The IT Competence Center is implementing the project “Information and Communication Technology Competence Center,” ID No. 5.1.1.2.i.0/1/22/A/CFLA/008.
The objective of the project “Information and Communication Technology Competence Center” is to enhance the competitiveness of businesses in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector by collaborating with scientific institutions to conduct at least 12 sector-specific and cross-sectoral studies by June 30, 2025. by June 30, 2025, by conducting at least 12 sectoral and interdisciplinary research projects in the fields of Business Process Analysis Technologies and Natural Language Technologies, with the aim of enabling at least 10 companies to develop and implement new products and technologies in production.
The research project No. 2.3 by SIA “ZZ Dats” and SIA “RGP,” titled “Development of a Latvian Speech Recognition and Dictation System Solution in the Social Services Sector to Ensure Quality and Accessibility,” was launched in April 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, industrial research activities titled “Development of Adapted Speech Recognition and Text Post-processing Models” will continue, and experimental development activities titled “Platform Implementation and Validation in a Real-world Environment” have also begun.
Research project implementation period: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025.
Total cost of the research project – 230,985.76 EUR
Recovery Fund co-financing – 153,238.53 EUR
The project is co-financed by the Recovery Fund under the Operational Program “Latvia’s Recovery and Resilience Facility Plan,” specifically under the 5.1.1.r. reform of the “Increasing Productivity through Increased R&D Investment” reform and investment direction "Innovation Management and Incentives for Private R&D Investment" 5.1.1.2.i. investment "Support Instrument for the Development of Innovation Clusters" within the framework of centers of excellence.”
