{"id":504,"date":"2025-01-29T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:08:24","slug":"danubia-clusters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/projects\/danubia-clusters\/","title":{"rendered":"DanubIA Clusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Project title: <b>AI based Cluster Cooperation in the Danube Region<\/b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1070 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/DanublA-Clusters-1-300x98.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"98\" \/><br \/>\nProject acronym: <b>DRP0401474<\/b><br \/>\nProgramme: <strong>Interreg Danube Region\u00a0Programme<\/strong><br \/>\nProject duration:<strong> September 2024 \u2013 May 2025<\/strong><br \/>\nLead partner: <strong>Romanian Cluster Association\u00a0<\/strong>(Romania)<br \/>\nWeb: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/interreg-danube.eu\/projects\/danubia-clusters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/interreg-danube.eu\/projects\/danubia-clusters<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DanubIA Clusters<\/strong> is an international project aimed at strengthening collaboration between clusters and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Danube region through artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to develop an AI-supported cluster cooperation platform that will enable more effective C2C, C2B, B2C and B2B collaboration in areas such as commercial exchange, technology transfer, innovation and participation in research and development projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main objectives of the project:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enhancing inter-cluster and business cooperation <\/strong>\u2013 expanding opportunities for commercial, technological and research interactions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Providing real-time economic data<\/strong> \u2013 delivering up-to-date information on the competitiveness of clusters and SMEs in the Danube region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Facilitating experience and know-how exchange<\/strong> \u2013 enabling learning and sharing of best practices in green and digital transformation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strengthening the resilience of value chains<\/strong> \u2013 improving the adaptability of regional ecosystems to economic challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The project involves five national cluster associations (Romania, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine), with key activities including an AI needs assessment, defining platform functionalities and identifying funding opportunities for further implementation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Role of the Union of Slovak Clusters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Union of Slovak Clusters (UKS) is the only organization representing clusters in Slovakia and plays a key role in the DanubIA Clusters project. Its main activities include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Needs and challenges analysis<\/strong> \u2013 UKS contributes to a report on the current state of digital and AI-based cooperation platforms, leading the analysis of challenges and needs related to cluster collaboration in the Danube region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defining AI platform functionalities<\/strong> \u2013 UKS organizes national consultations with clusters, SMEs, research organizations and other partners to define the platform\u2019s requirements and potential applications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Identifying funding and project opportunities<\/strong> \u2013 UKS is involved in mapping financial resources for implementing the main project, exploring funding opportunities from programs such as Horizon Europe and Digital Europe Programme.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supporting the development of the main project work plan<\/strong> \u2013 UKS collaborates on preparing the main project, including task distribution and partner identification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Encouraging the participation of Slovak clusters and companies<\/strong> \u2013 UKS organizes activities to involve Slovak SMEs in the project and strengthen their innovation capabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Through UKS\u2019s participation in the DanubIA Clusters project, Slovak clusters will benefit from stronger connections with international partners, increased digital competitiveness and greater integration into European value chains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project outputs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d1.1.1-national-partners-contribution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on the state of play on digital\/AI based B2B\/C2C\/B2C cooperation platforms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d2.1.1-main-project-concept.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main project concept<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d-3.1.1-set-up-financial-framework-for-main-project.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roadmap towards the main project proposal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d4.1.1-report-on-the-activities-of-working-group.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on the activities of the working group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d-4.1.2-annexes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recommendations of the working group<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d4.1.3-report-on-the-workshop-in-denmark.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report on the workshop in Denmark<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/d.4.2.1-main-project-executive-summary_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Main project executive summary\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project title: AI based Cluster Cooperation in the Danube Region Project acronym: DRP0401474 Programme: Interreg Danube Region\u00a0Programme Project duration: September 2024 \u2013 May 2025<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/projects\/danubia-clusters\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions\/511"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uksk.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}