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Regional Innovation

Commission funds Regional Innovation Valleys with €116 million to strengthen competitiveness and promote innovation

The Commission has identified 151 regions in the EU as Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs), as part of the New European Innovation Agenda (NEIA). By bringing together a range of regions across Europe with different innovation levels and linking up their key innovation actors, RIVs aim to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems, bridge the innovation gap in […]

Commission amends Guidelines on Regional State aid to allow increased support to Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform projects

The European Commission has adopted an amendment to the Guidelines on Regional State aid (‘RAG') to allow Member States to grant higher amounts of regional aid for investment projects covered by the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP'). The STEP aims to support the development and manufacturing of critical technologies relevant to the EU green […]

2023 European Capital of Innovation announced: Lisbon and Linköping are the winners of this year's iCapital Awards

The European Commission has revealed today the winners of the European Capital of Innovation Awards (iCapital), with the main prizes going to the cities of Lisbon and Linköping. Moreover, the 1st and 2nd runners up have been also announced as follows: The European Capital of Innovation category: Lisbon (Portugal) - winner Warsaw (Poland) - 1st […]

REGIOSTARS 2023 winners have been announced by Commissioner Elisa Ferreira

Congratulations to all winning projects: Edificio Fundación Pasqual Maragall, From mine to river. The Water Guardians!, Dynaxibility4CE, ProFem 2.0, EuregioFamilyPass, and Techgrounds West! The public choice award went for the Cultural Art Centre: Museum and Library in the city of Burgas. The winners will receive a local communication campaign hosted by the European Commission. You […]

Commission publishes the Regional Competitiveness Index 2022

Today the Commission has published the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI), a fully revised version of a now long-established tool that measures different competitiveness dimensions for all EU regions. The fully revised RCI 2.0 shows that there are still large differences between EU regions, but also that the less developed regions have been improving their competitiveness. […]

Harnessing Talent in Europe: a new boost for EU Regions

Europe's got talent. But talent needs to be nurtured, especially as the EU is going through important demographic transition. This is even more needed in regions that suffer from a shrinking labour force and a low share of persons with a tertiary education, and in regions hit by the departure of young people. If left […]

Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions

Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions

Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)

The Interregional innovation investments initiative as part of the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF) aims at supporting interregional innovation projects in their commercialisation and scale-up phases giving them the tools to overcome regulatory and other barriers and bring their project to investment level. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS Calls are published regularly on the Funding & Tender […]