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Webinar | Cluster, collaborate, compete: How city clusters are redrawing the global economic map

18 March 2020, 16.00:17.00 GMT The World Built Environment Forum webinar will look at the principles underpinning city clusters, with a focus on the link between infrastructure, connectivity, access to talent pools, improved circulation of goods and services, increased support for supply chains and diversification of real estate markets. Infrastructure, connectivity and access to talent pools are all...Read more
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Smart specialisation: beyond patents

Local capabilities are regarded a key pillar of Smart Specialization policy in the EU. Regions should build on existing capabilities to develop new activities. This makes it crucial to understand how to capture and measure regional capabilities. Studies often rely on one type of capabilities, like technological capabilities based on patent data, and use that information to identify diversification...Read more
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Call for Proposals: Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism

Deadline: 12 March 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time Call ID:TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020 Types of action: Innovation action | Programme: Horizon 2020 The aim of the call is to address the challenges linked to the compounded socioeconomic and cultural origins and effects in Europe of the fourth industrial revolution in a context of globalisation and digitisation and to provide alternative policy options. R&I...Read more
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Smart Regions 3.0 Conference: Transformation through Smart Specialisation

Changes in climate, technology, and demography are transforming our societies and way of life. Europe must lead the transition to a healthy planet and a new digital world. The Smart Regions conference will be a good occasion to strengthen the links between people, nations, and institutions. Between expectations and delivery of smart specialization strategies. Between words and deeds. People of Europe who...Read more
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Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform event dedicated to clusters

The "Clusters as drivers of regional innovation, SME competitiveness and interregional cooperation" workshop was organized by the Policy Learning Platform of the Interreg Europe programme at the Flemish Administrative Centre in Leuven, Belgium on June 20, 2018. The Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platforms were established in order to boost EU-wide policy learning and capitalisation on practices from...Read more
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A new chance for more regions in Europe undergoing industrial transition to receive tailor-made support

Call for Applications for European Regions Deadline: 19 January 2018 The European Commission is now calling on regions undergoing a period of transition to express their interest in receiving tailor-made support from Europe in order to build robust economies and modernise their industries. On Tuesday, as part of the Action Plan unveiled at the " One Planet " summit in Paris, the Commission had already...Read more
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Pilot Calls on industrial transition and interregional cooperation

On 18th July, the European Commission adopted the Communication " Strengthening innovation in Europe's regions: towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable territorial growth strategies " (COM(2017)376 final), in the frame of which the Commission proposed launching two pilot actions by the end of 2017 on "Interregional innovation projects" and "Industrial transition regions": 1) Call for Expression of...Read more
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Save the date: GROW your REGIOn conference set for 8-9 November 2017: Boosting smart interregional collaboration through clusters

The 2nd edition of the 'Grow your region' conference will take place in Valencia, Spain, on 8 and 9 November . Save the date! The event is co-organised by the European Commission's Directorate-Generals for 'Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs' and for 'Regional and Urban Policy', in cooperation with the Valencia Regional Authority GROW your REGIOn' is an opportunity to: share your smart...Read more
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RSRS paper on the Basque cluster policy

The Regional Studies Association open access Journal, Region Studies, Regional Science, has published a recent paper on "Basque Country cluster policy: the road of 25 years" written by Anastasiia Konstantynova, researcher at Orkestra-Basque Institute of Competitiveness. The paper looks at how cluster policy, particularly its management part can contribute to the processes of switching path dependency and...Read more
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Launch of the RegioStars Awards 2017

RegioStars Awards identify good practices in regional development and highlight original and innovative projects that are attractive and inspiring to other regions. Think your project deserves to be known and rewarded? Then, submit it! After being selected by an independent jury, representatives from the finalist projects will be invited to attend the Award Ceremony. You might be one of the winners! The...Read more
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