About the SYNERGY Project

SYNERGY (“SYnergic Networking for innovativeness Enhancement of central european actoRs focused on hiGh-tech industrY”) aimed at strengthening underdeveloped linkages, cooperation and synergies between companies, industry, research, intermediaries and policy makers in Central Europe. The project analysed funded and finalized innovation projects and clustered institutions involved in projects into three Key Project Areas (KPAs) covering the most promising modern industrial technologies. These areas included Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing, Micro- and Nanotechnology-related Processes and Materials, as well as the Industry 4.0 sector.


Institutions and clusters included in each area formed "Synergic Networks" based on a novel projects assessment methodology and a "Synergic Consortia matchmaking" IT online tool. Moreover, the project defined new crowd innovation services that are available on the SYNERGY Crowd Innovation Platform and tested them in different types of pilot actions. As a result, the project activities boosted the creation of innovative services and facilitated transnational collaboration and cooperation between Central European actors from the high-tech industry. The SYNERGY project started in August 2017 and ended in October 2020. 

NEWS

Project End

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SYNERGY ENd of the project 

After 3 years of cooperation the SYNERGY project came to a successful end in October 2020. Our aim to enhance innovativeness in Central European regions was achieved and we hope that it will be taken up by other relevant organisations and follow-up projects. 

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SYNERGY Project End Logo; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


Final Conference

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SYNERGY Final Conference 

The SYNERGY Final Video Conference was held on 21st October 2020 in a virtual meeting via the SYNERGY YouTube channel to share the experiences and knowledge of 3-years SYNERGY project with the conference participants. 

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SYNERGY Final Video Conference; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


Archive

News

SYNERGY News Archive

In the news archive you can find all past news about the SYNERGY project and its activities as well as interesting contributions on related topics from the fields of Additive Manufacturing and 3D-Printing, Nano- and Microtechnologies and Industry4.0. 

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SYNERGY News Archive; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


Archive

Newsletter

SYNERGY Final Newsletter

In the last newsletter of the project, which is available in this news archive, we have summarized all project activities. We would like to thank all project participants for their support in the project. 

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SYNERGY Final Newsletter; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


Tools

Are you interested in connecting with innovation actors from your field of expertise and working together on collaborative crowd innovation solutions in the fields of Additive Manufacturing & 3D-Printing, Micro- & Nanotechnologies and Industry4.0?

The SYNERGY Platform and the integrated SYNERGY Profiling Tool give you exactly this possibility. 

SYNERGY Platform and SYNERGY Profiling Tool; Image Source: SYNERGY Project

Discover the SYNERGY open innovation environment for industry and academia with newly designed services for crowdfunding for research, crowdsourcing for innovation, infrastructure sharing and stakeholder matchmaking.

MAIN PROJECT OUTPUTS

2018

SYNERGY pROFILING tOOL and international project analysis 

The development of the SYNERGY Profiling Tool allowed the analysis of more than 250 international research, industrial, regional development projects’ features, and organizations' competences for stakeholder matchmaking activities.  

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SYNERGY Profiling Tool; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2018

Competence map 

Presentation of profiled and clustered innovation actors in the SYNERGY Competence Map in order to visualize potential cooperation as well as similarities and synergies between Central European actors. 

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SYNERGY Competence Map, Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2018

KPAs innovative Synergic Networks

Creation of transnational innovative Synergic Networks within the three Key Project Areas (KPAs) to establish active and self-sustaining linkages among Central European innovation actors.

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SYNERGY Innovative Synergic Networks; Image: SYNERGY Project



2019

SYNERGY CROWD INNOVATION PLATFORM

Development of  SYNERGY Crowd Innovation Platform as an open innovation environment for industry and academia with newly designed services for crowdfunding, crowd-sourcing and infrastructure sharing.

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SYNERGY Crowd Innovation Platform; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2020

pilot action Simulated Crowdfunding 

Idea Givers launched crowdfunding campaigns and backers participated in crowd voting via a simulated funding process to test crowdfunding mechanisms on the SYNERGY Platform. 

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SYNERGY Simulated Crowdfunding Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2020

pilot action Vouchers for research and innovation projects

Research community clustered together to jointly create innovative solutions and test crowdsourcing service on the SYNERGY platform. 

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SYNERGY Research and Innovation Projects Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2020

pilot action Rent-A-Robot 

Infrastructure providers offered their equipment to infrastructure takers to develop joint infrastructure solutions and test infrastructure sharing mechanisms on the SYNERGY Platform. 

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SYNERGY Rent-A-Robot Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2020

Regional strategy on crowd innovation

SYNERGY Crowd Innovation Strategy as a plan of actions designed to achieve a long-term and overall spread of Open and Crowd Innovation initiatives in the Central European partner regions. 

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SYNERGY Crowd Innovation Strategy; Image Source: SYNERGY Project



2020

Regional trainings on the crowd innovation strategy 

Regional trainings were organized by each partner with representatives from regional public authorities, public organizations and synergic networks to raise awareness on the Regional Strategy on Crowd Innovation.

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SYNERGY Regional Trainings on the Crowd Innovation Strategy; Image Source: SYNERGY Projectr


2020

pilot action Crowd innovation for companies 

Companies uploaded their project ideas with a request of technical competences to get targeted crowd solutions. The SYNERGY platform was promoted in this context. 

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SYNERGY Crowd Innovation for Companies Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


2020

pilot action Vouchers for developed solutions of the research project 

Pilot Action to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic to match ideas and needs with specific competences and solutions and promote the SYNERGY Platform. 

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SYNERGY Vouchers for Developed Solutions of the Research Projects Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project

 

2020

Pilot action Design and prototype model

Social product development in teams of at least two platform users who jointly developed a solution and submitted a proposed 3D/CAD model to a specific challenge to promote the SYNERGY Platform. 

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SYNERGY Design and Prototype Model Pilot Action; Image Source: SYNERGY Project


Scheme of the Interreg Central Europe Project SYNERGY

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PROJECT DURATION

Start Date

01.08.2017

End Date

31.10.2020

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