Ap-EDIH

The Apulian EDIH, Ap-EDIH, is the result of the merging of three Italian EDIH proposals designated as eligible at the national level, all insisting on the Apulian territory, namely: (1) Ap-EDIH (Apulian European Digital Innovation Hub), (2) EDIHAS (European Digital Innovation Hub for Aerospace) and (3) MIHUB (Mediterranean Digital Innovation HUB). It aims to establish on the Apulian regional territory, a single EDIH structure with the needed critical mass to support the Apulian SMEs and PAs operating in sectors significantly impacting on competitiveness, recovery and resilience of the territory, such as: Manufacturing, Agro-food, Energy/Climate/Smart Mobility, Health-Care (devices and systems), Blue Economy and Smart City. Ap-EDIH will focus on vertical value chains such as: textile, furniture, precision agriculture and farming, packaging and food industry, contruction&buildings, waste treatment, automotive, industrial automation, Aerospace, Biomedical devices, personalized medicine, Health-care system, and horizontal value chains such as: logistics and urban mobility digital infrastructures, digital services for citizens, digital services for weather forecasting and biodiversity. The Ap-EDIH network wants to offer to its customers integrated packages of AI, CS and HPC test before invest, skills and training, support to find investment and networking services tailored on actual Apulian SMEs and PAs needs. To enhance its effectiveness Ap-EDIH will specifically develop, with the co-financing of some of its key affiliated partners, solid Best Practices to ensure a uniform take in charge of customers all over the network. Joint activities and services with other EU Hub will be pursued by the Ap-EDIH network in order to contribute to reinforce European digital leadership. A collaboration with EDIH INNOVATE proposal from Austria has been already activated.