IKT for SMB i grisgrente strøk

Main aim of the project is the strenghtening of the region by spatial and structural changes to form a balanced region. The tools to reach this aim are IC-technologies. Their implementation and usage in SMEs shall be enhanced and bring positive results. In particular there can be deducted the following sub-goals: m Reducing the urban-rural-disparities with respect to the supply of qualified manpower and workplaces by supporting SMEs to innovate, in using modern ICT and providing means for e-learning and qualification. By these means function of the rural and semi-rural areas of being a motor of economic development is supported and new business-fields can be opened. m Based on the knowledge about the present structure and problems of each region ("baseline") analyzing available research and solutions for SMEs that can be implemented to to improve their economic situation. m Providing strategies and measures by which the competitiveness and economic and technological development of SMEs is improved: Investigation in and reduction of (entrepreneurial) restraints to implement and use modern IC-technologies. Promoting the adoption of available new technologies thus creating new entrepreneurial possibilities. m Durable usage of the network-partnership and its technical installations for all entrepreneurial concerns. m Improving the ability of SMEs to gain access to available knowledge and experiences as well as to results of research and development in order to innovate and increase the competences of enterprises and staff. The technical basis for this are the Internet and modern IC-technologies used for access to regional support structures. The improvement in the abilities of enterprises to innovate will lead to technological change within the regions and by this to spatial and social changes. m Investigation into the needs of SMEs with respect to the ability to innovate, qualification, organisational structures and procedures incl. development of methods for improvement. m Awareness-raising: Improving the knowledge about the possibilities of modern IC-techn