CSP Innovation in ICT is a non-profit research organisation working on experimental development, industrial research, technology transfer and the implementation and adoption of ICT from Torino in the Piemonte Region of Italy.
Its approach is to apply its technological research to local enterprises, academic institutions and citizens to develop the local innovation potential of the region and create value for the local economy.
CSP has a track record in DEs which will make it a valuable partner in the DE-LAN project. Its ‘Innovation 4 Business’ programme opened research laboratories to local small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This enabled them to transfer the initiative’s knowledge and technology to convert prototypes into new products and services. It currently works in 10 domains including digital terrestrial TV and embedded systems, has 30 assets and adds about 5 new assets each year.
On behalf of the Piemonte Region, CSP also runs Thematic Living Labs, which trial the technological transfer of innovative solutions on experimental themes as part of a public-funded long-term programme based on the EU Living Lab intervention model. The output of each trial is a transferable model through the investigation of innovative technological solutions with the active involvement of enterprises and citizens in testing the results.
Through participation in the EU project PEARDROP (Promoting Ecosystems and Regional Development in support of Regional Development Programming), CSP has experience of DEs at a European level.
Through the DE-LAN project, CSP aims to:
- Define a general approach to DE through the sharing of experiences with other partner regions
- Enlarge the local applications fields (currently digital divide overcome, infomobility, astronomic research divulgation, workspaces for disabled)
- Transfer the DE approach into regional and local policy.
