Background: Project Origins • 51 regions

ERIK ACTION Upgrading the Innovation capacity of Existing Enterprises through INTERREG IVC

Overview

Background: Project Origins

• • 51 regions

• 4 TWGs

• 3 international conferences, 11 study visits, 8 workshops

• 1 web site with 40000 visitors / year

• Publications and newsletter

• Database with 60 GPs

• Methodology to analyse and compare innovation policies

Background: Why Capitalisation?

Project Consortium

• 11 regions from 10 European countries, involving ROP Managing Authorities:

• All partners identified innovation as a key priority in regional development and confirmed the importance of the project theme

• Partners identified common needs, but vary in knowledge, economic strength and governance, a gap which ERIK ACTION will go some way to bridging

Project Themes

• Overall Objective

• improve regional development policies in innovation and the knowledge economy and, specifically, in upgrading the innovation capacity of existing enterprises

Activities and Expected Results

• 3 Interrelated Components: Management, Communication, Interregional Transfer

Focus on GP transfer

Conclusions and Recommendations

• Why ERIK Action was successful:

• Based on a real need (theme) and desire to capitalise

• Preparation (early and partner contribution)

• Full understanding of programme / capitalisation projects

• Careful choice of partners

• Critical points on which ERIK Action must focus:

• Mobilising stakeholders at regional level

• Mobilising funds at regional level

• Involvement of other regions (outside of partnership) and collaboration with other capitalisation projects