Szombathely2030 Strategy

Szombathely 2030 envisages several measures to be taken in the city of Szombathely in the following 10 years. The flagship project defined by PBN in the AI topic, is compatible with the recently approved (September 2021) local strategy, called SZOMBATHELY2030 since the vision of the strategy is to contributing to the improvement of the standard of living in Szombathely and its region by focusing on education and research-and-development by promoting industrial transformation and specializing on complex rehabilitation within the health industry. Regarding the key elements, the strategy consists the followings which are relevant to the AI flagship defined by PBN:

• Complex rehabilitation focus for new companies
• Strengthening R&D and education to increase added value
• Building on Óbuda University in manufacturing technology with a focus on health industry
• Building on the health competences of the University of Pécs
• Building common inclusive research and test infrastructure to facilitate synergies
• Involving international actors to attract knowledge
• Development of a test environment in the field of complex rehabilitation