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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 Strategies (RIS)

Description The RIS (Regional Innovation Strategy) projects aimed to support regions to develop regional innovation strategies that would enhance regional innovation and competitiveness through optimising innovation policies and infrastructure. The RIS projects were funded by Regional Policy DG. 32 regions have been supported to formulate regional innovation strategies with RIS 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 Lower Austria   Belgium Limburg (BE)   Wallonia   Finland Northern EU   France Auvergne   Lorraine   Germany Altmark-Harz-Magdeburg   Halle-Leipzig-Dessau   Weser Ems   Greece Central Macedonia   Epirus   Sterea Ellada   Thessaly   Western Macedonia   Ireland Shannon   Italy Abruzzo   Calabria   Puglia   Netherlands Limburg (NL)   Portugal Algarve / Huelva   Norte   Spain Aragón   Basque Country   Cantabria   Castilla La Mancha   Castilla y León   Extremadura   Galicia   Sweden Northern EU   United Kingdom Wales   West Midlands   Western Scotland   Yorkshire and Humber