The project is a Specific Support Action of the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Development of the European Commission. The project will contribute to the ‘Research and Innovation’ priority and its aims are to encourage a more innovation friendly environment throughout the EU, to stimulate technological innovation and to set up innovative technology businesses.
EURO-COOP is very much directed towards the needs and challenges of the participating partner regions. Therefore, the detailed project implementation plan was drawn up in accordance with the needs and challenges in the regions.
The regions will be at the centre of this proposed project. The partner regions in EURO-COOP are mainly interested in the following issues which will be tackled by and are at the centre of this project:
- Strengthening the process for sustainable regional innovation;
- Exchange of experiences with other European regions; and
- Development of a comprehensive regional policy impact assessment methodology.
In order to achieve these objectives, the regions will need ‘knowledge for action’. This is why it was decided to set up a cooperation between regional authorities or regional innovation institutions and research institutions. The research institutions will provide the sound knowledge for applied actions in the partner regions. This will clearly go beyond the use of standardized approaches which are normally applied. It is clear that the partner regions want to gain from ‘knowledge for action’ which is based on sound scientific knowledge and can, therefore, be used for long-term and strategic concepts of regional innovation policies and the development of impact assessment methods.
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