Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 Regiostars and European Entrepreneurial Region Awards Since 2008, the European Commission hands out annual REGIOSTARS awards to EU-funded projects which demonstrate excellence and new approaches in regional development. With the goal of inspiring other regions and project managers across Europe, participating projects are in the spotlight of communication activities at [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 Speakers wanted for the WIRE Conference Apply before March 15th to promote the good practices from your agency in the 10th Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE), co-organised by the RDA Nord Est and DG Research of the European Commission on 26 – 28th of June 2019, in Iasi, [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 Fernando Casas appointed new Director-General of IDEA Casas replaces Julio Samuel Coca Blanes as the Director-General of the Innovation and Development Agency of Andalusia (Spain) Fernando Casas Pascual has been appointed new Director-General of the Andalusian Agency for Innovation and Development IDEA of the Government of Andalusia (Spain). He replaced [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 European Innovation Council Pilot Today's successful, high-growth innovative enterprises often rely on new business models and technologies emerging at the intersection between sectors and disciplines. The European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot supports innovators developing breakthrough innovations with the potential to create new markets and boost jobs, growth and prosperity in [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 New Regulation on Smart Specialisation Nowadays, we can say that Smart Specialisation policy experience is positively valued across EU countries and regions so far, but there are some aspects that need to be examined and approached.Regarding to the design and implementation of the RIS3, human capacity is needed, being the [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 EU Financial Instruments for SMEs in 2021-2027 The European Commission proposed in last June to create the InvestEU programme gathering all the financial instruments for the next programming period 2021-2027. This proposal will substitute the so-called “Juncker Plan” that has triggered €287 billion in investments as of May 2018. The [...]
Eurada News nº386 - March 2019 AGORADA 2019 Scoping Paper AGORADA is designed to deliver in one day, what the participants and their institutions can achieve only in weeks of work. AGORADA helps exchange, network and make the most of current and upcoming opportunities for social enterprises and related ecosystems. The unique concentration of high-level guests [...]
Eurada News nº385 - February 2019 Interreg Europe Beyond EDP Bergen Conference Last October 2018 took place in Bergen (Norway) the 13th Regional Innovation Policies Conference held at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. In this forum, experts from all over the world like professor Rodríguez-Pose met to share their experiences in the management, promotion [...]
Eurada News nº385 - February 2019 Capitalisation of Interreg Europe’s Projects One page can reveal more than 1000 reports. EURADA developed the Canvas For Best-Practice Transfer to help you understand in just a glance if a highly-innovative programme tested in a region is useful for you! In the frame of the projects Social Seeds, ESSPO and [...]
Eurada News nº385 - February 2019 Europe's Innovation Voucher Schemes In November 2018, EURADA presented at the Regional Studies Association’s annual Winter Conference. The presented practitioner experience about Innovation Voucher Schemes was part of the work of an Interreg Europe project – ESSPO. Innovation Voucher Schemes are an important instrument of regional development policy in Europe, [...]