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Digital Accelerator of Latvia
Project title: Digital Accelerator of Latvia
Project short title: DAoL
Number of project implementation agreement: 101083718
Registration number: 4698
Department: Faculty of Computer Science, Information Technology and Energy
Administrating department: Institute of Applied Computer Systems
Finance fund: Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL)
Project RTU role: project partner
Status: In implementation
Project start date: 01.09.2022.
Project end date: 31.08.2025.
Title of grant issuer: Eiropas Komisija
General manager: Katrina Boločko
Administrative manager: Katrina Boločko
Total finance:
Projekta kopējās izmaksas ir 6 765 999,64 EUR, no tām 1 765 999,64 EUR sedz Eiropas Komisija programmas “Digitālā Eiropa” ietvaros un 5 mil. EUR Atveseļošanās fonda finansējums.
Summary:

Digital Accelerator of Latvia (DAoL) project is designed with the goal of promoting digital transformation and innovation to improve the competitiveness of Latvian businesses and the quality of public services, using new digital solutions to increase investments in ICT technology research and development.

Co-financed by the European Union's project Digital Accelerator of Latvia (DAoL), ID No. 101083718 and the European Union's Recovery and Resilience Facility ID No. 2.2.1.1.i.0/1/23/I/CFLA/002. The European Union is not responsible for the content of the site.

Activities:
The goal for the first 3 years of the project or the new European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) is to establish a fully functional EDIH, support at least 3500 end beneficiaries, invest 6.7 million euros in digital transformation, and attract at least 2.4 million euros in support for end beneficiaries from other financial sources.

Specialization of the Latvian Digital Accelerator (DAoL):
AI with specialisation in R&D of new digital products and digital services.
5G incl. application in IoT, Internet of Energy, Connectivity technologies, Autonomous and controlled vehicles, robots.
GovTech incl. Government as a platform, Cybersecurity, Quantum technologies and EdTech.

The target group of the project is micro, small, medium and large merchants, associations and foundations that unite several merchants, public persons or their institutions, capital companies of public persons, research and knowledge dissemination organizations registered in the territory of the Republic of Latvia, and which can develop and implement new digital transformation products.

Main activities include preparation of digital maturity tests, roadmaps and opinions for the final beneficiaries; support for experimentation, piloting and testing activities; consulting and mentoring; training and ICT skills development; fundraising consulting; networking and access to the innovation ecosystem.
Partners:
  • Latvijas Digitālais akselerators
  • Latvijas Universitāte
  • Ventspils Augstskola
  • DATI Group, SIA
  • Vidzemes Augstskola
  • Elektroniskie sakari, VAS
  • Valsts zinātniskais institūts - atvasināta publiska persona "Elektronikas un datorzinātņu institūts"
  • Liepājas Universitāte
  • Latvijas Biozinātņu un tehnoloģiju universitāte
  • Latvijas Universitātes Cietvielu fizikas institūts
  • Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija
  • Latvijas Universitātes Matemātikas un informātikas institūts
  • TechHub Riga, NOD
  • Leitc, SIA
Project published on RTU website: 01.09.2022.

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