Catalysing innovation and entrepreneurship unlocking the potential of emerging production and business models

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Balkan-Mediterranean

Date of latest update: 2023-09-26

Description

Description (EN):

The starting point of the project has been a socio-institutional problem and a tentative techno-economic solution. In the context of the recent developments in the social economic sector, an increasing number of people has been contributing to social innovation projects, striving to create sustainable options for surpassing the deep economic, social and environmental crisis in Europe. However, these communities face certain challenges in creating sustainable livelihoods and in supporting the appropriate organisational and governance structures. At the same time, the wide diffusion of ICT and the decentralisation of the means of information production pose as an untapped opportunity, in providing new techno-economic blueprints for sustainability. PHYGITAL aims to pilot, evaluate and promote an emerging production and business model, based on the conjunction of a global digital commons of knowledge, stemming from various open source projects, with distributed manufacturing technologies, such as three-dimensional (3D) printers and Computerised Numerical Control (CNC) machines. Seeds of this model, codified as “design global, manufacture local” (DGML), have been exemplified by numerous successful commons-oriented projects on a global level, introducing innovative organisational and business patterns. The project is expected to increase local capacities for innovation, by harnessing global knowledge to address local challenges. At the same time, strong transnational cooperation linkages will be created, in support of innovative entrepreneurial ventures, including social enterprises. PHYGITAL adopts a multi-level approach, in order to bring together diverse stakeholders and promote synergy on local, transnational and global level, by: (a) developing a multilingual open knowledge platform, which will host, organise & diffuse the global knowledge commons; (b) developing and connecting open collaborative production spaces (makerspaces), equipped with distributed manufacturing technologies, to catalyse the relevant physical practices in scalable pilot programmes, taking place in 3 thematic areas: agriculture (Greece); social arts practices (Cyprus) & cultural heritage (Albania) and (c) supporting the emerging entrepreneurial practices through the Phygital Network, an open, decentralised network of businesses & professionals, dedicated to the empowerment of innovation and social entrepreneurship on transnational level. The PHYGITAL target groups include restless entrepreneurs and freelancers; local SMEs and micro-enterprises from different sectors, as well as activists, hobbyists and communities contributing to open source and social innovation projects and the wider public. The added value of the project lies in the empowerment of more people to adopt sustainable patterns and work towards making a positive social impact, by co-designing and co-producing new solutions for local challenges and openly sharing the benefits on a global level.

Website: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

In line with the result indicators of the Programme, the planned activities of the project are expected to increase local capacities and strengthen transnational cooperation linkages to create cross-sectoral synergies. An open decentralised network of businesses and professionals from different domains will be coalesced around shared knowledge and resources. At the same time, several market-oriented ventures will add value to the common resources, utilise them through innovative entrepreneurial practices and further enrich them for the benefit of the network and society as a whole. The project’s main expected results from the implementation of the planned activities include: ● Improvement of knowledge, skills and competences and the overall conditions related to open collaborative practices and business models. ● Enhanced competitiveness and capacity for innovation for local SMEs (including social enterprises), through wider utilisation of open knowledge, tools and designs. ● Stronger linkages & interconnections among diverse stakeholders on local level, with relevance to the local social context. ● Improved innovation capacity for SMEs & micro-enterprises, including social enterprises, in response to local challenges. ● Increased networking & cooperation on transnational level, through open knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ● Increased number of people working for the social benefit, creating a sustainable local economy and cross-sectoral synergies. ● Empowerment of individuals and self-organised communities in addressing local challenges and achieve greater positive social impact. ● Improved capacity of the social economic sector to provide jobs & sustainable development and demonstration of a new industrial model. ● Increased competitiveness and improved business environment in the area through new business support instruments. Appropriate quantitative and qualitative indicators will measure the degree of attainment of the above results.

Expected Outputs (EN):

The project’s main outputs are the means to achieve all of the specific objectives (SO), as listed on section B.1.2. In doing so, the project’s main outputs consist of 3 interwoven streams: (a) physical and digital (PHYGITAL) tools and methodologies, addressing SO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6; (b) innovative practices & competences, addressing SO 7, 8, 9 & 10; and (c) networking and capacity building, addressing SO 11, 12 & 13. Specifically, each of the above streams include: ● Stream a: a digital techno-social platform, sharing open knowledge, designs and tools; 3 physical collaborative production spaces (makerspaces), open to the local communities, equipped with distributed manufacturing technologies; studies and research reports on the current conditions, challenges and prospects of the local economy; policy proposals for supporting and harnessing open innovation. ● Stream b: 3 scalable pilot programmes and (at least) 15 prototypes as minimum viability products for 5 SMEs/social enterprises in each area; training and mentoring of local entrepreneurs for open and business innovation. ● Stream c: an open decentralised network operating on transnational level to support business innovation and entrepreneurship; a joint sustainability plan; capacity building and promotion of the proposed production and business model. The PHYGITAL (physical+digital) infrastructures, namely the digital platform and makerspaces together will represent the project’s main output. They synthesise the open PHYGITAL locus for decentralised collaboration, based on the open knowledge and tools (software and hardware) and distributed manufacturing practices. In line with the programme’s output indicators, the project’s main output will provide the underlying conditions for the joint development, testing and implementation of an emerging production and business model, along with new instruments providing support to SMEs for business innovation, in terms of knowledge, methods, linkages and expertise.

Thematic information

SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Competitive territories: stimulating business performance and extroversion through transnational linkages, clusters and networks

Thematic Objective: (03) enhancing the competitiveness of SMEs by:

Investment Priority: (03a) promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators

Partners (6)

Lead Partner: Greek Free Open Source Software Society

Address: 9 Iroon Street, Polytechnioupoli, ZografouAthens, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: https://eellak.ellak.gr/

Total budget: EUR 180 695.26

ERDF budget: EUR 153 590.97

IPA2 budget: EUR 26 445.29

Δήμος Λακατάμια

Name: Δήμος Λακατάμια

Address: 1st April 11 Lakatamia, 2311 Nicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 181 906.00

ERDF budget: EUR 154 620.10

IPA2 budget: EUR 26 625.90

Δήμος Βορείων Τζουμέρκων

Name: Δήμος Βορείων Τζουμέρκων

Address: Pramanta Ioanninon, 44001, 44001 Pramanta, Greece

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.voreiatzoumerka.gr/

Total budget: EUR 100 070.10

ERDF budget: EUR 85 059.59

IPA2 budget: EUR 14 351.52

Fondacioni "Njeriu - Mjedisi - Kultura"

Name: Fondacioni "Njeriu - Mjedisi - Kultura"

Address: BLVD. GJERGJ KASTRIOTI 20, 7001 KORCE, Albania

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.hecfoundation.al

Total budget: EUR 98 742.00

ERDF budget: EUR 83 930.70

IPA2 budget: EUR 14 151.30

ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΟ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ Π.Λ.

Name: ΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΙΚΟ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ Π.Λ.

Address: 46 Makedonitissas AvenueNicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 109 074.75

ERDF budget: EUR 92 713.54

IPA2 budget: EUR 15 702.21

Οργάνωση για την έρευνα, την τεκμηρίωση και την προώθηση των ομότιμων πρακτικών

Name: Οργάνωση για την έρευνα, την τεκμηρίωση και την προώθηση των ομότιμων πρακτικών

Address: Papadopoulou 5B, 45 444 Ioannina, Greece

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 129 998.00

ERDF budget: EUR 110 498.30

IPA2 budget: EUR 18 839.70

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Project name (EN): Catalysing innovation and entrepreneurship unlocking the potential of emerging production and business models

Project acronym: PHYGITAL

Project start date: 2017-10-02

Project end date: 2020-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 800 486.11

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 680 413.19

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 610 781.77.
IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, EUR 116 116.00.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Media releases / articles

Newsletter 1

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2019-11-22

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Περιπλανώμενη» Ημερίδα Λήξης του έργου Phygital

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2020-09-18

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

Υλοποίηση εκπαιδευτικών συνεδριών για επιχειρηματίες του αγροδιατροφικού τομέα στο Συρράκο & στα Πράμαντα

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2020-09-17

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

"A Workshop by Maria Hadjimichael - Narrating and Visualising the Commons in Environmental Justice Claims The potentialities of the digital-scape"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2019-04-08

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

A workshop by Natalia- Rozalia Avlona - Open Technologies: Their History, Laws, and Gender

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2019-02-26

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

2nd meeting of the Phygital project

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-09-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Tzoumakers: Ένας ανοικτός χώρος συνεργασίας, δημιουργίας και κατασκευής στα Βόρεια Τζουμέρκα

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-05-15

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

Phygital: Ανοικτή συνάντηση ομάδων εστίασης στα Τζουμέρκα

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-05-14

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

Phygital: Ολοκληρώθηκε η 1η ανοικτή συνάντηση ομάδων εστίασης στα Β. Τζουμέρκα

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-04-27

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

Phygital: Ανοικτή συνάντηση ομάδων εστίασης στα Τζουμέρκα

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Media release / article

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-04-26

Languages: el

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

Phygital Project Video

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2020-09-16

Languages: en

Reports

UNCONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2020-04-21

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

"How do we make a maker space? The start of Phygital in Cyprus Design Global, Manufacture Local in Greece, Cyprus and Albania"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2018-10-14

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Flyers

Cultivating Open-Source Agriculture in Tzoumerka: 15-17 September 2019

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Flyer

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2019-09-06

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Workshop by Makers Will Make

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Flyer

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2019-04-24

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Brochures / magazines / manuals

A few words about Phygital…

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://phygitalproject.eu/

Publication date: 2022-08-01

Document date: 2020-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Balkan-Mediterranean

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2022-12-09

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44 / 44 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

282 / 282 (100%)

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