VBN InnoReg

Strengthening Via Baltica Nordica Macro-Region through Transnational Cooperation for Regional Innovation Promotion

Program	BSR Interreg III B
running time	January 2006 - December 2007
Lead Partner	The Baltic Institute of Finland
Partner	18 partners from 10 regions from 7 EU countries
Topic	Via Baltica Nordica (VBN) InnoReg project analyses knowledge potential, joint interests, good practices and development needs in innovation promotion in VBN partner regions. The project’s aim is to develop a joint approach to innovation promotion for the VBN macro-region. The intention is promoting international networking and regional collaboration between universities, enterprises, technology centres and regional authorities to foster competitiveness of the Via Baltica Nordica macro-region.
Website	The Baltic Institute of Finland - Projects
Function ITC	Support of the connection with other companies, universities and economic patrons Cooperation with ADT concerning a comparison of quality for technology centres in our region Certification of two technology centres upto auditing Organisation of regional and international workshops in coorporation
Results	Regional Innovation System (RIS) analyses Pilot actions: The ITC supported the cooperation in an working group of geoinformatics companies.

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