Project date: 01. 09. 2024 – 31. 08. 2027
Webpage: https://www.alpine-space.eu/project/tiger/
Contact: Neja Samar Brenčič
Phone: +386 31 691 119
E-mail: neja.samar-brencic@izriis.si .
Project TIGER focuses on eHealth and social innovations that can successfully address healthcare and demographic challenges, bridging the gap for isolated communities in the Alpine region by providing remote access to medical consultations and monitoring and facilitating care for older adults at home.
The aim of the TIGER project is to provide Styrian companies with access to international knowledge and specialized innovation services. These new impulses are intended to drive the development of products and services in elderly and remote care, which are urgently needed due to the growing shortage of skilled workers. Through targeted innovation services such as the “Living Lab,” where companies can test their products in a realistic environment, and expert assessments to evaluate market opportunities, Styrian SMEs receive valuable support in product development
The ICS will serve as the lead partner of another EU project called TIGER, which, with a project volume of almost €2.7 million, will intensively explore international solutions for geriatric and remote care until summer 2027. Together with the Geriatric Health Centers (GGZ) of the City of Graz and Human.technology Styria (HTS), valuable expertise from across the Alpine region will be pooled to support Styrian SMEs in the healthcare sector in developing new and innovative products.
A key component of the project is the development of an online platform that promotes exchange between experts, companies, and innovative offerings. This platform is expected to be operational by 2026 and will open up the Alpine region (Austria, Slovenia, Italy, France, and Germany) as an innovation space for the participating companies. SMEs that already have initial solutions in the field of remote care can receive valuable support from the project in developing suitable business models.
The suggested The systemic Support Model will enable joint service provision in a coordinated manner and in a transnational context: start-ups and SMEs may enter the services via the online one-stop-shop and will then be assisted by regional service points. Through the co-creation approach, eHealth and social service and product development will become more customer-driven and transnational validation will increase the potential market uptake. The transnational network for structured support in innovation diffusion will further increase the attractivity of the Alpine Region to become a common future market for many companies.
Project partners:
- ICS Internationalisation Centre of Styria, Austria, lead partner
- Human.technology Styria, Austria
- Geriatric Health Centers of the City of Graz, Austria
- Innovation and Business Incubator Nürnberg-Fürth-Erlangen, Germany
- OTH – Technical University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Nice Côte d’Azur, France
- Association EUROBIOMED, France
- Upper Adriatic Technology Park Italy
- Ca‘Foscari University of Venice Italy
- Technology Park Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Zavod Izriis, Slovenia
Total project budget:
The TIGER project is co-financed under the Interreg Alpine Space Programme. The total project budget amounts to EUR 2,672,959, with the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) contributing EUR 2,004,720, representing 75% of the total budget.
With the EU project TIGER, the ICS is taking another important step to prepare domestic SMEs for the challenges of the future and to strengthen their competitiveness in the global healthcare market.
The TIGER project is co-financed by the European Union’s Interreg Alpine Space programme.
