Objective
"The RIVAIRA project advances the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA) and Draghi’s competitiveness vision by strengthening regional innovation ecosystems and European value chains. It operationalizes NEIA’s Flagship 3, creating Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs) to reduce innovation divides by linking advanced and emerging regions via Digital (AI) and among others, deep-tech value chains. Aligned with the European Research Area (ERA), it promotes equitable resource access, knowledge sharing, and coordinated R&I investments, supporting the EU’s green and digital transitions and the European Green Deal.
Focusing on digital solutions for deep tech, AI-driven manufacturing, digital health, green/bio/agritech, linked to the explicit warning of the 8th Cohesion Report: ""without appropriate policy action, the green and digital transitions may create new economic, social and territorial disparities"" rather than reducing existing ones. The project aligns with regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3). Regional innovation agencies co-design Annual Work Plans, integrating outcomes into S3 governance for evidence-based policy updates. Building on many experiences and other projects like RInnoValleys, it drives market-oriented deep-tech projects addressing societal challenges like clean energy and health.
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with strong economic growth (2.5–3.5% annually) and rising R&D, anchors the project, with Hungary’s robust ecosystem-top universities, talent, and favorable regulations - as a model. Allocating majority of its budget to widening countries, the project includes interregional open calls and support for SMEs and startups via mentoring, coaching and matchmaking. RIVAIRA fosters sustainable, scalable innovation, reduces digital gaps and strategic dependencies, and positions Europe as a leader in digital solutions, especialy for AI.
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HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-05
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