Joint Research Centre present at the Science, Technology and Innovation Forum 2023

The eighth annual Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals takes place on the 3rd and 4th of May, 2023 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The UN inter-agency task team on STI … Read More

Connecting Regional Innovation Valleys through Circular Industries

The event, “Connecting Regional Innovation Valleys through Circular Industries,” held in Gijon on June 21-22, 2023 and co-organised by SEKUENS, the RDA of the Principality of Asturias, and the Joint Research Centre, aimed to address one of the “burning challenges” … Read More

The EU’s outermost regions: strengthened partnership bears fruit

The European Commission adopted a report on progress made under the 2017 Strategic Partnership with the EU’s outermost regions, which strengthened the cooperation between the EU outermost regions, the respective Member States and the European Commission. The report shows that … Read More

Spain and Portugal test organic compost to clean up water

ERDF-funded researchers in Spain and Portugal are testing organic compost to understand how it could reduce the concentration of pollutants in wastewater and lessen soil degradation. By testing different mixtures, researchers are hoping to produce better-quality compost. … Read More

Outermost Regions Forum 2020 – Event Cancelled

For precautionary reasons related to current developments with the Coronavirus, the Outermost regions Forum initially planned on 24-25 March in Brussels will not take place. … Read More

Análisis Comparativo de las Estrategias RIS3 de Madeira, Açores y Canarias

Este informe de análisis comparativo de las Estrategias RIS3 de las regiones que componen el Espacio MAC, se presenta como la base de conocimiento sobre la cual trabajar en el alcance del objetivo general del proyecto RIS3_NET, así como un … Read More

Comité Intercluster da Macaronésia

O Comité Intercluster da Macaronésia pretende ser uma organização cujos intervenientes são pessoas ligadas a clusters regionais, organismos de I&D, universidades, empresas e departamentos do Governo dos Açores, Madeira e Canárias. O Comité deverá ser capaz de identificar projetos inovadores … Read More

Regional Diversification Opportunities and Smart Specialization Strategies

Most all economic activity is geographically concentrated and innovation is no different, tending to concentrate in core regions of the European Union. Moreno et al. (2005) show that some urban areas tend to host a disproportionate amount of European innovation, … Read More

Una asociación estratégica renovada y más fuerte con las regiones ultraperiféricas de la Unión Europea

Comunicación de la Comisión Europea al Parlamento Europeo, al Consejo, al Comité Económico y Social Europeo, al Comité de las Regiones y al Banco Europeo de Inversiones

Benchmarking Internacional e Exemplos de Estratégias de Cooperação Transregional

O presente Estudo de Benchmarking identifica e analisa as vantagens derivadas da cooperação internacional entre os sistemas de I+D+i do Espaço Europeu, onde foram identificados exemplos de boas práticas em outros espaços de Especialização Inteligente, tendo como base documentos e … Read More