Name of the project

Coordinating actions for the creation of Knowledge Regions

Programme

FP6-2004-KNOW-REG-2

Schedule

From January 2006 to December 2007.
Projects duration: 23 months

Entities taking part

Coordinating entity
Emilia-Romagna - ASTER (Italy)

Partner entities

• City of Grenoble (FR)
• Region of Silesia (POL)
• Region of Stuttgart (GE)
• Hungarian Innovation Agency - VATI (HU)
• Catalonia - CIDEM (SP) 

Objective 

To establish a common knowledge platform for the improvement of effectiveness of innovation policies in the participating regions, placing particular emphasis on sharing good practices about planning and innovation policies implementation. 

Results 

The most important result is to prepare a document on recommendations about innovation policies and models and present it to the decision makers for its implementation. 

Budget

500.000 € with 100% funding from the EU.

Role of the CIDEM in the project 

The CIDEM will lead the Work Package 4, called Dissemination. 
This work package includes:

• Dissemination of the projects objectives and results (both partial and final), especially by means of a web site and brochure.
• Organization of local sessions or forums (in the region of each partner) or a final big forum. In the case of the CIDEM, it would be implemented as a conference in the Innovation Forum, so to increase the impact towards a European level.  

Web site of the project 

www.e-rain.net

Person of the CIDEM in charge of the project 

Mrs. Imma Rodríguez
irodriguez@cidem.gencat.net