Porto Design Factory, unit of the Polytechnic of Porto organized on the 18th of December of 2019, a meeting with the Local Stakeholders Group of the project. The meeting focused on sharing good practices, policy instruments and support measures (Regional and European level), to discuss a future action plan to foster the integration of Arts with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the promotion of innovation in SMEs of the northern region of Portugal.
The purpose of the meeting was to disseminate the knowledge acquired in the context of the project, notably as part of the latest initiative for the exchange of experiences between the partners from the 8 European regions of the consortium, which took place from 5th to 7th of November in Brussels: " 5th Exchange of Experience - Screening practices in partner regions - Good Practices ".
The involvement of Stakeholders, representatives of entities such as the National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE), the Science and Technology Park of University of Porto (UPTEC), the Serralves Foundation, and the Tâmega e Sousa Business Council (CETS), as well as Hubs and Clusters of the Creative Industries such as Work On Wood by FINSA, have a fundamental contribution and bring added value to the RegionArts project, not only by the knowledge exchange but also for supporting dissemination to the local communities of the northern region of Portugal.
