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Eurada News nº390 - July 2019 Free Massive Open Online Training Course on how to design Smart Specialisation Strategies MOOC: Massive Online Training Course is especially intended for public policymakers on the regional, national and international levels, in Europe, North America and Asia, covering Smart Specialisation Strategies from theory to operationalisation. The smart specialization concept provides [...]

Eurada News nº390 - July 2019 STARTUP HEATMAP EUROPE: a European startup initiative Startups and scaleups are drivers of economic growth and create many jobs within the European Union. STARTUP HEATMAP EUROPE helps SMEs to map the perceived quality of startup hubs in Europe, showing where startup founders in Europe are from and which places they [...]

Eurada News nº390 - July 2019 The next generation of education and training in the wood and furniture sectors and why it matters for development agencies Why does the next generation of education and training in the wood and furniture sectors matter for RDAs? Regional development agencies (RDAs) are devoted to economic growth of territories in Europe. [...]

Eurada News nº390 - July 2019 More than Mangoes: Collaborative Opportunities in the Philippines With a young workforce and growing economy, the Philippines offers several appealing fields for collaboration. This varies from industry and trade to agriculture, social enterprises for community development, and foreign linkages for innovation activity of firms. Last month’s EURADA news introduced the [...]

Eurada News nº389 - June 2019 A Romanian RDA promoting the sustainable development of central regions The month of May was filled with activities for EURADA including a visit to the development agency ADR Centru in Romania. There are several projects being implemented in the country which ADR Centru is part of. These projects range from [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]