Eurada News nº398 - March 2020 Maribor Development Agency has a new CEO Get to know the new CEO of the Regional Development Agency of Maribor. Since October 2019 the Regional Development Agency of Podravje – “Maribor Development Agency” has a new CEO.Uroš Rozman is an expert in the fields of spatial placement and transport, with experience [...]
Eurada News nº398 - March 2020 EDOs & COVID19 – 10 action points to take now to contain the damage to investment attraction Carolina Arriagada Peter, a senior FDI consultant, proposes in this article 10 useful measures Economic Development Organisations should take into account to tackle the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemy. The black [...]
Eurada News nº398 - March 2020 Happy Birthday Foro ADR! The Spanish Association of Regional Development Agencies is already 20 years old. During the official celebration, our sister association, Foro ADR, has discussed the main challenges for RDAs. The main topics for future work of the Spanish RDAs are talent, enterprises and territory. Talent was the main [...]
Eurada News nº398 - March 2020 Off the ReDA: Whatever happened to Regional Development Agencies in England? In 2011 nine Regional Development Agencies operated in England, representing broad regions of the country. By 2012, however, they had been closed and abolished. A nightmare for SMEs and local/regional economies, one might assume. Look a little closer, though. [...]
Eurada News nº398 - March 2020 5th Anniversary of IMP3rove Last year was the 5th Anniversary of the IMP3rove Academy. EURADA is a member of its Advisory Board. We use this opportunity to outline the main services offered by this non-profit start-up. In 2014 a non-profit start-up with a global vision was created by A. [...]
“Europe's industry is the motor of growth and prosperity in Europe. And it is at its best when it draws on what makes it strong: its people and their ideas, talents, diversity and entrepreneurial spirit. This is more important than ever as Europe embarks on its ambitious green and digital transitions in a more unsettled [...]
Dear members and friends, Please be aware that, despite the COVID-19 outbreak in Belgium, we are still fully operative and in good health. Following the recommendations of the Belgian authorities and the example of the EU institutions, our staff members started smart-working this week. That is to say, we are performing our activities remotely, from [...]
On February 26th EURADA's representatives attended a workshop on the topic of financial instruments for sustainable corporate growth and regional innovation in Valencia, organised by the Valencian Institute of Enterprise Competitiveness (IVACE). During the discussion, several interesting ideas for regional development practitioners were suggested. Participants agreed that RDAs should assume higher degrees of investment failing than private creditors and finance [...]
The European Innovation Council (EIC), the European Commission instrument to support top-class innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies and scientists all around Europe, organised a major event on February 18th entitled A robust innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe. This event was organised as a part of the European Commission’s strategy to improve innovation ecosystems’ connectiveness [...]
Eurada News nº397 - February 2020 New EU Actions to Help Innovation Ecosystems during the Period 21-27 Learn more about the plans the European Commission has about the topic of Innovation Ecosystems for the pentannual term 2021-2027 and about the main ideas of the "A Robust Innovation Ecosystem for the Future of Europe" Final Conference. On [...]
