interreg danube transnational programme – danubepeerchains
The main objective of DanubePeerChains is to empower Labour market Support Organizations (LSO) and Business Support Organizations (BSO) together with their target groups and further local high-potentials (entrepreneurs, SME employees, digitalisation specialists) in a joint capacity building and training approach to upskill to high-qualified jobs in the Danube region and to gain sustainable recognition as PEER-level collaboration partners in innovative transnational value chains.
30 months of project activities
Overall: 1784455€
ERDF Contribution: 1162846.3€
IPA Contribution: 353940.42€
ENI Contribution: 0
Create an innovative and socially responsible Danube region
Capacity building activities for LSOs + BSOs and SMEs+enterprises
Anticipated Results
Increased competencies for business and social innovation through an innovative and socially responsible Danube region.
Empowered LSOs and BSOs together with their target groups and further local high-potentials (entrepreneurs, SME employees, digitalisation specialists) in a joint capacity building and training approach to upskill to high-qualified jobs in the Danube region
Gained sustainable recognition as peer-level collaboration partners in innovative transnational value chains
Project Objectives
Create a Regional Action Plan and Transnational Policy Recommendations as contribution to EUSDR/S3 strategies
Capacity building activities to enhance competence of LSO + BSO
Developing and piloting of multi-level trainings
Digital transformation disrupts traditional value chains, which particularly concerns Danube region countries with their diversified regional economies and strong position in typical production sectors, which are still focused on unidirectional client-supplier relations. At the same time, there is an emerging need for experts in innovative fields as engineering, ICT, automation and robotics, which need to be upskilled for the new value chains.
The main objective of DanubePeerChains, therefore, is to empower Labour market Support Organizations (LSO) and Business Support Organizations (BSO) together with their target groups and further local high-potentials (entrepreneurs, SME employees, digitalisation specialists) in a joint capacity building and training approach to upskill to high-qualified jobs in the Danube region and to gain sustainable recognition as PEER-level collaboration partners in innovative transnational value chains.
The partnership comprises 14 partners from 9 Danube countries (6 ERDF, 3 IPA) and 5 ASPs (+ENI) in a well-balanced mix of business and labour support organizations, tech.transfer centers, vocational/educational institutions and policy actors.
More can be found on the official web page: https://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/danubepeerchains
FITT has come to its establishment as a result of socio-economic and political needs in Tuzla and Tuzla Canton. In struggle to reconcile political demands and economic ones, FITT has developed several programs and is currently implementing projects with young people and students to raise awareness on the importance of their participation in decision making processes on local, regional and national level, not excluding wider level, which aim at creating possibilities for young people to take part in social and technological innovation that Industry 4.0 is bringing with. To bridge the gap between practice and theory, all important activities are implemented in the Center for Robotics which is the first center of this kind in the region of Western Balkans.