Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU joined the launch of the Digital Innovation Hub Win-Win EDIH
On March 26, the European Digital Innovation Hub Win-Win EDIH was officially launched. It’s a centre that supports businesses, start-ups, science, the public sector, investors and experts with European cutting-edge opportunities in digital transformation. Representatives of Horizon Europe Office in Ukraine, NRFU, took part in the event.
The event brought together key stakeholders to present plans and for networking. Win-Win EDIH opportunities and services were presented to the audience for the first time, which will significantly expand the digitalisation options for users. Moreover, the participants of the event had the opportunity to communicate and discuss the processes of digital transformation in Ukraine during both the panel discussion, which was extremely lively, and informal networking.
The Win-Win EDIH (WIN2EDIH) is a digital transformation hub providing high added-value services for testing, training, ecosystem networking, and funding support to SMEs, startups, and the public sector in Ukraine. WIN2EDIH was established by a consortium representing the Quadruple Helix Model: KNEU, ZPSU & CPNU as the most digitalised educational establishments in Northern Ukraine. Along with this, public, industry and community sectors are represented by the USF, a public authority with a proven track record of supporting startups through collaborations with ongoing European projects, Vacuum as the sole deep tech supporter in Ukraine and YEP that serves as the centre of the Ukrainian innovation ecosystem.
The hub focuses on selected deep tech smart specializations, including Smart Mobility, Manufacturing and Processing, Smart Factories, Food Tech, Education, Public Administration, Energy and Healthcare. The main objective of WIN2EDIH is to enhance the level of digital and green transformation of targeted audience by introducing deep tech solutions and coherent integration into the EU network of EDIHs. For startups, it is a chance to gain support, access to technologies, and assistance in scaling internationally; for businesses to discover how digital solutions can boost their competitiveness. For public sector representatives to learn how Win-Win EDIH can help integrate the best European practices.
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Since March 2025 the Digital accelerator “Innovation Ukraine” – a digital platform for comprehensive support of talents and support of innovative projects from idea to commercialization to speed up post-war recovery and competitive development of Ukraine – became the main informational platform of WIN2EDIH project.
