The Interreg EMR programme is making EUR 4.2 million available for projects addressing the COVID-19 crisis.
The call is open for cross-border initiatives fostering crisis response capacities in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak in the sectors of health, public safety and security services, public administrative management as well as social services.
Applicants can apply under priority axis 1/innovation, 3/social inclusion and training, and 4/territorial cohesion.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) S3 Platform has recently published two technical reports - Factors of Leadership Attitude Enhancing Interregional Collaboration and the Methodological Manual - Developing Thematic Interregional Partnerships for Smart Specialisation - that provide methodological tools to enhance interregional collaboration in the context of the Thematic Interregi
The EU-Japan Centre May report of key developments in Japanese industry and government policy covers the following topics:
The 2019-2020 class of the Master’s degree in Management of Clusters and Regional Networks at the University of Strasbourg are now headed to the European phase of the competition that is going to take place on June 24th.
On May 28th, five students of the Master’s degree in Management of Clusters and Regional Networks at the ITIRI Institute (University of Strasbourg, France) have won the French national selection of the European Enterprise Challenge: they will represent France at the European phase of the tournament.
In order to help repair the economic and social damage brought by the Coronavirus pandemic, to kick-start European recovery, and to protect and create jobs, the European Commission is proposing a major recovery plan for Europe which was announced on 27 May 2020 in the Communication COM(2020) 456: Europe’s moment: Repair and Prepare for the Next Generation.
The note developed by the CD Trento Centre for Local Development of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE) provides a preliminary inventory of the policy responses adopted by the Italian regions to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To facilitate the swift delivery of the supplies needed to fight the virus, save lives and overcome the public health crisis in the European Union, the Commission has created the COVID-19 Clearing House for medical equipment.