Descrizione del progetto
Uno strumento per ridurre il divario digitale tra tutte le regioni
Lo sviluppo sostenibile, equilibrato e inclusivo delle zone rurali, costiere e urbane dipende dall’accesso alla connettività dell’ultimo miglio e da soluzioni di edge computing. Gli strumenti a sostegno dello sviluppo aziendale e del processo decisionale nella selezione di un ecosistema di tecnologie sono importanti per incrementare la resilienza alle turbative e alle carenze a livello di catena di approvvigionamento. In questo contesto, il progetto XGain, finanziato dall’UE, adotterà un approccio orientato ai professionisti al fine di sviluppare uno strumento di facilitazione delle conoscenze che agevoli la creazione di modelli aziendali e sostenga il processo decisionale nella selezione di un ecosistema di tecnologie. L’obiettivo complessivo consiste nell’accelerare l’adozione delle soluzioni di XGain da parte di una comunità più ampia e garantire la massimizzazione dell’impatto nella realizzazione di uno sviluppo sostenibile, equilibrato e inclusivo delle zone rurali.
Obiettivo
New trends such as teleworking and e-commerce, as well as the need for a further increase of digital tools in all sectors (i.e. health, education, transportation, farming, etc.) demanded by the Covid-19 pandemic, are pointing out once again digital territorial inequalities, supply-chain disruptions and deficiencies in economic opportunities that hamper resilience and prosperity of rural communities. Accessibility and connectivity are key issues to mitigate this erosion of socio-territorial cohesion. However, identifying a common solution for equipping rural communities with increased access to services, opportunities and adequate innovation ecosystems ensuring that no one left behind is a challenging task, mainly due to the diversity of challenges and needs of different locations. In this respect, XGain fosters a sustainable, balanced and inclusive development of rural, coastal and urban areas by facilitating access to relevant stakeholders, such as municipalities, policymakers, farmers, foresters and their associations, to a comprehensive inventory of smart XG, last-mile connectivity and edge computing solutions, and of related assessment methods. The XGain overall project objective is, to deliver a Knowledge Facilitation Tool, facilitating business model development, supporting decision-making in the selection of an ecosystem of technologies, consisting of connectivity options and edge processing solutions, by following a multi-actor and practitioner-oriented approach, and by coherently assessing their socio-economic and techno-environmental effects, aiming at: increasing systemic resilience and energy efficiency; contributing to climate mitigation; and reducing the digital divides between different types of citizens, farms, sectors and regions.
Campo scientifico
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologypandemics
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommercee-commerce
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-RIA - HORIZON Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
106 82 ATHINA
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