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PRO INNO Europe® is an initiative of Directorate General Enterprise and Industry which aims to become the focal point for innovation policy analysis and policy cooperation in Europe, with the view to learning from the best and contributing to the development of new and better innovation policies in Europe. The ultimate aim is to help European enterprises to innovate better and faster and to optimize and leverage complementarities between the various innovation support measures that exist throughout Europe (be it at regional, national and Community level). To achieve this, PRO INNO Europe® gives a prominent role to national and regional innovation policy and innovation support actors.

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Open call for contributions to the work of ECOPOL on internationalisation of eco-innovative products and services

Submitted by Administrator on 6 February, 2012 - 16:20
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ECOPOL is a transnational public partnership that aims to accelerate the implementation of eco-innovation policies across Europe. ECOPOL’s mission is to find and test efficient tools for implementing eco-innovation policies at European, national and regional level.

Helping SMEs go global through clusters

Submitted by Administrator on 17 January, 2012 - 15:10
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2012 will be the year for DG Enterprise and Industry that will mark the start of a new policy, namely better promoting SME internationalisation through clusters.

EXPERT WORKSHOP

Submitted by Administrator on 10 January, 2012 - 18:00
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On 29 February - 01 March 2012, the Unit for Support for Industrial Innovation of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry is organising a workshop “Promoting cluster excellence & collaboration in Europe: How to further develop the European Cluster Excellence Initiative” in cooperation with ACC1Ó – Competitiveness for Catalonia, Brussels Delegation.

 

Innovation Festival Finale Conference in Milan

Submitted by Administrator on 10 January, 2012 - 13:14
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Country: 
Italy

You are cordially invited to attend the Innovation Festival Finale Conference, which will happen between 26 and 28 February 2012 in Milan.

Innovation Festival is an INNO Action under the PRO INNO Europe Initiative. Over the last two years, the project has organized a series of events aimed at celebrating innovation across six European cities: Barcelona, Milan, Kortrijk, Lisbon, Vilnius and Tallinn.

Announcement of a design contest – "Put your cluster on the map!"

Submitted by Administrator on 10 January, 2012 - 09:04
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The European Cluster Collaboration Platform and the How to Grow Platform are, together with the support of the European Commission, launching a design contest aimed at better visualising and profiling cluster activities.

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Upcoming events

From “best practice” to “next practice”: How to improve innovation support for SMEs?

Submitted by Administrator on 6 February, 2012 - 10:39
Feb 16 2012
Venue: 
rue Belliard 60-62, Brussels

Recently (see new news 20/12/2011) DG Enterprise and Industry has completed a study on the “Feasibility of new forms of cooperation between the EU and the Member States and Regions for a better innovation support to SMEs”. The study bridges between the observation made in 2009, that the large majority of SME is dissatisfied with innovation support they receive, and the design of actions in the remaining time of existing (CIP) and the upcoming EU programmes (Horizon2020 and COSME).

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