Success stories and Good practices

The small Upper Austrian municipality Engelhartszell is facing increasing vacancy in its village and several key buildings stand empty:  the upper floors of the municipal building and the former elementary school, the ground floor of the former courthouse, and the convent of a former Trappist monastery.

In a small rural community with limited resources and political momentum, breathing new life...

24 Vision, a Czech SME in machine vision, approached EDIH-DIGIMAT to support its move from rule-based optical inspection toward AI-driven autonomous defect classification. The company needed to train machine-learning models on a representative image dataset, but lacked both the dataset itself and validated knowledge of which imaging configuration (spectrum, illumination geometry, camera...

Education systems are increasingly expected to prepare students for a digital society shaped by artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Teachers and schools must integrate digital tools into teaching practices while helping students develop future-ready skills such as digital literacy and responsible use of technology.

However, many educational institutions face difficulties adopting...

In the Northern Great Plain region of Hungary, close to the Ukrainian and Romanian borders, agriculture is dominated by small-scale family farms operating in one of the country’s least developed areas. Limited infrastructure, including unreliable internet connectivity in certain locations, constrains access to modern agricultural equipment. Although smartphone ownership is widespread among farmers...

The already successful collaboration between Beneficiary FOGS AG – weblab.li and GB Marketing & Solutions GmbH (gbms.li) on “expert-hub.li” (see EDIH / Success Stories) established the foundation for further common activities. 

The boost in digital transformation based on Artificial Intelligence presents big challenges especially for small and midsize companies (SME). SME are required to be...

Digihub.li’s needs analysis with Liechtenstein SME and the public sector showed a high demand for strengthening the visibility of SME and providing centralised IT services and work tools that support SME across industries. A comprehensive and accurate online company directory is missing in Liechtenstein. Existing business directories are primarily static in structure and do not offer any...

Moisture problems affect more than 15 million European households—around 17%—and approximately 400,000 properties in Denmark alone. The issue is growing due to climate change, increased rainfall, and aging sewer systems. Traditionally, moisture diagnosis relies on manual measurements and subjective assessments, which often lead to misdiagnoses and costly errors. The Institute for Moisture...

The challenge was twofold:

1. Technical: to design and implement an affordable, digital automation system for precision tool setup and monitoring.
2. Strategic: to achieve this through collaboration and resource-sharing, minimizing upfront costs while maximizing innovation and long-term impact.

The need for transporting beneficiaries to and from the structure, the scheduling and execution of various therapeutic services, as well as the management of resources and personnel, are procedures that require significant organizational effort. The challenges were specific and substantive:

• Lack of a unified digital system for appointment scheduling, beneficiary management, and coordinated...

Marine ecosystems are under increasing threat from pollution, overexploitation, and climate change. Many companies aim to reduce their environmental impact, but struggle to quantify their efforts and align them with marine sustainability goals. Traditional sustainability assessments often overlook the marine dimension, lack comparability across firms, and provide limited guidance on which actions...