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  • IRE Network
    • Network Events
      • Plenary Meetings
      • Good practice workshops
        • Training sessions for the new RITTS/RIS, December 1996 – March 1997
          1. Lessons learned from Training Sessions for RITTS/RIS Managers - MERIT
        • SME needs analysis, Brussels, 29-30 May 1997
          1. Proceedings of the workshop on SME needs analysis
        • Clusters, Bilbao, 9-10 December 1997
          1. Report on the Workshop on Clusters
        • Facilitating SMEs' Access to Research, Cardiff, 14-15 December 1998
          1. Proceedings of the Facilitating SMEs Access to Research
        • Turning Analysis into Action, Mainz, 2-3 March 2000
          1. Turning analysis into action - Preliminary Programme
        • Innovation Policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits, Potsdam, 27-28 September 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Innovation and technology strategy of Brandenburg
            2. Innovation Audits in Hungary
            3. Innovation-Check
            4. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 1
            5. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 2
            6. Introduction to innovation and technology audits - Part 3
            7. Montage Innovation Process: West Midlands experience
            8. Promoting Technology audits in France
            9. Technology auditing in Slovakia
            10. Telematic audits in Madrid
            11. Transnational co-operation on innovation management techniques: the INNO-REGIO project
            12. Transnational innovation audit systems for SMEs
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Innovation policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits - Agenda
            2. Innovation policy, Implementation and Innovation Audits - Background information
          • IRE Newsletter article
            1. Article IRE electronic newsletter 32
        • Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch, Porto, 8-9 November 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Economic Intelligence and Technology Watch Innovation Circles - a Regional Approach
            2. General Introduction Successful Technology Watching
            3. How SMEs Can Witness Technological Development
            4. Innovation Strategy in the East of England - Observatory and Foresight
            5. Promoting the use of Foresight for Regional Policy and Strategy Development
            6. Supporting foresight in an Enlarged European Union - Providing new Opportunities for Regional Innovation Observatories
            7. Technology Watch Experiences in the East of Spain
            8. Technology Watch to Small and Micro Companies: the IRC North East Italy IRENE Exercise
            9. The Regional Innovation Observatory in Central Macedonia
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch - Agenda
            2. Regional Innovation Observatories and Technology Watch - Background information
        • Regional innovation schemes to support RDI activities in SMEs, Valencia, 12-13 December 2002
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Valencia, 12-13.12.2002
            2. Press release: Boosting the innovation potential of Europe's SMEs
          • Presentations
            1. Co-operation between research institutes and SMEs
            2. EU regional innovation policies: the experience of the IRE network
            3. From technology transfer to innovation consultancy: Case study AGIT
            4. Innovation in traditional sector SMEs in Toscana
            5. Outcomes of the PRICOVA project: action plan and monitoring
            6. Promoting innovative SMEs in Europe
            7. Research vouchers pilot scheme: access to external knowledge in Limburg
            8. Schemes for the support of technological innovation in SMEs in Flanders
            9. The NEOTEC Initiative: Creation and consolidation of technology-based firms
            10. Wales for innovation: an action plan to support SMEs
        • Regional Foresight, Ljubljana, 3-4 March 2003
          • Presentations
            1. Developing embedded foresight and foresight culture at the regional level - an example from Uusimaa
            2. Future opportunities for EC support to regional foresight activities
            3. Identifying key technologies in the context of regional innovation strategy projects
            4. Introducing common foresight methods
            5. Regional foresight in North East England - a practical approach
            6. Scoping regional foresight
            7. The relevance of foresight to small economies in the pre-accession phase: Malta's preliminary experiences with the eForesee project
            8. What is foresight?
            9. What relevance does foresight have for regions?
            10. Why and how the European Commission supports foresight
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Ljubljana 3-4 March 2003
            2. Press release: Foreseeing the risks and opportunities of scientific breakthroughs
        • Knowledge transfer from University to Industry, Palma de Mallorca, 10-11 April 2003
          • Agenda and background information
            1. Agenda and background information Palma de Mallorca
          • Presentations
            1. Business innovation and growth from exploitation of academic research - the BIGEAR network
            2. Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship - combining entrepreneurial education with pre-incubation
            3. Infrastructure and spin-off creation at the University of Twente
            4. Madr&d - Regional Information and Technological Promotion System of Madrid
            5. MONTAGE - Innovation Process in the West Midlands
            6. Searching and evaluating research based business ideas in Finland - the TULI programme
            7. Shannon Region Knowledge Network: third level institutions and industry
            8. Styria - a network of networks Part 1
            9. Styria - a network of networks Part 2
            10. The "Quasi-enterprise" initiative
            11. The role of universities in the Europe of knowledge: the regional dimension
        • Clustering as a driver of innovation at regional level, Pescara, 26-27 February 2004
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda and background information Pescara
            2. Press release 'Clustering innovation: the path to regional development'
          • Presentations
            1. ACENET: the lessons learnt in the IRE Thematic Network dealing with clusters
            2. Enterprise clusters and networks in Europe
            3. Flemish cluster policies: phases, expectations and achievements
            4. Italian industrial districts: the example of Castel Goffredo hosiery district
            5. Networking and clustering in the West of Ireland
            6. Recent developments and achievements of clusters
            7. The Alpine Wellness Cluster
            8. The Basque Country's aerospace cluster
            9. Yorkshire Forward: A Regional Innovation Strategy based on cluster development
        • Implementation and monitoring of regional innovation strategies, Cyprus, 13-14 May 2004
          • Agenda and press release
            1. Agenda Cyprus
            2. Press release 'From paper to practice - implementing regional innovation strategies'
          • Presentations
            1. Central Macedonia Observatory for Innovation and Development
            2. Impact of Swedish RITTS on national policies to promote innovation
            3. Lower Austria: measuring the impact of the regional innovation strategy
            4. Madrid’s Research and Innovation Strategy: strengthening the regional policy-making process
            5. Monitoring of Innovation Policy in Limburg
            6. RIS as a basis for Lower Austria’s Structural Funds Operational Programme
            7. Wales for Innovation: Taking forward RIS with regional funding
        • Innovation financing at regional level, Prague, 15-16 November 2004
          • Presentations
            1. Business Angels
            2. Connect Midlands - Supporting companies to get ready for investment
            3. Encouraging Company Start-ups in Estonia
            4. Financing University Spin-offs - the Western Sweden model
            5. FonsInnocat - Catalonia's Venture Capital Fund
            6. Innovation Financing - introduction and overview
            7. Matching Investors and Entrepreneurs at the European Level
            8. Role of the State and Partnership with the Private Sector to stimulate access to finance for SMEs
            9. Warmia and Mazury Local Guarantee Schemes
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of 'Innovation Financing' workshop
        • Innovative business incubators, Krakow, 21-22 April 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Krakow workshop
          • Presentations
            1. BIC Pilsen - a Business Innovation Centre developing a regional innovation strategy
            2. European Commission support to regional innovation policies - Current developments
            3. Helping reconvert declining industrial areas - The case of Liguria
            4. Incubators in CEE countries - The Mielec Incbator IN-MARR, Poland
            5. Innovative business incubators - A general ovrview in Europe
            6. Teh East Midlands Incubation Network (EMIN)
            7. The Mjärdevi Science Park and Incubator - Linking innovation support institutions in East Sweden
            8. Travel Park Incubator Network - Connecting incubators in the tourism sector
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of workshop 'Innovative business incubators'
        • Promoting an innovation culture in the regions, Liverpool, 27-28 October 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Liverpool
          • Presentations
            1. Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research - the BIGEAR network
            2. Culture - the key to successful innovation performance
            3. Culture of creativity in the Helsinki region
            4. Entrepreneurship training at the University of Saarland
            5. Fostering a regional innovation culture - support from the European Commission
            6. Fostering an innovation culture among young people in Western Sweden
            7. Highlighting successful innovation in companies: the Thessaly Innovation Week
            8. Innovation culture in England's Northwest
            9. Inspirational leadership for effective innovation
            10. Teaming efforts for innovation: The PRO INNO initiative
            11. The creation of the Sophia Antipolis science park
            12. The European Day of the Entrepreneur
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Promoting an Innovation Culture in the Regions'
        • Regional clusters as innovation drivers, Brussels, 30-31 May 2006
          • Presentations
            1. Cluster development in Yorkshire and Humber region
            2. Cluster management: strategies and actions in East Lombardy
            3. Cluster mapping and feasibility studies in South East England
            4. Competence networks in Flanders' innovation system
            5. Monitoring and evaluating cluster initiatives in Flanders
            6. Open source cluster in the Stuttgart region
            7. The IRC and IRE cluster initiatives
            8. The IRE subgroup on clusters
            9. Toolmakers cluster of Slovenia
            10. Tourism cluster in the County of Jämtland (North Sweden)
            11. Why regional clusters - rationales and trends in cluster policies
            12. Wood cluster in South Tirol
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda IRE cluster workshop
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of IRE workshop on clusters
        • Effective regional innovation systems, Lahti, 30 November - 1 December 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Effective regional innovation systems - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Companies' innovation behaviour in the Finnish innovation system
            2. Coordinating and monitoring the Basque Country innovation system
            3. Developing the Latvian innovation system
            4. Event introduction
            5. Innovation policy and Europe's regions
            6. Opening
            7. Overview of the innovation system in Lahti - main actors, success factors and bottlenecks
            8. Regional innovation systems - theoretical concept and practical use
            9. Strengthening the regional innovation system in North Great Plain
            10. The Finnish innovation system - a case of success
            11. The role and contribution of a Regional Development Agency
            12. The role and contribution of higher education and research insitutes
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Effective regional innovation systems'
        • Increasing innovation capacities of companies, Riga (LV), 29 - 30 March 2007
          • Agenda
            1. Increasing innovation capacities of companies - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. "Activites to strengthen the innovation capacities of Latvia", by Anrijs Matiss
            2. "Developing and promoting traditional products through business cooperation in Peloponnese", by Dimitrios Keranis & Anna Andricopoulou
            3. "Encouraging innovation in small companies", by Peter Parsons
            4. "Innovation in the cultural heritage sector - Tuscany", by Nadia Crivelli
            5. "Innovation training for enterprises in Limerick", by Burga Fullam
            6. "Placement of academics in low-tech companies – North Sweden", by Liselotte Lundqvist
            7. "Promotion of innovation in companies – European Programmes perspective", by Alain Libéros
            8. "Reaching traditional SMEs in peripheral areas – Castilla y León", by Gregorio Muñoz Abad
            9. "Strengthening the technology and innovation competence of SMEs – Lower Austria’s Innovation Coach programme", by Irma Priedl
            10. "Taking the challenge – promotion of innovation in SMEs in Latvia", by Valdis Avotins
            11. "The challenge of addressing non-innovative SMEs – workshop objectives", by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            12. Lessons from day 1 and round table issues
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the workshop 'Increasing innovation capacities of companies'
        • Impact assessment for better governance of regional innovation policies, Bilbao, 29-30 January 2008
          • Agenda
            1. Impact assessment for better governance of regional innovation policies - agenda
          • Presentations
            1. 'Assessing the impact of regional innovation policies of SMEs' by Daniel de la Sota
            2. 'Benchmarking - learning new ideas and understanding what makes the policy successful' by Gabriella Fiori
            3. 'Creation of an innovation observatory in the region of Apulia' by Adriana Agrimi
            4. 'Governance and systemic instruments in innovation policies' by Lena J. Tsipouri
            5. 'Impact assessment - assuring the relevance of your innovation policy' by Begona Sanchez
            6. 'Impact assessment and benchmarking - pros and cons of different approaches to take' by Ronald Pohoryles
            7. 'Initiatives and tools for regional innovation policies by OECD' by Vincenzo Spiezia
            8. 'Introduction to the objectives of the event' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            9. 'Lisbon Monitoring Platform' by Marcus Scheuren
            10. 'Measuring the success - indicators for effective innovation strategies' by Lars Gelsing
            11. 'New' regional policy for innovation and the challenges for the territorial cohesion in Europe' by Mikel Landabaso
            12. 'Strengthening regional innovation governance by involving regional actors' by Valentina Diana
            13. 'Use of the impact assessment tools in regional practice' by Annie Renders
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of IRE conference 'Impact assessment for better governance of reigonal innovation policies'
        • Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system, Rennes, 5-6 June 2008
          • Agenda and registration form
            1. Agenda 'Innovation governance: Enhancing interaction in the regional innovation system'
            2. Registration form
          • Travel instructions
            1. Map of bus line 3 in Rennes
            2. Map of bus line 57 in Rennes
            3. Map of Rennes with the conference venue and hotels
            4. Schedule for bus line 57 in Rennes
            5. Travel instructions to reach Rennes and the conference venue
      • Industrial Regions group
        • Cambridge, 7-8 June 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Conclusions of the RITTS East Lombardy project
            2. Consortia for Agri-food in Europe
            3. Implementing the RIS - experience from the Shannon region in Ireland
            4. Introduction to the East of England region
            5. RIS+ Aragon update of the last actions undertaken
            6. RITTS East of England: latest developments
            7. Strengthening the regional innovation profile
            8. Virtual environment for Innovation Management Techniques, Province of Mantova
            9. Western Sweden experience to support industrial clusters
          • Agenda
            1. Cambridge June 2001 - Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the meeting 6-7 June 2001 Cambridge, UK
        • Göteborg, 6-7 December 2001
          • Presentations
            1. Implementation of the RITTS East Lombardy results: two projects
            2. Innovative Actions and Technological Innovation
            3. Overijssel RIS+ results
            4. Presentation of Västra Götaland Region (Western Sweden)
            5. Regional Design Network
            6. RITTS Western Sweden - conclusions and opening of discussions
            7. RITTS/RIS impact questionnaire
            8. Technological Self-Diagnosis Tool for SMEs
            9. Thematic Network CAFÉ
            10. Thematic Network ProWomEn
            11. Thematic Network SAIL
            12. Thematic Network SCONE
            13. Thematic Network STRINNOP
            14. Thematic Network VERITE
          • Agenda
            1. Göteborg December 2001 - Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Göteborg December 2001 - Minutes
        • Shannon, 16-17 May 2002
          • Press releases
            1. Press release: Europe's Innovating Regions achieve critical mass - 29th May 2002
            2. Press release: Regional innovation is key to EU competitiveness - 19th June 2002
          • Proceedings
            1. 3rd IRE Plenary Meeting Proceedings
          • Presentations
            1. ACENET: IRE Thematic Network to promote clusters
            2. East of England 2010: prosperity and opportunity for all
            3. Innovative Actions and Technological Innovation
            4. Innovative Actions Programme of Aragón
            5. Regional networks as a vehicle for public-private partnerships
            6. The Yorkshire and the Humber KNOWLEDGE RICH (KRICH)
          • Agenda
            1. Shannon, 16-17 May 2002, Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Shannon, 16-17 May 2002, Minutes
        • Industrial regions sub-group (previous activities)
          1. Industrial regions sub-group (previous activities)
        • Glasgow, 5-6 December 2002
          • Presentations
            1. Innovation culture in Western Sweden to promote more NTBFs
            2. The IVF Centre of Excellence for Industrial Innovation
          • Agenda
            1. Glasgow December 2002 - Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the Industrial Regions group December 2002
        • Poznan, 10-11 June 2003
          • Presentations
            1. Aragón - Collaboration with West Romania
            2. East of England 2010: prosperity and opportunity for all
            3. Introduction to Innovative Actions
            4. Regional programme of Innovative Actions in Lombardy
            5. Support to RIS NACs
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Poznan 11 June 2003
          • Minutes
            1. Industrial Regions Group: Minutes of the meeting, 10-11 June 2003
        • Bergamo, 20-21 November 2003
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Aragon - Innovative Actions Programme
            2. Competitive intelligence for SMEs: digital services for the building sector
            3. Digital infrastructures within the districts of East Lombardy
            4. East of England - Innovative Actions Programme
            5. Entrepreneurs Union - Innovation and Technology Service
            6. ERIK - Innovative Actions Thematic Network
            7. INN.TEC Development Agency initiatives in the Province of Brescia
            8. Lombardy - Innovative Actions Programme
            9. Servitec Agency
            10. Strategic Programme for the development and support of innovation and the growth of production activities in the province of Milan 2002-2004
            11. Western Sweden - Innovative Actions Programme
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the Industrial Regions group meeting November 2003
        • Uppsala, 17-18 May 2004
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Aragón's sectoral platforms: First achievements
            2. Innovative Actions regional programme in East Central Sweden
            3. INTERREG IIIC
            4. Lombardia's technological vouchers and Technoloyg Observatory: MINERVA
            5. Technology and innovation vouchers: IRE experience of Uusimaa and Limburg
            6. Western Sweden Innovative Actions Programme
            7. Yorkshire & the Humber Innovative Actions Programme
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the Industrial Regions group meeting May 2004
        • Zaragoza, 13-15 December 2004
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Aragón R&D and Knowledge Transference Programme
            2. Call information: Innovation 5,6 and 1
            3. Regional innovation policy in Västra Götaland
            4. The Northwest of England Region
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the Industrial Regions Group meeting December 2004
        • Ljubljana, 6 June 2005
          1. Agenda Ljubljana 6 June
        • Liverpool, 26 October 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Bretagne Innovation
            2. Motivating Merseyside Business to Innovate project
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of Industrial Regions group meeting, Liverpool 26 October 2005
        • Brescia, 9-10 March 2006
          1. Agenda, minutes and presentations
      • Information Days
      • RITTS/RIS subgroups
      • Trans-Regional Innovation Projects
      • IRE Thematic Networks
        • IRE Thematic Network co-ordinators meeting, Luxembourg, 23 May 2002
          • Presentations
            1. ACENET - Afternoon session (1)
            2. ACENET - Afternoon session (2)
            3. ACENET - Morning session
            4. BASAN
            5. BIGEAR - Afternoon session
            6. BIGEAR - Morning session
            7. CAFÉ
            8. Conclusions of the TN co-ordinators meeting
            9. CRO-BO-BU-CO
            10. INNOBA-SME - Afternoon session
            11. INNOBA-SME - Morning session
            12. METROPOLIS - Afternoon session
            13. METROPOLIS - Morning session
            14. Metropolis final document
            15. PARTNER
            16. PROWOMEN - Afternoon session
            17. PROWOMEN - Morning session
            18. SAIL
            19. SCONE - Afternoon session
            20. SCONE - Morning session
            21. STRINNOP - Afternoon session (1)
            22. STRINNOP - Afternoon session (2)
            23. STRINNOP - Morning session
            24. VERITE
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the TN co-ordinators meeting
        • IRE Thematic Network co-ordinators meeting, Luxembourg, 15-16 May 2003
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Thematic Network co-ordinators
          • Presentations
            • Plenary sessions
              1. Innovative Actions network on innovation: ERIK
              2. Innovative Actions network: Sustainable development
              3. Innovative Actions Thematic Networks
              4. Networking activities after the Thematic Network project
              5. Overview of the IRE Thematic Networks
              6. Validation of Thematic Network results: the Spinning Club example
            • Parallel sessions
              1. ACENET
              2. BASAN
              3. BIGEAR
              4. CAFÉ
              5. CRESCENDO
              6. CRO-BO-BU-CO
              7. INNOBA
              8. IRC Agro-food Thematic Group
              9. METROPOLIS
              10. PARTNER
              11. ProWomEn
              12. SAIL
              13. SCONE
              14. STRINNOP
              15. VERITE
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes Thematic Nework co-ordinators meeting May 2003
      • Training Sessions
      • Regional innovation policy impact assessment and benchmarking
      • National networks
      • PARTNER implementation group
        • Krakow, 20-21 April 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Implementing of the Regional Innovation Strategy for Wielkopolska
            2. Introduction
            3. Recommendations for Latvia's NIS and a proposed Action Plan 2005-2010
            4. Regional Innovation Strategy of Slovenia
            5. RIS Nove Zamky and Nitra
            6. RIS West Pomerania
            7. RITTS Western Sweden
            8. Silesia's Regional Innovation Strategy 2003-2013
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of RIS-NAC Implementation Group 20-21 April 2005
        • Brussels, 11 October 2005: Kick-off meeting of the Support actions to RIS-NAC processes
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. 5SCHEMES
            2. Common procedures and approaches
            3. Councelling schemes
            4. IMIS
            5. Implementation of Silesia's innovation strategy
            6. Implementation of South Great Plain's innovation strategy
            7. Implementation of the regional innovation strategy of England's Northwest with the use of external expertise
            8. Implementation of West Romania's innovation strategy
            9. INNOVATION COACH
            10. INTRO
            11. Overview of the ‘Support actions to RIS-NAC processes’ (Strand 3)
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of PARTNER Implementation Group 11 October 2005
      • Specific support to RIS projects
        • RIS launch conference, Ljubljana, 6 June 2005
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda RIS launch conference
          • Presentations
            1. IRE Secretariat support accompanying the RIS projects – discussion and practical arrangements
            2. RIS Tartu Region and South Estonia: outcomes and regional benefits
            3. RIS-NAC project benefits from the membership in the IRE network - RIS Slovenia
            4. RIS-NAC project benefits from the membership in the IRE network - RIS West Romania
            5. The added value of RIS Castilla y León: results and regional impact
            6. The IRE network and the service offer of the IRE Secretariat
        • First methodological workshop, Vilnius, 7-8 July 2005
          • Agenda and presentations
            1. Agenda
            2. Getting a good foundation during phase 0, experiences of RIS in Prague
            3. How to prepare a communication strategy
            4. Involvement of wide groups of stakeholders, experiences of RIS Central Bulgaria
            5. Involving business in a RIS project - experience of Yorkshire and Humberside
            6. Launching a RIS project in the right direction
            7. Promotion and collaboration with media, experiences of Overijssel
            8. Working groups on "golden rules" for a RIS project
        • Second methodological workshop, Malta, 16-17 February 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Analysis objectives and methods
            2. Coming activities of the RIS focus groups
            3. European support for regional innovation
            4. Evaluation and interpretation of the RIS analysis results
            5. Hamburg's Regional Programme of Innovative Actions - RIS++
            6. Lessons learnt from day 1
            7. Plans of on-going RIS projects - RIS INNPULSE, Lithuania
            8. Plans of on-going RIS projects - RIS Pomerania, Poland
            9. Plans of on-going RIS projects - RIS Western Switzerland
            10. Regional case study of RIS analysis preparation and realisation: Lower Austria
            11. Regional innovation capacity and institutions in Latvia
            12. RIS analysis – getting it right from the start
            13. Technology trends analysis in Wallonie
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of 2nd RIS methodological workshop
        • Focus Group 'Promotion of innovation in SMEs', Banská Bystrica, 3-4 April 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Improving access to innovation services - innovation support networks
            2. Innovatin and SMEs in Northern Great Plain Region
            3. Innovation awareness raising and training for SMEs
            4. Innovation in SMEs - situation on Malta
            5. Introducing innovation management techniques
            6. Introduction – Encouraging innovation in companies
            7. Lessons learnt from day 1
            8. Networks of SMEs promoting innovation
            9. Providing innovation consulting services
            10. Strategic innovation promotion programme resulting from a RIS project
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of RIS Focus Group on promotion of innovation in SMEs
        • Focus Group 'Academic-Business Links and Innovation Culture', Gdansk, 11-12 May 2006
          • Presentations
            1. Academic-Business Links in RITTS London South
            2. Academic-business links in the Innovating Regions in Europe
            3. Academic-Business Links in the Regional Innovation Strategy for Crete
            4. Business Innovation and Growth from Exploitation of Academic Research
            5. Cooperation between local industry and academia in the implementation phase of RIS Prague
            6. ISIS Innovation - Transferring Technology from the University of Oxford
            7. Selected Technology Transfer Schemes in Crete
            8. State of the art in RIS regions - Jerusalem
            9. State of the art in RIS regions - Pomerania
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of RIS Focus Group on academic-business links
        • Focus Group 'Clusters and Innovation Financing', Brussels, 29 May 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. Cluster dimensions in RIS South East Bulgaria
            2. Cluster dimensions in RIS Trnava
            3. Cluster policy - a remedy for all regions?
            4. Establishing clusters in Tartu and South Estonia - a RIS based initiative
            5. Regional networks for cluster support - the case of Western Sweden
            6. Step-by-step development of a cluster policy - the case of Flanders
            7. Workshop objectives and agenda. Cluster policies in IRE regions
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the RIS Focus Group on innovative clusters
        • Focus Group 'Promotion of innovation in SMEs', Lahti, 29 November 2006
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. An incubator and technology park collaborating with start-up support programmes in East Sweden - Sten Gunnar Johansson
            2. Developing innovation support infrastructure based on a RIS project. Competence centres in Weser Ems - Frank Glanert
            3. Innovation support infrastructure: the case of Banská Bystrica - Elena Stierankova
            4. Innovation support infrastructure: the case of Bucharest-Ilfov - Roxana Oprescu
            5. Innovation support scheme: Innovation sessions in Häme - Essi Artima
            6. Innovation support services and schemes centre for SMEs: IMPIVA - Javier Minguez
            7. Introduction to the workshop - Elzbieta Ksiazek
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the RIS Focus Group on regional innovation infrastructure
        • Third methodological workshop, Sofia, 22-23 February 2007
          • Presentations
            1. "A strategy that impacted the region – the inspirational example of the Basque Country", by Begoña Sánchez
            2. "Creating consensus and commitment", by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            3. "Developing a regional innovation strategy and action plan", by Lena Mårtensson
            4. "Formulating and implementing pilot actions in Silesia", by Luk Palmen
            5. "Integrating RIS results into Structural Funds programmes – the case of Lower Austria", by Irma Priedl
            6. "Interpreting analysis results and using them as a basis for strategy formulation", by Philipp Nussböck
            7. "Introduction to the day and lessons learned from Day 1", by Lena Mårtensson
            8. "Introduction to the workshop – objectives and agenda", by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            9. "Plans for strategic priorities and actions", by Daniela Tchonkova
            10. "Plans for strategic priorities and actions", by Kristi Kiitsak
            11. "Preparing and launching pilot actions", by Philipp Nussböck
            12. "Preparing for monitoring the implementation of the strategy", by Philipp Nussböck
            13. "RIS Mizia forums - a technique for reaching consensus" by Vassil Lenchev
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda third methodological workshop
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the third methodological workshop for RIS projects
        • Focus Group 'Academic-Business Links and Innovation Culture', Riga, 28 March 2007
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda
          • Presentations
            1. 'Innovation and entrepreneurship culture in University of Strathclyde' by Alasdair MacKay
            2. 'Innovation culture in Central Switzerland' by Jens Meissner
            3. 'Innovation culture in Kujawy-Pomorze region' by Krzysztof Chmara
            4. 'Innovation culture in West Midlands' by Thomas Blount
            5. 'Junior incubator in England's Northwest' by Paul Abbott
            6. 'KEIMforum - promotion of start-ups in Karlsruhe' by Peter Heydebreck
            7. 'Workshop objectives and brainstorming' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of the RIS Focus Group on innovation culture
        • Focus Group 'Clusters and Innovation Financing', Miskolc, 4-5 October 2007
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda RIS Focus Group on innovation financing
          • Presentations
            1. 'Business Angels in Europe - venture capital for innovative companies' by Reginald Vossen
            2. 'FAME - support fund for micro companies' by Ana Luisa Brejo
            3. 'Innovation financing in North Hungary' by Dániel Kuttor
            4. 'Innovation financing in South Muntenia' by Gilda Niculescu
            5. 'Instruments for innovation financing - Finance Wales' by Nick Moon
            6. 'Introduction to the Hungarian innovation financing system' by Dr Tivadar Lippényi
            7. 'Investment readiness programme - Connect Yorkshire' by James Farrar
            8. 'Lessons learned from day 1' by Lena Mårtensson
            9. 'Workshop objectives and agenda' by Lena Mårtensson
            10. 'Xénos Business Angels Network' by Nick Moon
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of RIS Focus Group on innovation financing
        • Fourth methodological workshop, Sinaia, 6-7 December 2007
          • Agenda
            1. Agenda Fourth methodological workshop
          • Transport and tourism information
            1. Tourist information: Pelse castle
            2. Transports between Bucharest airport and Sinaia
          • Presentations
            1. 'Creating a network of innovation consultants in Nord - Pas de Calais' by Jean-Marie Pruvot
            2. 'European policy supporting regional innovation' by Sven Schade
            3. 'Final summing up' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            4. 'Implementing a RIS action plan - the case of Wielkopolska' by Jacek Gulinski
            5. 'Introduction to the workshop - welcome to the imperfect innovation policy world!' by Elzbieta Ksiazek
            6. 'Lessons learned from day 1 and 'golden rules' by Lena Mårtensson and Elzbieta Ksiazek
            7. 'Monitoring regional innovation policies - experiences from IMPACTSCAN' by Annie Renders
            8. 'Summary of the group exercises' by Elzbieta Ksiazek and Lena Mårtensson
            9. 'Updating regional innovation policies - Galicia's research and innovation plans' by Raúl Rodriguez
          • Minutes
            1. Minutes of Fourth methodological workshop for RIS projects, Sinaia
      • Support actions to RIS-NAC processes
    • IRE Thematic Networks
      • Early preparations Madrid June 2000
        1. Draft Innovation Society: Key Issues and Priorities for London
        2. Draft: Benchmarking Network
        3. Draft: Biosphere - A Thematic Network for Organo-Science Industries : Biosphere
        4. Draft: Biosphere - A Thematic Network for Organo-Science Industries : Food
        5. Draft: Contact lists
        6. Draft: Diffusion of Economic Intelligence for SMEs and VSEs
        7. Draft: Economic Intelligence for SMEs - Experiences and good practices
        8. Draft: Financing Innovation in the Regions
        9. Draft: Incubator of SME alliances
        10. Draft: Innovation Culture
        11. Draft: Internationalisation of SMEs
        12. Draft: Regional Supply/Value Chains and linking SMEs with Large Companies
        13. Draft: The Digital Market Place - A network to encourage and support the growth of e-business among SMEs and the formation and management of e-business clusters and supply chains
        14. Draft: The INNOPOLITAN project: The European Network of Large Metropolitan Regions
        15. Draft: The S.A.I.L. (Strenghening Academic and Industrial Links) Network
        16. Draft: Valorisation of Knowledge
        17. Draft: Virtual Clusters
        18. Draft: Virtual Environment for Regional Innovation Technologies (VERITE)
      • Thematic Networks newsletters
      • Thematic Network Matrix
        1. Thematic Network Matrix
      • Thematic Network Good practice
        1. Good Practice description: Company validation of Thematic Network results - SCONE
        2. Good Practice description: Definition and implementation of regional innovation schemes - METROPOLIS
        3. Management and animation of a transnational network - Selected experience from the IRE Thematic Networks
      • Thematic Network final reports
        1. Thematic Network final reports
      • Thematic Networks Good practice compilation
        1. Good practice of regional innovation schemes
    • Trans-regional co-operation
      • Metropolis
        1. Metropolis final document
        2. Metropolis newsletter 1
        3. Metropolis newsletter 2
        4. Metropolis newsletter 3
        5. Metropolis newsletter 4
      • RITTS/RIS subgroups
        • Central/Eastern Europe subgroup
          • Subgroup activities
            1. Minutes of the meeting 25-26 November 1999 Prague, CZ
            2. Profiles of the CEEC Subgroup regions
            3. Summary of the CEEC Subgroup regions and fields of interest for co-operation
          • Useful links
            1. Success Stories from Research DG
            2. The Enlargement Directorate General of the European Commission
        • Industrial regions subgroup
          • Subgroup activities
            1. Feedback on the Industrial Regions Subgroup November 1999
            2. Minutes of the meeting 14-15 December 2000 Zaragoza, ES
            3. Minutes of the meeting 22-24 November 1999 Uppsala, SE
            4. Minutes of the meeting May 1997 Glasgow, UK - Report and Evaluation
            5. Minutes of the meetings 5-7 November 1997 Hasselt, BE and Maastricht, NL
            6. Profile of the members of the Industrial Regions Subgroup November 1999
          • Good practice guidebook
            1. Guidebook: "Good Practice on RITTS, RIS and RTP Pilot Projects across Europe"
          • Report: Industrial competitiveness and business support
            1. Industrial competitiveness and business support
            2. Industrial competitiveness and business support - Annex 1
            3. Industrial competitiveness and business support - Annex 2
            4. Industrial competitiveness and business support - Annex 3
        • Interregional innovation policy subgroup
          • Subgroup activities
            1. "Good practice in Interregional Innovation Policy" - Final report of the Subgroup February 1999, Network Secretariat
            2. E-mail addresses of persons involved in the subgroup October 1999
            3. Forms for expression of interest in co-operation October 1999
            4. Interregional Co-operation subgroup - Participating regions
            5. Matrix of Inter-regional Innovation Actions - Results October 1998
            6. Minutes of the meeting 14 June 2000 Madrid , ES
            7. Minutes of the meeting 19-20 March 1999 Athens, GR
            8. Minutes of the meeting 30 September - 2 October 1998 Altlengbach, AT
            9. Minutes of the meeting 30-31 March 2000 Ioannina, Epirus, GR
            10. Minutes of the meeting 3-5 February 1999 Rende-Cosenza, IT
            11. Minutes of the meeting 7-8 October 1999 Magdeburg, DE
            12. Minutes of the meeting May 1998 Maastricht, NL
            13. Profile of the Regions participating in the subgroup October 1999
            14. Results of the Survey - Matrix of Inter-regional Innovation Action and Good Practice Questionnaire October 1998
          • Benchmarking on innovation promotion in the regions
            1. "Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 1 Structure and Organisation" December 1998, Network Secretariat
            2. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Castilla-La Mancha
            3. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Thessaly
            4. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Calabria
            5. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Limburg, BE
            6. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Limburg, NL
            7. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Lower Austria
            8. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Neubrandenburg
            9. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Northern EU
            10. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Overijssel
            11. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Puglia
            12. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Sachsen Anhalt
            13. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 2 - Sterea Ellada
            14. Benchmarking on Innovation Promotion in the Regions - Good Practice Part 3
        • Service sector and innovation subgroup
          1. Info Pack from the meeting 26-28 April 2000 Shannon, IR
          2. Minutes of the meeting 26-28 April 2000 Shannon, IR
          3. Report of the meeting 7-8 September 2000 Salzburg, AU
        • Tourism subgroup
          1. A short bibliography
          2. List of publications provided by the DG XXIII
          3. Minutes of the meeting July 1997, Esens, DE
          4. Minutes of the meeting June 1998, Bari, IT
          5. Minutes of the meeting November 1997, Brussels, BE
        • Urban regions subgroup
          1. How to elaborate a Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategy in urban regions
          2. Minutes of the meeting April 1998 Berlin, DE
          3. Minutes of the meeting June 1997, Madrid, ES
          4. Minutes of the meeting November 1997, Brussels, BE
          5. Minutes of the meeting October 1998 Milan, IT
    • National networks
    • Regional Innovation Strategy projects
      • RITTS and RIS evaluation reports
        1. Assessment of the Regional Innovation and Technology Transfer Strategies and Infrastructures (RITTS) Scheme. Evaluation Report
        2. Ongoing Evaluation of Regional Innovation Strategies Pilot Projects - ECOTEC July 1999
        3. The Evaluation of the Pre-Pilot Actions under Article 10: Innovative Measures Regarding Regional Technology Plans. June 1998
      • Methodology guides for RIS projects
        • Self-evaluation
          1. RITTS Self monitoring guide, EC DG XIII, April 98 - Part I
          2. RITTS Self monitoring guide, EC DG XIII, April 98 - Part II
          3. RITTS Self monitoring guide, EC DG XIII, April 98 - Part III
          4. RITTS Self monitoring guide, EC DG XIII, April 98 - Part IV
          5. Stage O of a RITTS
        • Guidelines for project managers
          1. Lessons learned from Training Sessions for RITTS/RIS Managers 1996 - 1997
          2. Regional Technology Plan Guide Book - 1994
          3. RIS/RITTS Guide - Glossary: Abbreviations and Definitions 1997
          4. RIS/RITTS Guide Section 1: Rationale and objectives of the exercice 1997
          5. RIS/RITTS Guide Section 2: Management Structure 1997
          6. RIS/RITTS Guide Section 3: Methodological guidelines 1997
          7. RIS/RITTS Guide Section 4: Timetable and deliverables 1997
          8. RIS/RITTS Guide Section 5: RITTS / RIS Network 1997
          9. RIS/RITTS Guide: Executive summary 1997
          10. RIS/RITTS Guide: List of Publications 1997
          11. RIS/RITTS Guide: List of regional RITTS & RIS contacts 1997
        • Methodological guides Stage 0, 1 and 2
          • Guides produced by the PARTNER network 2002 - 2004
            1. Methodological guide Stage 0
            2. Methodological guide Stage 1
            3. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 1: Examples of analysis instruments
            4. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 2: Example Thessaly
            5. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 3: Commonly identified needs
            6. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 4: Example Hamburg
            7. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 5: Examples of supply-side conclusions
            8. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 6: Example North Sweden
            9. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 7: Benchmarking on regional case studies
            10. Methodological guide Stage 1 - Annex 8: Cluster benchmarking guide
            11. Methodological guide Stage 2
            12. Methodological guide Stage 2 - Annex 1: Examples from urban regions
            13. Methodological guide Stage 2 - Annex 2: Building successful multi-partner projects
            14. Methodological guide Stage 2 - Annex 3: Pilot projects and priorities
          • Guides produced by the IRE Secretariat 2005 - 2007
            1. RIS Methodological guide Stage 0
            2. RIS methodological guide Stage 1
            3. RIS methodological guide Stage 2
      • Good practice
        1. A Guide to Regional Innovation Strategies
        2. Examples of past exercises: Results
        3. Good Practice on RITTS, RIS and RTP Pilot Projects Across Europe - Guidebook