Main goals

• To identify trends with regard to R&D and innovation in selected European regions
• To identify key research policy issues relevant for the improvement of the technological performance, the knowledge creation and absorption capacities of the regional economy and finally
• To observe correlations
• To assess the impact of policies on the level of investments in research and the impact of research investments on regional economic development, and
• To identify R&D and innovation policy challenges, successes and failures, conflicts and synergies between different policies and the overall policy context
  

Main activities

• Wielkopolskie- Poland
• Kriti, Greece
• Norte,Portugal
• Jihozapad, Czech Republic
• Del- Dunantul, Hungary
• Andalucia and Catalunya, Spain
• Sicilia, Italy
• Steirmark and Kartnten, Austria
  

• Gathering of regional data beyond those published by Eurostat, describing the knowledge base and the economic structure of the selected ten European regions
• Analysis of the knowledge base and economic structure of ten European regions with emphasis on R&D investment and its contribution to the regional development. Furthermore, the contribution of the national and regional public RTD policies in supporting regions to address the challenges posed by the new knowledge economy is assessed.
• Development of a methodology for the assessment of RTD and related policies
• Synthesis of the findings in the ten regions drawing conclusions about national RTD policies that can reinforce regional development processes
  

Outcomes