Pilot Calls on industrial transition and interregional cooperation
The Commission is launching two pilot actions on "Interregional innovation projects" and "Industrial transition regions".
On 18th July, the European Commission adopted the Communication "Strengthening innovation in Europe's regions: towards resilient, inclusive and sustainable territorial growth strategies" (COM(2017)376 final), in the frame of which the Commission proposed launching two pilot actions by the end of 2017 on "Interregional innovation projects" and "Industrial transition regions".
DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from national and regional authorities, at the appropriate geographical level and at least at NUTS level 2, willing to work on the basis of their respective smart specialisation strategies in order to promote broad-based innovation to address the challenges of industrial transition.
Deadline: 31 October 2017, 23:00h Brussels time.
More information: Commission gives new support to help industrial transition regions build resilient and low-carbon economies.
DG REGIO seeks expressions of interest from transnational partnerships of regional authorities, which include regional stakeholders (universities, research centres, clusters, SMEs, etc.), that are willing to pilot interregional innovation partnerships aimed at facilitating the commercialisation and scale-up of inter-regional innovation projects and to incentivise business investments.
Call for expression of interest for thematic partnerships to pilot interregional innovation projects
Deadline: 31 October 2017, 23:00h Brussels time.
More information: The Commission has announced which interregional partnerships will receive tailored support under a new EU-funded pilot action for innovative projects.
Background documents and contact details
- Press release and factsheet on the two calls
- For any questions please contact: REGIO-SMART-GROWTH@ec.europa.eu