PRO INNO Europe® services

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.

Latest news

New FP7 call "REGIONS of KNOWLEDGE 2011" for trans-national co-operation between regional research driven cluster published

Submitted by proadmin on 26 August, 2010 - 10:46
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On 20 July 2010 the European Commission has published a new call for proposals under the programme "Regions of Knowledge" inviting trans-national consortia of regional research driven clusters in the domain of sustainable transport to submit proposals for co-ordination actions.

The call is open until 9 December 2010 and has a total budget of 18.66 M€. For further information and downloading the call documents please visit the following web site:

http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.CapacitiesD...

Bilbao Declaration on eco-innovation in SMEs

Submitted by proadmin on 5 July, 2010 - 08:33
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Overcoming Barriers to Eco-innovation also means overcoming the cancellation of the 8th European Forum on Eco-Innovation due to the transportation disorder in April. In order to exploit the contributions that both speakers and delegates have made in preparation of the forum, the organisers facilitated the creation of the ‘Bilbao Declaration on eco-innovation in SMEs’.

To download the Declaration, please click here http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecoinnovation2010/1st_forum/pdf/declarat...

INNO-Learning Platform releases its 2010 Annual Report

Submitted by proadmin on 5 July, 2010 - 08:14
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The INNO-Learning Platform just released its 2010 Annual Report, reflecting the findings from the 3rd learning cycle of this PRO INNO Europe® project, which ran from October 2006 and was completed early 2010.

The 2010 Annual Report synthesizes the lessons drawn from the 3rd learning cycle and highlights the main implications and recommendations for policy learning and cooperation on behalf of European innovation policy makers and innovation support managers. The Annual Report also presents lessons extracted from the INNO-Net and INNO-Action projects (1st generation) that were running until the end of 2009 and those that were launched in the 2nd half of 2009 (the 2nd generation of INNO-Nets and INNO-Actions).

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Upcoming events

Information session on new initiative “Towards a European Creative Industries Alliance”

Submitted by proadmin on 20 August, 2010 - 14:36
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Sep 9 2010
Venue: 
Brussels

This session will present the approach and structure of the planned initiative for establishing a “European Creative Industry Alliance”. The session will, in particular, discuss how interested parties may benefit from it, so this is THE opportunity to have your say! Your questions and feedback will be important in view of finalising the proposal for this initiative by the European Commission’s Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General.

From knowledge to competitiveness seminar

Submitted by proadmin on 30 June, 2010 - 13:45
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Sep 14 2010
Venue: 
Wolubilis in Brussels (251 Paul Hymans Avenue - 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert)

On occasion of the Belgian EU Presidency, the Federal Public Service Economy organizes a seminar entitled “From knowledge to competitiveness” to be held on September 14th at Wolubilis in Brussels (251 Paul Hymans Avenue - 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert).

The purpose of this seminar is to present and discuss three tools developed by the federal public authority to support innovation as a factor of competitive and sustainable growth. The seminar will focus on standardization, intellectual property and public procurements.

For more information:

Background note: Presentation note.doc

The energy challenges facing european industry

Submitted by proadmin on 9 August, 2010 - 16:23
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Sep 16 2010
Venue: 
SPA, Belgium

Since July 1st 2010, Minister Jean-Claude MARCOURT has been chaired the Council competitiveness / Part Industry of the European Union.

The Commission will publish the Communication on the new industrial policy and the European Act on Research and Innovation, two flagships of the EU 2020 Strategy.

A sustainable industrial policy and innovation will be the priorities of our presidency.

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