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DEvelopment of the REGional Innovation Ecosystems (DEREGIE) – concept and implementation of innovation hubs in degraded regions
The social and economic degradation (for example, high unemployment rate, spatial deformation, pollution, brain drain, …) is a feature of degradated industrial areas, which is a result of permanent abandonment of certain industrial activities. In these large industrial or mining areas is already difficult to encourage restructuring processes because of vastness of area. Therefore the re-establishment of the elements of the innovation eco-system is probably the first priority for the solution. The development in the degradated region can only be promoted on the basis of a positive vision, of the placement of new activities and solutions that are in agreement with the local people and the local community and in a spirit of sustainable development.
Despite the different types of industry, the problems of industrial degradation of the regions are more or less the same, as well as the necessary supporting development models.
The project will use the conceptual framework of regional innovation hubs, based on many years of experience in planning and observation of successful innovation systems. Innovation hub is a platform for cooperation between different individuals, groups and institutions who want to achieve better results in terms of innovation, while keeping the main emphasis on specific content. The role of the state (for example in the form of public policies) is only in the appropriate support to regional activities. Based on the analysis of the different regional environments and their specific development problems, we will therefore set up an appropriate model for the systematic establishment of the innovation eco-system for degraded regions.
To whom it may concern,
I’m writing on behalf of Confindustria Veneto SIAV S.p.A., Service Company of the Industrial Federation of the Veneto Region.
Confindustria Veneto SIAV Spa, http://www.siav.net, is the Service Agency created by the Provincial Associations and the Industrial Federation of the Veneto Region, involving ca. 11.000 companies, mainly SMEs. It deals mainly with vocational, technical and economic training of entrepreneurs and employees, as well as with regional, national and transnational projects and studies in order to foster innovation and business competitiveness of SMEs at local and European level.
SIAV has a strong and long experience of about 15 years in managing EU project in different sectors and it is recognised as a primary organisation, with a expertise in relationship between HVET Centers and the economic stakeholders. It is a continuing training body accredited by the Veneto Region. The Knowledge&Innovation Unit, which represents the Innovative Projects area of Confindustria Veneto, aims at identifying and transferring development opportunities for enterprises, playing an intermediary role between R&D centers and the academic environment and companies.
We are interested in deepening your project idea. Could you send us by mail (area.progetti@siav.net), more information and details about the project proposal and your Organisation.
Thank you in advance,
Federico Crivelli
PM at Confindustria Veneto SIAV S.p.A.I work for SARGA is a public company with more than 1.200 workers, belonging to the Government of Aragon (Northeastern of Spain). More information: http://www.sarga.es/doc/sarga_english.pdf We are responsible for the practical implementation of policies in sustainable development field promoting smart, inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurship, and therefore we are involved in designing and delivering these innovative policies, hence our capacity to implement improved techniques.
In recent years, SARGA has acquired great experience in innovation and Smart cities in rural areas because we are in charge of the management of the Sustainable Development Programme, with a total amount of investment is approximately EUR 50 million. As you saw in our presentation we work in the field of regional challenges in depopulation areas (we have many areas with less than 2hab/km2) and declining industries in rural zones. Zaragoza is the capital city of Aragon and gathers 51% of the region population (800.000 inhabitants approx.). The remaining 49% of Aragon population is scattered in more than 700 villages, being most of them of less than 500 inhabitants.
We have experience in the development of Self-Entrepreneurship and to support the capacity of SMEs to engage in growth in innovation processes at regional and national level, but also at EU level because we worked in two Progress Projects:
1. NEW SKILLS FOR GREEN JOBS. A case for a more gender inclusive labour market? The development of the “green economy” constitutes a highly significant trend in Europe. Green industries (rural Tourism) account for a growing proportion of GDP and employment growth. At a time of economic recession, they frequently represent beacons of light in an otherwise dark landscape. But they also present challenges. Significant and rapid increases in demand for “green skills” are placing major pressures on education and training systems, and raise questions about how we can ensure a fair distribution of the benefits in society. Many of the main growth sectors and occupations have traditionally been under-representative of women.
2. GOODWORX3 The aim of GoodWorx³ Project is to contribute to social innovation, social inclusion and labour market integration, by identifying and promoting good practice models of cooperation between public authorities, private companies and social enterprises, as well as social impact assessment methods. More info: http://www.goodworx.euAlso, SARGA has long and successful experiences of European Union funding projects in fields such as environment, empower entrepreneurship in rural areas, open data, sustainable rural development Projects, regional smart strategy, energy efficiency, capacity building, women entrepreneur, biomass, Clean Energies, R+D+I Projects, business transfer to new generations of entrepreneurs…
Also we are running several UE Projects in environment, innovation and smart energy efficiency field:
• HOMER Project (MED Program) http://homerproject.eu/project HOMER is the strategic MED project that focuses on the theme of Open Data, a world-wide policy aiming at making available and exploitable Public Sector Information (PSI). Governments are increasingly recognising the benefits of making their data open and reusable. The first is transparency: simply opening PSI, citizens can be better informed and participate in the decision making process. The second is linked to the economic value of PSI, whose wider re-use is considered a primary content resource for the development of digital markets
• MED MAIN Project (MED Program) http://www.med-main.eu/ It is aimed at disseminating countermeasures to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, that is the strong rise of temperatures that occurs in the urban areas with respect to the surrounding countryside due to absorption of solar radiation by the building and pavement surfaces. Very effective countermeasures to the UHI effect are given by cool roofs and cool pavements, that is the wide range of technological solutions that are characterized by high and certified capacity to reflect solar radiation.
• STEP Project. (Interreg IVC) Improving Communities’ Sustainable Energy Policy Tools. The project foster local level policies supporting energy efficiency and energy self-sufficiency derived from national/regional policies. http://www.steproject.eu
• LIFE+ POWER Project. Demonstration and quantifying of the potential energy savings derived from both, the efficient water management and the generation of models to scale through renewable energy-based devices applied to water pumping systems and the subsequent quantifying of the reduction of emissions to the atmosphere are sought. http://www.lifepowerproject.eu/
• We have a Department for Biomass promotion, thanks to our participation in Woode3 Project (Interreg MED Program http://www.woode3.eu ) and developing Environmental Management Plan for SMEs.Also as references as reliable partners:
1. We received two awards from the European Commission as best of the best in the management of 2 Life+ projects.
a. ESWAMAR Project, (SARGA was the Project Coordinator) http://www.life-eswamar.eu/Comun/Upload/VerAdjuntoContenidos.aspx?IdAdjunto=4066
b. POWER Project, (SARGA is partner). Last 24 April 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/newsarchive2015/april/index.htm#best
2. Aragon has received an award for best open data portal, developed in collaboration with the HOMER Project (MED Programme) and the 19 project partners have chosen Aragon as the most active project partner. http://homerproject.eu/For all the above, we would like you to consider our candidacy to participate in your project and contact me in order to have more information and contributing to the proposal writing.
Looking forward to hearing from you.Best regards,
Carlos Franco
cfranco@sarga.es
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Christiana PoyiatzeaWe came across your partners search for the above Interreg Med Proposal and as Center of Entrepreneurship University of Cyprus and we would like to send us more information for the project that you are preparing.
The University of Cyprus (UCY) is the largest University and main research organization in Cyprus. During the academic year 2014-2015 there were 7008 students (undergraduate and postgraduate).
The Centre for Entrepreneurship of the University of Cyprus (C4E) was established at the end of 2014. Its mission is to promote entrepreneurship and innovation within the University community by I) promoting a culture of entrepreneurship on campus and engagement with entrepreneurs and businesses beyond UCY’s boundaries ii) coordinating the education of young leaders for an innovation-driven society, and iii) facilitating the commercialization of research results by faculty and students.
C4E is the continuation of Diogenes Business Incubator, founded in 2003 by the UCY aiming to commercialize R&DI results by creating business value.
C4E has experience through Diogenes Business Incubator in entrepreneurship development, commercialization of R&D results and creating sustainable start-up companies that are enhanced with the Incubator’s network. Also has extensive experience in mentoring and coaching of researchers and young entrepreneurs, in matters related to entrepreneurship and startup support and coaching expertise in areas like Entrepreneurship Development, Strategy & Business Planning, Start-up basics, Networking, Pitching etc.
We are looking forward for future collaboration.
Christiana Poyiatzea
EU Project Manager
Vasilis MitsiosDear sir/madam,
We are very interested in your project idea. Please contact us at international@essenceconsulting.gr so that we can further discuss about the proposal and partnership.
Best regardsVasilis Mitsios
Dear IRI UL team,
We would be interested to know more about your project and we could send more information about our organisation to be considered as partner. You could contact us: info@shipcon.eu.com
Looking forward to your news.
Best regards,
ShipCon Limassol Ltd
AnonymousDear Responsible,
I’m writing from a VET centre in central Italy with a wide network of public and private organisaiotns.
We are interested in your project proposal. Please contact us at: kylene.deangelis@training2000.it for further information and cooperation.Thanks
Gerasimos MentzelopoulosDear Sirs,
We are interested to participate in your project and we are looking forward to receiving your inquiries or discussing about our organization and region.
Best Regards from Patras, Greece
Your idea looks interesting and it cross some our activities in innovation sector.
Unioncamere Piemonte is the Regional Chamber of Commerce of Piemonte, a region in North West Italy with a 4,4 million habitants and 435 thousands companies and we have a large experience in European projects. We are partners also in the EEN (Entreprise Europe Network) , the network of around 600 organizations financed by the European Commission that helps SMEs in business opportunities.We are very interested in having more details about your project in order to evaluate a potential participation in your project consortium.
Roberto Strocco
r.strocco@pie.camcom.it
UniontrasportiDear Sirs,
we would like to know more about your proposal.
Uniontrasporti is an “in house” company of the Italian Chambers of Commerce system and mainly acts as technical body supporting transport policies at national and local level in order to support the economic development of local territorial systems improving SMEs networking and competitiveness.
Uniontrasporti’s skills and services cover a wide range of fields that also include broad band and ultra broad band infrastructure (high focus on Digital Agenda objectives). As representative of the Italian Chamber of commerce system, Uniontrasporti can reach a vast territorial network; firstly the enterprises that are represented by Chambers of commerce (with a special link with SMEs); and also public sector that is the prime interlocutor of each Chamber of commerce.PLease contact us (delpiano@uniontrasporti.it) and we will send you more information about our organisation.
Looking forward to your news.
Kindest regards,
UniontrasportiDear Madam/Sir,
I contact you on behalf of a Croatian Consultancy Company named Driope. I would like to have further info on your proposal idea in order to evaluate possible chance to cooperate with my Croatian Partner (mainly Public Administrations like Counties, Regional Development Agencies, Muncipalities).
Kind regards
Serena
Driope d.o.o.
Davide NataleDear Madam or Sir,
the Association Landeres is interested in taking part in your project proposal.
Our organization is specialized in landscape planning, regulation, design, implementation and management, through an innovative methodology aiming at environmental quality and accounting.
In 2014 the Landeres Protocol was used as a frame of reference by UNI (Italian national Standards Organization, member of ISO) for the development of the new: “Guidelines for the sustainable development of green spaces” UNI/PdR8:2014.
Our approach has matched the interest of tens of Italian municipal administrations so that they have been upgrading their landscape planning tools in compliance with the Landeres Protocol, in order to achieve environmental, economic and social quality objectives.Please reply to this email whether you find our application as suitable.
Best Regards
Davide Natale
Bologna, Italy
Slavko Dolinsek – IRI ULDear potential MED partner,
Thank you for expressing your interest in relation to our DEREGIE abstract. For further development of the proposal for the MED Call I would like to point out some key limitations and further possible activities:
• Our project idea is focused on the Regional Innovation System (innovation HUBs) for region with different degradation problems. In Slovenia a partner will be Municipality of the degraded area due to mining activities, other partners may for example include certain degradation problems caused by different industrial activities,
• Beside the strong partnership we are also looking for strong coordinator, who is/are willing to take main responsibility for writing the proposal, choosing the right partnership,…
• As University research and development institute we will support the preparation of proposal with ideas, definition, communication activities,..Therefore we are waiting for your further response, either as a short description of particular degradation cases in your area, or from potential partners, or willingness to act as a potential coordinator, who express interest to our MED idea.
APREDIN is a portuguese NGO established in 2005.
We designed and did the technical coordination of two previous MED projects: MED Technopolis and MEDDOC Technopolis.
APREDIN is a network of portuguese universities, tech parks, municipalities and individuals aimed at improving entrepreneurship, innovation and international cooperation.
http://www.rededinamicaxxi.ptAlbanian Development Fund (ADF) is a public agency whose mission is programming and implementing Regional Development Plans and Projects. ADF is a governmental instrument to ensure the implementation of public infrastructure and economic development investments in the Albanian territory at local and regional level.
ADF is governed by a Board of Trustees, whose members are Ministers from the line ministries as well as mayors of representative LGUs. The Board is chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister. ADF main offices are located in Tirana with 9 local offices in the other regions, covering all the territory of Albania with a staff of 80 employees. For more details you may refer to the ADF website: http://www.albaniandf.org.
ADF plans and implements direct investments financed from public funds and other International Financial Institutions such as World Bank, EU, EIB, CEB, EBRD, KfW etc.In addition ADF has accumulated a solid expertise in managing CBC projects in partnership with important institutions in the neighbouring countries.
In frame of MED first call for proposals, ADF is looking for strategic partners to cooperate in projects related to the support of Sustainable Tourism, Urban Transport, Efficient Buildings, Biodiversity Protection.
We have consulted your proposal and find it interesting to cooperate further. If you are interested we can exchange more information on the following email address ggjoncaj@albaniandf.org.
Best regards
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