International Urban Cooperation: The region to region exchange programme will enable Latin American countries and regions to cooperate with counterparts in the EU in order to promote innovation, competitiveness and new opportunities for their citizens.
Main topic: Region-to-region cooperation on innovation for local and regional development
Targeted countries/regions: Regions of Mexico, Colombia, Chile,
Brazil, Peru and Argentina
Cooperation with EU: YES, with 18 EU regions
Donor: EEAS, Partnership Instrument
Monitoring: DG REGIO
Duration: July 2017 - Dec 2019
website:
http://www.iuc.eu/regional-cooperation/
Sectorial Dialogues EU-Brazil: The objective of this project is the formulation of a smart specialisation method adapted to Brazil, in consideration to be adopted both for the establishment of national as well as regional and local development policies.
Main topic: customisation of the EU S3 concept to the Brazilian innovation policy landscape
Targeted countries/regions: Brazil, regions of Parà, Pernambuco and Paranà
Cooperation with EU: YES, with 3 EU regions
Donor: Sectorial Dialogues EU - Brazil
Leader: Instituto Brasileiro de Informaçao em Ciencia e Tecnologia (IBICT)
Duration: Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
website:
IBICT
INCOBRA: The objective of this project is to increase and enhance
Research & Innovation (R&I) Cooperation Activities between Brazil (BR) and European Union (EU) R&I actors
Main topic: R&I cooperation in areas of agro-food, marine research, energy, nanotechnology and ICT. Networking, partnerships and joint projects EU-Brazil
Targeted countries/regions: EU - Brazil
Cooperation with EU: YES
Donor: H2020
Leader: SPI Portugal
Duration: Feb 2016 - Ju 2018
website:
https://www.incobra.eu/
Kick-Off event of the Sectorial Dialogues project:
customisation of S3 concept in Brazil (Brasilia, 2017)