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Select Project Type: Regional Innovation Strategy Projects Regional Innovation Policy Impact Assessment and Benchmarking Pilot Action Support actions to RIS-NAC processes IRE Working Groups Mutual Learning Platform Regions of Knowledge 1 Regions of Knowledge 2 Thematic Networks Trans-Regional Innovation Projects (TRIP) Projects: New RIS RIS RIS - Associated projects RIS+ RIS-NAC RITTS

About Regional Innovation Strategy Projects

Since 1994, more than 120 European regions have received support for carrying out Regional Innovation Strategy projects from the European Commission. These projects aim to support regions in developing regional innovation strategies that enhance regional innovation and competitiveness through optimising innovation policies and infrastructure.

Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategies and Infrastructure (RITTS)

Description The RITTS (Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategies and Infrastructure) projects aimed to support regions to develop regional innovation strategies that would enhance regional innovation and competitiveness through optimising innovation policies and infrastructure. The RITTS projects were funded by Enterprise DG under the Innovation Programme. 70 regions have been supported to formulate regional innovation strategies with RITTS projects. The projects used a common methodology based on three main elements: consensus-building among key actors within the regional innovation system, analysis of the regional innovation system, and the development of widely endorsed policies and strategic frameworks on innovation support. They enabled regions to implement new initiatives and services that meet regional needs, in particular those of SMEs.

Regions Involved

Austria Salzburg   South Lower Austria   Tirol   Belgium Flanders   Denmark Central Denmark   Greater Copenhagen   Finland East Finland   Häme   Uusimaa   France Alsace   Aquitaine   Ile de France   Nord-Pas de Calais   Poitou-Charentes   Rhone-Alpes   Germany Aachen   Berlin   Brandenburg   Bremen   Dresden   Hamburg   Luneburg   Neubrandenburg-Greifswald   Rheinland-Pfalz   South Brandenburg   Greece Crete   Eastern Macedonia and Thrace   Magnesia   North Aegean   Iceland Iceland   Ireland Ireland   Italy Emilia-Romagna   Lazio   Marche   Milan   Sicily   Trento   Tuscany   Umbria   Netherlands North Brabant   North Holland   Overijssel   Rotterdam   Utrecht   Norway Oslo   Western Norway   Portugal Lisbon and the Tagus Valley   Spain Andalucia   Asturias   Balearic Islands   Canary Islands   Catalonia   Madrid   Murcia   Valencia   Sweden Central Sweden   East Sweden   North Sweden   South Sweden   Stockholm   Western Sweden   United Kingdom Dorset Hampshire   East Midlands   East of England   Highlands and Islands   Kent   London South   North East England   North London   Oxfordshire   South East of England