of good practices
Criteria (Interreg Europe) of good practice:
It has already proved successful;
It has the potential to be transferred to a different
geographic area;
It has already provided tangible and measurable
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It has already provided tangible and measurable
results in achieving a specific objective (necessary to
measure the success).
SKILLS+ specific objective = promoting
competitiveness of SMEs by applying modern ICT and
effective policy approaches.

4. Selection of good practices by categories
1. Facilitating organizational changes (7):
1. Digital Service Tray (DST)
2. Innochambers
3. Diversification into non-agricultural activities and
Creation and development of SMEs
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Creation and development of SMEs
4. Modern Businesses Program
5. Innovative Zadar
6. Support for commercialization of innovative
products, processes and providing innovative service
7. Technological modernization of SMEs

5. Selection of good practices by categories
2. Fostering human skills development (10):
1. RuralDigiserv, Pro Agria
2. E-leadership skills for SMEs
3. Ventspils Digital Centre, VDC
4. Training, certification and consulting for unemployed young people
aged 18-24, in the area of ICT
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aged 18-24, in the area of ICT
5. Laboratory of social innovation
6. ST-Online
7. Malopolska education cloud
8. Improving the competencies of adults in ICT and foreign language
skills of the Human Capital
9. Intelligent management system of digital competence “e-Skills”
10. IMPROVEMENT OF MODERN BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT – CAT3

6. Selection of good practices by categories
3. Promotion of ICT-based business opportunities (21):
1. GOLLI (Global Orders, Logistics Labels & Information)
2. DIGIBOOSTI
3. IT Cluster of Central Germany
4. Strategic facilitation of SMEs businesses of Saxony-Anhalt
5. ICT-strategy "digital Saxony-Anhalt 2020"
6. e-business-pilot Magdeburg
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6. e-business-pilot Magdeburg
7. Information Campaign: “ e-Skills Week for Jobs” – CAT2
8. Latvian IT Cluster, LITC
9. Open Innovation Platform "Demola Latvia"
10. DIGI-LODGE. “Aid for accommodation establishments, to create
websites and computer reservation systems” – CAT1
11. Development of managerial capacity and growth of SMEs
12. Sofia tech park

7. Selection of good practices by categories
3. Promotion of ICT-based business opportunities (20):
13. RURAL SME AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
14. Cultourist
15. Support for economic activity as regards electronic
economy – CAT1
16. Support for implementation of electronic business –
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16. Support for implementation of electronic business –
B2B
17. I3CT Crossborder Clustering project
18. Support of cooperation between SME s and
Universities – CAT1
19. Technological transfer from Universities to SME´s –
CAT1
20. E-business Competitiveness Improvement Project

8. Selection of good practices by categories
4. None of the above (5):
1. Network of State and Municipal Unified Customer
Service Centres – CAT1
2. E-Trondelag – CAT1
3. Flexibility of ERDF progamme and simplification of
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3. Flexibility of ERDF progamme and simplification of
system administration – CAT1?
4. E-BUSINESS – CAT3
5. Digital Economy - National ICT Summit – CAT2, CAT1

9. Next steps
Finalizing good practices, measuring impact and
considering possibilities to transfer them;
Capacity building events, exchange of experience;
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Analysis of selected public policies, peer reviews;
recommendations for policy improvement;
Action plans and their implementation;
Other activities.

10. Project’s media
Thank you!
Questions welcome