Stakeholder meetings Semester 2

The stakeholder activity continues. Semester 2 consolidates Corporate Digital Responsibility concepts at interregional and regional level, moving from general knowledge to a focus on themes and enterprise type. It launches work on understanding challenges and seeking answers.

During the stakeholder meetings organized by project partners the debate has been addressed on territorial analysis of challenges; in  particular focusing on the factors that can influence CDR in  SMEs and the challenges related to the adoption of CDR. Starting from the results of previous SWOT analysis  of CDR aspects in the regional context further analysis focused on  weakness and threats, identifying  the possible challenges to be addressed within the project , as well as the relative policy instruments.

A discussion with stakeholders on SME engagement stressing the differences within economic sectors and levels of innovation. An opportunity to compare different views from the actors involved, who represented key players in their own sector and context: representatives of SMEs, startups, academia, research organizations, acceleration programs, clusters, consultant companies and public authorities.  

Among the main topics debated: digital responsibility, cybersecurity and ethics of AI.

In the context of meetings the stakeholders were also called to participate in the international survey for SMES launched by the consortium.