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The Project Generation Facility The Project Generation Facility was funded by Phare to be a support for projects elected for funding and assistance. Professional advice was provided in the areas of economic competitiveness, human resources, environment, infrastructure and regional development.
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The Fiber Optic Valley The Fiber Optic Valley was originally started in August 1999 as a project to develop an innovation system for regional R&D projects which would produce new jobs and companies. Nowadays it has evolved into an ongoing process and network of companies and organisations focused on fiber optics.
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The eTampere Information Society Development The five-year programme eTampere Information Society Development had the aim to transform Tampere into the world’s most notable city-scale information society. The programme targeted a simultaneous development of the information society’s three dimensions – technological, economic and social.
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Latest News

IRE CONFERENCE: ENHANCING INTERACTION IN THE REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEM
This conference, which will integrate experiences from the IRE Working Groups, will take place in Rennes on 5-6 June 2008.

WHITE BOOK ON INNOVATION POLICY IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND BENCHMARKING
The OMEN project has published a white book summarising its methodology for innovation policy impact assessment and benchmarking.

INTERREG IVB BALTIC SEA REGION CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Fostering innovation is one of the main priorities of the Baltic Sea region's open call for proposals.

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Highlighted Article

Stars in regional development shine out The best regional Innovative Projects, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, had their chance to shine recently at the RegioStars Awards. An initiative of DG Regional Policy – the award aims to bring into the spotlight good practices in regional development and to highlight original and innovative projects which could be attractive and inspiring to other regions.
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Upcoming events

IRE conference: Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system - 5 - 6/6/2008 (Rennes, FR)
In today’s world, where knowledge is available from a variety of sources, neither companies nor regions can afford to rely exclusively on their own resources for innovation. They need to interact with other people and organisations and draw on other fields of expertise to exploit their full innovation potential.

Workshop "Development of human resources in science and research" - 13 - 14/5/2008 (Liberec, CZ)
The development of human resources of workers in science and research is one of the basic conditions for achieving the aims of the Lisbon strategy. Should the European Union be able to compete, not only with the USA and Japan, but also quickly growing economy of China, it is necessary to work continuously to sustain our competitive advantage in the form of a high quality and creative work force.

NESTA conference: The Innovation Edge - 20/5/2008 (London, UK)
NESTA is the UK's National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. It supports talent, innovation and creativity, with the mission to transform the UK's capacity for innovation.

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