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The latest region to register to the S3 Platform is the region of Blekinge in Sweden.

Today, the Commission announced the 63 regions, seven cities and four Member States selected in the pilot project for Partnerships for Regional Innovation, an initiative developed together with the Committee of the Regions. Participants in the pilot action are open to share good practices and to...

The European Startup Village Forum is part of the flagship action on research and innovation for rural communities, included in the Long-Term Vision for the EU’s rural areas set out by the European Commission in 2021.

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The European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) have launched the call of interest for a new pilot action on Partnerships for Regional Innovation. The Pilot Action will involve up to 24 European participants (Member States, regions or groups of...

The HESS advisory group is made up of seven selected external experts from across the EU who work as academics or practitioners in the field of education and skills and territorial development, and includes the OECD and EURASHE as observers.

On the 27th and 28th of January of 2022, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) held a two day online training course about the Entrepreneurial Discovery Process (EDP) for Albania, Georgia, Kosovo* and North Macedonia. The initiative took place within the framework of the project “Support to Smart...

A new call of the EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education is currently open until 28 February 2022

Publication “Smart Specialisation, Sustainable Development Goals and Environmental Commons” is now available. The report is proposing a new narrative that is set to provide guidance for the next phase of Smart Specialisation activities. It seeks to align Smart Specialisation with the European...

On the 5th and 6th of October 2021, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) hold the first online thematic Smart Specialisation workshop on interregional cooperation in the Western Balkans with the focal point on the agrifood sector. The workshop aimed at fostering a debate to identify main opportunities...