Distance LAB – remote service hub for SME’s and public sector

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Baltic Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2025-11-19

Description

Description (EN):

DistanceLAB creates tools to improve the stakeholders’ resilience and adaptability by improving their skills in remote activities, especially distance soft skills (DIS). The project is topical as the COVID-19 pandemic and energy crisis have pushed organizations for a change. Now it is the time to take advantage of these changes and create new ways of success. The developed tools and methods are divided into 3 categories; communication and innovation, sustainability and remote business strategy. In this application “service” is used as an umbrella term for all these outcomes. These services develop the businesses’ existing activities and evolve them into hybrid and remote. The services and expertise is brought together in a hub. The hub offers the collective expertise of business development experts and the network of Baltic area. The hub is a co-operative effort of all partners and is open for international expansion. Each partner country will develop its own living lab of innovation. The living labs collaborate together in the hub and with other, existing clusters and networks. The hub shares knowledge and experiences on activities following EU and local level strategies by developing and adjusting the business to support the strategic objectives. Transnational collaboration and green transition are the backbone of the project’s activities and later, services provided in the hub. Public actors advocate local strategic changes towards a resilient and remote-adapted society.

Expected Achievements (EN):

Website: https://interreg-baltic.eu/project/distancelab/

Thematic information

Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Clustering and economic cooperation

Priority: (VI-B_BSR_1) Innovative societies

Priority specific objective: RSO1.4. Developing skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO1 A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity

Type of intervention: 173 Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement territorial cooperation projects and initiatives in a cross-border, transnational, maritime and inter-regional context

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 997172708

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 1097805-3

Department: Centria RDI/Digitalization

Address: Talonpojankatu 2, 67100 Kokkola, Finland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.centria.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 538 809.12

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 431 047.29

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 107 761.83

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Latvijas Universitāte

Name: Latvijas Universitāte

Department: Centre for European and Transition Studies (CETS)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999871830

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 90000076669

Address: Raina blvd., 19, LV1050 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.lu.lv

Total budget: EUR 202 140.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 161 712.64

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 428.16

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Skellefteå Science City

Name: Skellefteå Science City

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891646214

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 559006-5826

Address: Laboratorgränd 9, 931 77 Skellefteå, Sweden

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: http://skellefteasciencecity.se

Total budget: EUR 112 249.87

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 89 799.89

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 22 449.98

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Rzeszowska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Spółka Akcyjna

Name: Rzeszowska Agencja Rozwoju Regionalnego Spółka Akcyjna

Department: National and International Projects and Programs Department

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999767361

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 8130010538

Address: Chopina 51 str., 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.rarr.rzeszow.pl

Total budget: EUR 245 280.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 196 224.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 49 056.00

Public Institution Lithuanian Innovation Centre

Name: Public Institution Lithuanian Innovation Centre

Department: Innovation analysis and policy department

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999456476

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 110066875

Address: Mokslininkų g. 6A, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://lic.lt

Total budget: EUR 250 742.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 200 594.24

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 50 148.56

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune

Name: Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune

Department: Department of Education Skills and Business development

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950609022

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 944183779

Address: Fylkeshuset, Julsundvegen 9, 6413 Molde, Norway

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.mrfylke.no

Total budget: EUR 289 379.50

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 144 689.75

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 50.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 144 689.75

Lab-ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Name: Lab-ammattikorkeakoulu Oy

Department: Business Unit

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 949269355

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 2630644-6

Address: Mukkulankatu 19, 15210 Lahti, Finland

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://lab.fi/en

Total budget: EUR 370 332.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 296 265.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 74 066.40

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Kauno mokslo ir technologijų parkas

Name: Kauno mokslo ir technologijų parkas

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 932475648

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 303562022

Address: K. Petrausko str. 26, LT- 44156 Kaunas, Lithuania

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.kaunomtp.lt

Total budget: EUR 232 395.20

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 185 916.16

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 46 479.04

Industriellt utvecklingscentrum Norr AB (IUC Norr AB)

Name: Industriellt utvecklingscentrum Norr AB (IUC Norr AB)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 900739188

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 556576-4791

Address: Storgatan 11, 972 38 Luleå, Sweden

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Website: https://iucnorr.se/

Total budget: EUR 345 122.22

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 276 097.77

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 69 024.45

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER,Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in European Territorial Cooperation projects (Art. 20)

Nodibinājums Ventspils Augsto tehnoloģiju parks

Name: Nodibinājums Ventspils Augsto tehnoloģiju parks

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 997829786

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 40008088258

Address: Ventspils High Technology park-1, LV-3602 Ventspils, Latvia

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.vhtp.lv

Total budget: EUR 231 240.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 184 992.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 46 248.00

Viesoji istaiga Lietuvos inovaciju centras

Name: Viesoji istaiga Lietuvos inovaciju centras

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999456476

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 110066875

Address: Mokslininkų g. 6A, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Business support organisation

Total budget: EUR 250 742.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 200 594.24

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 50 148.56

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Latvijas Universitate

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Skellefteå Science City

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Rzeszow Regional Development Agency

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Public Institution Lithuanian Innovation Centre

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More and Romsdal County Council

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LAB University of Applied Sciences Ltd.

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Kaunas Science and Technology Park

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IUC Norr

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Foundation Ventspils High Technology park

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Centria University of Applied Sciences

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Public Institution Lithuanian Centre

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Summary

Project name (EN): Distance LAB – remote service hub for SME’s and public sector

Project acronym: Distance LAB

Project ID: #C006

Project start date: 2023-01-01

Project end date: 2025-12-31

Project status: ongoing

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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 817 691.51

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 022 649.59

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 022 649.59. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.
ERDF equivalent: Amount, EUR 289 379.50. Co-financing rate, 50.00%. Sources, Norway.
Others: Amount, EUR 289 379.50.

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSBSR

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Baltic Sea Region

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2025-11-19

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115 / 115 (100%)

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1 278 / 1 278 (100%)

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