Eurada News nº389 - June 2019 New challenges on Regional Development in Europe: an interesting Workshop in Naples In the framework of the XVI Workshop "The New World. Economic changes, social transformations, development policies" promoted by c.MET05, EURADA organized a two session focused on the “New challenges on regional development in Europe” with the aim to [...]
Eurada News nº389 - June 2019 More than mangoes: an introduction to Regional Development Agencies in the Philippines The Philippine islands are often categorized as simply tourist destinations with pristine beaches, golden mangoes, and friendly people. Yet there is a deeper story to the economic development of the country and the way its regions are organized [...]
Only 3 days left until the KEP seminar happening this Friday. We are very proud that Christopher McInnes of the EURADA team is going to present our In4wood project to a panel of experts, EU policy makers and local or regional authorities. We are certain that it’s going to be a big leap forward for [...]
The Regional Innovation Scoreboard has been published also this year and this edition is more detailed than ever. It is a very helpful tool, developed by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), for analysing the geographical data of every European region. It will give you a larger view of [...]
We want to present to you the free platform CUBE IN which servs as a compass for SMEs to navigate across the cultural barriers to success when engaging with emerging economies. Emerging markets offer great opportunities for business and innovation. The aim of the CUBE IN platform is to give you the tools you need to [...]
The IN4WOOD consortium has developed an online course focused on enabling technologies of Industry 4.0, with practical examples in the furniture and wood sector, but applicable in other contexts. The course, currently in its pilot testing phase, is taught in a free and online web-based/mobile platform, with 300 learning video-pills (short videos of approx. 3 minutes) [...]
Eurada News nº388 - May 2019 Horizon Europe’s Missions: Our own Apollo Missions for EU Research & Innovation The European Union’s ‘missions’ in Horizon Europe mark a new way of working in EU Research and Innovation Policy. They are in essence large-scale R&D+I programmes with very specific objectives: increase the impact of support in a critical [...]
Eurada News nº388 - May 2019 The impact of crowdfunding on Central – Eastern region The CROWD-FUND-PORT was a project that aimed to spread the utilize of the tool of crowdfunding (CF) in Central – Eastern (CE) Europe in order to minimize business risk-taking and increase entrepreneurship mind-set, which is why an unused crowdfunding potential represents [...]
Eurada News nº388 - May 2019 Improve Industry 4.0 in your local wood and furniture companies One quarter of the world ́s furniture is produced in the EU. In 2012, more than 900 000 workers were employed in this sector. These figures are 13% lower than in 2007, while the Asian market has increased its production [...]
Eurada News nº388 - May 2019 Design effective measures to implement Blockchain-based innovations Blockchain has become a key technology for economic development. It goes beyond cryptocurrencies (such as bitcoins) and tokens. It has the potential to transform the functioning of a wide range of industries. There already good examples of development agencies fostering the adoption of [...]
