AsDIH

Following the strategy under implementation since 2017, the Asturias Digital Innovation Hub (AsDIH) is the single proposal from Asturias (North coast of Spain) involving 10 partners representing all the relevant regional stakeholders. Under the coordination of the Agency for Science, Business Competitiveness and Innovation of the Principality of Asturias, its design responds to a comprehensive analysis of the digitalisation needs of the regional business fabric, together with a thorough identification of the digital transformation capacities within the territory. Thus, the AsDIH will strengthen the competitiveness of regional economy by stimulating a rapid increase in the digital maturity of enterprises in Asturias, with a focus on industrial SMEs, enabled by the technological strengths of the region´s in the areas of additive manufacturing, data analysis, sensory and artificial vision, fully aligned with the Smart Specialization Strategy of Asturias. This project implies going a step forward for the consolidation of the DIH, since it will allow the upgrading of the AsDIH, structuring, improving and completing the existing services for the companies linked to test before invest, access to funding, skills and training and networking and ecosystems. Also, the project will allow the AsDIH to network with other hubs at EU level, to internationally complement the digital transformation service offer for regional SMEs and to make available the regional digital capacities in Europe, as well as to share best practices and specialised knowledge. To do this, the creation of the AsDIH Technical Office, a one-stop-shop offering a holistic support service for digital transformation through a comprehensive customer journey across different types of services and including continuous monitoring and evaluation of their quality and impact, will allow the orchestration of the services delivered and the stakeholders involved, in order to maximise the impact.