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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.

RIS-NAC

Description The RIS-NAC (Regional Innovation Strategies in Newly Associated Countries) projects aimed to support regions to develop regional innovation strategies that would enhance regional innovation and competitiveness through optimising innovation policies and infrastructure. 16 RIS-NAC projects, financed by Enterprise DG, were launched in 2001/2002. Each region was accompanied by at least one other region that had already undertaken a Regional Innovation Strategy project, which allowed them to take full advantage of previous experiences. 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.

Regions Involved

Bulgaria South Central Bulgaria   Cyprus Cyprus   Czech Republic North and North-West Bohemia   Opole / North and North West Bohemia   Pilsen   Prague   Prague and Pilsen   Estonia Tartu Region and South Estonia   Hungary Central Hungary   Central Transdanubia   Central Transdanubia and Central Hungary   South Great Plain   South Transdanubia   Latvia Latvia   Poland Opole   Opole / North and North West Bohemia   Silesia   Warmia and Mazury   West Pomerania   Wielkopolska   Romania West Romania   Slovakia Nove Zamky, Nitra and Bratislava   Slovenia Slovenia