INDESCAT participates in the I3-INSHAPE project, funded by the EU.
The project aims to strengthen the European digital economy by developing the ClusSport Partnership (recognized by the EU in the smart specialisation area (S3) of sports and vitality) into a European competence centre for SME- initiatives in the field of sports and vitality: the I3-INSHAPE Network of Innovation and Investment Hubs, where we will accelerate interregional innovation investments related to sports and vitality and bring them to the market.

The approach is user-centered, data-driven and evidence-based:demand-driven, with the objective to:
1) Find interregional connections to building value chains and expanding market presence
2) Digitalize services & products and create better access to data
3) Provide business and innovation support: user-driven innovation, scale-up, commercialization and access to financing

The project will build the portfolio of interregional investment (I3) cases from 6 pre-selected FLAGSHIP SME I3 cases (included in the partnership) and another 30+ SME I3 Cases selected during the project via a series of bottom-up OPEN CALLS. The 30+SME I3 Cases will benefit from additional funding to A) address specific needs/requests from Flagship SMEs and B) build a second Stream of additional I3 cases, thereby contributing to building interregional value chains around the Flagship and Second Stream I3 cases.

Finally, the project will transform the I3-INSHAPE Innovation & Investment Hubs into a self-sustaining, demand-driven ecosystem carrying on beyond the lifetime of this proposal.