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Invitation to the Congress on Smart Cooperation
The Conference of European Cross-border and interregional City Networks CECICN is organising the 1st Congress on Smart Cooperation. Event will be held in A Coruna (Spain) on June 25 -26 June 2012.
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RegioStars 2013: call for applications
The RegioStars awards application process for the year 2013 is now open. The objective of the awards is to identify good practices in regional development and to highlight original and innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions.
Innovation and the knowledge economy
Under this priority INTERREG IVC supports projects that contribute to :
- Improving the capacity of regions for strengthening research, technology and innovation ;
- Promoting and enabling entrepreneurship and the development of new business initiatives in all sectors of relevance to regional economies, in particular those that are knowledge-based and innovative ;
- Facilitating businesses, and in particular SMEs, to develop and grow in a more sustainable and innovative way through transfer of specific services and the creation of shared facilities ;
- Helping to restructure regions most heavily dependent on traditional industries, including renewal of industrial zones for new business ;
- Promoting the use of new information and communication technologies by businesses, public services and the general public, esp. in rural areas ;
- Improving regional policies for employment, skills development, training and education ;
- Creating the necessary framework conditions for regional economies to adapt to major socio-economic changes, notably globalization and demographic change.
Running INTERREG IVC projects under Priority 1 “Innovation and the knowledge economy” address one of the following sub-themes (thematic sub-objectives under a given programme priority) :
Innovation, Research & Technological Development - link to project data base
Entrepreneurship and SMEs - link to project data base
Information Society - link to project data base
Employment, Human Capital and Education - link to project data base
