The Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU asked the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to draw up an opinion that would explore how project-oriented policies and smart specialisation strategies can be directed towards the development of transnational networks linking local authorities, SMEs and research institutions. Such partnerships are essential for the realisation of transnational projects with EU funding under the umbrella of the EU macro-regional strategies. They also contribute to creating better synergies between the objectives set within the EU programming, national planning and macro-regional strategies.
In this context, the EESC is organising a public hearing in Bucharest that will bring together officials, experts, and civil society representatives to engage in the necessary consensus-building on the way ahead for macro-regional development. The outcome of the hearing would feed in the EESC opinion and will also serve as an input to the expected future decisions by EU leaders in this field.
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The final transnational event in Regensburg will enhance the EU-wide visibility of the CultPlatForm_21 project by engaging external and internal experts in knowledge transfer, by fostering networking and information exchange among the partners and by including key stakeholders like national policy makers, operators, scientists and artists in an empowering exchange. Several outstanding speakers from all over Europe – among them Stefano Dominioni (Council of Europe, Directorate on Cultural Routes, LU) and Nigel Mills (Hadrian’s Wall Heritage, UK) – will enrich the European cultural dialogue.
The event is dedicated to the outcomes and the future orientated strategies of the CultPlatForm_21 project. In multimedia presentations and panel sections, partners will showcase their pilot projects providing a series of exciting artistic and digital interventions uncovering hidden heritage places, stories and objects along the Danube.
The event will be hosted and organised by the City of Regensburg and the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg. The participation is free of charge.
You can find more details on the website.
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LIFE programme launched the 2019 calls for proposals: €400 million of EU funding available for environment, nature conservation and climate action.
The LIFE programme is the EU’s funding instrument for the environment and climate action created in 1992. The current funding period 2014-2020 has a budget of €3.4 billion.
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The event, held in Prague, Czech Republic, on 28 – 29 May 2019, aims to explore the future development potential for a competitive Danube Region and the role of regions, cities, clusters and companies in an increasing complex economic ecosystem. In addition, it will bring together all relevant stakeholders linked to the topics of bioeconomy, but also highlight the future role of regions in terms of providing better framework conditions for innovation and transformation. The interplay between national and regional level as well as the role of clusters to support SMEs to better cope with the upcoming challenges will be discussed.
In the DTP-financed project DanuBiovalnet, the aim is to create a desirable and sustainable bio-based economy that is respecting planetary boundaries and protecting climate and ecosystems. In addition, the project strives to facilitate eco-innovations in the bio-based industry by improving framework conditions and making better use of clusters, potential and diversity of the Danube Region.
There is a strong link to PA 8-Competitiveness of the EUSDR since setting up new value chains across regions to create new eco-innovation will improve the competitiveness of enterprises, supported by the clusters. Since SME will cooperate trans-regionally across the value chains, the project contributes to a higher degree of territorial integration and transnational investments within the Danube Region.
More details can be found on the event's website.
The final event of the INTERREG Danube Transnational Programme project Made in Danube will take place on June 3rd 2019 at the Hospitalhof in Stuttgart, Germany.
The organizers will gather Bio-economy communities and other stakeholders interested in the uptake of innovation tools in the field of biofuels, forestry and smart agriculture, counting also with the presence of national and international policymakers. Throughout the event with multiple sessions, the main goals will be as follow:
- Introduce the project’s final results;
- Present the outcomes of topic-related projects with multiple stakeholders in Bio-economy;
- Engage the audience in a series of dialogues and roundtable on the paths ahead for Cohesion Policy.
You can find more details on their website.