PROACTsme Project

The Centre for Emerging Risk Studies (CERS) are delighted to act as Advisory Partner to the PROACTsme project.

The PROACTsme project (Applied Data-Science and AI for Proactive SME Services) is an Interreg Europe-funded initiative to leverage AI and data analytics to enhance public services for SMEs across Europe. With contributions from the participating regions of Catalonia (Spain), Central Macedonia (Greece), Mazovia (Poland), Møre og Romsdal (Norway), and Lithuania, the project focuses on creating proactive, personalised services and supporting SME policy development.

These regions are exploring initiatives to strengthen government support for SMEs, such as early warning systems for SMEs, digital maturity assessments, and employment sector data analytics.

To-date CERS have been involved in researching and advising project partners on the below critical topics:

• How the public sector can integrate AI technologies to better support SMEs

• Organisational Aspects of Public Bodies
  •Participating regions, policy makers and SMEs working towards the same goals

• Data Governance and Ethics
  •Key European governance and ethical considerations for SME service providers

• Public Value
  •Positive impact on SMEs from the PROACTsme project