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Research valorisation

In this policy brief, you will find policy recommendations to inspire policymakers in designing and delivering effective policies for research valorisation.

Regional missions

Explore five policy recommendations in this policy brief, deriving from the experience of Interreg Europe projects, that inspire policymakers to better design and deliver challenge-driven innovation policies.

Open innovation to foster SME growth

In this policy brief, you can find approaches for increasing the innovation capacities of businesses building on the open innovation paradigm.

Innovation procurement

Explore the role of innovation procurement, as an important policy tool, for regional development in this policy brief.

Spaces for innovation

Explore the importance of five types of spaces for innovation for local and regional development in this policy brief!

Open, social, and responsible innovation

This policy brief explores the importance of open, social, and responsible innovation to promote transformative changes.

Clusters: Driving the green and digital twin transition

Clusters play an important role in industrial transformations as they support knowledge diffusion, knowledge spillovers, higher innovation and more. Explore the importance of clusters in this policy brief.

Innovation in less developed regions

This policy brief explores the importance of research and innovation in less-developed European regions to promote regional convergence within the European Union.

Skills for innovation

Discover five policy recommendations using the experience of Interreg Europe projects dealing with the development of skills for innovation to offer regions a path towards better regional innovation.

Innovation networks

Explore 5 policy recommendations in this policy brief on innovation networks and learn how the process can facilitate mutual learning and knowledge transfer.

Smart Specialisation Strategy

In this policy brief, you will learn from practices implemented in different regional institutional contexts such as transformative policy changes on regional policy challenges ranging from the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process to S3 Monitoring.

University-industry collaboration

Find out in this policy brief why university-industry collaboration is a key component of the regional innovation policy-mix. Successful exploitation of research and development results is fundamental for regional competitiveness.