Final Report Summary - R4R (Regions for Research)
The R4R project aimed to build up expertise in public administration in order to improve the current practice in designing, implementing and monitoring knowledge transfer systems in the partner countries or regions. The overriding strategic objective of R4R was therefore to gain a better understanding between the applied knowledge transfer system compared to the real needs of the local actors and abroad.
As a direct result of the project a number of outcomes were achieved. Chief among them was a set of methodological guidelines which were designed and implemented into a common data collection and analysis toolkit. The toolkit includes a data collection template, based on the CREST questionnaire, and a knowledge transfer assessment matrix.
Also, 26 best practices in research and development (R&D) knowledge transfer from the 8 partner regions have been identified and documented through the data collection template and have been organised into a knowledge transfer assessment matrix that shows both a global overview and their particularities, providing a first insight into the key facts and figures, mission, activities and mechanisms. These best practices have been clustered into a cross-categorisation matrix. The categories have been extracted from CREST (Organisational initiatives, fostering linkages and Stimulating private sector participation). In addition to this, a list of success factors and transferability criteria has been produced for each CREST category and a detailed analysis was carried out on the critical success factors of the best practices with the purpose of understanding which cases can eventually be adopted like models in other specific contexts.
A hard-cover final publication has been printed and distributed including a summary of the project development and a catalogue of 28 best practices in knowledge transfer provided by partners and observers. Also as part of the overall communication programme, a final conference with 110 participants (regional policymakers, European Commission officers and R&D experts and stakeholders) was held in Brussels on 11 December 2008, which coincided with the Stockholm Region Annual Nobel Lunch. More information is available on the R4R website: http://www.regions4research.eu(opens in new window).
As a direct result of the project a number of outcomes were achieved. Chief among them was a set of methodological guidelines which were designed and implemented into a common data collection and analysis toolkit. The toolkit includes a data collection template, based on the CREST questionnaire, and a knowledge transfer assessment matrix.
Also, 26 best practices in research and development (R&D) knowledge transfer from the 8 partner regions have been identified and documented through the data collection template and have been organised into a knowledge transfer assessment matrix that shows both a global overview and their particularities, providing a first insight into the key facts and figures, mission, activities and mechanisms. These best practices have been clustered into a cross-categorisation matrix. The categories have been extracted from CREST (Organisational initiatives, fostering linkages and Stimulating private sector participation). In addition to this, a list of success factors and transferability criteria has been produced for each CREST category and a detailed analysis was carried out on the critical success factors of the best practices with the purpose of understanding which cases can eventually be adopted like models in other specific contexts.
A hard-cover final publication has been printed and distributed including a summary of the project development and a catalogue of 28 best practices in knowledge transfer provided by partners and observers. Also as part of the overall communication programme, a final conference with 110 participants (regional policymakers, European Commission officers and R&D experts and stakeholders) was held in Brussels on 11 December 2008, which coincided with the Stockholm Region Annual Nobel Lunch. More information is available on the R4R website: http://www.regions4research.eu(opens in new window).
