Objective The Lisbon European Council set the combined goal of strengthening social cohesion and becoming the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010. There exists a great disparity of RTD efforts within European regions, no dedicated coordination actions and no concerted policies in the RTD sector between Peripheral Maritime and Central East regions, "the gap of networking activities among the regions within the EU can be demonstrated by the significant difference regarding innovation performances of the Member States". NOVAREGIO will enhance the interaction between national policy design and regional implementation to foster networking and provide guidance to RTD policy makers through mutual learning, coordination and collaboration between 2 major European regional Networks: the "Central European Initiative" (CEI) and the "Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe" (CPMR) with the goal to ensure more efficient use of Structural Funds in supporting RTD investment, enhancing interaction between national policy design and regional implementation, thus fostering networking and providing guidance to policy makers in RTD matters. NOVAREGIO is structured in 3 main phases. In Phase 1 NOVAREGIO will create a Virtual "Centre", a repository of knowledge and experience to ensure long-term sustainability. Phase 2 deals with the development of national and regional capabilities through a benchmarking analysis of successful RTD policies within the regions: NOVAREGIO partners will be supported by their regional authorities. Out of identified 25 RTD Best Practice Policies, 10 will be benchmarked so to produce a BENCHMARKING Practice Manual for knowledge transfer actions. In Phase 3 benchmarks will be transferred among NOVAREGIO partner related regions through 3 workshops and 3 seminars to establish a collaborative working environment and personnel exchange within networks. Following a spill-over effect those practices will be spread into further regions. Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator CONSORZIO PER L'AREA DI RICERCA SCIENTIFICA E TECNOLOGICA DI TRIESTE' Address Padriciano 99 Trieste Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INNOVA S.P.A. Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via della scrofa, 117 Rome See on map JAVNA AGENCIJA ZA TEHNOLOSKI RAZVOJ REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE Slovenia EU contribution € 0,00 Address Kotnikova 5 Ljubljana See on map Links Website Opens in new window FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS Greece EU contribution € 0,00 Address Vassilika vouton Heraklion See on map Links Website Opens in new window INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CANARIAS, S.A. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle cebrian 3 Las palmas de gran canaria See on map Links Website Opens in new window DÉL-DUNÁNTÚLI REGIONÁLIS FEJLESZTÉSI ÜGYNÖKSÉG KÖZHASZNÚ TÁRSASÁG Hungary EU contribution € 0,00 Address Timár street 23 Pécs See on map INNOFINANZ-SFG - STEIERMÄRKISCHE FORSCHUNGS- UND ENTWICKLUNGSFÖRDERUNGSGES.M.B.H. Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Reininghausstrasse 13 Graz See on map Links Website Opens in new window LÄNSTEKNIKCENTRUM I JÖNKÖPINGS LÄN AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Elmiavägen 9 Jönköping See on map Links Website Opens in new window
