Week of Innovative Regions in Europe, Granada, Spain

The European Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE 2010) will take place from 15 to 17 March 2010 in Granada, Spain.

Under the aegis of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2010, the Spanish government will take the opportunity to focus the attention of political leaders and social stakeholders on the competitiveness of European regions. In particular, the event will concentrate on the use of the resources devoted to research and development (R&D), specially the Structural Funds (SF) and their potential synergy with the EU's Framework Programmes (FPs) and the Innovation and Competitiveness Framework Programme (CIP).

The European Week of Innovative Regions will encompass three different events:
- a conference on the efficient and effective use of the budget earmarked in the Structural Funds for research and technology development (RTD) and innovation, including their synergies with the FPs and the CIP;
- a conference on research potential, which focuses on the assessment of the results and identification of best practices of the Research Potential (REGPOT) calls within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) 'Capacities' Programme, aimed at the increase of the research capabilities of the best research centres of the European regions;
- a 'Regions of Knowledge' conference, which deals with the assessment of the results and the identification of best practices of the Regions of Knowledge (REGIONS) calls within the FP7 'Capacities' Programme.For further information, please visit:
http://wire.fecyt.es/publico/Inicio/index.aspx?idioma=en(opens in new window)

Information for journalists is available; please visit:
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/spain/docs/press-invitation-wire2010_en.pdf(opens in new window)