InnoBridgE: Strengthening future skills for SMEs in Saxony and the Czech Republic
The InnoBridgE project supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saxony and the Czech Ústecký kraj in preparing for the working world of the future. The aim is to support companies in developing key future skills such as digitalization, adaptability, communication and resilience, while at the same time establishing sustainable cross-border cooperation. Through practical formats such as company visits, joint case studies and networking events, specific challenges are analyzed directly in everyday business life and worked on in a solution-oriented manner. In addition, short, flexibly usable further training courses are created that are geared in a targeted manner to the needs of SMEs.
A central element of the project is the exchange between companies and universities in both regions. This is supported by a bilingual digital platform that serves as a place for networking, knowledge transfer and learning. It enables companies to make contacts, share experiences and access practical content - supported by AI-based translation functions. Through the combination of personal exchange and digital infrastructure, InnoBridge creates a sustainable basis for innovation and cooperation in the border region and thus strengthens the competitiveness of the participating companies in the long term.
Funding
- Strengthening the competitiveness of SMEs in Saxony and the Ústecký kraj
- Promoting key skills for the future (e.g. digitalization, adaptability, communication, resilience)
- Supporting SMEs in coping with skills shortages and transformation processes
- Establishing a sustainable cross-border network between companies and universities
- Promoting the transfer of knowledge and technology between science and practice through case studies and business collaborations
- Provision of targeted, low-threshold further training courses (micro-training)
- Reduction of language and cooperation barriers in the border region
- Establishing a digital, bilingual platform for exchange, learning and networking
- Securing innovation and cooperation in the border region in the long term
Employees and managers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the production and service sectors in Saxony and Ústecký kraj
01.05.26 - 31.12.2028
Project team
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Research Associate
NameDr. Mattis Altmann
Deputy Head of the Research Group
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Research Associate
NameMr Jonathan Dyrna M.Sc.
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Research Associate
NameAlexander Clauss M. Sc.
Head of Research Group
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Research Associate
NameMr Thomas Tobija Richter Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Inf.
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Student Assistant
NameMr Kevin Hoang
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Student Assistant
NameMs Emma Weidhaas
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- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (UJEP) https://www.ujep.cz/en/
- Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT / CTU - FIT) https://www.cvut.cz/en
- International University (IU) https://www.iu.de/